Anne Lytton

Inscription:

• I Memory of
• MRS. ANN LYTTON
• Wife of
• James Lytton, Senior, Esqr., of
• St Croix, Who departed this Life
• the 7th Day of August 1765
• (no age)

Alexander's maternal grandfather, John Faucett, was a French Huguenot who had fled to the British West Indies Island of Nevis in about 1658, sometime after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (Hendrickson I 7). He became a physician and a gentleman farmer. John Faucett had been married before, also to a woman named Mary, prior to marrying Alexander's grandmother. John and his first wife had one child, a daughter named Ann. His mother's half-sister and Alexander's only [SIC] maternal aunt, Anne was born in 1714, fifteen years before the birth of Alexander's mother. (Hendrickson, Rise & Fall 7)

From http://discoveringhamilton.com/jemima-faucett-part-1/

Nearly all Hamilton biographers write not just about Alexander Hamilton’s mother, Rachel Faucett, but also of her sister, Ann Faucett. Rachel Faucett married John Michael Lavien, left him, established a relationship with James Hamilton, and famously gave birth to Alexander Hamilton. Meanwhile, Anne Faucett married the wealthy James Lytton, became leaders of their community, and supported both Rachel Faucett and Alexander Hamilton on St. Croix. While these two sisters are relatively well known, John Faucett of Nevis fathered many children in addition to Ann and Rachel. ....

References

• Alexander Hamilton: The Formative Years By Michael E. Newton (2015). GoogleBooks
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89198317
• http://ininet.org/virgin-islands-families-v4.html