Capt. Thomas Hamilton

Son of Sir George Hamilton of Donalong, Baronet & Mary Butler.

Family

2. Lydia Wing,  born May 23, 1647. Lydia would marry twice; (1) Thomas Hamilton, (2) John Abbot. Born at Sandwich, moved to Newport, Rhode Island, forty-seven miles away from Sandwich. Returned to Sandwich after the death of her husband.

From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=oldmankew&id=I12218

1. Lydia Wing (Daniel Wing2, John Wing1) was born 23 Jul 1647 in Sandwich, Plymouth colony, and died Bet 1704 and 1709 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She married Thomas Hamilton 1668. He was born est 1645 in (Rhode Island), and died Bef 1688 in (Newport, RI). She married John Abbott Abt 1684 in Sandwich, Plymouth colony. He was born Abt 1661, and died 1710 in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Children of Lydia Wing and Thomas Hamilton are:

• + 2 i. Daniel Hamilton was born 17 Feb 1670 in Rhode Island, and died 8 Dec 1738 in Chatham, Massachusetts.
• 3 ii. Thomas Hamilton was born 17 Feb 1671 in Rhode Island.

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Notes

Extract from George Hamilton's book [6]

Captain Thomas Hamilton R.N., was in 1672 in command of H.M.S. "Mermaid" of 140 men and 30 guns, later of H. M. S. "Constant", "Warwick", and "Mary Rose" and in 1673 of the galley "Charles" in Tangiers Roads. On 29 Aug. 1682 he was ordered to take gypsies to the Plantations on his ship and in 17 November the year following, to convoy the return of troops from Tangiers to Ireland. He died in New England.

He was Captain of the Kingfisher, which carried Sir Edmund Andros, new Governor General, to Boston in 1686[2]

Origins

James II, King of Scots is Capt. Thomas Hamilton's fifth great grandfather. < Relationship path >

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-16719 Cites
   1. Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 2, page 690 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states HAMBLETON/?HAMILTON, Thomas & Lydia [WING] (1647-), dau Daniel; by 1671(2?); Sandwich {MD 14:170; Chatham Hist. 225; Sinnott 215; Cape Cod Lib. 3:6}
   2. "Thomas Hamilton-Progenitor of a Colonial American Family: His Ulster Origins Revealed by DNA" by Shellee A Morehead, PhD, CG; Cynthia L Hamilton; published in Directory of Irish Family History Research, no. 36, 2013, Ulster Historical Foundation; Belfast, Ireland. This article provides various sources for its information. < PDF >
   3. Sandwich Mass Vital Records published in published in Volume 14 page 170 of the Mayflower Descendant; a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Publication date 1912, which states Thomas Hambleton the son of Thomas Hamblton and lidia his wife was bourne the the 17th of February 1671 borne at Rohd Iland
   4. A History of Chatham, Mass by Smith, William C.. (Hyannis, Mass.: F. B. & F. P. Goss, 1909), page 233 notes Serg. Daniel Hamilton was probably the son of Thomas and Lydia Hamilton of Rhode Island, Sandwich and Eastham, born in 1670, married at Eastham Mary, daughter of Samuel Smith about 1693 and page 283 notes he was Sergeant as early as 1710
   5. Sinnott, Mary Elizabeth, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia: privately printed, 1905), page 215 notes Lydia Wing's parents, DOB, and both her husbands
   6. The House of Hamilton page 41 by Lt Col George Hamilton published by J Skinner & Co., Edinburgh 1933
   7. Diary of Samuel Sewall. 1674-1729. v. 1 by Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730; Publication date 1878-82; Publisher Boston : Massachusetts Historical Society on pages 176-177, Sewall notes that Captain Hamilton of the Kingfisher died May 9, 1687, and was buried on Monday May 16.
   8. Annals of King's chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day by Foote, Henry Wilder, 1838-1889; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL; Edes, Henry Herbert, 1849-1922, ed; Warren, Winslow, 1838-1930; Publication date 1882-1896'; Publisher Boston : Little, Brown, and company, page 70 refers to Captain Hamilton of the Kingfisher was buried on Monday May 16 1687
   9. 8. Burial; King's Chapel, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193768072/thomas-hamilton
   10. http://www.thepeerage.com/p46288.htm#i462877
2. https://www.hamiltondna.com/
3. https://www.hamiltondna.com/EAnc.html Group B or I1-2. H-360, H-384, H-434 and H-364 are all derived from Captain Thomas Hamilton, grandson of James Hamilton, first Earl of Abercorn and fourth son of Sir George Hamilton of Dunnalong, County Tyrone, Northetrn Ireland. Captain Thomas, who commanded a variety of ships in the 1660s to 1680s, died in 1687 and was buried in King's Chapel, Boston, MA. About 1669 in Rhode Island he married Lydia Wing, b 1647 of Sandwich, MA, d about 1710. More details are given at the article, "Thomas Hamilton-Progenitor of a Colonial American Family: His Ulster Origins Revealed by DNA" by Shellee A Morehead, above.