Elizabeth Adam

ELIZABETH ADAM (aka ELIZABETHE ADAM or ELIZ. ADAME)

The Ten Pound Lands of Meikle and Little Aikenheids

On 22 October 1611 Sir James Maxwell of Calderwood sold the ten pound lands of old extent of Meikle and Little Aikenheids to James Hamilton, merchant in Glasgow, and his wife Elizabeth Adam (aka Elizabethe Adam), in conjunct fee and liferent, and to Robert Hamilton their eldest lawful son and his heirs in fee, whom failing to the heirs and assignees of James Hamilton. For greater security James Hamilton obtained a charter of confirmation under the Great Seal of Scotland on 17 December 1611. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1609-20, charter number 597 on page 224

The Nine Pound Ten Shilling Lands of Langsyde

On 28 November 1615 Bryce Blair of that Ilk sold the nine pound ten shilling lands of old extent o Langsyde in the barony of Renfrew to James Hamilton of Aikenhead and his wife Elizabeth Adam (aka Eliz. Adame) and their heirs. For greater security James Hamilton of Aikenhead obtained a charter of confirmation under the Great Seal of Scotland on 10 January 1616. c Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1609-20, charter number 1368 on pp. 496-97

Death

A date and place of death has not been identified for Elizabeth Adam, here treated. However, she is certainly known to have died before 2 October 1616, the date upon which the baptism of her youngest child, a son named Gabriell Hamilton, was registered at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Baptisms, reference OPR.644/1/1]

Her Testament Dative and Inventory

Confirmation was granted on 9 March 1622. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, The Testament Dative and Inventory of Bessie Adame, spous to James Hammiltoune of Aickinheid, proveist of Glasgw, reference CC9/7/18]

Marriage

Elizabeth Adam married James Hamilton of Aikenhead. Hamilton Memoirs

Children of the First Marriage

1. Robert Hamilton of Aikenhead
2. Master James Hamilton, Burgess of Glasgow
3. John Hamilton, Merchant in Glasgow
4. Dame Elizabeth Hamilton
5. Gabriel Hamilton

Genealogical Account

1. John Anderson, Surgeon, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton with Genealogical Memoirs of the Several Branches of the Family (John Anderson, Jun., Edinburgh, MDCCCXXV), pp. 304-05