Elizabeth Hamilton, tertius

ELIZABETH HAMILTON tertius

Elizabeth Hamilton, tertius, is not the same person as Elizabeth Hamilton, secundus Nor is she the same person as Elizabeth Hamilton, primus, Lady Calderwood

The Question of Identity

Elizabeth Hamilton, tertius, here treated, is the bastard daughter of Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, Kt. The name of her mother is not known. Stirnet: Hamilton 01

Marriage

Elizabeth Hamilton, tertius, here treated, married Alexander Stewart of Brighouse They are noticed as man and wife on 15 August 1586, in company with their son James Stewart of Brighouse NRS: GD30/355

Child of the Second Marriage

1. James Stewart of Brighouse

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

15 August 1586: Notarial Renunciation by Mr Robert Lintoun [Linton], advocate, to Margaret Douglas, relict of James Douglas of Knichtisrig [Knightsridge], in liferent, and to William Douglas, her son, in fee, of the lands of Cannolands [Canylands], lying beside the Knichtisrig, in implement of contract, dated 12 and 13 April, 1586, between Alexander Stewart of Brighous [Brighouse], ELIZABETH HAMMILTOUN [Hamilton], his spouse, and James Stewart, their eldest son, on the one part, and the said Mr Robert Lintoun, on the other part. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Shairp family of Houston, West Lothian, reference GD30/355

Genealogy

Stirnet: Hamilton 01