Elizabeth Hamilton

Not the same as Elizabeth Simpson or as Elizabeth Green

Elizabeth

• AKA Eliza.
• Born before 1692 in Ireland
• Died after 1731 after age 39 in Charles County, Maryland
• Parents: unknown
• Wife of Alexander Hamilton — married about 1710 in Prince George's County, Maryland

Children:

1. John Hamilton, b. Abt 1711, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Married Sarah Stewart.
2. William Hamilton, b. Abt 1713, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Apparently unmarried.
3. Capt. James Hamilton, b. Abt 1717, in Port Tobacco Hundred, Charles County, Maryland. Married Mary Anne Coomes.
4. Patrick Hamilton, b. Abt 1717, in Charles County, Maryland. Married Ann Green.
5. Samuel Hamilton, b. Abt 1718, in Charles County, Maryland. Married Elizabeth Green.
6. Mary Hamilton, b. Abt 1719, in Charles County. Married John Stewart.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-259

Biography Elizabeth's maiden name is unknown at this time. She is NOT Elizabeth Shercliffe Green as been reported in the past.

Charles County, Maryland Liber L#2, Page 121. At the request of Daniel Stuart of CC, planter, the following lease was recorded Mar 20, 1723 Mar 10, 1723 from Alexander Hamilton of:,CC, planter, to Daniel Stuart of CC, planter, for the rents, & services hereafter expressed and for divers other good causes, the 11 year lease of all that part of the tract of Iand whereon the sd Alexander now dwells, which lies between Portobacco Branch & Wm Boswells Branch. The yearly rent (after the 1st 3 years) is 500 lbs of tobacco in cask on Nov 4. Daniel agrees to plant 100 apple trees within the next 2 years (provided Alexander shall find & deliver the-same to sd Daniel for that end) a Rd to keep the apple trees well fenced. Signed - Alex. r (A his mark) Hamilton Wit - Jso Harrison*, Geo. Dent*. Eliza, the wife of Alex dr, relinquished her right of dower.

Origins

https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2108...

John HAMILTON of Nanjemoy was not their grandfather nor were they related in any way to the Hamiltons of Nanjemoy. The parents of both Alexander and Elizabeth of "Spy Park" are unknown and, in any case, both Alexander and Elizabeth were born in the Old Country -- Alexander in Scotland/or Northern Ireland (Ulster) and Elizabeth in Ireland. 1996 - March - The Connector of the Hamilton National Genealogical Society a monograph by F. Lamar HAMILTON.

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References

• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0038...
• 1996 - March - The Connector of the Hamilton. National Genealogical Society a monograph by F. Lamar HAMILTON.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-359452 (no parents listed) cites
  • https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-N7C7-9
  • https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YMF-YT7
  • https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I3863...
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC89-SKT
  • Could this Elizabeth Shercliffe be the one who married Alexander Hamilton, son of John Hamilton and Elizabeth Burdet. The latter lived in Charles County in 1674. cf Register of MD's Heraldic Fam. Series II, p. 169.
  • Inventory of estate of Alexander Hamilton, Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYMF-9VY?cc=1803986&wc...
  • “Elizabeth Zacharia Shercliffe” https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/98249987?cid=mem_copy
• Snatches of O'Daniel, Hamilton and Allied Genealogy, by Rev. V. F. O'Daniel, 1933. < PDF > pp 49-54. (document attached) Page 51 the wife of Alexander Hamilton is shown as Elizabeth Shircliff ( Greene ) daughter of William Shircliff her mother Mildred Thompson-Wheeler -- - Elizabeth Green
• Spye Park including photo from 1978, at Maryland Historical Trust < link >
• National Register of Historic Places - Spye Park, Maryland < PDF >
• https://smsc.library.csmd.edu/agents/families/8