James Hamilton of Stanehouse

JAMES HAMILTON OF STANEHOUSE

James Hamilton of Stanehouse is the son of James Hamilton of Stanehouse and his wife Agnes Maxwell. He reached the age of majority in 1626 which suggests that he was born in 1604 or 1605. He was served heir to his deceased grandfather in the baronies of Broughton and Stanehouse on 3 June 1635. In 1654 James Hamilton "stylit of Stanehouse" is mentioned in the registered testament of Robert Hamilton of Milburne as having been indebted to him. Robert Hamilton of Milburne had a charter for the barony of Stanehouse, from which charter it appears that the barony was apprized from the late James Hamilton of Stanehouse by David Mitchell, merchant in Edinburgh, on 8 July 1636, and sold by him to Milburne. Hamilton Memoirs, p. 385

Death

James Hamilton of Stanehouse is reported to have died in February 1636. Stirnet: Hamilton 02 However, Lieutenant-Colonel George Hamilton believed otherwise: "In the confirmation of his Testament, dated 11 January 1639, he is stated to have died in February 1636, but from the retour of his son it would appear as if he died a year earlier."

First Marriage

James Hamilton of Stanehouse married Barbara Hamilton. Stirnet: Hamilton 02

Second Marriage

James Hamilton of Stanehouse is reported to have married Elizabeth Williamson. Stirnet: Hamilton 02

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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13 April 1614: A charter by which James VI, King of Scots, confirms possession of the lands of Threapwode in the Cunningham division of North Ayrshire, the lands of St. Leonards at Lanark, and the lands of Spittelshiells in the sheriffdom of Lanark, to John Hamilton of Preston. These lands had previously belonged to James Hamilton, now of Stanehouse, son and heir of the deceased James Hamilton of Stanehouse: "que fuerunt Jacobi Hammiltoun tunc de Stanehous filii et heredis quondam Jacobi H. de S." Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1609-1620, charter number 1037 on p. 380

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6 July 1630: Supplication by Agnes Maxwell, lady Stenhous, and Cuthbert Hamilton of Cander, now her souse, as follows: - She is the tutrix testamentrix, nominated by her late husband, James Hamilton of Stenhous, to her son, James Hamilton, now of Stanehous, and has undertaken the payment of her husband's debts. . . . . . . . . . . The Register of the Privy Council, Second Series, Volume III, A.D. 1629-1630, p. 591

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1661: Papers in process at the instance of Barbara Hamilton, relict of James Hamilton of Stenhouse and her then husband Mr Thomas Courtney, and Jeane, Agnes, Katrene and Issobell Hamiltoune, sisters of the said James Hamilton against Wm Baillie of Carphin, his son James Baillie, and Sir William Baillie of Lamington and others. (12 papers). National Records of Scotland, Supplementary Warrants and Parliamentary Papers, reference PA7/9/1

Genealogy

1. Lieutenant-Colonel George Hamilton, A History of the House of Hamilton (J. Skinner and Company, Edinburgh, 1933), pp. 828-41 for Hamilton of Stonehouse
2. John Anderson, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, etc. (Edinburgh 1825), 447 pp. plus supplements
3. Stirnet: Hamilton 02