James Hamilton of Torrance

JAMES HAMILTON OF TORRANCE

James Hamilton of Torrance is the second son of Matthew Hamilton of Torrance He succeeded his older brother Robert Hamilton of Torrance after 4 June 1579. [Lieutenant-Colonel George Hamilton, The House of Hamilton (Edinburgh, 1933), see pages 850-58 for an account of the Hamiltons of Torrance]

On 21 November 1563 James Hammiltoune of Torrence is noticed in the witness list of a charter Glasgow Protocols, protocol number 762 on p. 44

Deed of Agreement with Sir John Maxwell of Nether Pollock

James Hamilton of Torrance and his brothers Alexander Hamilton and Archibald Hamilton, together with his son and heir Robert Hamilton of Torrance, younger, are mentioned in a deed of agreement dated 29 July 1587, between James Hamilton of Torrace, on the one part, and Sir John Maxwell of Pollock and William Maxwell of Newark on the other. Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, notes on p. 387

The land of Lechyok in the Barony of Blantyre

James Hamilton of Torrance granted a tack for the eight shilling four penny lands of Lechyok in the barony of Blantyre to Mungo Anderson on 8 January 1593. His eldest son Robert Hamilton of Torrance, younger, witnessed his father's charter. Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock, i, document number 164 on pp. 321-22

Death

James Hamilton of Torrance died in October 1603. [Lieutenant-Colonel George Hamilton, The House of Hamilton (Edinburgh, 1933), see pages 850-58 for an account of the Hamiltons of Torrance]

Marriage

James Hamilton of Torrance married Katherine Hamilton, the daughter of David Hamilton of Broomhill. Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton They were married in about 1561. [George Hamilton, A History of the House of Hamilton (Edinburgh, 1933), see pages 850-58 for an account of the Hamiltons of Torrance]

Children

James Hamilton of Torrance and his wife Katherine Hamilton had nine children. [George Hamilton, A History of the House of Hamilton (Edinburgh, 1933), see pages 850-58 for an account of the Hamiltons of Torrance] Their names follow:

1. Robert Hamilton of Torrance
2. James Hamilton of Aikenhead
3. John Hamilton, merchant
4. Reverend Mr. Alexander Hamilton, minister of the Gospel at Lochwinnoch
5. Matthew Hamilton, Merchant in Glasgow
6. Anne Hamilton
7. Anne Hamilton
8. Elizabeth Hamilton
9. ? Hamilton
10. Marion Hamilton

Genealogy

1. John Anderson, Surgeon, Licenciate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 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. 386-88 for an account of the Hamiltons of Torrance
2. G. Harvey Johnston, FSA Scot., Heraldry of the Hamiltons with Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees (W. & A. K. Johnston, Limited, Edinburgh and London, MCMIX), pp. 88-91 for an account of the Hamiltons of Torrance
3. Lieutenant-Colonel George Hamilton, A History of the House of Hamilton (J. Skinner & Company, Edinburgh 1933), 1167 pages.