Margaret Hamilton

MARGARET HAMILTON

Margaret Hamilton is the second daughter of Gavin Hamilton of Raploch. She married Hugh Somerville of Drum. The Scots Peerage VIII: 27

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

6 June 1601: Charter by which Hugh Somerville of Drum and Margaret Hamilton, his spouse, with the consent of Gavin Hamilton of Raploch, confirm that they have sold to Mr. John Preston of Fentonbarns and his wife Lilie Gilbert, the lands of Gutheris, with the mansion house thereof, and the lands of Drum and Gilmertoun, with the castle and manor of thereof, all located in the sheriffdom of Edinburgh. RMS: 1296

Secondary Source Evidence

Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1593-1608. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, MS., Advocate. (H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1890), 1141 pp. including index