Sgt. Daniel Hamilton

Daniel Hamilton was born 17 Feb 1670 in Rhode Island, and died 8 Dec 1738 in Chatham, Massachusetts. He was buried in Queen Anne Cemetery, Chatham.

Family

He was the son of Thomas Hamilton and Lydia Wing.
He married

1. Mary Smith Abt 1693 in Eastham, Massachusetts, daughter of Samuel Smith and Mary Hopkins. She was born 3 Jan 1669 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, and died Aug 1708 in Monomoit (Chatham), Massachusetts.
2. Sarah Smith 5 Aug 1708 in Eastham, Massachusetts, daughter of John Smith and Hannah Williams. She was born 27 Mar 1672 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony.
3. Desire Gorham, daughter of James Gorham (of Barnstable) and Hannah Huckins, on 15 December 1715 at Barnstable, Barnstable Co, MA; 2nd m. for Desire, 3rd m. for Daniel, he her widower.
4. Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Sarah Matthews, ; 4th m. for Daniel, she his widow.2

Notes

Added by E. C. Nickerson about this Gr. Grandfather: He lived with wife Mary in Eastham till after their 2nd child was born. In 1697 she inherited 1/2 of two farms at Monomoit, located at Tom's Neck, so they moved there. His last four children were by wife Sarah Smith. He served under Captain John Gorham in the 1690 expedition to Canada, and received for it a share of land at Dunbarton, NH in 1735. He was selectman 3 years, contable several years, and held other positions. He was styled Sergeant as early as 1710. He was interested in the farm at Tom's Neck, the Common Lands, and the Great Beach./ECN/

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Sergeant Daniel Hamilton Sr.

Born 17 Feb 1671 in Newport, Rhode Island

Son of Thomas Hamilton and Lydia (Wing) Abbott

Brother of Thomas Hamilton Jr. and Lydia (Abbott) Taber [half]

Husband of Mary (Smith) Hamilton — married about 1690 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Father of Elizabeth (Hamilton) Taylor, Thomas Hamilton, Mary (Hamilton) Mayo, Samuel Hamilton, Daniel Hamilton Jr and Sarah (Hamilton) Harding

Died 8 Dec 1738 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 25 Oct 2019 | Created 30 Sep 2012

Biography

Daniel Hamilton was born circa 1671, the son of Thomas Hamilton and Lydia Wing of Newport Rhode Island[1]

Circa 1690 he married Mary Smith, the daughter of Samuel Smith and Mary Hopkins[2] [3] [4] [1] [5], and had children, including:

Lydia Hamilton, who married Jeremiah Eldridge[6] [5] Mary Hamilton, who married Judah Mayo[7] [5] Samuel Hamilton, who married Bethia Stewart and Mary Ellis[5] Daniel Hamilton, who married Abigail and then married Sarah Lewis[5] Sarah 'Saray' Hamilton, who married Theodore Harding Elizabeth Hamilton, who married Seth Taylor Thankful Hamilton, Joseph Hamilton, Grace Hamilton, who was born and died in 1694[3] [5] Thomas Hamilton, born 1695[3], who married Rebecca Mayo[5] On August 5, 1708, he may have married Sarah (Smith) Snow, widow of Joseph Snow; and on 15 December 1715 he married Desire (Gorham) Springer, widow of Edward Springer who may have been the daughter of James Gorham and Hannah Huckins[5] . No more children are noted from these marriages.

Daniel Hamilton died December 8, 1738 in his 69th year[8].

The will of Daniel Hamilton of Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, dated 20 January 1735/36 and proved 22 March 1738/39, mentioned his wife; his daughters, Saray (sic Sarah) Harding, wife of Theodore Harding; Elizabeth, wife of Seth Taylor; Thankful Hamilton; and Mary, wife of Judah May; the children of daughter Lydia late wife of Jeremiah Eldridge; sons Daniel, Thomas, Samuel and Joseph; the administrator was Thomas Doane. Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 A History of Chatham, Mass by Smith, William C.. (Hyannis, Mass.: F. B. & F. P. Goss, 1909), page 233 notes Serg. Daniel Hamilton was probably the son of Thomas and Lydia Hamilton of Rhode Island, Sandwich and Eastham, born in 1670, married at Eastham Mary, daughter of Samuel Smith about 1693 and page 283 notes he was Sergeant as early as 1710 ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 2, page 689 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states HAMILTON, Daniel (-1739, 1738) & 1/wf Mary [SMITH] (1669-), dau Samuel; by 1694; Eastham {MD 8:237, 246, 12:112; Barnstable Co. Prob. 1:320, 2:43; 6:168; Hamilton (1933) 8; Chatham Hist. 223; Harding 2; Smith-Bryant 233; Cape Cod Lib. 32:10, 36:11} ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Eastham and Orleans Mass Vital Records, page 90 published in Volume 8, page 246 of the Mayflower Descendant; a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Publication date 1899 ↑ Hopkins-Smith Notes by George Ernest Bowman; published in published in Volume 12 page 112 of the Mayflower Descendant; a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Publication date 1910. This source cites her father's will, she is referred to as his daughter Mary Smith Alias Hamilton on page 114, and Mary Hambliton on page 115. On page 116, Daniel Hamilton and Mary Hamilton both signed the document ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Charles Smith and Rachel Amy Bryant, Their Ancestors and Descendants by Smith, Tenney (Brattleboro, Vt.: Vermont Printing, 1938), page 233 ↑ Stephen Hopkins-Mayflower Families Thru Five Gene. pg. 91. ↑ !Nickerson Family-Part 1-pg. 56. !AF- b. abt 1684/1699 Chatham, MA, s/o Daniel HAMILTON/Mary SMITH. ↑ Records of the Oldest Burying Ground in Chatham Arthur E. Linnell, published in Volume 8, page 237 of the Mayflower Descendant; a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Publication date 1899 Smith, Jillaine S., The Two Richard Taylor Families of Early Yarmouth, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2011) Vol. 165, WN 659, Page 196.