Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow

Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

18 April 1426: REX concessit JACOBO DE HOMMYLTOUN, filio et apparenti heredi Jac. de H. de Cadiou, terras de Dalserf, in baronia de Machane, vic. Lanark; - ad regem spectantes ratione eschaete - ex eo quod predictus Jac. de H. dictas terras fe facto contulit David de H, fratri suo, per cartam sub sigillo suo, ac ipsum saisiri fecit corporaliter in eisdem, absque consensu regis seu gubernatoris in absentia regis, sive confirmatione quacunque debita de eisdem : - Tenend. dicto Jac. et heredibus ejus in feodo. Test. Patricius, Comes de Boithuile, Johannes, Dominus Drummond, Willelmus, Episcopus Aberdonensis, David, Dux de Montrose. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1424-1513: charter number 44 on p. 8

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow

http://thepeerage.com/p10940.htm#i109392

Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow [1]

• M, #109392,
• d. before May 1441
• Last Edited=6 Jan 2011
• Consanguinity Index=0.02%

Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow married Janet Livingston, daughter of Sir Alexander Livingston and Janet Dundas, circa 20 October 1422.[2]

He died before May 1441.[1]

He was the son of Sir John Hamilton, 4th of Cadzow and Janet Douglas.

• Between 1424 and 1426 he was held as a hostage for the ransom of King James I of Scotland.[1]
• He was invested as a Knight in 1430.[1]
• He lived at Cadzow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.[1]

Child of Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow

• 1. Mary Hamilton+

Children of Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow and Janet Livingston

• 1. James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton+1 b. c 1415, d. 6 Nov 1479
• 2. Alexander Hamilton2 b. a 1415
• 3. John Hamilton+2 b. a 1416, d. b 23 Oct 1455
• 4. Gavin Hamilton+2 b. a 1417

Citations

• 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 254. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2. [S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 4. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.

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From the English Wikipedia page on James Hamilton of Cadzow:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hamilton_of_Cadzow

Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow, 5th Laird of Cadzow (b. bef. 1397 – d. c. 1440) was a Scottish nobleman and royal hostage.

The son of Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow and Janet Douglas, daughter of Sir James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith, James Hamilton is first attested to in 1397. In a writ of that year, his father granted him the lands and privileges of Kinneil, in return for the superiority of all property that had been promised to him through his marriage after his attainment of majority.

Hamilton next comes to notice in a Safe-conduct issued by Henry V of England to travel to Calthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire.

In 1424, Hamilton was one of the Scottish Lords allowed passage to Durham to visit the captive James I of Scotland. In the same year, he was one of many Scots hostages given to the English as security for the payment of the ransom of the newly freed King of Scots. His estate was valued at 500 merks.

Hamilton was confined first at Fotheringay Castle, then at Dover Castle. He appears to have been released by 1426. He was invested as a knight before 1430.

Hamilton died not later than 1441, when his son is described as Lord of Cadzow.

He was the son of Janet (or Jacoba) Douglas, daughter of Sir James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith, but his paternity is uncertain. Douglas's husband was Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow and it was long thought that he was James's father. However DNA testing of alleged Hamilton descendants (not proven) in the Hamilton Surname DNA Project (even though the Hamilton Surname DNA Project has shown possible flaws in research and in Wikitree coordination) suggests to some that Sir John 4th of Cadzow (who chose James to be the 5th of Cadzow) was not his biological father.[1] (Inappropriate placement of reference) The male-line descendants of James' possible brother Walter Hamilton of Darngaber (who might not be a Hamilton) and his possible uncle John Hamilton of Butterknock (who also might not be a Hamilton) are similar while the descendants of James are distinct (R1b (R-M343); ‎R-M269), possibly suggesting to some that his biological father was not a Hamilton. Or suggesting to others that the 5th of Cadzow was the son of the 4th of Cadzow, but Walter Hamilton of Darngaber and Walter's uncle John Hamilton of Butterknock were born of unknown fathers of the same clan. And yes this applies to Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the USA Treasury also, whose father is possibly unknown but whose actual father could have been from the same clan as the father of Walter Hamilton of Darngaber. (All of the ancient ancestors of the Hamiltons of Cadzow were Y-DNA R1b (R-M343); ‎R-M269) including Ivar Ragnarsson King of Dublin and York "Ivar the boneless").

James Hamilton married Janet Livingston before 1422, when he received a charter of the lands of Schawis from his father-in-law, Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar. By Janet Livingston, Hamilton had six children: James Hamilton, 6th Laird of Cadzow - later made a Lord of Parliament as 1st Lord Hamilton Alexander Hamilton - ancestor of the Hamiltons of Silvertonhill John Hamilton Gavin Hamilton - ancestor of the Hamiltons of Dalzell Agnes Hamilton - married Sir James Hamilton of Preston Elizabeth Hamilton - married Chalmers of Gadgirth

Y-DNA

Y-DNA of James Hamilton R1b1a1a2. Not Haplogroup I1a2a1a1 (I-L338) and not Haplogroup I1a3a (I-L1237) either.

As for the confusion concerning the Hamilton Y-DNA and the Douglas Y-DNA.
In one instance of the Douglas Y-DNA: Y-DNA I-L338 (Y-DNA I-L1237 SNP L-338) for all of Walter Hamilton of Darngaber's male line? (Possibly, as he was my Great-grandfather, on my Grandmother's side) Y-DNA is possibly I-Y6635 per Descendent of Walter Hamilton of Darngaber, (potentially one of my FTDNA matches). BOTH I-L338 (also known as I1a2a1a1a) and related I-Y6635 (also known as I1a3a1a1a1, Parent Branch: I-Y6624) are of Haplogroup I-M253 also known as I1 (a Y chromosome haplogroup). I-L338 is a well-known Haplogroup of the Douglases. (I-L1237 of Y6633)

Walter Hamilton of Darngaber (clearly not "of Cadzow") BIRTH 1392 • Cadzow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, DEATH 20 MAY 1441 • Trabzon, Trabzon, Turkey and his descendants were descended from the Douglases and not the Hamiltons.

James Hamilton 5th Baron of Cadzow was the son of Sir John Hamilton 4th of Cadzow, but his paternity was considered uncertain (by some people who had ulterior motives). DNA testing of specifically selected alleged Hamilton descendants (not proven) in the Hamilton Surname DNA Project (even though the Hamilton Surname DNA Project has shown possible flaws in research and in Wikitree coordination, as noted by those who object to his paternity) seemingly suggested to some that Sir John 4th of Cadzow (who chose James to be the 5th of Cadzow) was not his biological father. The male-line descendants of James' possible brother Walter Hamilton of Darngaber (who might not be a Hamilton) and his possible uncle John Hamilton of Butterknock (who also might not be a Hamilton) are similar while the descendants of James the 4th are distinct (R1b (R-M343); ‎R-M269, Y-DNA R1b1a1a2), possibly suggesting to some that his biological father was not a Hamilton. Or suggesting to others that the 5th of Cadzow was the son of the 4th of Cadzow, but Walter Hamilton of Darngaber and Walter's uncle John Hamilton of Butterknock were born of unknown fathers of the same Clan. And yes this applies to Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the USA Treasury also, whose father is possibly unknown (has been debated for years) but whose actual father could have been from the same Clan as the father of Walter Hamilton of Darngaber. (By the way, all of the ancient ancestors of the Hamiltons of Cadzow were Y-DNA R1b (R-M343); ‎R-M269, Y-DNA R1b1a1a2) including Ivar Ragnarsson King of Dublin and York "Ivar the boneless").

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hamilton_of_Cadzow
• The Scots Peerage, Vol. IV, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 348. <Archive.Org>
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10940.htm#i109392 cites
• G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 254. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. Page 138. <Archive.Org>
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-1093
• Wikitree - <“Hamilton DNA notes”>
• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75649477/person/44...
• This study is incorrect: http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/g/a/gah4/HamDNA/Results.html
• This wikitree page is incorrect: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-1093
• This Wikipedia page was incorrect, but has now been corrected: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hamilton_of_Cadzow
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75649477/person/44323376800/facts'''