Ancestry of
Alexander Hamilton

1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

John Hamilton

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Alexander Hamilton — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1024 
  • Father:
  • John Hamilton 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Sep 1547 
  • Death Location:
  • Glasgow, Scotland 
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  • Joneta Montgomery
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  William Hamilton (Ahnentafel No:512 )

  • Notes: 

  • It appears that this John Hamilton is often confused with his father of the same name. This John Hamilton died in 1547 with his will being recorded in Glasgow the following January.

• Sources for John Hamilton

  • ¹ Hamilton, Allan McLane, The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton: Based Chiefly Upon Original Family Letters and Other Documents . . ., New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1911), 434, [Death].
  • ² Hamilton, Allan McLane, The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton: Based Chiefly Upon Original Family Letters and Other Documents . . ., New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1911), 434.
  • ³ Johnston, George Harvey, The Heraldry of the Hamiltons: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees, Edinburgh and London: W. and A. K. Johnston, Limited (1909), 120.
  • ⁴ Paterson, James, History of the County of Ayr: with a Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire, Vol. 2, Edinburgh: Thomas George Stevenson (1852), 201.