Ancestry of
Alexander Hamilton

1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

William Cunningham

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• • 9th Generation — 6th Great-grandfather of Alexander Hamilton
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 290 
  • Father:
  • Alexander Cunningham   
  • Mother:
  • Janet Hamilton   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1520 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1578 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Janet Gordon
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 24 Aug 1549 
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  • Child:
  • Elizabeth Cunningham 
  • Notes: 

  • 6th Earl of Glencairn

    William Cunningham's surname is also seen as Cunyngham.

• Sources for William Cunningham

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1999, Vol. 16, p. 118, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 208, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 323.
  • ⁴ thePeerage.com: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe, (accessed 04/12/2011).
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 96.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 218.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn", (accessed 04/12/2011).