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Alexander Hamilton

Ancestry of
Alexander Hamilton

1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury


    John Hamilton

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    • 3rd Great-grandfather of Alexander Hamilton — 6th Generation
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    • Feb 1662 
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    • There seems to be a debate as to whether or not John Hamilton or his half-brother Robert succeeded their father and married Margaret Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton.

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  • 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), 435, claims brother Robert married Margaret Hamilton.
    • 2 Hamilton, John C., Life of Alexander Hamilton: A History of the Republic of the United States of America . . ., Volume 7, Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company (1879), 840.
    • 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), 121.