Ancestry of
Alexander Hamilton

1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Alexander Hamilton

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• • 3rd Generation — Grandfather of Alexander Hamilton
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  • 4 
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  • John Hamilton   
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  • Rebecca Cunningham   
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  • Elizabeth Pollock
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  • ABT 1730 
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  James A. Hamilton (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Alexander Hamilton

  • ¹ Crawfurd, George and George Robertson , A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew, includes an account of the Noble and Ancient F amilies . . . , Paisley: J. Neilson (1818) , 292, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • 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) , 840-841, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ³ Johnston, George Harvey , The Heraldry of the Hamiltons: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of th e Arms, Plates and Pedigrees , Edinburgh and London: W. and A. K. Johnston, Limited (1909) , 121, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ⁴ Randall, Willard Sterne , Alexander Hamilton: A Life , New York: HarperCollins Publishers (2003) , 15-16.
  • ⁵ Robertson, George , A Genealogical Account of the Principal Families in Ayrshire, More Particulary in Cunninghame , Vol. 1 , Irvine: Cunninghame Press (1823) , 361.