Andrew Hamilton, Colonial Governor of New Jersey

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Andrew Hamilton
Birthdate:	estimated between 1616 and 1674
Birthplace:	Scotland
Death:	April 20, 1703 New Jersey, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:	Husband of N.N. Hamilton; Ann Hamilton and Agnes Hamilton Father of Hon. John Hamilton, Acting Governor of NJ; Margaret Hamilton; James Hamilton; Andrew Hamilton II and Arthur Hamilton
Occupation:	Colonial administrator, merchant

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Last Updated:	July 21, 2024

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Margaret Hamilton

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James Hamilton

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Andrew Hamilton II

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Arthur Hamilton

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Ann Hamilton

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About Andrew Hamilton, Colonial Governor of New Jersey

Andrew Hamilton (died 1703) was the colonial governor of East and West New Jersey from 1692 to 1697 and again from 1699 to 1703. He also served as Deputy Governor of the neighboring Province of Pennsylvania. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Per Keith, he arrived in East Jersey in 1686 and worked as a merchant. He married three times:

unknown, m. by 1688; prob. mother of son John
Ann Rudyard; daughter of Deputy-Governor Thomas Rudyard; widow of John West of New York (m. 1684) and Robert Wharton
Agnes, married at time of death; jointly inherited Andrew's estate along with son John

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"Andrew Hamilton (New Jersey governor)." Wikipedia, revision of 25 January 2024. < link > Accessed 21 July 2024.
Keith, Charles Penrose. The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania, who Held Office Between 1733-1776, p. 120. Philadelphia: W. S. Sharp Co., 1883.

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1681	December 22, 1681	Birth of Hon. John Hamilton, Acting Governor of NJ Ardstraw, Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1703	April 20, 1703	Death of Andrew Hamilton, Colonial Governor of New J... New Jersey, British Colonial America
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