John Hamilton of Allanshaw

JOHN HAMILTON OF ALLANSHAW

John Hamiltone (1666) John Hamilton in Allanshaw (1709) John Hamilton in Alanshau (1709) John Hamilton in Allanshaw (1710) John Hamilton in Allanshau (1710] John Hamilton in Allanshau (1711)

John Hamilton of Allanshaw, here treated, was the posthumous son of James Hamilton of Allanshaw and his wife Bessie Strang. He was their only child. He was born at Allanshaw on 3 March 1666, and his baptism was registered on 6 March 1666, at Hamilton in Lanarkshire, Scotland. His baptismal record reads as follows: "Umqll James Hamiltone in Allanshaw and Bessie Strang a son born the 3. n. John." [National Records of Scotland, Hamilton Baptisms, reference OPR.647/1] Image of Baptismal record

Marriage

John Hamilton of Allanshaw, here treated, married Janet Urie. [NRS: RS42/VIII/176] Their marriage was booked on 28 January 1687, at Hamilton in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It reads as follows: "28 Jan. 1687: Jon Hamilton in this pa: & Jonet Ury in the pa: of Carcart." [National Records of Scotland, Hamilton Marriages, reference OPR.647/1] Image of Marriage Record

Children

1. John Hamilton
2. Katharin Hamilton
3. James Hamilton
4. William Hamilton of Allanshaw

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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2 June 1685 x 3 August 1688: John Hamilton of Allanshaw. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/VIII/167]

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2 June 1685 x 3 August 1688: John Hamilton of Allanshaw. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/VIII/172]

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2 June 1685 x 3 August 1688: John Hamilton of Allanshaw. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/VIII/176]

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16 May 1693 x 22 My 1699: John Hamilton of Allanshaw. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/X/324]

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16 May 1693 x 22 My 1699: John Hamilton of Allanshaw. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/X/331]

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2 June 1699 x 5 July 1709: John Hamilton of Allanshaw. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XI/14]

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2 June 1699 x 5 July 1709: John Hamilton of Allanshaw. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XI/14]

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2 June 1699 x 5 July 1709: John Hamilton of Allanshaw. [Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XI/30]

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3 May 1709: List of the persons named and admitted to serve as constables within the shire of Lanark for the space of six months, commenceing from Tewsday the third day of Maij 1709 to the last day of October the said year. . . . . . Hamilton : John Hamilton in Allanshaw, . . . . . [The Minutes of the Justices of the Peace for Lanarkshire, 1707-1723. Transcribed and Edited by Charles A, Malcolm, MA., Ph.D. (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1931), pp. 56-7]

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25 October 1709: List of Constables appointed in the present Quarter Sessions holden upon this tuenty fyfth day of October 1709 to serve in the office of constabulary within the respective districts and parishes of the said shyre of Lanark, for the ensuing six months, viz. to the first Tuesday of May jmviic and ten years. . . . . . Hamilton parish : John Hamilton in Alanshau, . . . . . [The Minutes of the Justices of the Peace for Lanarkshire, 1707-1723. Transcribed and Edited by Charles A, Malcolm, MA., Ph.D. (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1931), p. 87]

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2 May 1710: List of the Constables serving from this second day of May [ 1710 ] unto the last of October, the said year. . . . . . District of Hamilton and paroches therein:- John Hamilton in Allanshaw, . . . . . [The Minutes of the Justices of the Peace for Lanarkshire, 1707-1723. Transcribed and Edited by Charles A, Malcolm, MA., Ph.D. (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1931), pp. 100-01]

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31 October 1710: List of persons named to be acaonstables, to serve from the last day of October 1710 to the first Tuesday of Mat 1711 years. . . . . . District of Hamilton and paroches therin: - John Hamilton in Allanshau, . . . . . [The Minutes of the Justices of the Peace for Lanarkshire, 1707-1723. Transcribed and Edited by Charles A, Malcolm, MA., Ph.D. (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1931), pp. 103-04]

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1 May 1711: List of Constables for the shyre of Lanark serveing that office from the first of May jmviic and eleven years to the last Tuesday of October the said year. . . . . . District of Hamilton:- John Hamilton in Allanshau, .. . . . [The Minutes of the Justices of the Peace for Lanarkshire, 1707-1723. Transcribed and Edited by Charles A, Malcolm, MA., Ph.D. (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1931), pp. 113-14]

Printed Evidence

The Minutes of the Justices of the Peace for Lanarkshire, 1707-1723. Transcribed and Edited by Charles A, Malcolm, MA., Ph.D. (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1931), 271 pp. including index.