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HAMILTON, James 2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran
(About 1477-)
BOYD, Mary
(About 1476-)
LIVINGSTON, Robert of Easter Wemyss and Drumry, Sir
(About 1480-1513)
BETON (BETHUNE), Janet
(About 1488-About 1522)
HAMILTON, James of Finnart, Sir
(About 1498-1540)
LIVINGSTON, Margaret
(About 1504-)
HAMILTON, Elizabeth
(About 1532-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MAXWELL, John 8th of Calderwood

HAMILTON, Elizabeth 2

  • Born: About 1532
  • Marriage (1): MAXWELL, John 8th of Calderwood 1

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Elizabeth married John MAXWELL 8th of Calderwood, son of Robert MAXWELL 6th of Calderwood and Isabella ELPHINSTONE.1 (John MAXWELL 8th of Calderwood was born about 1527 and died about 1572 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood was the son of Sir Robert Maxwell of Calderwood and Sibella Carmichael. He married, firstly, Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Sir James Hamilton of Finart. He married, secondly, Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Sir Robert Stewart of Minto and Janet Murray."

from thepeerage.com

Note:

Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok and Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton state that Elizabeth Hamilton, wife of John Maxwell, was the daughter of Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick, but the dates do not support this. 1 2 3

Sources


1 Internet Site, https://www.thepeerage.com/p21323.htm#i213229 Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood.

2 e-books, Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok vol.1 by William Fraser (1863).

3 e-books, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton by John Anderson (1825).

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