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HENDERSON, John 4th of Fordell, Sir
(About 1565-1618)
BALFOUR, Agnes
(About 1570-)
HENDERSON, John 5th of Fordell
(About 1602-1650)
MENTEITH, Margaret
(About 1605-)
HENDERSON, Bethia
(About 1648-1685)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. ROBERTON, John of Earnock
2. HAMILTON, Alexander 2nd of Dalzell

HENDERSON, Bethia 2 3 4

  • Born: About 1648
  • Marriage (1): ROBERTON, John of Earnock on 5 March 1662 1
  • Marriage (2): HAMILTON, Alexander 2nd of Dalzell 2
  • Died: 1685 3
  • Buried: 28 March 1685 3

   Another name for Bethia was HENDERSON, Bathia.1

   User ID: P741.


Bethia married John ROBERTON of Earnock on 5 March 1662.1 (John ROBERTON of Earnock was born about 1635.)


  Marriage Notes:

"ROBERTOUN
JOHNE
BATHIA HENDERSON/FR153 (FR153)
05/03/1662
647
10 / 285
Hamilton"

from Index of Marriages 1

Bethia next married Alexander HAMILTON 2nd of Dalzell, son of James HAMILTON of Boggs, then 1st of Dalzell and Jean HENDERSON.2 (Alexander HAMILTON 2nd of Dalzell was born about 1644 and died in 1691 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander Hamilton, 2nd of Dalzell was the son of James Hamilton, 1st of Dalzell and Jean Henderson. He married Bethia Henderson, daughter of Sir John Henderson, 5th of Fordell and Margaret Menteith. He died in January 1691.

He was Commissioner to raise three regiments of Lanarkshire militia in 1668. In 1668 Dalzell was assigned him and confirmed in 1672 by his half-brother Robert Hamilton of Monkland."

from thepeerage.com 2

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

2 Internet Site, https://www.thepeerage.com/p42987.htm#i429864 Alexander Hamilton, 2nd of Dalzell.

3 Internet Site, https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4aa/hamilton27.php Hamilton27.

4 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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