HOWISON, Catherine

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Catherine married Sir John HAMILTON of Preston, son of George HAMILTON of Fingalton and Preston and Barbara COCKBURN, after 30 September 1619. (Sir John HAMILTON of Preston was born in 1565 ^{1 2} and died in May 1644.)

  Marriage Notes:

"(520) Sir John Hamilton of Preston, born 1565 ; died May 1644 ..... He married, second, Catherine Howison, died 1629 s.p. Her Will recorded 29th December 1631 (Edinburgh)."

from Heraldry of the Hamiltons




"Sir John (Hamilton) was thrice married. About the year 1587, he espoused Johanna, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Otterburne of Ridhall ; after whose decease, (30th September 1619,) he married Catharine Howison ; and she also dying, (1629,) he took, to his third wife,(January 1632,) Dame Helen, daughter of James Lumisdaine of Ardrie"

from Memoirs of the House of Hamilton