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Commerford Lineage

(in)Complete Genealogical Records

Total ancestors fully or partially identified: 116

This directory comprises all ancestors identified through lineage research. The biographical data in each profile is what can be inferred from available historical documentation and personal accounts about their lives.


Since paternal lineage is the one we are trying to track, this registry begins with Dad as the reference point:
Dad → Parents → Grandparents → Great Grandparents → etc.


Relationship depth is measured through generational distance, not calendar time. An ancestor is classified as "5x great" because they are five parent-child links away from the reference person — ancestors at the same generational level may belong to very different historical periods.


Each individual listed here represents a necessary link in a biological chain. This lineage continues only because each of these people existed, survived, and had a child who continued the line.

Parents

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Jeannette Commerford née Malcuit

b. 26 Oct 1926 — d. 11 Apr 2020 (age 94) †

Mother: Maria "Mary" Favini
Father: Maurice Malcuit
Partner: Edward Bradley "Pali" Commerford
Birth: NJ
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Edward Bradley Commerford "Pali"

b. 17 Jul 1918 — d. 5 Jun 1999 (age 81) †

Mother: Ellen Mae "Ella" Commerford
Father: John Rowe Commerford
Partner: Jeannette Commerford
Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey

When Edward Bradley Commerford was born on 17 July 1918, in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States, his father, John Rowe Commerford, was 34 and his mother, Ellen Mae "Ella" Youmans, was 26.
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Grandparents

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Maria "Mary" Malcuit née Favini

b. 1901 — d. 1986 (age 85) †

Mother: Unknown
Father: Guiseppe Favini
Partner: Maurice Malcuit
Birth: Varallo Pombia, Provincia di Novara, Piemonte, Italy
Death: Harrington Park, NJ
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Maurice Malcuit

b. 1897 — d. 1966 (age 69) †

Mother: Marie Séverine Colmar
Father: Jean Malcuit
Partner: Maria "Mary" Favini
Birth: Paris, France
Death: US

According to immigration records, the family lived in the Paris Region. Their ship "La Touraine" departed France on January 20th from the Port of Le Havre. Seven days later, it arrived at the Port of New York.
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Ellen Mae Commerford "Ella" née Youmans

b. 17 May 1892 — d. 21 Jan 1973 (age 81) †

Mother: Fanny O'Neill Youmans
Father: George E. Youmans
Partner: John R. Commerford
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John Rowe Commerford

b. 29 May 1884 — d. 29 Jan 1968 (age 84) †

Mother: Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hamilton
Father: Charles C Commerford
Partner: Grace Truman Duvall

Great Grandparents

The parents of your grandparents. There are 8 in total. Pedigree collapse likely first occurs here.

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Fanny Youmans née O'Neill

b. 20 Dec 1864 — d. 1939 (age 75) †

Mother: Mary Jane O'Neill
Father: Dennis O'Neill
Partner: George E. Youmans
Birth: New Jersey

Fanny (or Francis) O'Neill was born on 20 December 1864, in Bergen, New Jersey. Her father, Dennis O'Neill, was 24 and her mother, Mary Jane Ring, was 32. Born during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
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George E. Youmans

b. 21 Jan 1866 — d. 21 Jan 1899 (age 33) †

Mother: Rachel Sliker
Father: Aaron William Youmans
Partner: Fanny O'Neill
Birth: Jersey City, NJ
Death: Jersey City, NJ

When George E. Youmans was born on 21 January 1866, in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, his father, Aaron William Youmans, was 23 and his mother, Rachel Sliker, was 23. He married Fanny O'Neill.
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Elizabeth Hamilton "Lizzie"

b. 18 Jul 1859 — † date unknown

Mother: Elize Charlier
Father: Alexander James Ferris Hamilton
Partner: Charles C Commerford
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Charles C. Commerford

b. 2 Jun 1833 — d. 6 Feb 1920 (age 87) †

Mother: Maria Commerford
Father: John Commerford
Partner: Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hamilton

One of the nation's notable figures of his era.
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Jean Malcuit

b. 1866 — † date unknown

Mother: Marie Thérèse Deval
Father: Charles Malcuit
Wife: Marie Séverine Colmar (married 15 Jan 1898 in Paris)
Birth: Challand-Saint-Victor, Vallée d'Aoste, Italy
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Marie Séverine Colmar

b. 21 Aug 1867 — † date unknown

Mother: Marie Marguerite Machet
Father: François Cyprien Colmar
Husband: Jean Malcuit (married 15 Jan 1898 in Paris)

Arrived in the United States on January 27th 1906 with her two children. The amount of cash they had in hand when they arrived is hard to decipher in the immigration sheet — possibly $12.
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Guiseppe Favini

† date unknown

Birth: Varallo-Pombia, Milan, Italy

Great Great Grandparents

A person has a total of 16 great great grandparents. In our case, 8 have been (partially) identified.

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Mary Jane O'Neill née Ring

b. Aug 1832 — d. 2 Feb 1926 (age 94) †

Partner: Dennis O'Neill
Birth: County Kilkenny, Ireland
Death: Westwood, NJ

She lived in Washington Township, Bergen, New Jersey in 1880 and Hillsdale, Bergen, New Jersey for about 15 years. She died on 2 February 1926, in Westwood, Bergen, New Jersey.
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Dennis O'Neill

b. 9 Jun 1840 — d. 25 Jan 1906 (age 66) †

Mother: Mary Byrnes
Father: Joseph O'Neill
Partner: Mary Jane O'Neill
Birth: Ireland
Death: USA

Dennis O'Neill was born on 9 June 1840 in Ireland. He had at least 3 sons and 6 daughters with Mary Jane Ring. He lived in Hillsdale, Bergen, New Jersey.
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Rachel Sliker


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Aaron William Youmans

b. 1842 — † date unknown

Mother: Margaret Stryker
Father: George Youmans
Partner: Rachel Sliker
Birth: New York
Profession: "Hard wood finisher" (1905 NJ census); "varnisher" (1870 census); "farmer" (1880 census)
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John Commerford

b. 1800 — d. 1878 (age 78) †

Partner: Maria Commerford
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Maria Commerford née Ferris

b. 1806 — d. 29 Apr 1900 (age 94) †

Mother: Winifred Purdy
Father: Richard R Ferris
Partner: John Commerford
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François Cyprien Colmar

b. 19 Oct 1832 — d. 8 Apr 1888 (age 56) †

Partner: Marie Marguerite Machet
Birth: Saint-Denis, Aosta Valley, Italy
Death: Saint-Denis, Aosta Valley, Italy
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Marie Marguerite Machet

b. 9 Jan 1830 — d. 22 Jan 1877 (age 47) †

Mother: Marie Joseph Orsieres
Father: Jean Martin Machet
Partner: François Cyprien Colmar
Birth: Saint-Denis, Aosta Valley, Italy
Death: Saint-Denis, Aosta Valley, Italy

Great Great Great Grandparents (3x)

32 total ancestors of this kind; many have been either partially or fully identified.

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Richard R Ferris

† date unknown

Partner: Winifred Purdy
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Winifred Purdy

b. 22 Jan 1773 — d. 13 Oct 1820 (age 47) †

Mother: Abigail Smith
Father: Jacob Purdy
Partner: Richard R Ferris
Birth: North Castle, Westchester County, New York
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Margaret Stryker

b. 1827 — d. 1880 (age 53) †

Mother: Elizabeth Striker
Father: Stryker
Partner: George Youmans
Birth: New Jersey
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George Youmans

b. Aug 1823 — d. 2 Jul 1902 (age 79) †

Partner: Margaret Stryker
Birth: Rockland, New York
Death: Jersey City, NJ
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Mary Byrnes

† date unknown

Partner: Joseph O'Neill
Birth: Ireland
Death: USA
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Joseph O'Neill

† date unknown

Partner: Mary Byrnes
Birth: Ireland
Death: USA
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William L Sliker

b. 22 Sep 1803 — d. 24 Nov 1855 (age 52) †

Partner: Elisabeth Sliker
Birth: Mansfield Township, Warren, New Jersey
Death: Washington Township, Morris, New Jersey
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Elisabeth Sliker née Swazey

b. 13 Sep 1842 — d. 27 Feb 1886 (age 44) †

Mother: Elisabeth Sliker
Father: William L Sliker
Partner: Aaron William Youmans
Birth: Pleasant Grove, Washington Township, Morris, New Jersey
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Alexander James Ferris Hamilton

b. 15 Nov 1828 — d. 2 Jul 1905 (age 77) †

Mother: Elizabeth Ann (or Ann Eliza) Hamilton
Father: Alexander James Cranston Hamilton
Partner: Elize Charlier
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Elize Hamilton née Charlier

b. 1836 — † date unknown

Partner: Alexander James Ferris Hamilton
Birth: New York, NY
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Jean Martin Machet

b. 11 Nov 1774 — † date unknown

Mother: Marie Christine Junod
Father: Jean André Machet
Partner: Marie Joseph Orsieres
Birth: Torgnon, Aosta Valley, Italy
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Marie Joseph Orsieres

† date unknown

Partner: Jean Martin Machet

Great Great Great Great Grandparents (4x)

A person has 64 total ancestors of this kind.

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Elizabeth Striker

b. 1806 — † date unknown

Partner: Stryker

Stryker

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Partner: Elizabeth Striker
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Youmans

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Partner: Youmans
Birth: New York
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Youmans

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Partner: Youmans
Birth: New York
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Commerford

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Partner: Commerford
Birth: New Jersey
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Commerford

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Partner: Commerford
Birth: New Jersey
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Jacob Purdy

b. 28 Nov 1739 — d. 28 Dec 1822 (age 83) †

Mother: Winifred Griffin
Father: Samuel Purdy Jr.
Partner: Abigail Smith

Abigail Smith

b. 21 Mar 1745 — d. 12 Nov 1839 (age 94) †

Partner: Jacob Purdy
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Alexander James Cranston Hamilton

b. 8 Feb 1788 — d. 20 Feb 1867 (age 79) †

Mother: Mary Deane
Father: Alexander James Hamilton
Partner: Elizabeth Ann (or Ann Eliza) Ferris
Birth: New York, New York
Death: Bergen, New Jersey

Married Eliza A. Ferris on 14 March 1816 in New York. Son of the British officer Alexander James Hamilton who chose to remain in America after the Revolutionary War.
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Elizabeth Ann Hamilton née Ferris

b. 10 Jun 1791 — d. 18 Apr 1877 (age 86) †

Mother: Sarah Oakley
Father: James Ferris
Partner: Alexander James Cranston Hamilton
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Jean André Machet

b. 1715 — † date unknown

Mother: Catherine Gal
Father: Pantaleon Machet
Wife: Marie Christine Junod (married 1742)
Birth: Torgnon, Aosta Valley, Italy
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Marie Christine Junod

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Husband: Jean André Machet (married 1742)
Birth: Torgnon, Aosta Valley, Italy

Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents (5x)

A person has 128 ancestors of this kind. This generation witnessed the American Revolution and the formation of the United States.

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Samuel Purdy Jr.

b. 23 Mar 1709 — d. 5 Sep 1796 (age 87) †

Mother: Clorinda Penelope Strang
Father: Samuel Purdy
Partner: Winifred Griffin
Birth: Rye, Westchester County, Province of New York
Death: White Plains, Westchester County, New York
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Winifred Griffin

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Partner: Samuel Purdy Jr.
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James Ferris

b. 3 Jul 1734 — d. 25 Feb 1780 (age 46) †

Father: John Ferris
Partner: Charity Thomas
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Sarah Oakley

b. 7 Aug 1771 — d. 23 Sep 1856 (age 85) †

Partner: James Ferris
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Alexander James Hamilton

b. c. 1750, Scotland — d. after 1809, New York †

Mother: Agnes Daes
Father: James Hamilton, Esq.
Partner: Mary Deane
Birth: Scotland
Death: New York, USA

British Army Lieutenant, 45th Regiment of Foot, commissioned May 1775. Served in America 1776–78 during the Revolutionary War and never returned. Married Mary Deane in occupied New York on 11 Feb 1778. Member and 2nd Vice-President of St. Andrew's Society of New York (1801–09). Only son of James Hamilton, Esq., Keeper of His Majesty's Stores at Woolwich.
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Mary Deane

b. 22 Sep 1759, Ireland — d. 8 May 1851 (age 92) †

Mother: Mary Odlum
Father: Richard Deane
Partner: Alexander James Hamilton
Birth: Fullamore, Kings County, Ireland
Death: New York, USA

Born in Ireland; arrived in New York with her family on 23 October 1763, aged four. Married British officer Alexander James Hamilton on 11 February 1778 during the British occupation of New York. Together they had 13 children. Lived to age 92.
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Pantaleon Machet

b. 1676 — † date unknown

Partner: Catherine Gal
Birth: Torgnon, Aosta Valley, Italy
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Catherine Gal

† date unknown

Partner: Pantaleon Machet
Birth: Torgnon, Aosta Valley, Italy

Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents (6x)

A total of 256 ancestors for this category — born during the colonial and early independence eras.

Samuel Purdy

b. 1685 — d. 1753 (age 68) †

Mother: Elizabeth H. Ogden
Father: Joseph Purdy
Partner: Clorinda Penelope Strang
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Clorinda Penelope Strang

b. 13 Jun 1687 — d. 6 Dec 1726 (age 39) †

Mother: Charlotte Lamaistre
Father: Daniel Strang
Partner: Samuel Purdy
Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Death: Rye, Westchester County, Province of New York
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James Ferris

b. 3 Jul 1734 — d. 25 Feb 1780 (age 46) †

Father: John Ferris
Partner: Charity Thomas

Charity Thomas

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Partner: James Ferris
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Richard Deane

b. c. 1730, Ireland — d. 4 Dec 1787 (age ~57) †

Partner: Mary Odlum
Birth: Ireland
Death: USA

Married Mary Odlum on 3 April 1755 in Fullamore, Kings County, Ireland. On 23 October 1763, he, his wife, and children Elizabeth, Mary, and Henry arrived in New York. Had 7 children: Mary Ann (1756), Elizabeth (1757), Mary (1759), Elkanah Prussia (1761), Henry (1763), Ann (1764), and Richard (1766). His Bible records are a primary source for the Hamilton family history.
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Mary Odlum

† date unknown

Partner: Richard Deane
Birth: Fullamore, Kings County (now County Offaly), Ireland

Married Richard Deane on 3 April 1755 in Fullamore, Kings County, Ireland. Emigrated to New York in 1763. The Odlum name is an old Anglo-Irish family from the Irish Midlands, suggesting Protestant Anglo-Irish origins. Mother of Mary Deane, who married British officer Alexander James Hamilton in 1778.
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James Hamilton, Esq.

† date unknown

Mother: Lady Mary Kerr
Father: Alexander Hamilton of Ballincrieff
Partner: Agnes Daes
Birth: Scotland

Keeper of His Majesty's Stores, appointed at Chatham, later at Woolwich — one of Britain's most important military arsenals. This was a prestigious Crown appointment. Eldest son of Alexander Hamilton of Ballincrieff. Father of Lt. Alexander James Hamilton, who served in the American Revolutionary War and chose to remain in New York.
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Agnes Daes

b. 1729, Ballencrieff, East Lothian — † date unknown

Father: James Daes
Partner: James Hamilton, Esq.
Birth: Ballencrieff, Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland

Daughter of James Daes of Ballencrieff. Married James Hamilton, Esq., Keeper of His Majesty's Stores at Woolwich. Mother of Lt. Alexander James Hamilton, who served in the Revolutionary War and chose to remain in America. Born at the same East Lothian estate that had been in Hamilton hands since 1720 — the Daes and Hamilton families were neighbours for generations.
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James Daes

b. 1702, Ballencrieff, East Lothian, Scotland — † date unknown

Birth: Ballencrieff, Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland

Father of Agnes Daes, who married James Hamilton, Esq., Keeper of His Majesty's Stores at Woolwich. The Daes family lived at Ballencrieff in East Lothian — the same estate at the heart of the Hamilton family's history, suggesting a deep local connection between the two families across generations.
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Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents (7x)

A person has 512 ancestors of this kind.

Joseph Purdy

† date unknown

Partner: Mary Brundage

Elizabeth H. Ogden

b. 1656 — d. 1742 (age 86) †

Mother: Judith Budd
Father: John Ogden
Partner: Joseph Purdy

John Ferris

b. 1649 — d. 1715 (age 66) †

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Alexander Hamilton of Ballincrieff

b. c. 1690, Scotland — d. after 1720 †

Partner: Lady Mary Kerr
Birth: Ballincrieff, East Lothian, Scotland

Described as the "undoubted male representative of the ancient family of Innerwick," with a charter under the Great Seal of Scotland for his lands at Ballincrieff, dated 1720. The Hamiltons of Innerwick were a branch of one of Scotland's most powerful noble dynasties. His marriage to Lady Mary Kerr, daughter of the Marquess of Lothian, connected the family to the highest levels of Scottish aristocracy.
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Lady Mary Kerr

b. c. 1701, Scotland — d. 17 Nov 1768 (age ~67) †

Mother: Lady Jane Campbell, Marchioness of Lothian
Father: Lt.-Gen. William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian
Partner: Alexander Hamilton of Ballincrieff
Birth: Midlothian, Scotland

Daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Lothian, one of Scotland's great noble titles. Married Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick and Ballincrieff c. 1723 in Bathgate, West Lothian. They were parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. Her aristocratic Kerr lineage traces back through the Earls and Marquesses of Lothian to the powerful Scottish nobility of the 17th century.
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James Hamilton of Ballencrief

b. 1656, The Grange, Midlothian, Scotland — d. 21 Feb 1687 (age 31) †

Mother: Jean Hamilton
Father: Alexander Hamilton
Partner: Margaret Nicolson Hamilton
Birth: The Grange, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: Scotland

Son of Alexander Hamilton and Jean Hamilton of Killyleagh, County Down. Inherited the Ballencrief estate in East Lothian, Scotland. Married Margaret Nicolson Hamilton, daughter of Sir Thomas Nicholson of Carnock. Father of Alexander Hamilton of Ballincrieff, who married Lady Mary Kerr, daughter of the Marquess of Lothian. Died young at only 31, leaving his son to carry the line forward.
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Margaret Nicolson Hamilton

b. 1662, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland — d. 1736 †

Mother: Lady Margaret Livingstone
Father: Sir Thomas Nicholson of Carnock
Partner: James Hamilton of Ballencrief
Birth: Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Daughter of Sir Thomas Nicholson of Carnock and Lady Margaret Livingstone. Married James Hamilton of Ballencrief. Mother of Alexander Hamilton of Ballincrieff, who would marry Lady Mary Kerr and connect this family to the highest levels of Scottish aristocracy. She outlived her husband by nearly 50 years.
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Charlotte Lamaistre

† date unknown

Partner: Daniel Strang

Wife of Daniel Strang. Mother of Clorinda Penelope Strang, who was born in Boston in 1687 and married Samuel Purdy in colonial New York. The Lamaistre name suggests possible Huguenot French ancestry — French Protestant refugees who fled to England and the American colonies after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
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Daniel Strang

† date unknown

Partner: Charlotte Lamaistre

Married Charlotte Lamaistre. Father of Clorinda Penelope Strang (b. 1687, Boston, Massachusetts), who married Samuel Purdy in Rye, Westchester County, New York. The Strang family were early colonial settlers in the New England and New York region.
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Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents (8x)

A person has 1024 ancestors of this kind.

John Ogden

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Partner: Judith Budd
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Judith Budd

b. 1639 — d. 1681 (age 42) †

Mother: Katherine Browne
Father: John Budd III
Partner: John Ogden
Birth: Long Island, Suffolk County, Province of New York

Joseph Purdy

† date unknown

Partner: Mary Brundage

Mary Brundage

† date unknown

Partner: Joseph Purdy
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Lt.-Gen. William Kerr 2nd Marquess of Lothian

b. 1661, Dalkeith — d. 28 Feb 1722, London (age 61) †

Mother: Lady Jean Campbell of Argyll
Father: Robert Kerr, 4th Earl of Lothian
Partner: Lady Jane Campbell
Birth: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: London, England — buried Westminster Abbey

Soldier and Scottish nobleman. Married Lady Jane Campbell on 30 June 1685. They were parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. Died in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey — one of the most honored burial sites in Britain. His daughter Lady Mary Kerr married into the Hamilton of Ballincrieff line.
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Lady Jane Campbell Marchioness of Lothian

b. 17 Jul 1657, Inverness-shire — d. 31 Jul 1712 (age 55) †

Mother: Lady Mary Stewart, Countess of Argyll
Father: Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll
Partner: Lt.-Gen. William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian
Birth: Inverness-shire, Scotland
Death: Newbottle, Durham, England

Daughter of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll — one of the most powerful nobles in Scotland. Married Lt.-Gen. William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian on 30 June 1685. Parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. Her lineage connects this family to the great Campbell clan and the Earls of Argyll, a dynasty central to Scottish history.
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Jean Hamilton

b. 1622, Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland — d. 1699 (age 77) †

Mother: Jane Echlin
Father: John Hamilton
Partner: Alexander Hamilton
Birth: Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland
Death: Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland

Daughter of John Hamilton and Jane Echlin of Killyleagh, County Down. Married her kinsman Alexander Hamilton. Mother of James Hamilton of Ballencrief, who carried the family from Ireland to Scotland. Born and died in the same town — Killyleagh — which was a centre of Hamilton family power in Ulster during the Plantation era.
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Sir Thomas Nicholson of Carnock

b. 10 Jun 1628, Edinburgh — d. 24 Jul 1664 (age 36), Kemnay, Aberdeenshire †

Mother: Isabel Henderson
Father: Sir Thomas Nicholson 1st Baronet of Carnock
Partner: Lady Margaret Livingstone
Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Death: Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Son of Sir Thomas Nicholson 1st Baronet of Carnock and Isabel Henderson. Married Lady Margaret Livingstone. Father of Margaret Nicolson Hamilton, who married James Hamilton of Ballencrief. Died at only 36, having inherited the baronetcy from his father. His daughter Margaret became the bridge between the Nicholson legal dynasty and the Hamilton noble line.
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Lady Margaret Livingstone

b. 1630, Scotland — d. 1674 (age 44) †

Partner: Sir Thomas Nicholson of Carnock
Birth: Scotland

Wife of Sir Thomas Nicholson of Carnock. Mother of Margaret Nicolson Hamilton, who married James Hamilton of Ballencrief. The Livingstone family were Earls of Linlithgow, one of Scotland's great noble houses — their power centred around Linlithgow Palace, a royal seat of the Stewart kings.
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Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents (9x)

A person has 2048 ancestors of this kind.

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John Budd III

b. 1599 — d. 1670 (age 71) †

Partner: Katherine Browne
Birth: Stepney, London, Middlesex, England
Death: Rye, Westchester County, Province of New York
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Katherine Browne

b. 1591 — d. 1670 (age 79) †

Mother: Mary Dormer
Father: Anthony Browne IV
Partner: John Budd III
Birth: Chichester, Sussex, England
Death: Rye, Westchester County, Province of New York
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Robert Kerr 4th Earl of Lothian

b. c. 1636, Scotland — d. 1703 (age ~67) †

Partner: Lady Jean Campbell of Argyll
Birth: Scotland
Death: Scotland

4th Earl of Lothian, head of the powerful Kerr noble family of Scotland. Father of Lt.-Gen. William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian, who married Lady Jane Campbell of Argyll. The Kerr family were one of the great Border noble dynasties, with extensive lands in Roxburghshire and Midlothian.
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Lady Jean Campbell of Argyll

† date unknown

Partner: Robert Kerr, 4th Earl of Lothian
Birth: Scotland

Daughter of the Campbell Earls of Argyll, one of Scotland's most powerful noble dynasties. Married Robert Kerr, 4th Earl of Lothian, uniting two of Scotland's great aristocratic families. Mother of Lt.-Gen. William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian.
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Lady Mary Stewart Countess of Argyll

† date unknown

Partner: Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll
Birth: Scotland

Wife of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll. Mother of Lady Jane Campbell, who married Lt.-Gen. William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian. The Stewart name connects this line to Scotland's royal Stewart dynasty.
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Archibald Campbell 9th Earl of Argyll

b. 26 Feb 1629 — d. 30 Jun 1685 (age 56) †

Mother: Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Argyll
Father: Sir Archibald Campbell
Partner: Lady Mary Stewart, Countess of Argyll
Birth: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: Edinburgh, Scotland

One of the most powerful and controversial Scottish nobles of the 17th century. A leader of the Covenanting movement and opponent of King Charles II's religious policies. Executed in Edinburgh in 1685 after a failed rebellion. His daughter Lady Jane Campbell married the 2nd Marquess of Lothian, continuing this line.
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Hugh Hamilton

b. 1590, Ireland — d. 1671 (age ~81) †

Mother: Helen Jean Maitland Cunningham
Father: James Hamilton
Partner: Mary Ann Hamilton
Birth: Ireland

Son of James Hamilton and Helen Jean Maitland Cunningham. Part of the Hamilton family who settled in County Down, Ulster, during the Plantation of Ireland. Father of Alexander Hamilton of Comber and Killyleagh, who married Jean Hamilton and whose son James Hamilton of Ballencrief carried the family line to Scotland.
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Mary Ann Hamilton

b. 1590, Ireland — d. 1671 (age ~81) †

Partner: Hugh Hamilton
Birth: Ireland

Wife of Hugh Hamilton. Mother of Alexander Hamilton of Comber, County Down. Part of the extended Hamilton family network in Ulster during the early 17th century.
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John Hamilton

b. 1594, Ireland — † date unknown

Partner: Jane Echlin
Birth: Ireland

Married Jane Echlin. Father of Jean Hamilton, who married Alexander Hamilton and continued this line. Part of the Hamilton family of Killyleagh, County Down — a branch of the great Scottish Hamilton dynasty that settled in Ulster during the Plantation of Ireland in the early 17th century.
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Jane Echlin

d. 1684, Ireland †

Partner: John Hamilton
Birth: Ireland
Death: Ireland

Wife of John Hamilton of Killyleagh, County Down. Mother of Jean Hamilton, who married Alexander Hamilton and continued this line to Scotland. The Echlin family were a notable Anglo-Irish family of County Down, with strong ties to the Protestant planter community of Ulster.
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Sir Thomas Nicholson 1st Baronet of Carnock

b. 1585, Lasswade, Midlothian — d. 8 Jan 1646, Tower Hamlets, London †

Mother: Elizabeth Henderson
Father: John Nicholson of Lasswade
Partner: Isabel Henderson
Birth: Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: Tower Hamlets, London, England

Son of John Nicholson of Lasswade and Elizabeth Henderson. A prominent Scottish lawyer and judge who was created 1st Baronet of Carnock. Married Isabel Henderson, daughter of Walter Henderson and Isabel Melville. Father of Sir Thomas Nicholson of Carnock. Died in London, likely in service to the Crown, in 1646 — during the turbulent years of the English Civil War.
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Isabel Henderson

b. 1590, Edinburgh, Scotland — d. 1668 (age 78) †

Mother: Isabel Melville
Father: Walter Henderson
Partner: Sir Thomas Nicholson 1st Baronet of Carnock
Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland

Daughter of Walter Henderson and Isabel Melville. Married Sir Thomas Nicholson, 1st Baronet of Carnock. Mother of Sir Thomas Nicholson of Carnock, who continued this line. A long-lived woman of Edinburgh who survived her husband by over 20 years.
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A person has 4096 ancestors of this kind.

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Anthony Browne IV

b. 22 Jul 1552 — d. 19 Jun 1592 (age 40) †

Mother: Jane Radcliff
Father: Anthony Browne III
Partner: Mary Dormer
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Mary Dormer

b. 1555 — d. 1637 (age 82) †

Partner: Anthony Browne IV
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Sir Archibald Campbell 8th Earl of Argyll

b. 1598 — d. 27 Jan 1661 (age ~63) †

Mother: Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Argyll
Partner: Lady Margaret Douglas
Birth: Scotland
Death: Edinburgh, Scotland

One of the most powerful figures in 17th-century Scotland, known as "Gilleasbuig Gruamach" (Archibald the Grim). A staunch Covenanter and leader of the Presbyterian cause against King Charles I. He placed the crown on Charles II's head at Scone in 1651, yet was later executed for treason in Edinburgh in 1661. Father of the 9th Earl of Argyll, who was also executed for rebellion.
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Lady Margaret Douglas Countess of Argyll

† date unknown

Partner: Sir Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll
Birth: Scotland

Wife of Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll. Mother of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll. The Douglas name was one of the most storied in Scottish noble history, associated with the great Douglas clan whose power rivaled that of the Scottish crown itself.
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James Hamilton

b. 1520, Scotland — d. 1596 (age ~76) †

Partner: Helen Jean Maitland Cunningham
Birth: Scotland

Married Helen Jean Maitland Cunningham. Father of Hugh Hamilton, who settled in County Down, Ireland. Part of the great Hamilton dynasty of Scotland. The Hamiltons were one of the most powerful noble families in 16th-century Scotland, second only to the Stuarts in their claim to the throne, and their colonization of Ulster during the Plantation of Ireland brought this branch to County Down.
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Helen Jean Maitland Cunningham

b. 1523, Scotland — † date unknown

Partner: James Hamilton
Birth: Scotland

Wife of James Hamilton. Mother of Hugh Hamilton of County Down, Ireland. The combined Maitland and Cunningham names point to distinguished Scottish families — the Maitlands were Earls of Lauderdale, powerful statesmen in 16th-century Scotland, and the Cunninghams were Earls of Glencairn.
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John Nicholson of Lasswade

b. 1559, Lasswade, Midlothian — d. 2 Jan 1605 (age 46) †

Mother: Janet Swinton
Father: James Nicholson
Partner: Elizabeth Henderson
Birth: Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland

Son of James Nicholson and Janet Swinton. Married Elizabeth Henderson. Father of Sir Thomas Nicholson 1st Baronet of Carnock. From the Nicholson family of Lasswade, a village in Midlothian just south of Edinburgh. His son Thomas would become a baronet and one of Scotland's notable legal figures.
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Elizabeth Henderson

b. 1564, Lasswade, Midlothian — d. 1637 (age 73) †

Partner: John Nicholson of Lasswade
Birth: Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland

Wife of John Nicholson of Lasswade. Mother of Sir Thomas Nicholson 1st Baronet of Carnock. Part of the Henderson family of Midlothian.
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Walter Henderson

b. 1576, Scotland — d. 1601 (age 25) †

Partner: Isabel Melville
Birth: Scotland

Married Isabel Melville. Father of Isabel Henderson, who married Sir Thomas Nicholson 1st Baronet of Carnock. Died very young at around 25, leaving his wife Isabel Melville to raise their daughter.
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Isabel Melville

d. 1650, Scotland †

Partner: Walter Henderson
Birth: Scotland

Wife of Walter Henderson. Mother of Isabel Henderson, who married Sir Thomas Nicholson 1st Baronet of Carnock. The Melville name was prominent in Scottish nobility — the Melvilles were Earls of Melville and a significant presence in Scottish legal and political circles.
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William Douglas 7th Earl of Morton

b. 1582, Dalkeith, Midlothian — d. 7 Aug 1648 (age 66), Kirkwall, Orkney †

Mother: Jean Lyon, Countess of Angus
Father: Robert Douglas, Master of Morton
Partner: Anne Agnes Keith
Birth: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland

Son of Robert Douglas, Master of Morton, and Jean Lyon. Married Anne Agnes Keith. Father of Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Argyll, who married the 8th Earl of Argyll. A leading Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century, he died in Orkney — the far northern reaches of Scotland — in 1648, the year before the execution of King Charles I.
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Anne Agnes Keith

b. 5 Dec 1586, Scotland — d. 30 May 1648 (age 61) †

Partner: William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton
Birth: Scotland

Wife of William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton. Mother of Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Argyll, who married the 8th Earl of Argyll. The Keith family were hereditary Earls Marischal of Scotland — guardians of the Scottish regalia and crown jewels — making Anne one of the most distinguished women in this entire lineage.
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A person has 8192 ancestors of this kind.

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Anthony Browne III

b. 1526 — d. 1592 (age 66) †

Partner: Jane Radcliff
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Jane Radcliff

b. 1532 — d. 1552 (age 20) †

Partner: Anthony Browne III
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James Nicholson

b. 1530, Scotland — d. 1580 (age 50) †

Partner: Janet Swinton
Birth: Scotland

Married Janet Swinton, daughter of Sir John Swinton 18th of That Ilk. Father of John Nicholson of Lasswade. Patriarch of the Nicholson family line whose descendants would include Sir Thomas Nicholson, 1st Baronet of Carnock — a family that rose from modest Scottish gentry to nobility within two generations.
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Janet Swinton

b. 1532, Eckford, Roxburghshire — d. 1580 (age 48), Lasswade, Midlothian †

Mother: Margaret Home of Wedderburn
Father: Sir John Swinton 18th of That Ilk
Partner: James Nicholson
Birth: Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Death: Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland

Daughter of Sir John Swinton 18th of That Ilk and Margaret Home of Wedderburn. Married James Nicholson. Mother of John Nicholson of Lasswade. From the ancient Swinton family of Berwickshire — one of Scotland's oldest continuously-documented noble families, with records going back to the 11th century. Her branch of the family moved from the Borders to Midlothian through her marriage.
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Robert Douglas Master of Morton

b. 1562, Rothesay, Buteshire — d. 30 Nov 1584 (age 22), died at sea †

Mother: Agnes Leslie, Countess of Morton
Father: William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
Partner: Jean Lyon, Countess of Angus
Birth: Rothesay, Buteshire, Scotland
Death: died at sea

Son of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton. Married Jean Lyon, Countess of Angus. Father of William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton. Died tragically young at only 22, lost at sea in 1584 — before he could inherit his father's earldom. His son would inherit instead, making him a posthumous link in this chain. The title "Master of Morton" was the Scottish honorific for the eldest son of an earl.
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Jean Lyon Countess of Angus

† date unknown

Partner: Robert Douglas, Master of Morton
Birth: Scotland

Wife of Robert Douglas, Master of Morton. Mother of William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton. The Lyon family were Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne — a dynasty whose most famous descendant would be Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (née Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), making this a remarkable convergence of Scottish noble lineages.
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A person has 16,384 ancestors of this kind. This generation lived in early 16th-century Scotland and the Scottish Borders.

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William Douglas 6th Earl of Morton

b. 2 Jul 1540, Scotland — d. 24 Sep 1606 (age 66) †

Partner: Agnes Leslie, Countess of Morton
Birth: Scotland
Death: Scotland

6th Earl of Morton, head of one of the most powerful branches of the Douglas family in 16th-century Scotland. The Earls of Morton wielded enormous political influence — the 4th Earl of Morton served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of James VI. Father of Robert Douglas, Master of Morton, who died at sea before inheriting the title.
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Agnes Leslie Countess of Morton

† date unknown

Partner: William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
Birth: Scotland

Wife of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton. Mother of Robert Douglas, Master of Morton. The Leslie family were Earls of Rothes, one of Scotland's premier noble dynasties with a history stretching back to the 12th century. Her marriage united two of Scotland's greatest noble houses.
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Sir John Swinton 18th of That Ilk

b. 1502, Swinton, Berwickshire — d. 24 Apr 1579 (age 77), Berwickshire †

Mother: Catherine Lauder
Father: Sir John Swinton 17th of That Ilk
Partner: Margaret Home of Wedderburn
Birth: Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland
Death: Berwickshire, Scotland

Son of Sir John Swinton 17th and Catherine Lauder. Married Margaret Home of Wedderburn. Father of Janet Swinton, who married James Nicholson. The Swintons of Swinton hold one of the oldest continuously-documented family histories in Scotland, with records going back to Ernulf de Swinton in the time of King Malcolm III (1058–1093) — over 900 years of documented lineage from a single estate.
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Margaret Home of Wedderburn

b. 1500, Berwickshire — d. 5 Jun 1549 (age 49), Berwickshire †

Partner: Sir John Swinton 18th of That Ilk
Birth: Berwickshire, Scotland
Death: Berwickshire, Scotland

Wife of Sir John Swinton 18th of That Ilk. Mother of Janet Swinton. From the Home (or Hume) family of Wedderburn, a powerful Border noble family of Berwickshire. The Homes were among the most influential Border lords in 15th and 16th-century Scotland, with Wedderburn Castle as their seat.
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Great × 13 Grandparents (13x)

A person has 32,768 ancestors of this kind. This generation lived in the late 15th and early 16th century — the era of the Scottish Reformation and the reign of James V.

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Sir John Swinton 17th of That Ilk

b. 1479, Swinton, Berwickshire — d. 1520, Scotland (age ~41) †

Partner: Catherine Lauder
Birth: Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland

Married Catherine Lauder. Father of Sir John Swinton 18th of That Ilk. Head of the ancient Swinton family of Berwickshire during the reign of James IV of Scotland. The numbering "of That Ilk" is a Scottish designation meaning the family takes its name from their ancestral estate — the Swintons have held Swinton since the 11th century, one of the longest unbroken noble tenures in Scotland.
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Catherine Lauder

b. 1425, Scotland — d. 1515 (age ~90) †

Partner: Sir John Swinton 17th of That Ilk
Birth: Scotland

Wife of Sir John Swinton 17th of That Ilk. Mother of Sir John Swinton 18th of That Ilk. From the Lauder family of the Scottish Borders. Remarkably long-lived for her era — if the dates are accurate, she lived to approximately 90 years old, spanning from the reign of James I of Scotland to the reign of James IV. She would have lived through the entire Wars of the Roses in England and the tumultuous reigns of four Scottish kings.
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