WILLIAM HAMILTON

William Hamilton, here treated, is identified as the son of Alexander Hamilton and Jane Cavan in at least one pedigree published by WikiTree. His parents are identified as Lord Alexander Hamilton and Lady Jane Caven by at least one pedigree published by FamilySearch

Following information courtesy of Pat Wexel, Member #47261450. From History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 657.

William Hamilton, was born in County Tyrone Ireland, immigrated to America several years prior to the Revolution, and settled at the place now called Ginger Hill, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, then a frontier settlement. He married Mary Jane (Mollie) Bitener, also of Ireland. They had 8 children.

His educational advantages were very limited, only having an opportunity to attend school about three months. He afterward learned to write his name on the head of a whiskey barrel while distilling. His first business was clearing the forest and watching the Indians.

William Hamilton served in the Pennsylvania militia and his name is found among those who received depreciation pay in 1781. His sons, Daniel, David, and John, also served in the Pennsylvania militia.

William Hamilton left three sons Daniel, David, and John; and five daughters: Mrs. Wylie, Mrs. McDonough, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Bolton, and Mrs. Barr. David lived on the land from 1787 to his death. The sisters of David Hamilton lived with him until they married. Mrs. Barr was the last to marry.

William Hamilton was born in 1700 in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland, the fifth of seven known children and the fourth of six sons of Alexander and Jane Cavan Hamilton.

In 1718, when he was in his later teens, he married Mary Jane Bitener. She bore him fifteen children, eleven sons and four daughters:

1. Claude Hamilton (1719–?)
2. Jane Hamilton, 1721-1789
3. George Hamilton (1725–?)
4. John Hamilton (1729–?)
5. Martha Hamilton, 1731-1838
6. James Hamilton (1732–1759)
7. Marion Hamilton (1733–?)
8. Thomas Hamilton (1734–?)
9. Mary Hamilton (1736–?)
10. Samuel Hamilton (1740–1777)
11. Alexander Hamilton (1745–1800)
12. David Squire Hamilton (1750–1840)
13. Captain John Hamilton (1766–1863)
14. Ann Scott (1767–1848)
15. Daniel Hamilton.[1]

On 2 June 1786, when he was in his mid-eighties, he died of unknown causes in Washington County, Province of Pennsylvania.

Research Notes

William Hamilton is a DAR Patriot, Number: A050315. He provided Patriotic service during the American Revolution by paying supply tax in Washington County, Province of Pennsylvania, in 1781.

Information from the book, The Cabin Faced West, and from the Washington County Historical Society. Submitted by Member Angela #48520699: The story of the Hamiltons is given in Jean Fritz's book, The Cabin Faced West. The site of William, Mary, and Ann Hamilton's cabin is in Ginger Hill, Washington County, PA. George Washington ate dinner with them there on September 18, 1784 (stated in his diary). Ginger Hill was formerly known as Hamilton Hill.

When William Hamilton was born in 1700 in Strabane, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, his father, Lord, was 50 and his mother, Jane, was 40. He married Mary Jane Bitener Hamilton and they had 20 children together. He then married Catherine Graham in 1720 in Scotland. William Hamilton (Immigrant) ( Revolutionary War , SAR Patriot P-173889) (6thGGF) DNA match R1b1a1a2 (Male line) fought against the British during the Revolutionary War. He died on June 2, 1786, having lived a long life of 86 years, and was buried in Washington, Pennsylvania.

Sources:

1. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 018 : 1897. Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 018 : 1897

Showing William Hamilton served in the Pennsylvania militia and his name is found among those who received depreciation pay, 1781. He was born in Tyrone Co., Ireland, and died in Washington Co., Pennsylvania. His sons, Daniel, David, Samuel and John, also served in the militia.

Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

2. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for William Hamilton

Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 097 : 1912 Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 097 : 1912

Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

3. Marriage to Mollie Bitener. Source Citation Source number: 69.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RBF

Source Information Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

4. Name: William Hamilton

Birth Place: County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Death Date: 1786 Death Place: Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Cemetery: Pigeon Creek Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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