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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Need help finding out who Alexander HAMILTON was.
« on: Wednesday 08 July 15 16:14 BST (UK)  »
HI EVERYONE. I hardly post on here, but I have hit a brick wall that my historical skills can't solve and I'm hoping you brainy kind bunch of people can assist.

Alexander Hamilton was a alledged Warlock who lived in 17th century Scotland, and many tales are told of his meeting with witches and the Devil. A simple google search of Alexander Hamilton, witch, 1630 will bring him up on several old books scanned online. All I can find is Alexander Hamilton of East Lothian, or just Alexander Hamilton. Im trying to find out what Hamilton family he was from. He was killed for such practices in 1630. I am researching the history of Hamilton of Mauchlinehole (East Kilbride) and a couple of mentiones of Edward, brother of Claud Hamilton of that Ilk is mentioned in passages of books alongside the said Alexander Hamilton. I wonder if the two are related closely?

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Lanarkshire / Re: Cambusnethan churchyard headstone pictures
« on: Friday 11 March 11 14:04 GMT (UK)  »
Appologies Lodger, I only stumbled upon this by email and felt compelled to reply. I will correspond with Mary seperate on this matter. thanks.

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Lanarkshire / Re: Cambusnethan churchyard headstone pictures
« on: Thursday 10 March 11 15:03 GMT (UK)  »
The cemetary opened in 1904, and records are available in it of the graves there. I will try to see if I can source a phone number.



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Lanarkshire / Re: Cambusnethan churchyard headstone pictures
« on: Thursday 10 March 11 15:00 GMT (UK)  »
I will try to see if I can get further contacts that you could use. The graves may be recorded in unnoficial surveys or lists compiled by history groups etc... :-)

I think 1904 may be too late for them to be in EK old parish Church kirk, so I think the later East Kilbride Cemetary is very likely.

kind regards

Chris

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Lanarkshire / Re: Cambusnethan churchyard headstone pictures
« on: Wednesday 09 March 11 19:04 GMT (UK)  »
I have scrutinized all known maps of the old estate for a few years now, and even surveyed the entire area for my own maps, I can assure you that if there is a burial ground on Calderwood Estate (other than the Maxwell's mausoleum), then it would have been top secret.   Being no need for this measure it's safe to say they are not buried anywhere in Calderwood or St Leonards.

Having said that, it was not unusual for people to be buried in rural situations, close to a dwelling/farm, especially if the area was of great beauty and wild to begin with. This was certainly the case for where they worked. I doubt this is what happened though.

It's certainly a mystery.

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Lanarkshire / Re: Cambusnethan churchyard headstone pictures
« on: Wednesday 09 March 11 18:55 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Mary, This is Chris Ladds, the historian you have corresponded with recently.

I found this whilst googling.


I am very sure they were not buried at Calderwood Castle, but I do have some inclines as to where to look. Calderwood Castle was very close to High Blantyre, but still fell within Kilbryde Parish. Technically they would be buried in the same Parish they worship. If it was not East Kilbride Old Parish Church Graveyard, then it would be the newer graveyard called East Kilbride Cemetary which is near Markethill Road on the north side of East Kilbride. Alternatively they may be buried in High Blantyre as the church was much nearer, so High Blantyre Parish Church, or other cemetaries in High Blantyre would be your best bet.

Otherwise they may have been buried where they originated from, although this is REALLY unlikely. I also doubt they were cremated. It was not the East Kilbride thing to do, or the Glasgow thing to do for that matter. Even a journey with a coffin to Glasgow from East Kilbride would have been very unusual, even for respected servants.

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Lanarkshire / Re: East Kilbride ?
« on: Thursday 20 November 08 18:06 GMT (UK)  »
 :) Hello my name is Christopher Ladds and I am a local historian for the Calderwood/Calderglen/St Leonards area of East Kilbride. Pretty much all that is already said on this thread on Brankumhall Farm is all that is known. The farm was at least as early as 1747, although it is likely to have been one of the more ancient landholdings in the area as the name is ancient Welsh in origin. An ancient Welsh tribe known as the Damnoni inhabited this district in the ancient past. (*)  Happy Hunting!  ;D



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Lanarkshire / Re: Ballantyne Glassford/West Quarter
« on: Tuesday 07 October 08 23:49 BST (UK)  »
You are most welcome.  ;D

From what I remember the inscription went something like - Janet.... Died age.... in year.... at Craigneith.

I have not visited the graves at the old East Kilbride Kirkyard personally. Considering the lairds may have been fond of her then there is a chance they paid for the gravestone, if so then it may be decorated and worth visiting.

You may like to know that the story I speak of concerning Janet, is a tale which has been handed down through local fisherman, and just by chance it was included in a local persons manuscript of his memoirs. He was named Fred Mitchell and grew up in Maxwellton Village, now in Calderwood, East Kilbride. I would be very surprised if more than a dozen people know of the story, but the tale was referred to in the East Kilbride News recently in an article speaking of the Calderwood Estate.
  It makes one wonder how many stories have been lost through the last century which may have also concerned Janet.

One historical anecdote which may interest you is that -  Some time during a nearby battle (probably Bothwell Bridge), a group of people in league with the local lairds, were heading over Craigneith Field in the direction of Bothwell, and decided to plank a stash of weapons in a deep drain built to drain the boggy fields. These drains were numerous and the stash was never recovered. It is said that if one stands at the gatepost at Craigneith Castle and looks towards the gates entering the grounds of Basket Farm nearby, then the position of the stash is halfway between those two points.

So Janet once lived in a location immersed in beauty, secrecy and legend!

Happy hunting, Chris  :)

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Lanarkshire / Re: Ballantyne Glassford/West Quarter
« on: Tuesday 23 September 08 19:35 BST (UK)  »
P.S.

It is interesting that you state she died of senile decay, as this would explain the old story surrounding her.

It is said that for such an old delicate lady, the job she did until her death was quite demanding, and must have - "required a phlegmatic temperment of no mean order". The job was dangerous, including gradients of 30 degrees, thin muddy paths with sheer drops to their side with not so much as a fence, countless stairs in the castle etc...

If she suffered from senile dementia then it may have allowed her to do more than she thought she was doing, due to memory loss. The very wording of the story does conjure up an almost eccentric image, which in the 1890's may have fitted 'senile decay' rather well.

 :) :) :)

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