STEWART families in Donegal

[Thomas Stewart]

Hello Alex,

Thank you for your reply.

My Babingtons in Donegal in 1800 would be Murray Babington, youngest son of Humphrey Babington.

regards,

Hello, Thomas.
Thank you for that information. Yes, I know about Murray Babington who lived at Bonnyglen in Donegal. His father Humphrey had a brother Revd. William Babington 1713-1777, and he is an ancestor of mine. Therefore we are connected! I shall now write a private message to you with more detail.
Regards
Alex

I am writing to highlight a correction to one point above which has been made elsewhere. I had accepted Thomas’ statement at first that Murray was the son of Humphrey Babington. He was, in fact, the son of The Revd. William Babington and his wife Dorothea. One of Murray’s children was called Dorothea.  Another link is Dumfries where Murray married Mary in 1788, and where his brother was the Rector in the Church of Scotland.
Alex

Yes, thanks for pointing that out, Alex.  It seems that there is no possibility of Patricia Babington being an ancestor of mine, and as yet I cannot find any other documentary trail that would lead to my Hamilton ancestors from the Babingtons of Bonny Glen or anywhere else at this point.  "James Babington Hamilton" and "Babington Hamilton", who do appear in the records, may be Hamiltons without an identifiable Babington forbear.

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Thinking completely outside the box....

John Lowry married secondly Jane, daughter of Sir Hugh Hamilton, of Ballfatton co. Tyrone.....

....This Townland appears to have remained in the family just over 100 years. On the occasion of a fine and recovery of the estate being suffered in Michaelmas term 1795, after my grandfather came of age, the parties being Armar Viscount Belmore, and the Hon. Somerset Lowry Corry, his eldest son and heir, and Mr David Babington (a solicitor in Dublin)

....Lord Belmore and Mr Corry acknowledged the premises ‘to be the right of David Babington, as those which is said David Babington had the gift of them.”



It is possible a connection exists among this lot....

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https://cotyrone.com/estates/manor2.html

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You probably have this....

Marriage Inver Church, Thursday 1st August 1839 DOCTOR HAMILTON, of Newtownstewart, to PATRICIA, youngest daughter of MURRAY BABINGTON, ESQ., Bonny Glen

[Thomas Stewart]

You probably have this....

Marriage Inver Church, Thursday 1st August 1839 DOCTOR HAMILTON, of Newtownstewart, to PATRICIA, youngest daughter of MURRAY BABINGTON, ESQ., Bonny Glen

Yes, but therein lies the rub, as the date of 1839 for Patricia Babington's marriage to this James Hamilton conflicts with the 1845 date of a marriage record I have for my great-great grandparents who were married at the Taughboyne Parish church (which I believe is St. Lugadius in Lifford, Donegal).   It records the marriage of a "Robert Hamilton" son of "James Babington Hamilton" and I had assumed that James Babington Hamilton would have been the son of Patricia and James Hamilton M.D., but the timelines don't support that, given the conflicting dates of 1839 and 1845.

Thank you for checking though. 

It would be great to find the baptism records for James Babington Hamilton recording his parents, or even his own marriage record, but they are likely lost.

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Marriage of "Elizabeth Hamilton" dau of "James Babington Hamilton", a minor, 1853

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Marriage Inver Church, Thursday 1st August 1839 DOCTOR HAMILTON, of Newtownstewart, to PATRICIA, youngest daughter of MURRAY BABINGTON, ESQ., Bonny Glen

Marriage of "Elizabeth Hamilton" dau of "James Babington Hamilton", a minor, 1853

When she was 13 or 14?? 

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I attached the PDF but it is not showing... renamed it and trying again!!

[Thomas Stewart]

I attached the PDF but it is not showing... renamed it and trying again!!

Thanks, I have seen that marriage on-line and a couple of other references to James Babington Hamilton, and then to someone named "Babington Hamilton" who must be his son, given the chronology of references.  Elizabeth Hamilton would likely have been a sister of my great-great grandfather.

What I cannot locate are earlier records, such as the marriage of James Babington Hamilton's parents which might provide the link to the Babingtons, assuming there is one.

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I only posted it as it helps others when they see an actual record that Dr Hamilton/Patricia can't be the parents.