HAMILTONS of Baddom and Greenfaulds (Douglas parish)

[SpudW]

Be interested to know if anyone is following up this family:

Thomas HAMILTON abt1749 married Marion TUDHOPE or TUTOP 11th April 1774. She was b.abt 1753.
Their children: Andrew b1775, James b1776, Thomas b1778, John b1780, William b1782, Katherine b1785 (all born at Baddom, Douglas parish), AlexanderI b1787, AlexanderII b1791, George, b1794. (all born at Greenfaulds, Lanark)

with particular reference to William (1782) and who he might have married.

[MonicaL]

Hi SpudW

Welcome to RootsChat 

There are a number of trees on this family on Ancestry. One of them shows William as having married a Marion Meikle. Key events:

1.1809 22 Jul Age: 26. Marriage Bann from Marion Meikle Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

2. 1851 Census entry:

William Hamilton 66, Farmer Of 171 Acres Employingle Arable, b. Carnwath, Lanark
Marion Hamilton 58
Jane Hamilton 30
Thomas Hamilton 27
John Hamilton 21
Eliza Hamilton 19
James Reebles 15
James Hamilton 23

Address: Bent Head, Carnwath Lanarkshire

3. Death showing on 27 March 1867 at Benthead, Carnwath

Plenty there for you to be able to verify 

Monica
   

[SpudW]

Thank you for the nice welcome, Monica! And also for the information, which confirms what I've heard - the only thing I don't know is how we can be sure that the two William Hamiltons - son of Thomas & Marion, and husband of Marion Meikle - are one and the same, although obviously evidence points that way. Is there anything concrete to prove that?
And thanks also for the 1851 census details, which I had scribbled on a piece of Register House notepaper and went astray a long time ago!
cheers, Stuart

[MonicaL]

Hi Stuart

I would imagine the best place for verification would be William's death certificate for confirmation of his parents' names.

Monica

[ScottH]

I know this is an old post, but in case anyone is still interested, I am a great x 5 grandson of Thomas and Marion Hamilton.

My great x 4 grandfather was James b. 1776, married Margaret Steel, great x 3 his son James b. 1813, married Janet Fleming, and great x 2 Andrew born 1866, married Margaret Gray.

I have plenty more information, many BMDs saved from Scotland's People, and a few other records.

What I have never worked out is who either Thomas or Marion's parents were. Many trees on Ancestry go back several generations, but it seems most have just taken the information from one original tree. I think someone possibly confirmed it another way, with records not available online.

Any ideas?

[mirrin]

Just found this post.  I too am related to Thomas and Marion Hamilton.  I am 4 x  great grandaughter.  My 2x grandfather was Robert Hamilton brother to your 3x grandfather James.   Their parent's were James Hamilton and Margaret Steel. If you would like to exchange information please contact me.

[SpudW]

Has anyone been able to find Baddom on a map? Darned if I can. There may be a variant spelling, but I still can't find anything similar.

[mirrin]

On the copy of the birth certificate for James Hamilton 30/11/1776 (Parent's Thomas Hamilton and Marion Tudhope) the name of the place looks like Bottom and not Baddom.  Have searched on old maps, local library etc for Baddom, not found. The librarian checked a very old map for Bottom and found it.  It is south of the village of Glespin (Glespin is near Douglas)  Bottom or Bottoms is near Gart Law hill and west of Auchandaff Hill.  Bottom is on the extreme south of the parish of Douglas on the Duneaton water.  I have an ordnance survey map dated 1965  showning  North Bottom. On the old map in the library it looked like there was another place on the othere side of the burn/stream also called Bottom.
To see a photo of North Bottom go to www.geograph.org.uk/photo/619454.  It is out in the middle of nowhere.       

[SpudJW]

Thanks for that, mirrin. In fact, in the old John Thomson map:

http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/view/?rsid=74400128&sid=74400129&mid=470&pdesc=Bottom section

it's in the plural, "Bottoms". There are some great feisty place names in old Lanark, but that's not one of the most evocative.