was the elder James who was married first to Margaret Mowat and second to
Grizell Sempill. The sources I've seen are in disagreement as to which wife
was the mother of the younger James (and the other children), but all the
sources agree that both father and son died in 1548 - in a riot in
Edinburgh, not in a battle.
I can't opine as to the birthrange of the elder James (it would only be
guessing, which I'll leave to others). But the fact that the younger James
was married and had a child at the time of his death in 1548 makes it likely
that SP (unlike the other two sources cited) was right in saying that the
younger James was son by Margaret Mowat, since Grizell Sempill was certainly
not married to the elder James in 1532, when "William Wallace of Craigie was
requisitioned to marry her". SP says Grizell married James Hamilton "before
10 March 1539-40" [the date of a charter in their names], but it's unlikely
that they were married sufficiently far in advance of that date to permit
Grizell to be the mother of the younger James.
Unfortumately none of this does anything to establish the maternity of the
daughters of the elder James, especially the one said to have married Mungo
Lockhart of Cleghorn, from whom there are some interesting descents.
----- Original Message -----
From: "WJhonson" <wjhonson@aol.com>
To: <gen-medieval@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: Sir James Hamilton of Stonehouse
In a message dated 09/18/07 20:58:03 Pacific Standard Time,
jthiggins@sbcglobal.net writes:
According to another pedigree of this Hamilton
branch, in "The Heraldry of the Hamiltons", by G. Harvey Johnston,
Margaret
Mowat was the first wife (not the mother) of the James Hamilton
[originally
of Raploch} who (with his son James) was killed in 1548 and was married
2nd
to Grizell Sempill.
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Just to clarify this, you are quoting this source as stating that the "son
James" who was killed in 1548 and the step-son of Grizzell ? That he was
the son of Margaret Mowat ?
Is that what you're saying ? Perhaps we need to determine what is the
source for the transmission, as, if there was a son, old enough to be in
battle (or whatever) that would greatly narrow the birthrange for the
father.
Will
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