HAMILTON, Margaret ¹

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Margaret married Reverend Mr John HAY of Renfield, Minister of Renfrew parish, Rector of the University of Glasgow, son of Reverend Mr Andrew HAY of Renfield, Minister of Renfrew parish, Rector of University of Glasgow and Janet WALLACE 'of Craigie'.¹ (Reverend Mr John HAY of Renfield, Minister of Renfrew parish, Rector of the University of Glasgow was born about 1566 and died by 9 May 1643 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

(at Renfrew in 1593)

"John Hay of Renfield, born 1566, eldest son of preceding ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1582) ; ord. to Mearns in 1588 ; trans, and adm. to this charge in 1593 ; rector of Univ. of Glasgow 1594-6, 1599, 1600, 1603-11, and 1613 ; was named by Privy Council on 12th Dec. 1605 constant Moderator of Presb., the members of which were charged to receive him as such under pain of rebellion ; died Dec. 1627. He marr. (1) Margaret (died Oct. 1601), daugh. of Claud Hamilton of Cochno and Margaret Beaton, and had issue - John, min. of this parish; Andrew of Inchnoch, M.A.; William : (2) cont., 6th Aug. 1602, Agnes, eldest daugh. of John Somerville of Tarbrax (she survived him, and marr. (2) Matthew Wallace of Dundonald), and had issue - George; Janet (marr. cont., 6th April 1625, William Noble, younger of Ardardan); Jean (marr. cont., 14th Oct. 1629, James, eldest son of Matthew Wallace of Dundonald); Margaret."

from Fasti Ecclesiae ¹