HAMILTON, Christian 1
User ID: C602. Christian married Sir Robert LINDSAY 9th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, son of James LINDSAY 7th Lord Lindsay of the Byres and Euphemia LESLIE, 26 January 1610(contract).1 (Sir Robert LINDSAY 9th Lord Lindsay of the Byres was born about 1577 and died on 9 July 1616 in Bath, Somerset, England 1.) Marriage Notes: "Sir Robert Lindsay of Orkie, Knight, ninth Lord Lindsay of the Byres, served heir to his brother, and heirgeneral to his father, 8 December 1609, and heir-special to his brother in the lands of Pitcruvy, etc., 15 February 1610. He had a charter of the superiority of the lands of Month, in Fife, on 29 November 1586, of the barony of Finhaven and others in Aberdeen, Fife, and Forfar, 23 July 1611, of part of Craighall 28 January 1613, of Orkie and Kingask 4 March 1616, and of Kilquhis and the patronage of Ceres, all in Fife, on 22 March 1616. He took his oath as a Privy Councillor 16 January 1610, and was again admitted 28 March 1616.... He married (contract dated 26 January 1610 ) Christian Hamilton, eldest daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Haddington, who survived him, and married, secondly (contract dated 9 December 1617), as his second wife, Thomas, Lord Boyd. He had issue : Christian next married Robert BOYD 7th Lord Boyd, son of Robert BOYD Master of Boyd and Jean KER, 9 December 1617(contract).1 (Robert BOYD 7th Lord Boyd was born about 1595.) Marriage Notes: "He (Robert Boyd) married, secondly (contract dated 9 December 1617), Christian, widow (with issue) of Robert (Lindsay), tenth Lord Lindsay of the Byres (who died 9 July 1616), eldest daughter of Thomas (Hamilton), first Earl of Haddington. She was an ardent Presbyterian, and brought her children up as such. Mr. John Livingstone, in his autobiography, speaks of residing for some time during the course of his ministry in the house of Kilmarnock 'with worthy Lady Boyd,' and mentions her as one of the four ladies of rank from whom he got on several occasions supplies of money. Many of Rutherford's letters are addressed to her. She, who must have been born between 1588 and 1594, died 'very comfortably' at the house of her daughter, Lady Ardross, in the parish of Elie, and was buried 6 February 1646, the members of the Parliament which had been sitting at St. Andrews attending her funeral. They had issue one son and six daughters, who on the death of their brother became co-heirs of their father." |