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NameRev James Hamilton 
[54, His own article], [188, pp. 74-9 and Table, p, 161], [257, His article, vol 1, pp. 74-75], [190, BallyGally article, pp. 907]
[54, His own article], [188, pp. 74-9 and Table, p, 161], [257, His article, vol 1, pp. 74-75], [190, BallyGally article, pp. 907]Birth1600
Death10 Mar 1666, Edinburgh, Scotland
General2nd s. Estate manager then preacher. Imprisoned twice for religious views.
EducationGlasgow Univ.
FatherGavin Hamilton
MotherHelen Dunlop
Spouses
Notes for Rev James Hamilton
m. (1) Elizabeth Watson w/issue, (2) Anna Pringle (d. c. sep 1891), no issue.
Minister of Ballywater, Co Down, Ireland and then at Dumfries, Scotland.
From Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, vol 1, pp. 74-75.
Old Kirk, Presbytery of Edinburgh. Minister from 1647-1662
JAMES HAMILTON, born 1600, son of Gawen, third son of Hans H., vicar of Dunlop, and nephew of
Viscount Claneboye ; studied at Glasgow Univ.; acted for a time as his uncle’s land agent in Ireland ; ord. by Bishop Echlin min. at Ballywalter, Co. Down, 1626 ; dep. for refusing to use the Service Book 1636 ; was adm. a min. of the Church of Scotland in 1638, and settled at Dumfries. He was commissioned by
the Assembly of 1642, 1643, to visit the Presbyterians in the north of Ireland, and when returning was captured by Sir Alexander Macdonald (Montrose s lieutenant), and imprisoned for ten months with great
hardship in Mingary Castle ; pres. by the Town Council 13th July, and adm. 26th Nov. 1647. He was a member of Assembly 1648, and along with James Guthrie was appointed to draw up an account of the
duties of elders, and a form for visitation of families. He was nominated by the Estates, May 1650, for examining Montrose after his capture. In Jan. 1651 he was one of those wiio met with the Protesters at St Andrews to adjust their differences, but without effect. While sitting with a committee of the Estates at Alyth, 28th Aug. 1651, he was seized, with others, by the English army, carried into England, and
detained in the Tower of London for nineteen months. Released by Cromwell’s order, 20th Nov. 1652, he returned to Edinburgh, where he preached till the restoration of Episcopacy drove him from his
pulpit and compelled him to retire to Inveresk, 7th Aug. 1662. He died at Edinburgh, 10th March 1666.
He marr. (1) Elizabeth, daugh. of David Watson, min. of Killeavy, Ireland, by whom he had fifteen children ; of whom Archibald, min. of Killinchy, Jane, Mary, Margaret, and Elizabeth, only arrived at maturity : (2) Anna, daugh. of Sir James Pringle of Galashiels, and widow of William Inglis, W.S., who in her old age (being 80 years) and poverty on 10th Feb. 1687 presented a petition to the Exchequer ; she was buried 5th Sept. 1691 (Charity Papers). [Edin. Counc., Canongate (Bur.), and Test. Regs.; Livingstone’s Charac.; Nicoll’s, Lament’s, and Brodie’s Diaries ; Reid’s Ireland, Acts of Ass., and
Pad. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., Peterkin’s Rec. ; Baillie’s Lett., ii., iii. ; Stevenson’s and Wodrow’s Hists., and Select. Biog., i. Hamilton MSS., edited by T. K. Lowry ; Dict. Nat. Biog.}
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Minister of Ballywater, Co Down, Ireland and then at Dumfries, Scotland.
From Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, vol 1, pp. 74-75.
Old Kirk, Presbytery of Edinburgh. Minister from 1647-1662
JAMES HAMILTON, born 1600, son of Gawen, third son of Hans H., vicar of Dunlop, and nephew of
Viscount Claneboye ; studied at Glasgow Univ.; acted for a time as his uncle’s land agent in Ireland ; ord. by Bishop Echlin min. at Ballywalter, Co. Down, 1626 ; dep. for refusing to use the Service Book 1636 ; was adm. a min. of the Church of Scotland in 1638, and settled at Dumfries. He was commissioned by
the Assembly of 1642, 1643, to visit the Presbyterians in the north of Ireland, and when returning was captured by Sir Alexander Macdonald (Montrose s lieutenant), and imprisoned for ten months with great
hardship in Mingary Castle ; pres. by the Town Council 13th July, and adm. 26th Nov. 1647. He was a member of Assembly 1648, and along with James Guthrie was appointed to draw up an account of the
duties of elders, and a form for visitation of families. He was nominated by the Estates, May 1650, for examining Montrose after his capture. In Jan. 1651 he was one of those wiio met with the Protesters at St Andrews to adjust their differences, but without effect. While sitting with a committee of the Estates at Alyth, 28th Aug. 1651, he was seized, with others, by the English army, carried into England, and
detained in the Tower of London for nineteen months. Released by Cromwell’s order, 20th Nov. 1652, he returned to Edinburgh, where he preached till the restoration of Episcopacy drove him from his
pulpit and compelled him to retire to Inveresk, 7th Aug. 1662. He died at Edinburgh, 10th March 1666.
He marr. (1) Elizabeth, daugh. of David Watson, min. of Killeavy, Ireland, by whom he had fifteen children ; of whom Archibald, min. of Killinchy, Jane, Mary, Margaret, and Elizabeth, only arrived at maturity : (2) Anna, daugh. of Sir James Pringle of Galashiels, and widow of William Inglis, W.S., who in her old age (being 80 years) and poverty on 10th Feb. 1687 presented a petition to the Exchequer ; she was buried 5th Sept. 1691 (Charity Papers). [Edin. Counc., Canongate (Bur.), and Test. Regs.; Livingstone’s Charac.; Nicoll’s, Lament’s, and Brodie’s Diaries ; Reid’s Ireland, Acts of Ass., and
Pad. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., Peterkin’s Rec. ; Baillie’s Lett., ii., iii. ; Stevenson’s and Wodrow’s Hists., and Select. Biog., i. Hamilton MSS., edited by T. K. Lowry ; Dict. Nat. Biog.}
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DNB Main notes for Rev James Hamilton
Hamilton, James d. 1666
Name: Hamilton, James
Dates: d. 1666
Active Date: 1646
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Religion and Occultism
Occupation: Divine
Place of
Education: Glasgow
Death: Edinburgh
Spouse: Elizabeth Watson, daughter of David Watson
Sources: Hamilton MSS. ed. by T. K. Lowry; Reid's Hist. of the Presbyterian...
Contributor: R. D. [Robert Dunlop]
Article
Hamilton, James d. 1666, divine, was second son of Gawen Hamilton, third son of Hans Hamilton, vicar of Dunlop. After receiving a liberal education at Glasgow he was appointed by his uncle, James Hamilton lord Claneboye [q.v.], overseer and general manager of his estates in Ireland. Of a naturally serious disposition, he attracted the attention of Robert Blair (1593-1666) [q.v.], at that time minister of the church at Bangor in co. Down, who, after a private trial of his ability as a preacher, persuaded him to enter the ministry. Accordingly in 1626, notwithstanding his presbyterian proclivities and heterodox views, which resembled Blair's own in regard to episcopacy, he was ordained by Bishop Echlin, and presented by Lord Claneboye to the church at Ballywalter in co. Down. Here he laboured successfully for ten years ‘until, by the rigidities of my Lord Wentworth and the then Bishop of Derry [John Bramhall, q.v.], new terms of church communion to be sworn to were imposed upon the whole church of Ireland, whereunto he could not submit.’ His example was followed by several prominent ministers in the north of Ireland. Henry Leslie, Bishop Echlin's successor, was urged by Bishop Bramhall to proceed to their deposition. But, determined to convince them of the error of their ways, Leslie challenged them to a public disputation. His challenge was accepted, and Hamilton was chosen to conduct the defence on their behalf. The conference opened on 11 Aug. 1636, in the presence of a large assemblage, but after the debate had proceeded a little way Bishop Bramhall interfered, and, having obtained an adjournment, persuaded Leslie not to resume it, but to forthwith pass sentence on the recalcitrant ministers. On the following day they were deposed, and warrants being shortly afterwards issued for their arrest Hamilton consulted his safety by retiring to Scotland, and was appointed minister of the church at Dumfries. In September 1642 he revisited Ireland, in order to minister to the spiritual necessities of the colonists, but returning to Scotland he was in March 1644 appointed by the general assembly to superintend the administration of the covenant in Ulster (Reid, Presbyterian Church, ii. 27-42). On his return to Scotland the ship in which he and several others, including his father-in-law, had taken their passage, was captured by the Harp, a Wexford frigate, commanded by Alaster MacDonnell, who was bringing reinforcements to Montrose in the highlands. Alaster MacDonnell, who hoped by an exchange of prisoners to secure the release of his father, old Colkittagh, then in the hands of the Marquis of Argyll, landed his prisoners at Ardnamurchan, and confined them in Mingary Castle. There Hamilton remained for ten months, witnessing the release of several of his companions, and the death of his father-in-law, the Rev. David Watson, and another minister, Mr. Weir, until the exertions of the general assembly and Scottish parliament set him free on 2 May 1645 (Hamilton MSS. p. 78). He returned to his charge at Dumfries, and was afterwards removed to Edinburgh. Being appointed a chaplain to Charles II by the general assembly, he was taken prisoner at Alyth in Forfarshire by Colonels Alured and Morgan, and carried to London, where he was confined for a short time in the Tower. Released by Cromwell's order, he returned to Edinburgh, where he preached till the restoration of the episcopacy in Scotland drove him from his pulpit, and compelled him to retire to Inveresk. He died at Edinburgh on 10 March 1666. By his wife, Elizabeth Watson, daughter of David Watson, minister of Killeavy, near Newry, he had fifteen children, all of whom died in their infancy except one son, Archibald, who was a leading minister in the presbyterian church in Ireland, and three daughters, Jane, Mary, and Elizabeth. He was, according to Livingstone, ‘a learned and diligent man,’ his style of preaching being ‘rather doctrinal than exhortatory.’
Sources
Hamilton MSS. ed. by T. K. Lowry; Reid's Hist. of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland; Patrick Adair's True Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Presbyterian Church; McBride's Sample of Jet-Black Prict-Calumny, Glasgow, 1713; and the Lives of the Revs. Robert Blair and John Livingstone.
Contributor: R. D.
published 1890
Name: Hamilton, James
Dates: d. 1666
Active Date: 1646
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Religion and Occultism
Occupation: Divine
Place of
Education: Glasgow
Death: Edinburgh
Spouse: Elizabeth Watson, daughter of David Watson
Sources: Hamilton MSS. ed. by T. K. Lowry; Reid's Hist. of the Presbyterian...
Contributor: R. D. [Robert Dunlop]
Article
Hamilton, James d. 1666, divine, was second son of Gawen Hamilton, third son of Hans Hamilton, vicar of Dunlop. After receiving a liberal education at Glasgow he was appointed by his uncle, James Hamilton lord Claneboye [q.v.], overseer and general manager of his estates in Ireland. Of a naturally serious disposition, he attracted the attention of Robert Blair (1593-1666) [q.v.], at that time minister of the church at Bangor in co. Down, who, after a private trial of his ability as a preacher, persuaded him to enter the ministry. Accordingly in 1626, notwithstanding his presbyterian proclivities and heterodox views, which resembled Blair's own in regard to episcopacy, he was ordained by Bishop Echlin, and presented by Lord Claneboye to the church at Ballywalter in co. Down. Here he laboured successfully for ten years ‘until, by the rigidities of my Lord Wentworth and the then Bishop of Derry [John Bramhall, q.v.], new terms of church communion to be sworn to were imposed upon the whole church of Ireland, whereunto he could not submit.’ His example was followed by several prominent ministers in the north of Ireland. Henry Leslie, Bishop Echlin's successor, was urged by Bishop Bramhall to proceed to their deposition. But, determined to convince them of the error of their ways, Leslie challenged them to a public disputation. His challenge was accepted, and Hamilton was chosen to conduct the defence on their behalf. The conference opened on 11 Aug. 1636, in the presence of a large assemblage, but after the debate had proceeded a little way Bishop Bramhall interfered, and, having obtained an adjournment, persuaded Leslie not to resume it, but to forthwith pass sentence on the recalcitrant ministers. On the following day they were deposed, and warrants being shortly afterwards issued for their arrest Hamilton consulted his safety by retiring to Scotland, and was appointed minister of the church at Dumfries. In September 1642 he revisited Ireland, in order to minister to the spiritual necessities of the colonists, but returning to Scotland he was in March 1644 appointed by the general assembly to superintend the administration of the covenant in Ulster (Reid, Presbyterian Church, ii. 27-42). On his return to Scotland the ship in which he and several others, including his father-in-law, had taken their passage, was captured by the Harp, a Wexford frigate, commanded by Alaster MacDonnell, who was bringing reinforcements to Montrose in the highlands. Alaster MacDonnell, who hoped by an exchange of prisoners to secure the release of his father, old Colkittagh, then in the hands of the Marquis of Argyll, landed his prisoners at Ardnamurchan, and confined them in Mingary Castle. There Hamilton remained for ten months, witnessing the release of several of his companions, and the death of his father-in-law, the Rev. David Watson, and another minister, Mr. Weir, until the exertions of the general assembly and Scottish parliament set him free on 2 May 1645 (Hamilton MSS. p. 78). He returned to his charge at Dumfries, and was afterwards removed to Edinburgh. Being appointed a chaplain to Charles II by the general assembly, he was taken prisoner at Alyth in Forfarshire by Colonels Alured and Morgan, and carried to London, where he was confined for a short time in the Tower. Released by Cromwell's order, he returned to Edinburgh, where he preached till the restoration of the episcopacy in Scotland drove him from his pulpit, and compelled him to retire to Inveresk. He died at Edinburgh on 10 March 1666. By his wife, Elizabeth Watson, daughter of David Watson, minister of Killeavy, near Newry, he had fifteen children, all of whom died in their infancy except one son, Archibald, who was a leading minister in the presbyterian church in Ireland, and three daughters, Jane, Mary, and Elizabeth. He was, according to Livingstone, ‘a learned and diligent man,’ his style of preaching being ‘rather doctrinal than exhortatory.’
Sources
Hamilton MSS. ed. by T. K. Lowry; Reid's Hist. of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland; Patrick Adair's True Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Presbyterian Church; McBride's Sample of Jet-Black Prict-Calumny, Glasgow, 1713; and the Lives of the Revs. Robert Blair and John Livingstone.
Contributor: R. D.
published 1890