CHAPTER VII

 

CHARLES HAMILTON OF FORTSTEWART AND HIS DESCENDANTS

 

       Charles Hamilton, son of William Hamilton the 4th of Ballyfatton; (will 4 Jan 1775) had two children, James, who purchased the portions of Ballyfatton leased to Galbraith Hamilton, and a da. who m. …. Harvey. The children of James Hamilton were (1) Mary,  who m. her cousin James Hamilton of Eden (see Chap VI); and (2)  Margery; (3) Sarah; (4) Galbraith; and (5) James. The last named James Hamilton had four sons; James, John, Timothy, and Charles, and the latter Charles Hamilton had four children – James, who resided at Ballyfatton, Micah Cary, Marta and Marjory.  The last named James Hamilton m. first Margaret McIlwain of Carnick, Co. Donegal, by whom he had the following children: (1) Charles, who m. Mary Dickson and died without issue;  (2) John Harris Hazlett;  (3) James; (4) William; (5) Mary; (6) Eliza; (7) Margaret; (8) Anne; (9) George Alexander.   James Hamilton, the father of these children, m. secondly Harriet Arnold.

 

George Alexander Hamilton, who resided at Ballyfatton, m. Sarah Elizabeth Swiney, by whom he had the following children: (1) Mary, ob.1904; (2) Norah; (3) James Hazlett; and (5) George Cecil, ob. 1900.

 

       James Hazlett Hamilton, was residing at Ballyfatton in 1920 (when Everard Hamilton updated these memoirs), m. 29 June 1905, Florence B. Kildahl, and had three sons and two das.: Philip Cecil Hazlett, b. 1906 d. 1962; John Harris Hazlett, b. 1910 d. s.p; James Alexander Hazlett, b. 1913 d. s.p.; and Elizabeth Mary Hazlett [1], b 1915. He had a second daughter, Florence Nina Hazlett b. 1922 who had four daughters, one of whom is named Ruth.

 

When Philip Cecil died in 1962, the house was inherited by the four remaining siblings and occupied by Elizabeth on the death of James Alexander. Being the last of her line of the family she sold the house in about 1996, it having remained in the family since 1616. In March 2003 she was living in Strabane and Ballyfatton is now owned by a Mr. Patterson.

 

Chapter VIII

 

CONTENTS

 

 


[1] Having finally learned of the whereabouts of Ballyfatton, I was put in touch with Elizabeth Hamilton and we had a lovely conversation in March 2003.  C.F.B.H.