Stan - thanks for a GREAT contribution to our website. Please proofread it for me as my fingers often misbehave.
Happy New Year Jim Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 12:42 PM Stan Shockley via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > I have recently joined the website and I have liked what I have seen to > date. I have attached a story on John S. Hamilton compiled several years > ago by my Aunt Betty Martin for submittal to the website. My focus on > joining the website is to find the lineages of his parents William Hamilton > and Sarah Stewart. After William died in 1847, Sarah moved her eight > children to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. I have often wondered how > she paid for her and her children’s passage to the U.S. as well as why she > settled in Allegheny County. It appears that she had close relatives who > had immigrated to the U.S. before her and had settled in this area, but I > would like to confirm this. The family does not have any of this > information and I am hoping that we can connect with someone in our > extended family that can further develop William and Sarah's ancestry. > > Based upon my DNA matches with distant Hamilton cousins on Ancestry.com, > it appears that a Rev. James Henry Hamilton, b. May 15, 1630 (Hamilton > Manor, Lanarkshire, Scotland); d. December 11, 1685 (Manor Hamilton, County > Leitrim, Ireland) may be a common but unconfirmed ancestor. To date, I > have not been able to develop William Hamilton’s or Sarah Stewart’s > lineages past them. Although I have possible parents for them, I have not > been able to confirm their relationships to date. Any help from the > listers with my search would be greatly appreciated. > Best Regards, > Stan Shockley >
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