Hamilton

(submitted by Patricia McLean)

James Hamilton (1820–1898) was born in Dumfrieshire, Scotland. He married Mary McLean (1823–1901) in 1843. With their son William, they came to America in 1845. They settled in Warwick Twp. on Lot 21, Con. 5 SER around 1846. They had six more children in Warwick and then they moved to Port Huron in 1856 where four more were born for a total of eleven. During the American Civil War, James and Mary moved back to Warwick with their younger children. Their children were: William (1844–1932), Robert (1846–1922), Jennifer A. (1848–), John Bell (1849–), James (1851–1853), Mary Nicholson (1853–), Rachel Jane (1855–), James George (1857–1908), Ellen Bell (1858–), Frances Ann (Fanny, 1860–1892) and Thaddeus David Lee (1862–1907).

James and Mary’s eighth child, son James George, married Jane Dewar from Lobo Twp. They lived in Watford where James was a carpenter. They had a daughter, Minnie, who married Basil Just. James G. was born in Port Huron but died in Watford.

The tenth child, Fanny, married Benjamin Williamson and they lived in Warwick Twp. raising two children, James and Maud Williamson.

Their youngest child, Thaddeus Davis Lee Hamilton, was also a carpenter in Watford. He married Margaret Howden of Wisbeach. They were the parents of Helen Hamilton (1902–2000), who was born in Watford and was a popular teacher in Watford High School and later in Sarnia. She never married.

James Sr. and Mary Hamilton died in Michigan and are buried in the Watford Cemetery.

Chapter 24 of 25 - Hamilton Family

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