Jean Hamilton

JEAN HAMILTON (aka JANET or JOANNA HAMILTON)

Janet ‘Jean’ Hamilton

'According to John Anderson, Surgeon (1825), Lady Jean Hamilton is the daughter of James, Earl of Arran, and Janet Betoun. She is said by him to have married Alexander, Earl of Glencairn. [Hamilton Memoirs: 82] https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal00ande/page/82

The Reverend John Anderson (1907), Curator, Historical Department, H.M. General Register House, disagreed with his earlier namesake. According to him, Lady Jean or Janet Hamilton was probably Earl James's bastard daughter. He says that she married Alexander, Master of Glencairn but separated from him before 11 July 1545, when she is referred to as his former wife. [The Scots Peerage IV: 364] https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092516214#page/n387/mode/1up

Stirnet refers reports her name as Joanna, or Jean Hamilton, and cites Lieutenant colonel George Hamilton's history, where she is identified as one of Earl James's bastard daughters. [Stirnet: Hamilton 01] https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4aa/hamilton01.php

LADY JANET HAMILTON (aka JANE or JEAN HAMILTON)

Janet ‘Jean’ Hamilton

According to John Anderson, Surgeon (1825), Lady Janet Hamilton is the daughter of James, Earl of Arran, and Janet Betoun. She is said by him to have married David Boswell of Auchinleck. [Hamilton Memoirs: 82] https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal00ande/page/82

The Reverend John Anderson (1907) disagreed. He identified Lady Janet as Jean Hamilton, and as the bastard daughter of Earl James and an unknown mother. She is said by him to have married twice. First to David Boswell of Auchinleck, and second to John Hamilton of Auchingemmill. [The Scots Peerage IV: 365] https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092516214#page/n388/mode/1up

Stirnet's report concurs with the Reverend John Anderson's account, but identifies Lady Janet as Jane, Janet or Jean Hamilton, but adds that she married for a third time to John Crawford in Shaw. [Stirnet: Hamilton 01] https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4aa/hamilton01.php

Thank you, Neil & Teresa. I’ve made the 1/2 sisters Master Profiles so they cannot be merged together.

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Hi everyone

Discussion seems to have died down on this a bit, but just checking that the net result is that there are supposed to be 4 separate Jean Hamiltons as daughters of James Hamilton, with 3 separate mothers?

It just looks strange that 2 of them have the same "name not known" mother.

Janet ‘Jean’ Hamilton
Jean Hamilton

both daughters of

Name Not Known

Is this correct or have we got one too many?

That's a lot of Jeans for one man!