The Hamilton Family of Truro and Upper Stewiacke, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
Hamilton Family Register The Hamilton Family of Truro and Upper Stewiacke, Colchester County, Nova Scotia Prepared by H. Douglas Goff 7748 Wellington Rd. 22 Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 email goff.doug at gmail.com www.gofffamilyhistory.ca (A great grandson of Margaret Rebecca (Hamilton) Deyarmond, daughter of Hants and Mary (Hamilton) Hamilton) Updated Dec. 23, 2020 Index, page 79 First Generation -------------------------------------------------- 1. Robert Hamilton1. Born on 8 Nov 1734 in Armagh, Ireland. Robert died in Truro, Colchester Co., NS, in Dec 1814; he was 80. Robert, with his wife, 5 children, younger brother Hants and at least one nephew (probably William Hamilton and his wife Margory who settled in Onslow, NS), emigrated to Halifax Nova Scotia in March of the year 1771 on "The Hope". From Halifax they went to Truro in the fall of the same year. There he secured a grant of land about three miles up the Salmon River from Truro. It was known as Wilson's Mountain and was near Tucker's Mills, now know as Murray's Siding. Robert’s father was William Hamilton, who had sons John, whose daughter went to Niva Scotia, Robert, Hants, (who accompanied his brother Robert to Nova Scotia), and seven other sons and two daughters. One of the unnamed sons had a son, William, who emigrated to Nova Scotia with his uncles Robert and Hants. He may be the William Hamilton who settled in Onslow, NS. The ancestry of Robert was found in "A History of the House of Hamilton", by Lt. Col. George Hamilton, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England, 1933.
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