Hamilton family

Hamilton
Current region	United States
Place of origin	Scotland
Members	Alexander Hamilton Elizabeth Hamilton
Connected families	Schuyler family Van Rensselaer family Morgan family
Estate(s)	The Grange

The Hamiltons of the United States are a family of Scottish origin, whose most prominent member was Founding Father Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804). Their ancestors and relations in Scotland included the Lairds of Kerelaw Castle in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, of the Cambuskeith branch of Clan Hamilton.

Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock on the island of Nevis in the West Indies. His father, James A. Hamilton, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, and moved to the West Indies to become a merchant and set up his business on the island of Saint Kitts. James Hamilton was the fourth son of Laird Alexander Hamilton of Grange.

The lineage of the Hamiltons of Grange originated with Walter de Hamilton, founder of the Cambuskeith branch of Clan Hamilton, who held lands in Edinburgh by a charter from Robert III of Scotland given between 1390 and 1406. The last Laird of the Hamiltons of Grange, who held the title from 1774 until his death in 1837, was Alexander Hamilton's first cousin, also named Alexander.

In October 1772, Alexander Hamilton moved to the Thirteen Colonies (later the United States) to earn an education. He later became the first Secretary of the Treasury. He married Elizabeth Schuyler, who was the daughter of Philip Schuyler and Catherine Van Rensselaer, both members of prominent Dutch-American families, the Schuyler and Van Rensselaer families. Elizabeth and Alexander Hamilton were married on December 14, 1780, at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York. They went on to have eight children, thus establishing the Hamilton family in the United States.

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