Our Calhoun and Hamilton Families

Download or read book Our Calhoun and Hamilton Families written by Kara Lee Coldiron and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colhoul/Calhoun/Colquhoun, Hamilton and allied families of Scotland to Ireland to the United States and Canada. The two families were intermarried in Ireland when Lady Judith Hamilton, daughter of Rev. James Hamilton (1638-1685) of Montgavelin and Roscrea, married Rev. Alexander Colhoun (Colquhoun) in 1684 in northern Ireland. Couple lived in Crosh House, County Tyrone. James Patrick Colhoun (1688-1741), son of Alexander and Lady Judith Hamilton Colhoun, had four sons and one daughter with his wife, Catherine Montgomery (1684-1760). All five children were born in Co. Donegal, Ireland, and lived and died at Abbeville, S. Carolina. Descendants and family members live in Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Canada and elsewhere.