James Alexander Hamilton (1718-1799)

James Hamilton, of St. Croix & Nevis, West Indies

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He was the younger son of a Laird and emigrated to the West Indies to seek his fortune, becoming a merchant at St. Christopher. He was unable to marry his partner, Rachel Faucette, as she was divorced from John Levine, of St. Croix, and the courts had forbidden her to remarry. By her, James had two sons. He was unsuccessful in business and filed for bankruptcy. After Rachel died in 1768, their children were sent to her family in St. Croix where the sons entered the counting house of Nicholas Cruger.

Parents (2)

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton, 3rd Laird of Grange (Kerelaw Castle), Ayrshire

1690-1763

Elizabeth Pollock

Mrs Elizabeth (Pollock) Hamilton, of Grange

1699-1763

Partner (1)

Rachel (Faucette) Levine

Mrs Rachel (Faucette, Fawcett or Fawcette) Levine

1729-1768

Children (1)

Alexander Hamilton

U.S. Founding Father, 1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury etc.

1755-1804

Associated Houses (1)

Kerelaw Castle

Stevenston, Ayrshire