Person:Benjamin Hamilton (12)

Ester Hamilton was the daughter of Benjamin Hamilton and Susannah (Hurst?). Hettie was probably her nickname. I often see her sister Anna and Ester as daughters of a man named Ned Hamilton. I know for sure Anna was the daughter of Benjamin Hamilton, this is my line and the family has old original deeds and land grant sheep skin papers with Benjamin's name on them. Benjamin sold land to Anna and Isaac Ison. Also Benjamin was buried on what was Isaac Ison's land at the time . I have a feeling that Benjamin's nickname was Ned, because I have heard people in my own family refer to him as that. You won't find Ned on any census or tax list, so must be Ben's nickname. Benjamin's mother was also named Ester, so make perfect sense to think he would also name a daughter that. That is all the proof I can give you. The Ison and Hanna family married into the Hamilton family and back and forth for several generations.

And I am in agreement with you. but John was the only child of the first wife. It is the identity of Moonglow that I differ with others. Moonglow according to my aunt, was Benjamin's first wife~~not Susannah! Susannah, his second wife was probably a Hurst. My aunt told me her whole name, I believe it was Hurst but forgot. LOL, wish I had written it all down as she told me. Dock Ison was a descendant of Susannah. Dock's wife, Teresa, was a descendant of the first wife, the Indian woman.

I can't pinpoint exactly how Susannah fits into the Hurst family, but I have come close. I believe that either her mother or father was a Hurst, and she probably was also tied to the Cotton family somehow. The Cottons and Hursts may of had mixed Indian bloodlines, but they weren't full blood Indian people. They lived civilized lives, they wouldn't have held someone hostage. An elderly John Hurst is shown living with Anna Hamilton Ison and Isaac Ison on one of the censuses. This would have been probably a son of Susannah's, and a half brother to Anna. This doesn't fit with the Moonglow story, not unless Moonglow had a papoose on her back. Inscription: Benjamin S. Hamilton tombstone Moon, Morgan Co., KY

PVT Christinas Regt. Rev. War 1761 1849 Birth Date: ??/??/1761 Birthplace: , TN USA Death Date: ??/??/1849 Death Location: Morgan Co., KY USA Spouse: Susannah "Moonglow" Hurst Cemetery: Behind the Moon Post Office Location: Moon,KY USA

Benjamin, Jr. Hamilton found in:

U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 Census Index State: KY County: MORGAN CO. Location: WEST LIBERTY TOWN Page #: 066 Census/Enumeration year: 1830

ID: I59 Name: Benjamin HAMILTON Sex: M Birth: 1761 in Hawkins,Tennessee Death: 1846 in Morgan,Kentucky Note: BIOGRAPHY: Hamilton is Scottish in origin. The coat of arms is a red shield with three ermine cinquefoils. The crestis a green tree with a saw cutting through it. The motto is "Through". Spelling variations include: Hamilton, Hamelton, Hameldon, Hamildon, Hamylton, Hambleton, and many more. First found in Renfrewshire where they were granted lands byKing Robert the Bruce of Scotland. Some of the first settlers of this name orsome of its variants were: David Hamilton settled in Boston in 1651; Mathew Hamilton settled in New England in 1685; William Hamilton settled in Grenada in 1774; Charles, Henry, James, Joh, Joseph, Matthew and others.

MILITARY: Benjamin was a Revolutionary War soldier who enlisted in Bedford County, Virginia. He died in Morgan County, Kentucky at the home of his son, David Hamilton. Benjamin was living in Morgan County, Kentucky when he applied for pension on December 2, 1833, at age 72. He stated that he enlisted in Bedford County, Virginia, in May 1780. On June 25, 1783 he was drafted in Sullivan County, North Carolina, here he served as a spy and ranger against the Indians. Affidavit by fellow soldier who served with him, Thomas Hamilton, was made in Morgan County, Kentucky, December 12, 1833, states "who is by brother" and that he was with him atthe North Fork of the Halston River in North Carolina, in Sullivan County, (now Tennessee). Another Revolutionary Soldier states, "I, Philip Williams, aged 78 years, that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Hamilton, who is now an applicant for a pension, that I served with him under Col. Walter Crocker in 1780. Ialso served with him under Captain Burks and Col. Christina in North Carolina in 1782". His annual pension from the government of the United States was for $43.33. Benjamin Hamilton and his oldest son, John, were the first of thee brothers to come into Floyd County, Kentucky. They are listed on the 1810 Floyd County census. In 1796 and 1797, we find him listed on teh Tax List of Sullivan County, (now Hawkins County) Tennessee, along with the following Hamiltons: ABram,Benjamin, John, Joshua, Richard, Thomas (2), Samuel, and Dant. And it was Sullivan County, Tennessee where they went when selling their land in Bedford County, Virginia.

MILITARY: Pvt. Christinas Regt. VA Troops, Revolutionay War. Onhis application it mentions that he was a spy against the Indians lived in Holston river, NC, left extended family in Tennessee (then a territory of NC) nearJohnson City buried: Jackie Hamilton Farm in Relief Kentucky. Change Date: 29APR 2002 at 19:33:53

Father: Thomas HAMILTON b: 1719 in Bedford,Virginia Mother: Esther SAMPSON b: 1730 in Hawkins,Tennessee

Marriage 1 Susannah Moonglow HURST b: 1770 Children Elizabeth HAMILTON b: 1794 in Tennessee John HAMILTON b: 3 MAR 1793 in Tennessee Sarah HAMILTON b: 1795 in Virginia NancyHAMILTON b: 1797 Ester HAMILTON b: 1804 in Kentucky David K. HAMILTON b: 1805 Benjamin HAMILTON b: 1806 in Kentucky Amelia HAMILTON b: 1811 in Kentucky Martha HAMILTON b: Abt 1813 in Kentucky Polly HAMILTON b: Abt 1815 in Kentucky

Reference-Kentuckian of the War of 1812, page 87, 88 reference-Morgan Co. Wills, book A, page 39, James Reid's

TIP #118 REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS NICHOLAS, NELSON, MUHLENBERG & MORGAN COS REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSIONERS OF KENTUCKY MORGAN COUNTY: Barker, George, Pvt, VA line; 12 May 1834; $50; age 76. Blevin, James, Pvt, VA Line; 22 Mar 1834; $53.33; age 83. Butler, John, Pvt, VA Line; 22 Aug 1833; $66.66; age 73. Cooke, William, Pvt, NC Line; 29 Apr 1834; $30; age 70. Cooper, John, Pvt, PA Militia; 10 July 1834; 455; age 75. Day, John, Pvt, VA line; 2 Dec 1833; $76.66; age 74. Ellington, David, Pvt, VA Militia; 29 Apr 1834; $41.12; age 71. Hamilton, Benjamin, Pvt, VA Line; 25 Feb 1834; $43.33; age 73. Hamilton, Thomas, Pvt, VA line; 112 Apr 1833; $80; age 75. Howerton, William, Pvt, VA line; 25 Feb 1834; $43.33; age 73. Johnson, Jacob, Pvt; SC line; 11 May 1833; $80; age 76. Keeton, Isaac, Pvt, NC line; 29 Apr 1834; $60; age 70. Kelly, Samuel, Pvt, NC Militia; 1 May 1834; $31.66; age 78. Lewis, Thomas, Pvt, VA Line; 25 Sept 1833; $25; age 71. Montgomery, Alexander, Pvt, VA Line; 5 Apr 1828; 9 Feb 1828; $96; age 84. McGuire, John, Pvt, VA line; 4 Jan 1834; $20; age 78. McKinzee, Isaac, Pvt; VA Militia; 31 Oct 1833; $25; age 71. Raatliff, Reuben, Pvt, VA militia; 10 July 1834; $43.33; age 72. Smethers, John, Pvt, VA line; 20 Mar 1833; $80; age 71. Stevens, Gilbert, Pvt, VA Militia; 1 May 1834; $60.79; age 74. Swanson, Levi, Pvt; VA Militia; 2 May 1834; $25; age 77. Wages, Benjamin, Pvt, VA Line; 5 Apr 1828; 9 Feb 1828; $96; age 93. Walsh, William, Pvt, NC Militia; 25 Sept 1833; $020; age 74. Williams, Philip, Pvt, VA Line; 24 Sept 1833; $80; age 77. Living in county in 1840: B Hamilton, 76; John Kulby, 87; Isaac Kuton, Isaac, age 79; John Prewitt, 85; John Smothers, 79; Levi Stevenson, 85; Mary Hopkins, widow; age 84 and Martha Jones, Widow, age 80. Total for county: 32

Wednesday, November 29, 1995-The Paintsville HeraldRevolutionary soldier is honoredThe Big Sandy Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution, the Harman StationDaughters of the American Revolution, both of Paintsville, and the John Graham chapter of Prestonsburg, along with the Hamilton family of eastern Kentucky,assisted by cousins from a number of states, dedicated a monument to Revolutionarysoldier, Benjamin S. Hamilton. The dedication took place October 22 at Moon in Morgan County.Orville Hamilton, superintendent of Johnson County Schools, summarized the historyof Hamilton, who was born in 1761 in Bedford County, Virginia. He died July 12, 1849, at the Moon residence of his son, David.During the Revolutionary War he served with Virginia troops as a spy and ranger,enlisting a number of times. He served in Col. Crockett's Regiment, Col. Trigg's Regiment,Capt. Thomas Vincent's Co., in the Battle of King's Mountain, Capt. William Burk's Co.,and Col. Christian's Regiment. He also served one month at Bowman Station under Col. Hutchinson.He was allowed a pension No. S-3111 from his application December 2, 1833, resident of Morgan County.Thomas Hamilton, age 76, soldier or the Revolution, stated that Benjamin served with himand that they were brothers.After the war, Hamilton moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee.He is listed in the Floyd County Census of 1810, and by 1812 he had built aone-room log cabin <cabin.html> near Moon, Floyd County set off inMorgan County. He married Moonglow, a Cherokee Indian, probably in Virginia or North Carolina, who adopted the name of Susannah (Hurst?). She was born in the 1770's and died in 1846in Moon.The Hamilton's are buried in the Hamilton Cemetery, <monument.html> Route 172, Morgan County.Both graves marked with hand-carved stones; his with the initials B.H. 1761-1849; her stoneis shaped like an Indian flint with a moon insignia carved on the surface.Lineal grandsons, David and John Hamilton, recently restored their 1812 log cabin. <cabin.html>The graves have been lost for many years until located in 1993 by lineal grandchildrenFinetta Mullins, Mary Smith, Edna Hamilton Hill and Ike Ferguson.Legal work to obtain the monument from the United States government was done by Ray Brackett, assisted by Frances Brackett and Finetta Hamilton Mullins, bothlineal granddaughters. Then John, David, Ford, James and Alderson Hamilton,Mary Margaret Jones, Roger Avery and Martha Ison cleared the cemetery. Installation of the stone for Benjamin was done by the Big Sandy Chapter KYSSAR.During the dedication, past Kentucky State SAR president and Big Sandy chapter member.Ray Brackett, of Allen, presided. The invocation was given by Mary Margaret Jonesof Arizona; prayer by James Hamilton of Keaton; the Pledge of Allegiance by JohnHamilton of Red Bush; the American Creed by Morgan County DAR Regent, Edith Gunnellsof West Liberty and the national anthem was sung by Vicki Pack, Harman Stationchaplain, Paintsville.KSDAR Sixth District director, Barbara C. Pugh of Paintsville, dedicated the monumentwith Finetta Hamilton Mullins accepting the monument. Eldest lineal grandchildrenpresent, Glenda Mullins and Ellis Hamilton, assisted by Benjamin Hamilton IV,age 18 months, unveiled the monument. Angela Francis Brackett of Ulysses andSummer Hill of Louisa, lineal granddaughters, placed U.S. flags at the graves ofboth Benjamin and Susannah.Lineal grandson, David Hamilton and State Senator, John David Preston of Paintsvilleplaced a wreath. John Graham chapter past regent, Frances Preston Brackett of Allen,spoke briefly and gave the benediction.

This small cabin was built from logs that were salvaged from the original cabin built in 1812 by my maternal 6th great grandparents, Benjamin S. and Susannah "Moonglow" Hurst Hamilton. The cabin is located on Rt. 172 in Red Bush, Johnson County, close to the Morgan-Johnson County line.

Oh, I for sure believe he was the son of Old Benjamin Hamilton. I also believe what my Aunt Addie told me, he was the son of the Indian wife. She (the first wife) would have been the one he nicknamed "Moonglow", because she rescued him by the light of the moon one night after he befriended her. It was all the following children who belonged to Susannah (Hurst ?). My Aunt Addie grew up right there in Moon, Ky. almost within site of the grave of Old Benjamin Hamilton. During the early part of her life, the old grave markers were still visible. Flood waters covered the markers with mud, and before the D.A.R. marker was put on the graves, they had to be found again. My Aunt Addie was the grand-daughter of Dock Ison, grandson of Susannah (Hurst?), through her daughter Anna (Amelia) Hamilton Ison. She got her info from Dock Ison, he lived with her family after his wife Teresa died. Teresa was the grand-daughter of John Hamilton and gr.grand-daughter of Old Benjamin Hamilton. Aunt Addie said that Dock Ison and Teresa shared a grand-parent (Dock's grandfather, Teresa's gr.grandfather) but they were from different wives of Old Benjamin's. I just can't dismiss what she told me, she was like a walking book on the family history. I just wish I had recorded what she told me but it was before I started working on genealogy. I have found it interesting, that the only people I ever met who had the story handed down through their families, were also descendants of the first child, John Hamilton and Mary May.

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    Details: Thomas Hamilton, b abt 1729 Baltimore Co, MD, d 1772 Bedford Co, VA, m 1753 in Hartford Co, MD Esther Sampson, b 1730 Baltimore Co, MD, d after 1772 Bedford Co, VA. Son Benjamin S Hamilton, b 1761 Bedford Co, VA, d 1849 Morgan Co, KY, m 1792 in Sullivan Co, TN to Susannah Moonglow Hurst, b abt 1770, d 1846 in Moon, Morgan Co, KY. Descendants lived in Johnson Co, KY. H-101 is a gggg grandson of Benjamin, and a fourth cousin once removed of H-083.

12. ↑ Benj. Hamilton belongs to the A group that is discussed here through DNA.

    It has long been accepted that the current Duke of Abercorn is the senior male heir of the Hamiltons with his all male line from Walter Fitzgilbert de Hamilton being very well documented. The DNA of a close relative (H-139) of the Duke has been analyzed and his 37 marker profile differs at only one marker from the modal for Group B. Furthermore, his 67 marker profile differs at only two markers from the modal for Group B. This early result suggested that those in Group B are derived from Walter Fitzgilbert but more recent DNA results have cast doubt on this conclusion. Rather they indicate that there was an early "non-paternal event" (conception by a male other than a Walter Fitzgilbert descendant) in the senior male line and that those in Group A rather than those in Group B are the direct all male line descendants of Walter Fitzgilbert. Furthermore, the current DNA results can pinpoint the probable conception where the non-paternal event occurred.

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    Details: Footnote: Very recently the Group A DNA profile has been found for three well documented descendants of ancient Hamilton lines. These are participants H-190, H-201 and H-217. Of these, the result for H-217 is particularly important because this participant is a known descendant of the Hamiltons of Preston, a line that branches off very early from the premier male Hamilton line. The patriarch of this line is Sir John of Hamilton, Lord of Fingalton, born about 1337. Sir John is a grandson of Walter Fitzgilbert de Hamilton, in other words two generations closer to Walter Fitzgilbert than the James1 discussed previously. The only possible explanation for the observation that a descendant of Sir John of Preston has the Group A DNA profile while James1 has the Group B DNA profile is that there was a non-paternal event involved in one of their lines. The fact that participants H-190 and H-201 have the Group A profile strongly favors the conclusion that the non-paternal event occurred in the line to James1 and specifically in his conception. Both H-190 and H-201 are descendants of the Raploch Hamiltons whose lands in Lanarkshire, Scotland, were granted to them in 1441. George Hamilton in his 1933 book "A History of the House of Hamilton" gives evidence that the patriarch of the Raploch Hamiltons is Walter Hamilton and that he was a brother of James1. However, the DNA results indicate that these two could only have been half brothers because James1 had the Group B DNA profile while the descendants of Walter of Raploch have the Group A profile. Since earlier generations (for example, Sir John of Preston) of Walter Fitzgilbert descendants also have the Group A profile, the conclusion one comes to then is that a non-paternal event must have occurred in the conception of James1 and that the Group A Hamiltons are the true all male line descendants of Walter Fitzgilbert _FOOT: Very recently the Group A DNA profile has been found for three well documented descendants of ancient Hamilton lines. These are participants H-190, H-201 and H-217. Of these, the result for H-217 is particularly important because this participant is a known descendant of the Hamiltons of Preston, a line that branches off very early from the premier male Hamilton line. The patriarch of this line is Sir John of Hamilton, Lord of Fingalton, born about 1337. Sir John is a grandson of Walter Fitzgilbert de Hamilton, in other words two generations closer to Walter Fitzgilbert than the James1 discussed previously. The only possible explanation for the observation that a descendant of Sir John of Preston has the Group A DNA profile while James1 has the Group B DNA profile is that there was a non-paternal event involved in one of their lines. The fact that participants H-190 and H-201 have the Group A profile strongly favors the conclusion that the non-paternal event occurred in the line to James1 and specifically in his conception. Both H-190 and H-201 are descendants of the Raploch Hamiltons whose lands in Lanarkshire, Scotland, were granted to them in 1441. George Hamilton in his 1933 book "A History of the House of Hamilton" gives evidence that the patriarch of the Raploch Hamiltons is Walter Hamilton and that he was a brother of James1. However, the DNA results indicate that these two could only have been half brothers because James1 had the Group B DNA profile while the descendants of Walter of Raploch have the Group A profile. Since earlier generations (for example, Sir John of Preston) of Walter Fitzgilbert descendants also have the Group A profile, the conclusion one comes to then is that a non-paternal event must have occurred in the conception of James1 and that the Group A Hamiltons are the true all male line descendants of Walter Fitzgilbert