Family/Spouse: Gavin (8th of Raploch) Hamilton. Gavin (son of James (3rd of Raploch) Hamilton and Isobel Weir) died on 28 Jun 1571. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gavin (of Raploch) Hamilton and died.
2. Jean (Or Janet) Hamilton and died.

John + Elizabeth (of Udston) Hamilton. Elizabeth (daughter of Patrick (3rd of Udston) Hamilton) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James + Janet Calderwood. Janet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The son of Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow and his wife, Janet Douglas, James Hamilton is first attested to in 1397. In a writ of that year, his father Sir John Hamilton granted him the lands and privileges of Kinneil, in return for the superiority of all property that had been promised to him through his marriage after his attainment of majority.
Hamilton next comes to notice in a Safe-conduct issued by Henry V of England to travel to Calthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire.
In 1424, Hamilton was one of the Scottish Lords allowed passage to Durham to visit the captive James I of Scotland. In the same year, he was one of many Scots hostages given to the English as security for the payment of the ransom of the newly freed King of Scots. His estate was valued at 500 merks.
Hamilton was confined first at Fotheringay Castle, then at Dover Castle. He appears to have been released by 1426. He was invested as a knight before 1430.
Hamilton died not later than 1441, when his son is described as Lord of Cadzow.
He was the son of Janet (or Jacoba) Douglas, daughter of Sir James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith, but his paternity is uncertain. Douglas's husband was Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow and it was long thought that he was James's father. However DNA testing of his descendants in the Hamilton Surname DNA Project suggests that Sir John was not his biological father

James + Janet Livingston. Janet (daughter of Sir Alexander (of Callender) Livingston and Dundas) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]