Sgt. John P. Hamilton, Sr.

Abt 1740 - 1810  (~ 70 years)

• Name	John P. Hamilton  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Sgt.
  Suffix	Sr.
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	Abt 1740	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	He is SAR P-173800, born 1743 and died 1810; the only child listed in the SAR is Samuel. He is identified in the directories for the SAR as a Sergeant in the PA Line. He fought in the Revolutionary War under Captain Isaac Seeley, 5th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. Francis Johnston. [This may be an error; it may be the John Hamilton d. 1818 who served in this regiment.] Frazee (S22) records a variety of documents relevant to his pension application and will, including some testimony of his war experience, on 565-81. He is included on the Revolutionary War page. Lizzie Mannen Turney's DAR Application reaches back to John Hamilton who fought in Capt. Seeley's company. A later note [1930] by a DAR researcher has been typed on the application saying this: "This John Hamilton was a private in Captain Thomas Paxton's Co. of Bedford County, Pa. Militia, 12-18-1776. See Pa. Archives, 2nd Series, vol. 14, p. 653-5. The [sic] John Hamilton was born 1755 and died in Indiana Co., Pa. See Pa. Archives, 2nd Series, vol. 10, page 549." As far as my research tells, this note is in error. Note that there is also a John Hamilton, who died in Indiana Co., Pennsylvania in 1818, who was also a Revolutionary War veteran; he was not from this family.  [3, 4, 5]
  Died	1810	Brookville, Bracken Co., Kentucky
  Buried	Bracken Co., Kentucky
  Siblings	1. William Hamilton           d. Yes, date unknown
  Notes	John Sr. came from Northern Ireland and landed in Baltimore in 1763 or ‘64, having met Elizabeth on board the ship. After the war, he moved his family to Bracken Co., Kentucky in 1797. He appears on 22 Nov. 1799 as John Sr. on the Bracken County census. His will appears in Bracken County on 10 August 1802. It names wife Elizabeth, sons John, Edward, Samuel David, daughters Sarah, Elizabeth. One other source: Donna Jean (Hamilton) Cochrane, "Hamilton: Early Kentucky Settlers, Bracken Co." Donna Cochrane died in 2001. [2, 6, 7]
  Person ID	I4218	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Claude Hamilton           d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2910	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Elizabeth           b. Ireland           d. 10 Nov 1828, Brookville, Bracken Co., Kentucky
  Married	Ireland
  Children	+ 1. John P. Hamilton, Jr.           b. 1 Nov 1765, Baltimore Co., Maryland           d. 11 Jul 1849, ? Kentucky or Pennsylvania  (Age 83 years) + 2. James Edward "Ned" Hamilton           b. Abt 1769, Pennsylvania           d. Aft 23 Apr 1826, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age ~ 57 years) + 3. Samuel Hamilton           b. Abt 1774, Pennsylvania           d. Abt 1832, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age ~ 58 years)   4. David Hamilton           b. Abt 1776, Pennsylvania           d. Abt 1824  (Age ~ 48 years)   5. Sarah Hamilton           b. Abt 1778, Pennsylvania   6. Elizabeth Hamilton           b. Abt 1780, Pennsylvania
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F2909	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - Abt 1740 - Ireland  Died - 1810 - Brookville, Bracken Co., Kentucky  Buried - - Bracken Co., Kentucky  Married - - Ireland   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Sgt. John P. Hamilton, Sr.". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4218&tree=1sttree (accessed September 20, 2020).