Andrew Hamton

Abt 1658 - 1738  (80 years)

• Name	Andrew Hamton
  Birth	Abt 1658
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Apr 1683	Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Tailor
  Religion	Apr 1683	Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Residence	Apr 1683	Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Walingfoord [Wallyford]
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton with wife Margaret
  Role	Oct 1683	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Indentured servant
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
  	Understood to have been imported by the Scots Proprietors on a four-year indenture like his brother
  Name	Andrew Hamilton  [2]
  Name	Andrew Hantone  [3]
  Occupation	1688	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2, 4]
  	Tailor
  Property	10 May 1688	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3, 5]
  	Deeds awarding headland to himself and his wife and selling this from and to Robert Barclay
  Property	16 May 1688	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Deed, John Mollesone of Amboy Perth, merchant, to Andrew Hauton of Elizabeth Town, tailor, for 1 acre in Amboy Perth
  Occupation	1 Dec 1698	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	Deputy for Elizabethtown - date chosen
  Occupation	1699	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Member of the Governor's Council
  Property	10 Sep 1703	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Conveyed property to John Mathie [Matthew?]
  Religion	4 Nov 1703	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	Anglican: had his children baptised by George Keith
  Death	1738	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Will	1 Oct 1738	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Executors: Joseph Tooker, Thomas Clark. Witnesses: Joseph Clark, John Terrill, Mary Clark
  Probate	30 Jan 1738/39	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Inventory of £170 4s dated 18 Jan 1739 made by John Spining and Andrew Joline
  Person ID	I44748	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Hamton
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Cumine,   b. 1663, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1738, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1683	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	West Port. At the house of Andrew Fisher
  Children	1. James Hamton,   b. 1692, East Jersey, New Jersey, USA d. 1731, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Johannah Hamton   d. Nov 1748, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth Hamton  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Thomas Hamton  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Andrew Hampton   d. 1748, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John Hamton  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Margaret Hamton  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tailor - Apr 1683 - Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Quaker - Apr 1683 - Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - Walingfoord [Wallyford] - Apr 1683 - Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage - 7 Apr 1683 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton with wife Margaret - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Role - Indentured servant - Oct 1683 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Arrival - Understood to have been imported by the Scots Proprietors on a four-year indenture like his brother - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Occupation - Tailor - 1688 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deeds awarding headland to himself and his wife and selling this from and to Robert Barclay - 10 May 1688 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed, John Mollesone of Amboy Perth, merchant, to Andrew Hauton of Elizabeth Town, tailor, for 1 acre in Amboy Perth - 16 May 1688 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Deputy for Elizabethtown - date chosen - 1 Dec 1698 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Member of the Governor's Council - 1699 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Conveyed property to John Mathie [Matthew?] - 10 Sep 1703 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Religion - Anglican: had his children baptised by George Keith - 4 Nov 1703 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Death - 1738 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: Joseph Tooker, Thomas Clark. Witnesses: Joseph Clark, John Terrill, Mary Clark - 1 Oct 1738 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory of £170 4s dated 18 Jan 1739 made by John Spining and Andrew Joline - 30 Jan 1738/39 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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