HAMILTON, CATHARINA [SSNE 6426]
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Catharina Hamilton was the daughter of Colonel Elias Hamilton de Guischery [SSNE 6427], Commandant in Maastricht and his wife Johanna Maria von Bommert, ennobled as Silfvercrona in Sweden. She married William Sinclair [SSNE 3519] and she was buried on 21 December 1690 in Christina church in Gothenburg. Catharina also had a brother, Elias [SSNE 2575] who later became a major in the Swedish army. Catharina and William had a daughter, Catharina Johanna (1688-1773). She was born in Jönköping and later married Lieutenant Colonel Christian Eberhard von Schantz.
Sources: G. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 7, p.273; W. Berg, Samlingar till Göteborgs Historia: Christina Kyrkas böcker (Gothenburg, 1890), vol.1, p.508. Female.
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- SWEDEN, JÖNKÖPING
- Arrived 1674-01-01
- Departed 1690-12-31
- Capacity MISC, purpose MISC.