James Hall LILLY b. abt 1803 in Hamilton, Lanark
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Re: James Hall LILLY b. abt 1803 in Hamilton, Lanark
| Grangeburn (View posts) | Posted: 4 May 2008 9:36PM GMT |
Classification: Cemetery
Surnames: Hamilton, Bell, Lilly
Hi Bruce, according to the Monumental Inscriptions for Hamilton churchyard there is only one stone with the name Hamilton and Bell together. It reads -
This is the burying place of James Hamilton and Jean Bell and their children 4th January 1818.
This is more than likely a "marker stone" to safeguard their plot being used by someone else, (there was a lot of it about!) it also may have been when a child was interred, but it most probably is not a date of death for either adult. The next stone to this one simply reads - "The intended burying place of James Hamilton". This would probably be his too, or perhaps his father's. No Lillies or Lillys in the MIs, sorry.
Hamilton had quite a few Scessionist churches (breakaways from the established presbyterian church)and the records, as far as I know, are all at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh. There are huge gaps everywhere and many records haven't survived. There is a baptism book for the First Relief Congregation Church of Hamilton, baptisms from 1776 - 1800, it is at Hamilton Central Library. I have the transcript of it but no Lillies there either. Too many Hamiltons to mention, but none married to Bell appear in it.
Kind regards,
Grangeburn.
This is the burying place of James Hamilton and Jean Bell and their children 4th January 1818.
This is more than likely a "marker stone" to safeguard their plot being used by someone else, (there was a lot of it about!) it also may have been when a child was interred, but it most probably is not a date of death for either adult. The next stone to this one simply reads - "The intended burying place of James Hamilton". This would probably be his too, or perhaps his father's. No Lillies or Lillys in the MIs, sorry.
Hamilton had quite a few Scessionist churches (breakaways from the established presbyterian church)and the records, as far as I know, are all at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh. There are huge gaps everywhere and many records haven't survived. There is a baptism book for the First Relief Congregation Church of Hamilton, baptisms from 1776 - 1800, it is at Hamilton Central Library. I have the transcript of it but no Lillies there either. Too many Hamiltons to mention, but none married to Bell appear in it.
Kind regards,
Grangeburn.