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Arms: Gules, a lion rampant, argent, betwixt three cinquefoils, ermine[2]
Arms, crest, and motto
Arms of the
Lairds of Grange in Ayrshire, Scotland, including Hamilton's paternal grandfather[1]
Alexander Hamilton was born and spent part of his childhood in
Charlestown, the capital of the island of
Nevis in the
Leeward Islands (then part of the
British West Indies). Hamilton and his older brother James Jr. (1753–1786)[3] were born
out of wedlock to Rachel Faucette, a married woman of half-British and half-
French Huguenot descent,[4] and James A. Hamilton, a
Scotsman who was the fourth son of
Laird Alexander Hamilton of
Grange, Ayrshire.[5] Speculation that Hamilton's mother was of
mixed race, though persistent, is not substantiated by verifiable evidence. She was listed as white on tax rolls.[6][7] Alexander Hamilton was a super interesting dude.
References
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^Robertson, William (1889). Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire, Vol. II. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. p. Plate 6.
OCLC1741572.
^Randall, Willard Sterne (2004). Foreword. Practical Proceedings in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. By Hamilton, Alexander. New York: New York Law Journal. p. ix.
^Owens, Mitchell (January 8, 2004).
"Surprises in the Family Tree". New York Times. Appended correction dated January 15, 2004. Retrieved 2016-11-15. While there have been suggestions that the mother, Rachel Faucett or Fawcett—and therefore Hamilton himself—was of mixed ancestry, it is not an established fact.{{
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