Mary Morris Hamilton
(1790-1869)
BIRTH
December 25, 1790
PLACE
NAME
Mary Morris
DEATH
May 24, 1869
PLACE
FAMILY
MOTHER
Eliza Hamilton Schuyler
(1811-1863)
HUSBAND
Archibald Blair
(1665-1733)
CHILDREN
Frances Hamilton Bowdoin
(1813-1887)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Mary Morris Hamilton (1790–1869) married James Alexander Hamilton, son of Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton, in October 1810. They raised five children while James built a New York legal career and later served Andrew Jackson’s administration. The family lived at Nevis, their Hudson River estate named for Alexander Hamilton’s birthplace. Her daughter Mary helped preserve Mount Vernon. She is distinct from her and was not Archibald Blair’s wife.
EARLY LIFE
Mary Hamilton was born on Dec 25, 1790. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Mary Hamilton is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Mary Hamilton died on May 24, 1869. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Mary Hamilton died on May 24, 1869. Mary Morris Hamilton married James Alexander Hamilton, son of Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton, in October 1810. They raised five children while James built a New York legal career and later served Andrew Jackson’s administration. The family lived at Nevis, their Hudson River estate named for Alexander Hamilton’s birthplace. Her daughter Mary helped preserve Mount Vernon. She is distinct from her and was not Archibald Blair’s wife. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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