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     Catherine Sempill was the daughter of Sir William Sempill and Anne Stewart.¹ She married Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Bt. and Laetitia Coote, before 1679.¹
     She was also known as Franceschina.¹ From before 1679, her married name became Hamilton.¹

     William Sempill was born before 11 January 1591.² He is the son of Robert Sempill, 4th Lord Sempill and Lady Agnes Montgomerie.³ He died before 11 June 1618.²

     Anne Stewart was the daughter of Sir William Stewart, 1st Bt. and Frances Newcomen.^1,2 She married Sir William Sempill, son of Robert Sempill, 4th Lord Sempill and Johanna Everard.³
     Her married name became Sempill.

     Sir William Stewart, 1st Bt. was the son of Archibald Stewart, 3rd of Fintalloch.² He married Frances Newcomen, daughter of Sir Robert Newcomen, 1st Bt..³ He died from 8 October 1646 to 28 July 1647.³ His will was proven (by probate) in 1647.⁴
     He was granted large tracts of land in Counties Donegal and Tyrone.³ He was Captain of the company of 100 Scottish soldiers in June 1608 in Ireland.⁴ In 1612 he was undertaker (i.e., broker) of escheated lands in County Wexford.³ In 1613 he was made a free denizen of Ireland.³ He was appointed Knight in 1613.⁴ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Donegal [Ireland] between 1613 and 1615.³ He was created 1st Baronet Stewart, of Ramelton, co. Donegal [Ireland] on 2 May 1623.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland]³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Donegal [Ireland] from 1634 to 1635.³

     Penelope Haward was the daughter of James Haward.¹ She married, firstly, Nicholas Philpott before 1683.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Bt. and Laetitia Coote, after 12 December 1685.¹ She married, thirdly, Richard Butler in 1697.² She and Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Bt. obtained a marriage license on 12 December 1685.¹ She died after 1697.^1,2
     From before 1685, her married name became Philpott.¹ From after 12 December 1685, her married name became Hamilton.¹ From 1697, her married name became Butler.²

     Nicholas Philpott was born circa 1643.¹ He married Penelope Haward, daughter of James Haward, before 1683.¹ He died in 1683.¹
     He lived at Poston, Herefordshire, England^G.¹

     James Haward lived at Fletherhill, Pembrokeshire, Wales.¹

     Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Bt. was born before 1610.¹ He was the son of Sir Claud Hamilton and Jane Lauder.² He married, firstly, Laetitia Coote, daughter of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Bt. and Dorothea Cuffe, before 1640.¹ He married, secondly, Elizabeth Barlow, daughter of Randall Barlow and Elizabeth Wheeler, after 1640.¹ He died in 1673.¹ His will was proven (by probate) in 1674, in the Prerogative Court [Ireland].¹
     He was naturalized as a denizen of Ireland on 12 February 1618.¹ On 20 July 1621 he received the Cavan estates from his grandfather, Sir Alexander Hamilton.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] as one of the Council of Munster to King James I.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Hamilton, of Killaugh, co. Cavan [Scotland] on 29 September 1628, with grant of 16,000 acres in Nova Scotia (which he had seizin of in Nov 1628.)¹ On 17 June 1631 the estates of Clonkine, Carrotubber and Clonyn were formed into the single manor of Castle Killagh, afterwards Castle Hamilton, County Cavan.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Jamestown [Ireland] between 1639 and 1648.¹ He held the office of Custos Rotulorum of County Cavan.¹ He was Commissioner for the Act of Settlement in 1661.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Cavan [Ireland] between 1661 and 1666.¹ He lived at Killaugh, County Down, Ireland^G.²

     Jane Lauder was the daughter of Robert Lauder of the Bass.¹ She married, firstly, Sir Claud Hamilton, son of Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick, before 1610.² She married, secondly, Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st Bt., son of William Forbes of Corse and Elizabeth Strachan, between 12 February 1618 and 1623.¹
     From before 1610, her married name became Hamilton.² She was naturalized as a denizen of Ireland on 12 February 1618.³ From between 12 February 1618 and 1623, her married name became Forbes. In 1641 she defended Castle Forbes against insurgents during the 1641 Uprising.⁴ She was living on 30 September 1642.⁴

     Robert Lauder of the Bass lived at the Bass, Scotland^G.²