Did the hamilton name come from slave owner?

Question

Did the hamilton name come from slave owner?

Answer 1

The most famous Hamilton in the US was Alexander Hamilton. He was a bastard child of a Bahamanian merchant & moved to the US at a young age.

He was very loyal to George Washington & a good officer in the army fighting the British & Hessians.

he was also a ladies man but I never heard anything about him owning slaves.

he was the first Secretary of the Treasury & his visage is still on our $10 dollar bill.

He was shot dead by a former VP Aaron Burr in a duel over some sort of slight between the two of them.

I do know there is a Hamilton family in the area where I reside who are black but have some white & American Indian blood in them. (they make that known to those they speak with). i did not ask them where the Hamilton name derives, presumably from a slave owner somewhere in the USA.

Answer 2

Definition: The true origin of this surname is uncertain, but many consider it to be a place name, derived from "hamell," meaning "treeless hill" or "home" and " dun," which means "settlement" or "fortified place."

Surname Origin: English, Scottish



Alternate Surname Spellings: HAMMIL, HAMILL, HAMIL, HAMMEL, HAMELL, HAMILDON, HOMILDON



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Hamilton Surname Origin

(Origin Scottish) Originally Hambleton, from the manor of Hambleton, in Buckinghamshire. William, third son of Robert, third Earl of Leicester, took that surname from the place of his birth, as above. He was the founder of the family of that name in Scotland, whither he went about the year 1215. The name is derived from Hamell, a mansion, the seat of a freeholder, and dun, an enclosure, a fortified place, a town.



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It is certainly possible that there was (or were) slave owners with the surname of Hamilton, since some form of slavery has existed throughout human history.

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I hope this is helpful.

Answer 3

Many of the slaves owned by my Pack ancestors took "Pack" as a surname in 1865 because it was easier, not because they admired their former owners. If there were two slaves named John in the same town/county/etc, one owned by Mr. Smith, one by Mr. Jones, people often called them "John Smith" and "John Jones" to distinguish them. Thus they were already known as John Smith and John Jones, and to change their names to John Washington, out of respect for George, or John Carpenter, because he was one, would have caused confusion. Plus, a number of them were sired by their owners, so the surname was rightfully theirs. In any event, if you are African-American, chances are really good your surname is from a white person, or from an English trade name, ("Carpenter", "Baker") or from a town founded by white people. Chances are decent it is your ancestor's owner's name. Chances are slim it is African or an English translation of an African surname.

Answer 4

so your telling they had no slaves or had sex with blk women at all