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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
     Catherine Sempill was also known as Franceschina.¹ From before 1679, her married name became Hamilton.¹

     
     Sir William Sempill lived at Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.¹

     Anne Stewart was the daughter of Sir William Stewart, 1st Bt..¹

     
     Sir William Stewart, 1st Bt. was created 1st Baronet Stewart [Ireland] in 1623.¹

     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 and Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Bt. obtained a marriage license on 12 December 1685.¹ She died between 1689 and 1693.¹
     From before 1685, her married name became Philpott.¹ From after 12 December 1685, her married name became Hamilton.¹

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

     
     James Haward lived at Fletherhill, Pembrokeshire, Wales.¹

     Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Bt. was born before 1617.¹ 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 probated in 1674, in the Prerogative Court [Ireland].¹
     Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Bt. 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 invested as a 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 Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Bt. title's name changed to 1st Baronet Hamilton, of Castle Hamilton, co. Cavan.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.²

     Jane Lauder was the daughter of Robert Lauder.¹ She married, firstly, Sir Claud Hamilton, son of Sir Alexander Hamilton, before 1618.² 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 1618, 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.