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Descendants of Robert Franklin Hamilton

Generation No. 1

1. ROBERT FRANKLIN¹ HAMILTON was born January 11, 1770 in Dublin, Ireland, and died 1822 in Asheville, NC. He married (1) MISS ALTUM Abt. 1792. She died Abt. 1797. He married (2) MISS FINLEY Abt. 1798. She died 1802. He married (3) ANN ORR 1803, daughter of ROBERT ORR and ANN HOGSED. She was born April 30, 1779, and died Aft. 1850.

Notes for ROBERT FRANKLIN HAMILTON:
Robert Franklin Hamilton, was born in Dublin, Ireland January 11, 1770.

Robert Franklin was married three times. He first married Miss Altum in 1792, and they had two children, John Hamilton born March 22, 1793, and Robert Hamilton born Nov. 22, 1797. After the death of his first wife Robert Franklin married Miss Finley, and they had two children, Loveda, born Feb. 19, 1800, and Cynthia, born May 5, 1802.

After the death of his second wife in 1802, Robert Franklin moved to Buncombe County, N. C., where he married his third wife, Ann Orr, in 1803. Ann Orr was born April 30, 1779, and was the daughter of Robert and Ann Hogsed Orr, Robert Orr was the son of John Orr, who came to America in 1749 from Ireland. John Orr settled first in Lancaster, Pa, then in 1752 came to Mecklenburg County, N. C., then in 1790 moved to the Little River section, where he received a land grant for one hundred fifty acres.

Robert Franklin was a man of unusual education for his time. Books that he brought to America are still preserved by his descendants. He was a tutor in the community.

While serving as clerk of Court in Buncombe County, Robert died in 1822. He is buried in the old graveyard on Church Street in Asheville. The cemetery is now enclosed under the foundation of Central Methodist Church. Ann Orr Hamilton, is said to be buried in the Orr Cemetery, off Hart Road in Little River, but evidently the grave is unmarked, and cannot be located.

More About ROBERT HAMILTON and MISS ALTUM:
Marriage: Abt. 1792

More About ROBERT HAMILTON and MISS FINLEY:
Marriage: Abt. 1798

More About ROBERT HAMILTON and ANN ORR:
Marriage: 1803

Children of ROBERT HAMILTON and MISS ALTUM are:

	i.		JOHN² HAMILTON, b. March 22, 1793; m. POLLY RHODES.
	ii.		ROBERT HAMILTON, b. November 22, 1797.

Children of ROBERT HAMILTON and MISS FINLEY are:

2.	iii.		LOVEDA² HAMILTON, b. February 19, 1800; d. July 01, 1833.
	iv.		CYNTHIA HAMILTON, b. May 05, 1802.

Children of ROBERT HAMILTON and ANN ORR are:

3.	v.	ANN² HAMILTON, b. May 20, 1804; d. Unknown.
4.	vi.	MARY HAMILTON, b. January 16, 1807, Henderson County NC; d. 1881, South Carolina.
5.	vii.	WILLIAM ORR HAMILTON, b. March 31, 1809; d. April 06, 1848.
6.	viii.	JOSEPH HAMILTON, b. May 21, 1811, Buncombe County, N. C.; d. April 20, 1887, Henderson County, N. C..
7.	ix.	ELIZABETH HAMILTON, b. February 14, 1814; d. March 17, 1894.
8.	x.	SABRINA HAMILTON, b. June 30, 1816; d. February 21, 1888.
9.	xi.	JULIA EVALINA HAMILTON, b. May 25, 1818; d. September 17, 1872.
	xii.	MARTHA HAMILTON, b. May 27, 1820.
10.	xiii.	VOLTAIRE CONDORSED V. HAMILTON, b. June 19, 1822; d. May 12, 1908.

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