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 HAMILTON



Origin: Scottish

Coat of Arms: A red shield with three ermine cinquefoils.
[Cinquefoil, Cinqfoil or Quinterfoil.  Five leaved grass]

Crest: A green tree with a saw cutting through it.
Hamilton Crest
Motto: Through.
Hamilton coat of arms - Scottish

Spelling variations include: Hamilton, Hamelton, Hameldon, Hamildon, Hamylton, Hambleton

HAMILTON SURNAME DNA PROJECT
The Hamilton family originally lived in the village of Hamilton, or Hameldune, near Barkby in the county of Leicestershire, before migrating to Scotland.
Hamel indicates blunt, flat-topped, or crooked; and dun, means hill.
In Old English "hamel dun" meant "bare hill" and there were a number of places in England with names derived from these words. Walter de Hameldone, owned property in near Paisley in Renfrewshire in 1294.
The full mantle consists of the shield displaying the arms that was given to the person bearing this surname; a banner with surname; a helmet; and family crest [if known]. See a sample of full mantle by - at right. Normally the crest is displayed atop the helmet. To order a full mantle with coat of arms and family crest click here
 sample coat of arms [full]
Sample Coat of Arms - Full
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