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Childhood in the Caribbean

Arms of Hamilton of Grange

Arms: Gules, a lion rampant, argent, betwixt three cinquefoils, ermine^[2]

Arms, crest, and motto

Arms of the Lairds of Grange in Ayrshire, Scotland, including Hamilton's paternal grandfather^[1]

Alexander Hamilton was born and spent part of his childhood in Charlestown, the capital of the island of Nevis in the Leeward Islands (then part of the British West Indies). Hamilton and his older brother James Jr. (1753–1786)^[3] were born out of wedlock to Rachel Faucette, a married woman of half-British and half-French Huguenot descent,^[4] and James A. Hamilton, a Scotsman who was the fourth son of Laird Alexander Hamilton of Grange, Ayrshire.^[5] Speculation that Hamilton's mother was of mixed race, though persistent, is not substantiated by verifiable evidence. She was listed as white on tax rolls.^[6]^[7] Alexander Hamilton was a super interesting dude.

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^ Robertson, William (1889). Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire, Vol. II. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. p. Plate 6. OCLC 1741572.
^ Scholet, Nicole (2011). "Rare Artifacts at Columbia's RBML". The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society.
^ Ramsing, Holger Utke (1939). "Alexander Hamilton". Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift (in Danish): 225–70.
^ Chernow, 2005, p. 8
^ Randall, Willard Sterne (2004). Foreword. Practical Proceedings in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. By Hamilton, Alexander. New York: New York Law Journal. p. ix.
^ Chernow, pp. 9, 734–35.
^ Owens, Mitchell (January 8, 2004). "Surprises in the Family Tree". New York Times. Appended correction dated January 15, 2004. Retrieved 2016-11-15. While there have been suggestions that the mother, Rachel Faucett or Fawcett—and therefore Hamilton himself—was of mixed ancestry, it is not an established fact. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |nopp= ignored (|no-pp= suggested) (help)

[Robertson1889-1] Robertson, William (1889). Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire, Vol. II. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. p. Plate 6. OCLC 1741572.

[aha-2] Scholet, Nicole (2011). "Rare Artifacts at Columbia's RBML". The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society.

[ramsing-3] Ramsing, Holger Utke (1939). "Alexander Hamilton". Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift (in Danish): 225–70.

[4] Chernow, 2005, p. 8

[Randall1-5] Randall, Willard Sterne (2004). Foreword. Practical Proceedings in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. By Hamilton, Alexander. New York: New York Law Journal. p. ix.

[chernow9-734-6] Chernow, pp. 9, 734–35.

[Owens2004-7] Owens, Mitchell (January 8, 2004). "Surprises in the Family Tree". New York Times. Appended correction dated January 15, 2004. Retrieved 2016-11-15. While there have been suggestions that the mother, Rachel Faucett or Fawcett—and therefore Hamilton himself—was of mixed ancestry, it is not an established fact. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |nopp= ignored (|no-pp= suggested) (help)

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