…no tomcat, and 3) that the story did not appear in the press in 1780 and was not known until 1860, it is still a fact that this tale written in 1780 likens Hamilton to a “tomcat.” This still proves that Hamilton was widely known on both sides as an…

It is now well established that James Hamilton, Rachel Faucett, James Jr., and the famous Alexander Hamilton lived on St. Eustatius for a number of years in the 1750s and 1760s, but until now it was not known what James Hamilton did to earn an income while on the island….

…of “Alexander Fraser en Elisabeth Thornton desselfs Huysvrouw [Alexander Fraser and Elizabeth Thornton his housewife].” I also shared some new discoveries regarding how these two families may have known each other prior to this event and how this friendship apparently continued years later on St. Croix. Now, for the rest…

…had previously been known regarding Hamilton’s route and timeline from Yorktown to Albany. On December 6, Philip Schuyler reported to James Duane that Hamilton, “absent from his wife for some time, . . . thought of nothing but reaching her the soonest possible, and indeed he tired his horses to…

…went. Unfortunately, there is no positive evidence regarding where Rachel went after being released from prison on May 4, 1750. Perhaps she went to stay with her sister, Ann Lytton, at No. 9 Company’s Quarter, later known as the Grange. Or maybe she stayed with a friend. Or she could…

…de Nully purchased his Company’s Quarter plantations, she never could have lived with de Nully at Catharine’s Rest. Moreover, as also pointed out last week, Bertram Pieter de Nully probably was not town captain when Mary Faucett lived on St. Croix, the earliest known record of him having that title…

…Gaden (Market Street), along with one girl, presumably a daughter. Whether this was Jemima Iles Jr., who by this time would have been twenty-five years old, or another daughter, perhaps the fourth child mentioned in Jemima’s 1739 petition, is not known. It is also worth noting that Jemima’s husband Richard…

…by January 1762. It is not known whether Edward Daniel ever recovered the £795 4s that William Iles Jr. owed him. Conclusion As you can see, the story of William Iles Jr. is quite complicated and there is much uncertainty due to the scarcity of evidence. Moreover, nothing has been…

…to spread accurate information about Alexander Hamilton and thereby correct the errors, lies, distortions, and myths that are told about him. Together, we will learn more about Alexander Hamilton, his family, friends, and colleagues than anyone before us has ever known. I look forward to sharing this adventure with you……

© Posted on November 11, 2020, by Michael E. Newton. On October 8, 2020, the Schuyler Mansion, home to American Revolution hero and U.S. Senator Philip Schuyler, who is probably best known as Alexander Hamilton’s father-in-law, released an essay entitled “As Odious and Immoral A Thing”: Alexander Hamilton’s Hidden History…