Hi Cara, Otho Hamilton is indeed an unusual name, it has been used for many generations in my family, a family of musicians, piano teachers, and musical instrument makers. I believe that we are decended from the Otho who was Governor of Placentia, he was a son of the Olivestob Hamilton's of Edinburgh. Many years of research point to this being the case however I have not been able to prove the parentage of the John Hamilton found on the 1821 census, in so much as I have not found any record of his birth. I made a visit to Waterford last year and spent a couple of hours in the city archives, the archivist Mr Donal Moore was very helpful. He was able to tell me that Governor Otho bequethed to his three grandsons property in Stevens Street, my known documented ancestor John was certainly living there in 1821, however John was not one of the named three grandsons, so the illusive link I require cannot be made for an absolute certainty. It is possible my John was another of Otho's grandsons, family hearsay has always been that we originated from Edinburgh and found our way to Waterford, this would tie in with the Olivestob connection, the Hamilton family home, once called Olivestob (still standing, but now known as Bankton House) where governor Otho was born is in Edinburgh. I have been looking for the answer for the last 5 years, I have even submitted my brothers dna to the Hamilton DNA project, one day a proven ancestor of Governor Otho may also submit their dna which may match with my brothers, this would prove the connection - however even without proof it would be remarkable given all the research I have done plus the documents that I do have if we were not of the same family. During my years of research I have made many notes regarding Waterford and gathered lots of information, obviously mostly regarding my own family names, I am more than happy to share any information if would help others in their quest to trace family. Regards Jan

Sharing would be lovely, Jan. One never knows what tiny bit of information will knock holes in another's brick wall. Thanks. Janet On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Janet Williams <janwilliam@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Cara, > > Otho Hamilton is indeed an unusual name, it has been used for many > generations in my family, a family of musicians, piano teachers, and musical > instrument makers. I believe that we are decended from the Otho who was > Governor of Placentia, he was a son of the Olivestob Hamilton's of > Edinburgh.  Many years of research point to this being the case however I > have not been able to prove the parentage of the John Hamilton found on the > 1821 census, in so much as I have not found any record of his birth.  I made > a visit to Waterford last year and spent a couple of hours in the city > archives, the archivist Mr Donal Moore was very helpful.  He was able to > tell me that Governor Otho bequethed to his three grandsons property in > Stevens Street, my known documented ancestor John was certainly living there > in 1821, however John was not one of the named three grandsons, so the > illusive link I require cannot be made for an absolute certainty.   It is > possible my John was another of Otho's grandsons, family hearsay has always > been that we originated from Edinburgh and found our way to Waterford, this > would tie in with the Olivestob connection, the Hamilton family home, once > called Olivestob (still standing, but now known as Bankton House) where > governor Otho was born is in Edinburgh.  I have been looking for the answer > for the last 5 years, I have even submitted my brothers dna to the Hamilton > DNA project, one day a proven ancestor of Governor Otho may also submit > their dna which may match with my brothers,  this would prove the > connection - however even without proof it would be remarkable given all the > research I have done plus the documents that I do have if we were not of the > same family. > > During my years of research I have made many notes regarding Waterford and > gathered lots of  information, obviously mostly regarding my own family > names, I am more than happy to share any information if would help others in > their quest to trace family. > > Regards > Jan > > > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > > Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > > ------------------------------------- > The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption.  Check it out at:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > If you would like to take this site over, contact:  Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >