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Capt. William Rowan

Capt. William Rowan,
of Derry.
He was a noted Williamite supporter.
He had issue:

William Rowan,
had issue:
1. Jane Rowan.
  She mar Gawen Hamilton [born 1729].
  They had issue:
  1. Archibald Hamilton Rowan.
    He was born Archibald Hamilton, 1751.
    He changed surname to "Rowan" to receive maternal line inheritance.
    United Irishman in 1798 Rising.
    Ancestor of Rowan-Hamilton.

Archibald Hamilton Rowan.
From here.

The mathematician (not related)

The mathematician William Rowan Hamilton, son of an Archibald Hamilton, has names that make it look like he might be related to this family. But he is not, as shown in the following.

This is from pp.4-5 of Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, by Robert Perceval Graves, vol.1, 1882.

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