his family were moved and reinterred in a mausoleum located at Christ Church. On August 6, two days after Hamilton's death, Benjamin Franklin published in his Pennsylvania Gazette an editorial of appreciation for the attorney and politician. Family and immediate descendants During the early years after his marriage, his wife Anne had several children. Margaret Hamilton, their first child, was born in 1709. Circa 1711, Hamilton's second child and first son James Hamilton was born; he went on to become a mayor of Philadelphia and a governor of the Pennsylvania colony. The Hamilton Watch Company was named after James Hamilton, the owner of the Hamilton Watch Complex site in Lancaster. In 1713, Hamilton's last son, also named Andrew Hamilton, was born. Margaret Hamilton married William Allen on February 16, 1734. William and Margaret had six children together. Andrew Hamilton had a close working relationship with his son-in-law. They both worked in the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania governments. Along with James Hamilton, they acquired the land for the state house, now Independence Hall, and its surrounding yard. Andrew Hamilton the younger married Mary Till on December 24, 1741. She was the daughter of William Till, a businessman of the landed gentry in Pennsylvania and Delaware, and Mary Till, née Lillingston, the step-granddaughter of Berkeley Codd. He was the attorney in Delaware whom the elder Andrew Hamilton had faced in court in 1712. Andrew Hamilton II and Mary Till Hamilton had two sons, Andrew and William Hamilton. Legacy During World War II, a Liberty Ship was commissioned the SS Andrew Hamilton in Hamilton's honor. References External links Article at Philadelphia Reflections Article at Encyclopedia.com Andrew Hamilton Esq. A site dedicated to emerging research on Andrew Hamilton, Esq. 1676 births 1741 deaths Members of Gray's Inn Kingdom of Scotland emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies Pennsylvania lawyers Members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Burials at Christ Church, Philadelphia Lawyers from Philadelphia People of colonial Pennsylvania 18th-century American lawyers People from Accomack County, Virginia