..........Mr.Andrew Hamilton was a farmer from North Quarter, who besides being highly esteemed as an industrious and sagacious farmer and as a valued member of the community, he devoted himself to antiquarian and historical pursuits which made him well known in the parish of Hamilton and throughout the county of Lanark. He was a frequent contributor to the columns of the Hamilton Advertiser and above the familiar initials of the time "A. H." have appeared many valuable articles on the genealogy of the noble families and local incidents connected with the great events of Scottish history.
..........These article's drew the attention and respect of all classes of people at home and abroad and he was often appealed to as an authority on the special subjects of his study and engaged in correspondence with persons and families of note. Owing to his peculiarly quiet and unassuming disposition not many people were aware how fine an intelligence he possessed using it for the study of Scottish manners and history. The genealogy of the noble families in the West of Scotland and the exact incidents and figures which give life and colour to the canvas of Scottish history, were his chief field of research; but there was no book of any consequence regarding the whole subject of Scottish history with which he was not in some degree acquainted...........Andrew was born in 1821 at Quarter Farm, a farm of about 176 Acres. He shared the farm with his brothers John, Robert and his sister Margaret. He died peacefully in May 1898.