Alexander Hamilton is born on the British island of Nevis in the West Indies, the second of two boys. His father James is a Scottish trader of noble ancestry. His mother Rachel Faucett ...

Founding Father Alexander Hamilton became a father for the first time when his son, Philip, was born on January 22, 1782. "He ...

Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and ... Part of Washington's Military "Family" From his youth, Hamilton had sought glory; as a frustrated 14-year-old clerk ...

By 1768, Dad Hamilton abandoned his family, Mom Hamilton died of fever, and young Alexander was a Caribbean orphan. Maybe the ...