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Jun 15, 2021 · Rachel Faucette Lavien and James Hamilton probably never expected their son Alexander to become one of America's founding fathers. The couple met in the early 1750s on the island of St. Kitts, according to the biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.
Aug 13, 2018 · When Rachel Faucett Lavien Hamilton returned to St. Croix in 1765 along with her sons James Hamilton Jr. and Alexander Hamilton, she appeared in the island’s matrikels (census and tax lists) for 1765 and 1766 as Rachel Fatzieth.
Aug 9, 2023 · Death: February 19, 1768 (38-39) Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis (Black Fever) Place of Burial: Christiansted, Saint Croix District, Virgin Islands of the United States. Immediate Family: Daughter of Dr. John Faucett and Mary Faucette, 2nd wife. Ex-wife of Johann Michael Lavien. Partner of James Hamilton.
When Rachel Faucett was born in 1729, in Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, her father, John Faucett, was 26 and her mother, Mary Uppington, was 22. She married Johann Michael Lavien in 1745, in Grange, St. Croix, Virgin Islands.
Johann Michael Lavien (or John Lavien) (c. 1717 – February 28, 1771) was a merchant and planter who lived on the Caribbean islands of Nevis and Saint Croix. He was the first husband of Rachael Fawcett, who later became the mother of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Sep 30, 2020 · Most people know about founding father Alexander Hamilton’s ties to St. Croix before he went north to help create the United States, but may not be aware that his mother Rachel Faucett Lavien is still on the island, buried in an unmarked grave.
Rachel Faucette Buck was the mother of Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. She passed away on February 19, 1768 from a fever both she and Alexander had suffered from when he was 12 years old.
Hamilton's mother, Rachel Fawcett, married sugar planter John Lavien on the island of St. Croix in the 1740s. Their relationship was tumultuous, and Lavien frequently beat her. After Lavien had Rachel imprisoned for a short term after one fight, she left her husband and son and fled to the islands of Nevis and St. Kitts in the Caribbean.
Jul 16, 2018 · But the “whore” in question — Rachel Faucett Lavien — had star billing in a talk last week by Alexander Hamilton historian and author Michael E. Newton, who was determined to know how this...
Jan 3, 2002 · James Hamilton, H’s father, who had gone to the island of St. Croix from the island of St. Kitts to collect a debt, returned to St. Kitts in 1765, leaving Rachel Fawcett Lavien and their two sons on St. Croix.
