USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The illegitimate son of a Scottish immigrant father and a British West Indian mother (who happened to be married to someone else), Alexander Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis on January 11. Hamilton himself claimed that he had been born in 1757, but official documents from Nevis list the year as 1755.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown, Nevis, in the West Indies on January 11, 1757 (or 1755), to James Hamilton, a Scottish merchant of St. Christopher, and Rachel Fawcett.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alexander Hamilton was born on Jan. 11, 1755 or 1757, (historical records vary) in Charlestown on the small Caribbean island of Nevis in the Lesser Antilles.

Detailed explanation-4: -Locals helped raise money to send him to America to study, and he arrived in New York in late 1772, just as the colonies were gearing up for a war for independence from Great Britain.