Josiah married Esther SKINNER on 16 Jul 1859 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia. Esther (daughter of Charles William SKINNER and Susan MOORE) was born on 9 Feb 1839 in Debert, Colchester, Nova Scotia; died on 21 Nov 1927 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia; was buried in Clifton Cemetery, Colchester, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet]

1. Cordelia HAMILTON was born in 1860 in Clifton, Colchester, Nova Scotia; died in 1860; was buried in Clifton Cemetery, Colchester, Nova Scotia.
2. Henry D. HAMILTON was born about 1862; died on 16 Apr 1888 in Clifton, Colchester, Nova Scotia; was buried in Clifton Cemetery, Colchester, Nova Scotia.
3. Lilian Annie HAMILTON was born about 1864; died in 1892; was buried in Clifton Cemetery, Colchester, Nova Scotia.
4. Robert Wilson HAMILTON was born on 3 Jul 1865 in Clifton, Colchester, Nova Scotia; died on 21 Nov 1932 in Saint Louis, Missouri; was buried in Valhalla Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Saint Louis, Missouri.
5. Charles Edwin HAMILTON was born on 28 Aug 1868 in Nova Scotia; died on 20 Nov 1959 in Vero Beach, Indian River, Florida; was buried on 20 Nov 1959 in Crestlawn Cemetery, Vero Beach, Indian River, Florida.
6. Susan Edith HAMILTON was born on 6 Sep 1871 in Clifton, Colchester, Nova Scotia; died in 1880; was buried in Clifton Cemetery, Colchester, Nova Scotia.
7. Mary Winnifred HAMILTON was born on 18 May 1873 in Old Barns, Colchester, Nova Scotia; and died.
8. Florence Maud HAMILTON was born on 30 Dec 1875 in Clifton, Colchester, Nova Scotia; died on 27 Sep 1887 in Clifton, Colchester, Nova Scotia; was buried in Clifton Cemetery, Colchester, Nova Scotia.
9. Muriel HAMILTON was born in 1876; and died.
10. Frances Mabel HAMILTON was born on 12 Jan 1882 in Clifton, Colchester, Nova Scotia; died in 1970.