3rd Laird of Hessilhead Hugh Montgomerie
1495 - 1556 (61 years)-
Name Hugh Montgomerie [1, 2, 3, 4] Title 3rd Laird of Hessilhead Birth 1495 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Fact 1 21 Feb 1537 [2] Chancellor at trial of Crawford of Auchinames Name Hugh of Auchinwood and Bowhouse [1, 5] Name Old Hugh Montgomerie [2] Death 23 Jan 1556 Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland [2, 3, 6, 7] - Hessilhead
Person ID I10478 Clan Montgomery Society | Montgomerys of Hessilhead Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
Father 2nd Laird of Hessilhead John of Conscraig Montgomerie, b. 1475, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 9 Sep 1513, Northumberland, England (Age 38 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret Fraser, b. 1473 d. 1500 (Age 27 years) Relationship natural Family ID F22017 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Houston, b. 1495, Scotland d. Scotland Children + 1. 4th Laird of Hessilhead John Hessilhead Montgomerie, b. 1515, Hessilhead, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 4 Jan 1556, Hessilhead, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 41 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. Agnes Montgomerie, b. 1520, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Aft 1597, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age > 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F3372 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - 1495 - Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 
Death - 23 Jan 1556 - Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Histories 
Hessilhead
Website link to article in "Wikipedia"
Photos Hessilhead Castle 1876
Folios 
T H Montgomery - Pages 134-136
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
Montgomerys of Hessilhead
History of the County of Ayr, Vol I
Pages 289-290 Montgomeries of Bogston
Parish of Beith
Matthew Montgomerie
Book Found on Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoft
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Sources - [S3506] Meehan, Helen Montgomery, The Montgomerys, The Sinclairs & Drumbert House, (Name: Donegal Annual; Location: Donegal, Ireland; Date: 1992;), No 44.
- [S3147] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 134-136 Montgomerys of HessilheadElectronic Book .PDF 170 pagesa_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf.
There are several entries in these pages where I think T H Montgomery has
some wrong generations. I have usually gone with B G Montgomery on these - [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 179) Montgomerys of Hessilheidhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/22192/
There are several entries where I think T H Montgomery has
some wrong generations. I have usually gone with B G Montgomery on these
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202 - [S3533] Wikipedia Listing of Counts and Lords, (Name: Wikipedia;), Laird of HessilheadAccessed KRM 27 Nov 2020 10:59amhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessilheaden.wikipedia.org.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessilhead - [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), This book is available electronically on ancestry.com.
- [S976] Hugh Montgoery Bio, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessilhead.
- [S961] IrishRootsWeb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=irishgenealogy&recno=4108.
- [S3506] Meehan, Helen Montgomery, The Montgomerys, The Sinclairs & Drumbert House, (Name: Donegal Annual; Location: Donegal, Ireland; Date: 1992;), No 44.
