William Montgomery
Abt 1723 - 1799 (76 years)-
Name William Montgomery [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth Abt 1723 Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland 
[2] Gender Male Fact 1 1762 Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland Began Construction of Grey Abbey House FamilySearch ID LTD2-FJN Occupation Hillsborough, Down, Northern Ireland [4] Member of Parliament 30 years Reference Number https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-7696 Death 1799 Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland [2, 4] Burial 1799 Grey Abbey Grounds, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland [3, 4] - Buried Under Alter at Church
Person ID I46628 Clan Montgomery Society | Montgomery of Grey Abbey Last Modified 2 Jul 2026
Father Captain William Montgomery, b. 1700, Maghera, Down, Northern Ireland d. 1755, Rosemount, Down, Northern Ireland (Age 55 years) Relationship natural Mother Catherine Hall d. 1723, Northern Ireland Relationship natural Marriage 1719 Down, Northern Ireland [3, 4] Family ID F15343 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susanna Jolly, b. 1728, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland d. 1797 (Age 69 years) Marriage 9 Dec 1749 Ireland [1, 3, 4, 6] Children > 1. Dorcas Montgomery d. 1824 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. Major William Montgomery, b. Abt 1752, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland d. 6 Sep 1781, New London County, Connecticut, USA (Age 29 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Reverend Hugh Montgomery, b. 24 Jun 1754, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland d. 30 Mar 1815, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Edward Montgomery, b. Abt 1755 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] > 5. Captain Francis Montgomery, b. Abt 1756, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland d. 1808, Northern Ireland (Age 52 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F15345 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Jul 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt 1723 - Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland 
Marriage - 9 Dec 1749 - Ireland Fact 1 - Began Construction of Grey Abbey House - 1762 - Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland 
Occupation - Member of Parliament 30 years - - Hillsborough, Down, Northern Ireland Death - 1799 - Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland 
Burial - 1799 - Grey Abbey Grounds, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Folios 
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland
Sir Bernard Burke
1899
Pages 313-314 Montgomery of Grey Abbey
T H Montgomery - Pages 131-133
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
Grey Abbey
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Sources - [S5023] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Abstracts of Wills and Marriages, 1620-1923, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2023;), National Archives of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Crosslé, Betham and Thrift Genealogical Abstracts.
Record for Susana Jelly
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62059&h=90253431&indiv=try - [S5931] Sink, Bob and Montgomery, Denis, Email from Bob Sink 22 Nov 2011, (Name: Location: England; Date: 22 Nov 2011;;), Bob Sink and Denis Montgomery list the family line of William of GreyAbbey.
Attached media file - [S3187] Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, (Name: Harrison & Sons; Location: London, England; Date: 1899;), Montgomery of Grey Abbey Pages 313-314 Montgomerie, Robert b. 1544.
A_genealogical_and_heraldic_history_of_the_Ireland.pdf
Book found on Google Books
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Genealogical_and_Heraldic_History_of_t/Ha0EAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=A+Genealogical+and+Heraldic+History+of+the+Landed+Gentry+of+Ireland&printsec=frontcover - [S5770] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 131-133 Montgomerys of Grey Abbey https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00072-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=134.
Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages
a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf
Book Available on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00070-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=134 - [S4785] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Indexes to Wills, Probate Administration, Marriage Bonds and Licences, 1591-1866, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2021;), Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Ireland Indexes to Wills, Admin and Marriage Licence Bonds.
Record for William Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62077&h=48600&indiv=try - [S5023] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Abstracts of Wills and Marriages, 1620-1923, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2023;), National Archives of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Crosslé, Betham and Thrift Genealogical Abstracts.
Record for William Gentleman Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62059&h=253431&indiv=try
- [S5023] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Abstracts of Wills and Marriages, 1620-1923, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2023;), National Archives of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Crosslé, Betham and Thrift Genealogical Abstracts.
