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- GENEALOGY SUBMITTED BY THOMAS E. HAMM JR., CMS 463, MAY 1990:
A Montgomery family resided in Ulster Province, County Donegal, Ireland. from Ca. 1690. The father, Mr. Montgomery, said to be an officer of the English Army, married, according to family tradition, Jane Patrick, daughter of Edgar Patrick, of Dublin, Ireland.
OTHER SUBMITTERS IN THIS LINE:
Henry A. Mounts, CMS 41
Elizabeth Stone Carlson, CMS 116
Joan Stone Wilson, CMS 801
Kyra Jo Hatke, CMS 1296
Darrell W. Wilson, CMS 1607
Robert Steven Collins, CMS 901
Paul L. Montgomery, CMS 1063
James P. Montgomery, Jr., CMS 1334
Henry Edward Montgomery, Jr., CMS 1396
Submitted by James P. Montgomery, CMS# 1334.
The following is an extract from the book "The Colhouns from Ireland" by Robert S. Calhoun 1977:
"This is how, Patrick Colhoun met his wonderful wife, Catherine Montgomery, the daughter of Capt. Hugh Montgomery, who took a substantial part in the Seige of Derry and the Battle of the Boyne; He is often mentioned in the annals of the Inniskilling Men, during the period of 1688-1689-1690-;"
8/30/97 - Birth date changed from "abt 1690" to agree with notes and because eldest child was born in 1683. Using standard estimation procedure, Hugh would be 26 in 1688 making his estimated birth date 1657.
There is some debate over the surname of Hugh's wife. It has been listed 3 ways: Jane Hamilton, Jane Edgar and Jane Patrick. Until definitive proof is provided, we will show her as Jane Edgar, based on the Trimble book. JCM.
5/17/01 - Matching submission by Myrvin G. Lassiter (Harris),CMS 1728, was received 23 Apr 1997, but was not entered then because of minor discrepancies. Turned over to Paul Lewis Montgomery, CMS 1063, for key-entry, but was never received back. Key-entered by J.C. Montgomery, CMS 1096, on 5/17/01 after receiving some clarifications via e-mail. According to Harris's submission, the name of Jane Edgar's husband was Robert Montgomery, whereas others in this line say it was Hugh Montgomery. The other interpretation says Jane Edgar was married to Gen. William Montgomery, and the children are completely different from this interpretation.
Genealogy submitted by Betty Carol Montgomery Slater, CMS 143, June 1989.
Genealogy also submitted by Oral E. Montgomery, CMS 858, but only went back to James Montgomery, RIN 1715.
Genealogy also submitted by Joan M. Hatfield,CMS 1087, May 1991.
8/30/97 - Date of birth estimated by subtracting 26 years from birth of first child.
While it is not yet known what ancestry this Hugh Montgomery has,
the following is the history as known for all Montgomery's who first
stepped foot in Ireland from Scotland.
From "The History of the Scottish Clans" pages 182 and 183, found in Princeton, Ky. library:
" MONTGOMERY, the surname of the noble family of Eglinton, which traces its descent from
Roger de Mundegumbrie, Viscount de Hiesmes, son of Hugh de Mundegumbrie and Joceline
de Beaumont, niece of Gonnora, wife of Richard, duke of Normandy, great-grandmother of
William the Conqueror. Roger de Mundegumbrie, thus nearly allied to the ruling house of Normandy,
after having obtained great distinction under the Norman banner in France, accompanied his kinsman,
William the Conqueror, into England, and commanded the van of the invading army at the decisive battle of
Hastings in 1066. In reward of his bravery he was, by the Conqueror, created earl of Chichester and Arundel,
and soon after of Shrewsbury. He also received from him large grants of land, becoming, in a short
time, lord of no fewer than fifty-seven lordships throughout England, with extensive possessions in Salop.
Having made a hostile incursion into Wales, he took the castle of Baldwin, and gave it his own name of
Montgomery, a name which both the town in its vicinity and the entire county in which it stands
have permanently retained. It is not known whence the name was derived. Eustace, in his 'Classical Tour,'
Vol. i. p. 298, mentions a lofty hill,called Monte Gomero, not far from Loretto; and in the old ballad of'Chevy
Chase,' the name is given as Mongon-byrry.
The first of the name in Scotland was Robert de Montgomery, supposed to have been a grandson of Earl
Roger. When Walter, the son of Alan, the first high steward of Scotland, whose castle of Oswestry was in
the vicinity of Shrewsbury, came to Scotland to take possession of several grants of land which had been
conferred upon him by David I., Robert de Montgomery was one of the barons who accompanied him from
Wales, and received from him the Manor of Eglisham, in the county of Renfrew. This was for two centuries
the chief possession of the Scottish section of the Montgomeries, and still remains their property undiminished
as at first.Robert de Montgomery is a witness to the foundation charter of Walter, the high steward, to the
monastery of Paisley in 1160, and to other charters between that year and 1175. He died about 1177.
In the Ragman Roll appear the names, of John de Montgomery, and his brother Murthaw, as among the
barons who swore fealty to Edward I in1296. The former is designated of the county of Lanark, which
then comprehended the county of Renfrew. The latter was the reputed ancestor of the Montgomeries of
Thornton. Sir John Montgomery, the seventh baron of Eaglesham, one of the heroes of the battle of
Otterburn, married Elizabeth, only daughter and sole heiress of Sir Hugh de Eglinton, justiciary of Lothian,
and niece of Robert II., and obtained with her the baronies of Eglinton and Ardrossan. He was, the
ancestor of the earls of Eglinton, as mentioned under that title, where the lineage of that noble family has
already given, (see Vol. ii. page 119). A baronetcy of the United Kingdom was possessed by
family of Montgomery of Macbeth Hill, or Magbie Hill, Peebles-shire, descended from Troilus Montgomery,
son of Adam Montgomery of Giffen, a cadet of the Eglinton family lining in the reigns of James V., and
Mary queen of Scots. It conferred, 28th May,1774, on William Montgomery of Magbie Hill, but expired on
the death of his son, Sir George Montgomery, second baronet, 9th July 1831.
Sir William's brother, Sir James Montgomery, of Stanhope, Peebles-shire,an eminent lawyer, was also
created a baronet. Born at Magbie Hill, in1721, be was educated for the Scottish bar, and attained to
considerable distinction as an advocate. On the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in Scotland in 1748,
he was one of the first sheriffs named by the crown, and be was the last survivor of those of this first
nomination. He rose gradually to the offices solicitor-general, and lord-advocate, and in 1775 was appointed
lord-chief-baron of the court of exchequer, in Scotland. Upon his retirement from the bench in 1801, he was
created a baronet of the United Kingdom. His exertions in introducing the most improved modes of agriculture
in Peebles-shire gained for him the title of 'Father of the county'. He died April 2, 1803, at the age of 82. His eldest
William, Lieut.-Col. 43d foot, having predeceased him,was succeeded by his 2nd son, Sir James, 2d baronet,
born October 9,1766; appointed lord-advocate in 1804, resigned in 1806; At one time M.P.for Peebles-shire.
He died May 27, 1839.
His sons by a first wife having predeceased him, he succeeded by his eldest son by his 2d wife, daughter of
Thomas Graham, Esq. of Kinross.This son, Sir Graham G Montgomery, 3d baronet, born July 9, 1823,
graduated Christ Church, Oxford, B.A.; m. in 1845, Alice, daughter John James Hope-Johnston, Esq. of
Annandale, M.P. 4 sons and 4 daughters.
The Irish family of Montgomery of Grey Abbey, county Down, is descended from Sir Hugh Montgomery,
sixth laird of Braidstone, in the parish of Beith, Ayrshire, a cadet of the noble house of Eglinton,
and the principal leader in the colonization of Ulster in 1606. The insurrectionary disturbances in Ireland
before the death of Queen Elizabeth, had placed a large extent of confiscated property at the disposal of
the crown. The laird of Braidstone, with a view of obtaining some portion of it, effected the escape of Con
O'Neil, the chief of Ulster, from the castle of Carrickfergus, where he had long been imprisoned. O'Neil,
in consequence "granted and assigned one half of all his land estate in Ireland " to him "his heirs and
assigns." Thereafter,O'Neil and Braidstone went to Westminster, when, through the influence of Braidstone's
brother, George, who was chaplain to his majesty, O'Neil received pardon of the king; Braidstone was knighted,
and orders were given that the agreement betwixt them should be confirmed by letters patent, under the great
seal of Ireland, " at such reuts as therein might be expressed, and under condition that the lands should be
planted with British protestants, and that no grant of fee farm should be made to any person of mere Irish extraction."
In the winter of 1605, Sir Hugh Montgomery obtained from O'Neil a deed of feofment of all his lands. In the following
May, the plantation of Ulster had begun. Amongst the gentlemen who joined Sir Hugh in the enterprize were John
Shaw of Greenock, Patrick Montgomerie of Blackhouse, Colonel David Boyd, Patrick Shaw of Kerseland, Hugh
Montgomerie, junior, Thomas Nevin of Monkreddin, Patrick Mure of Dugh, Sir William Edmiston of Duntreath, and
Messrs. Neill and Calderwood; besides a great many retainers. In 1610, only 4 years after the first planting, Sir
Hugh brought before the King's muster-master 1,000 able fighting men.
The success of this Scotch enterprize led to the formation of the London companies in 1612, and thus founded the
protestant province of Ulster,which says Hume, from being "the most wild and disorderly province of all Ireland,
soon became the best cultivated and most civilized." In 1622,Sir Hugh Montgomery was raised to the peerage
of Ireland as Viscount Montgomery of Ardes, county Down. He was grandfather of Hugh, third Viscount Montgomery
of Ardes, created in 1661, earl of Mount Alexander. These titles expired with Thomas, seventh earl, in 1758.
The Montgomeries of the Hall, county Donegal, possessing a baronetcy of the united kingdom, of' the creation of
1808, and the Montgomeries of Convoy House, in the same county are also descended from the Eglinton family,
their progenitors in Ireland being among the settlers in Ulsteri n the reign of James VI. and I."
Submitted by Michael A. Montgomery, CMS 1712, on 9/6/98.
Some thoughts that he was the son of the 3rd Earl of Mount Alexander, but his story doesn't fit that title
Not really sure who his father is
Some thoughts that he was the son of the 3rd Earl of Mount Alexander, but his story doesn't fit that title
Not really sure who his father is
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1657 - 1754 (96 years)
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