Genealogy De Bruijn in 4D
Genealogy De Bruijn in 4D
This genealogy has been established by Marco J. de Bruijn in Pijnacker, The Netherlands.
This genealogy has been established by Marco J. de Bruijn in Pijnacker, The Netherlands.
First name
Family name
Hugh Montgomery
Hugh Montgomery ,
born at Beith [North Ayrshire, Scotland] in 1560,
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Hugh married the daughter of John Montgomery of Hessilhead, and before 1568 he purchased lands from Hugh, third Earl of Eglinton.
Sir Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of the Great Ards (c. 1560 – 15 May 1636) was an aristocrat and a soldier, known as one of the "founding fathers" of the Ulster-Scots along with Sir James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye. Montgomery was born in Ayrshire at Broadstone Castle, near Beith. He was the son of Adam Montgomery, the 5th Laird of Braidstane, by his wife and cousin.
Montgomery's friendship with the King was useful to him next in establishing a Settlement in Ireland in 1606 (preceding the Plantation of Ulster in 1610).
Sir Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of the Great Ards (c. 1560 – 15 May 1636) was an aristocrat and a soldier, known as one of the "founding fathers" of the Ulster-Scots along with Sir James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye. Montgomery was born in Ayrshire at Broadstone Castle, near Beith.
Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery, is known as one of the "founding fathers" of the Ulster-Scots along with James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye. Paterson,the historian, records that the 'Laird of Braidstane's Scotch Colony', established in around 1606, was responsible for the introduction of linen weaving and manufacture to the area around Lurgan in Ireland; he also built mills, the harbour of Donaghadee, and repaired Port Montgomery (now Port Patrick). Some of the family of Hugh Hammil of the nearby lands of Roughwood accompanied Hugh Montgomerie to Ireland and became established there as merchants in the Dublin area.
Montgomery may have been given a Scottish State funeral in Newtownards on 8 September 1636. Montgomery’s coat of arms (a fleur de lis and hand above a crescent) survives today as part of the crest of Ards Borough Council, and in the school badge for Regent House Grammar School, Newtownards.
Died (Around 76 years old) at Newtownards [Down (tot 1921), Ierland] in 1636,
buried at Newtownards [Down (tot 1921), Ierland].
- Father:
Adam John Thomas Montgomery ,
son of Adam John Montgomery and Elizabeth Colquhoun,
born at Beith [North Ayrshire, Scotland] in 1533,
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Adam, 5th Laird of Braidstane
John was appointed one of the tutors to Hugh, third Earl of Eglintoun.
Broadstone lies close to the small village of Gateside in North Ayrshire, Scotland about half a mile east of Beith in the old Barony of Giffen.
Adam's son, Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery (1560–1636), is known as one of the "founding fathers" of the Ulster-Scots along with James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye. Paterson, the historian, records that the 'Laird of Braidstane's Scotch Colony', established in around 1606, was responsible for the introduction of linen weaving and manufacture to the area around Lurgan in Ireland; he also built mills, the harbour of Donaghadee, and repaired Port Montgomery (now Port Patrick).
Died (Around 68 years old) at Beith [North Ayrshire, Scotland] on 5 May 1602,
buried at Beith [North Ayrshire, Scotland],
marries (resp. around 22 and around 20 years old) at Beith [North Ayrshire, Scotland] in 1555 with
- Mother:
Margaret Montgomery ,
born at Beith [North Ayrshire, Scotland] in 1535,
died (around 35 years old) at Beith [North Ayrshire, Scotland] in 1570,
buried at Beith [North Ayrshire, Scotland].
relation
with
Elizabeth Jane Shaw ,
born at Greenock [Inverclyde, Scotland],
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Dau. of John Schaw, of Greenock and Jean Cunningham, of Glengarnock
Well Park which overlooks the cobbled area of Greenock town centre. The park was given to the people of the town by the Shaw family, an early member of which was Sir Hugh Montgomery's wife Elizabeth - the park is the former site of their castle, 'Wester Greenock'.
Elizabeth was the brains of the Montgomery Ulster-Scots empire around Newtownards, but she died around 1623 or so.
Died at Noord Ierland [Noord Ierland] in 1623,
buried at Newtownards [Down (tot 1921), Ierland] [Newtownards Priory].
From this relation one son:
| name | born | city | died | city | age | relation | children | |
| 1 | James | *1600 | Schotland [Schotland] | †1651 | Greyabby [DO, England] | 50 | 1 | 1 |
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