tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post8841839838517276041..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Montgomery of Grey AbbeyTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-89711355828649979172022-01-13T16:54:43.635+00:002022-01-13T16:54:43.635+00:00My dearest Ms Unknown it is great to hear from you...My dearest Ms Unknown it is great to hear from you through the herald of Lord Belmont...I love to visit the spirit of my supposed 11th great grandmom..Lady Isabella Brisbane Shaw...at Ballygally Castle in Antrim...maybe when we are both back in N I...I can take you there for tea...and we can breath in the view of Scotland from the window she jumped to her death from...Always your cousin...Elizabeth..Jeffordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719689975833101706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-6459934729842982742022-01-13T06:15:55.981+00:002022-01-13T06:15:55.981+00:00I am a the 14th great grandaughter of Lord, Alexan...I am a the 14th great grandaughter of Lord, Alexander Montgomery, Father of Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Eglinton, my 13th great grand father .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445226399671302294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-34120978131441777892017-09-02T02:31:36.910+01:002017-09-02T02:31:36.910+01:00Rick -
I am not fully versed in the methods of co...Rick -<br /><br />I am not fully versed in the methods of communicating through blogs....and how to convert the discussion to a more discrete form of communication...like internet...if necessary..<br /><br />But I am very interested in this digit of the Montgomery footprint...and am very pleased that you have responded...and will let you take the lead...for now..<br /><br />ElizabethJeffordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719689975833101706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-54805695618452026352017-08-31T16:59:49.923+01:002017-08-31T16:59:49.923+01:00Hello Elizabeth,
I too have a connection with Maj...Hello Elizabeth,<br /><br />I too have a connection with Maj. Hugh Montgomery of Maghera, Co. Derry, b. c.1640, son of Hugh of Gransheough, CO. Down.<br /><br />Please reply and we can discuss further.<br />I have much to share.<br /><br />Have a great day,<br />Rick T Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275423667679574355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-54255941259535745862016-09-06T16:56:27.731+01:002016-09-06T16:56:27.731+01:00My Dearest Lord Belmont - Inexhaustible chronicler...My Dearest Lord Belmont - Inexhaustible chronicler of lost Ulster relatives and good Belfast food..<br /><br />As the 300th anniversary approaches of 1718...the date of my Montgomerys of Aghadowey exodus from Coleraine and Derry/Londonderry harbours...with the pertinent McGregors, Cargills, Harpers and Orrs...on five linen ships to Massachusetts Colony...arranged by the illustrious Presbyterian minister James McGregor...I have begun to dig deeper into my probable background...and some of the options currently available from the world of family trees have proven probably incorrect..<br /><br />However...I have found the little known John Montgomery...the master of excise to the Chichester Earls of Donegal to be...as possibly...my most probable and most misrepresented ancestor..<br /><br />He is noted very briefly...in your post on the Grey Abbeys...and similarly found in multiple published Montgomery genealogies..<br /><br />What else do you know of this minor John Montgomery fellow...who could possibly have founded the Aghadowey Montgomery line...that was also intertwined with the Shaws of Ballygally Castle and thus provided Elizabeth Shaw...the wife of the First Viscount of Great Ards...Hugh Montgomery..<br /><br />see a quote from your Grey Abbeys blog below..<br /><br />"He represented the borough of Newtownards in Parliament, from 1635-41, and lies buried with his father in the church of Donaghadee.<br /><br />He left two sons,<br />HUGH;<br /><br />John.(((the younger son..---..??..where did this John Montgomery fellow... the master of excise, to the Chichester Earl's of Donegals' family end up..??..)))<br /><br />The elder son,<br /><br />HUGH MONTGOMERY, of Maghera, wedded a daughter of Sir Robert McClelland, by whom he had several daughters, and an only son, his successor,<br /><br />WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, of Maghera, who married Mary, eldest daughter and co-heir of Captain James Magill, of Kirkistown, County Down, and had, with one daughter, Lucy, an only son, his successor,"<br /><br />Thank you for your gracious assistance in this matter..<br /><br />Your devoted acolyte...Elizabeth Jeffords of Denver - the purported 11th great grandchild of Lady Isabella Brisbane Shaw - the Ghost of Ballygally Castle ..Jeffordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719689975833101706noreply@blogger.com