William Montgomerie

1655 - Aft 1721  (> 67 years)

• Name	William Montgomerie
  Birth	1655
  Gender	Male
  Property	28 May 1684	Ayrshire, Scotland
  Property	22 Oct 1692	Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1]
  	With his father Hew, disponed 4 merk land of Constable to John Montgomerie of Beoch (NRS GD86/762). Letters of Disposition and Assignation 1697 (GD25/8/770)
  Arrival	1701	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Settled at Doctor's Creek (Mercer County?)
  Role	1701	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Later free emigrant
  Title Suffix	of Bridgend, younger
  Property	1706	Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Obtained 500 acres from Robert Burnet
  Death	Aft 1721
  Person ID	I44521	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Hew Montgomerie,   b. 1628, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 6 May 1710, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katherine Scot,   b. Abt 1632, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1653  [2]
  Family ID	F31135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel Burnet,   b. 1663, Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Marriage	8 Jan 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Children	1. Elizabeth Montgomerie,   b. 12 Jul 1691, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Montgomerie,   b. 7 Feb 1692/93, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1771 (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Montgomerie,   b. 1695, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1756 (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Alexander Montgomerie,   b. 1696, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Died unmarried?  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jane Montgomerie,   b. Abt 1698, Scotland d. New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Robert Montgomerie,   b. Abt 1687, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1766 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Anna Montgomerie,   b. 1 Feb 1689/90, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 8 Jan 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - 28 May 1684 - Ayrshire, Scotland Property - With his father Hew, disponed 4 merk land of Constable to John Montgomerie of Beoch (NRS GD86/762). Letters of Disposition and Assignation 1697 (GD25/8/770) - 22 Oct 1692 - Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland Arrival - Settled at Doctor's Creek (Mercer County?) - 1701 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Role - Later free emigrant - 1701 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Obtained 500 acres from Robert Burnet - 1706 - Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD86/762. [S3688] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, A Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, p77.