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Colonel Alexander Montgomery

Male 1667 - 1722  (55 years)

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  • Name Alexander Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19] 
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 1667  Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Gender Male 
    Will 15 May 1679  Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 14] 
    Mentioned in Father's Will 
    Military Service 1690  Drogheda, Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Battle of the Boyne 
    Military 1708  Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 8] 
    Militia Commission 
    FamilySearch ID L6B5-7WB 
    Occupation Between 1713 and 1715  Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 21] 
    High Sheriff 
    Occupation Between 1713 and 1722  Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [22, 23] 
    Member of Parliament 
    Occupation Between 1715 and 1723  Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 22, 24] 
    High Sheriff 
    Reference Number https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-5774 
    Will 29 Aug 1721  Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6, 12, 25] 
    LW&T 
    Residence 1722  Ballyleck, Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 19] 
    Death 15 Mar 1722  Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16] 
    Person ID I34002  Clan Montgomery Society | Montgomery of Beaulieu
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2026 

    Father Major John Croghan Montgomery,   b. 1620, Lifford, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1679, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Dorcas Montgomery,   b. 1624, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1679, Donegal, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1649  Lifford, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Croghan Hill
    Family ID F11122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Cole,   b. Abt 1681, Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1722, Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1696  [4, 16] 
    Children 
     1. Alexander Montgomery  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Dorcas Montgomery  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Sarah Montgomery  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Matthew Montgomery  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Thomas Montgomery,   b. 22 Jun 1696, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1758, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Elizabeth Montgomery,   b. 1700  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. Robert Montgomery, Sr,   b. 1700, Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. John Montgomery, Sr,   b. Abt 1701, Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1733, Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F11121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1667 - Donegal, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Father's Will - 15 May 1679 - Donegal, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - Battle of the Boyne - 1690 - Drogheda, Louth, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Militia Commission - 1708 - Monaghan, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - High Sheriff - Between 1713 and 1715 - Monaghan, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Member of Parliament - Between 1713 and 1722 - Monaghan, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - High Sheriff - Between 1715 and 1723 - Monaghan, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - LW&T - 29 Aug 1721 - Monaghan, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Mar 1722 - Monaghan, Ireland Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Montgomery, John Croghan (1620_1679)    		Montgomery, John Croghan (1620_1679)
    Article from Gardien Newsletter
    Helen Montgomery Meehan

  • Notes 
    • From Montgomery Manuscripts
      "Alexander Montgomery is the second grandson of Reverend Alexander Montgomery, Prebendary of Doe, County Donegal. He was a Captain in ye 3rd regiment, and now in 1704 a major because it was not reduced: married Captain Coles (in ye County of Monaghan) his daughter and heiress, and now lives within two miles of Monaghan town, and hath a son, this gentleman hath a good Estate, and is a thriving man and a great tenant to ye present Duke of Ormond".
      2nd son per father's will

  • Sources 
    1. [S3181] Montgomery, Robert H, Montgomery Families: Irish Notes, (Name: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; Date: 1958;), Page 288Montgomery_Irish_Notes.pdf.

    2. [S3186] Hill, Rev George, Editor, Montgomery Manuscripts_WmMont of Rosemount, (Name: James Cleeland; Location: Belfast; Date: Jan 1869;), The Montgomery Manuscripts (1603-1706) Compiled from Family Papers byWilliam Montgomery of RosemountThe_Montgomery_manuscripts_1603_1706.pdf.

    3. [S1495] Alexander of Monaghan, Repository Notes on Militia of Monaghan.

    4. [S3653] Bio Info on MontgomeryThomas1761, (Name: Name: Wikipedia;;), Biographical Information on Thomas Montgomeryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Montgomery_%28politician%29.

    5. [S3661] Biographical Information Alexander Montgomery Younger, (Name: Name: Wikipedia;;), Biographical information on Alexander Montgomery the youngerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomery_%28died_1785%29.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomery_%281667%E2%80%931722%29

    6. [S3654] Biographical Information Alexander Montgomery Colonel, (Name: Name: Wikipedia;;), Biographical information on Colonel Alexander Montgomeryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomery_%281667%E2%80%931722%29.

    7. [S3655] Biographical Information on John Montgomery, (Name: Location:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montgomery_%28died_1733%29;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montgomery_%28died_1733%29Biographical Information on John Montgomery.

    8. [S3484] Dalton, Charles, English Army Lists and Commissions, Page 35 lists Sir Albert Conningham's Enniskillin DragoonsEnglish_Army_Lists.pdf.

    9. [S3165] Cutter, William Richard, Genealogicial and Family History oF Western New York, (Name: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1912;), Volume IGenealogical_and_family_history_of_weste.pdfPages 438-440 Montgomerys.

    10. [S3658] Montgomery, John, Will of John Montgomery 1679, (Location: Crogan, Donegal, Ireland; Date: 16 May 1679;), Copied from LDS Microfilm 0592953Reference 1069Film # 00763431.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007634317?cat=234649

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007634317?cat=234649

    11. [S3656] Bio Info on MontgomeryAlexander1686, (Name: Name: Wikipedia; Location:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomery_%281686%E2%80%931729%29;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomery_%281686%E2%80%931729%29.

    12. [S3659] Marsh, William A Dr, The Ancestors and Descendants of F A Marsh and Ivy Crites, (Name: Gateway Press; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 1990;), Includes several chapters on Montgomerys.
      Book available on Archive.com

    13. [S3662] J and J Limited Company, Irish Records Index, 1500-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Residence date: 1722
      Residence place: Ballyleck, Monaghan

    14. [S5325] Gardien Newsletter - Clan Montgomery Society, (Name: Clan Montgomery Society International; Location: http://www.clanmontgomery.org/;), Vol 19 No 1 Mar 2000 Page 23Page John Montgomery of Croghan and His DescendantsArticle by Helen Montgomery MeehanJohn Croghan Montgomery (1620-1679).
      Clan Montgomery Society - Gardien Newsletter
      http://www.clanmontgomery.org/

    15. [S5199] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 041-044Still Other MontgomerysElectronic Book .PDF 436 pagesA_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdfAlso DBMontbgomery Index.doc.

    16. [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 BeaulieuPages 314-315.
      A_genealogical_and_heraldic_history_of_the_Ireland.pdf

    17. [S3629] Shirley, Evelyn Philip, The History of the County of Monaghan, (Name: Pickering and Co; Location: London, England; Date: 1879;), Montgomery Family ChartPages 234-236.

    18. [S3152] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 208) Montgomerys of Beaulieu.
      This book is available electronically on ancestry.com


    19. [S3662] J and J Limited Company, Irish Records Index, 1500-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Record for Alexander Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4077&h=18211&indiv=try

    20. [S3660] Battle of the Boyne, (Location: Drogheda, Louth, Ireland; Date: 1690;), Battle of the Boyne.
      Wikipedia article
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne

    21. [S3486] Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry Vol I, (Date: 1891;).
      genealogicalhera00burkufot.pdf

    22. [S1128] Biographical Information Alexander Montgomery Colonel (Name: Name: Wikipedia;;), Biographical information on Colonel Alexander Montgomery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomery_%281667%E2%80%931722%29.

    23. [S1181] Biographical Information on John Montgomery (Name: Location:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montgomery_%28died_1733%29; ;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montgomery_%28died_1733%29 Biographical Information on John Montgomery.

    24. [S926] Burke, Sir Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History _ Burke (Date: 1912;), genealogicalhera00burkufot.pdf.

    25. [S1497] Will of Alexander Montgomery 1722.


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