Montgomery

The Montgomerys originally from Ayrshire, held properties in counties Cavan and Donegal in the 17th century. Two brothers Alexander and Robert, sons of John Montgomery, were the ancestors of the Montgomerys of Brandrum and Ballyleck, county Monaghan and of Bessmount, close to the town of Monaghan respectively. The descendants of Alexander and his wife Elizabeth Cole of Ballyleck, continued to reside at Ballyleck until Beaulieu, county Louth was inherited through marriage in the late 18th century. The family of Nixon Montgomery descend from Alexander Nixon of Nixon Hall, county Fermanagh and his wife Mary, eldest daughter of Alexander Montgomery of Bessmount, county Monaghan and granddaughter of Robert Montgomery of ‘Anarea’. Their second son Alexander Nixon succeeded to the Bessmount estate, Tehallan, under the will of his maternal grandfather and assumed the additional name of Montgomery. In 1807 he married Eliza daughter of Arthur Stanley of Dublin and they had a family of eleven children. In the mid-19th century Montgomerys held land in the parishes of Aghnamullen and Clontibret, barony of Cremorne and Clones and Drumsnat, barony of Monaghan. Alexander and Eliza’s eldest son Alexander lived at Kilquade House, Delgany, county Wicklow and married Mary Stafford. In 1876 he was the proprietor of an estate of 1,187 acres in county Monaghan. Their second son Arthur Montgomery resided at Crieve House.

Associated Families

No associated families were found for this estate

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Bessmount Park	Drumrutagh	Tehallan	Monaghan	Tehallan	Monaghan	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H692353 OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A
Ballyleck	Ballyleck	Kilmore	Monaghan	Bellanode	Monaghan	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H644323 OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A
Brandrum	Brandrum	Kilmore	Monaghan	Bellanode	Monaghan	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H637319 OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map:
Rosefield	Rosefield	Kilmore	Monaghan	Bellanode	Monaghan	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H634337 OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A
Carnaveagh House	Carnaveagh	Aghnamullen	Castleblayney	Creeve	Cremorne	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H716166 OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map:
Creeve House/Creevelands	Creeve	Aghnamullen	Castleblayney	Creeve	Cremorne	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H714175 OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 28B

Archival sources

Leslie Papers: legal papers of a lawsuit relating to lands in Co. Monaghan between Thomas Brunker and the representatives of Alexander Montgomery of Rosefield and John Montgomery of Ballyleck, Co. Monaghan. Following the lawsuit Charles Powell Leslie II purchased several lands and premises of the Montgomery estate under dispute. Includes briefs, purchases, surveys, case of Leslie, draft conveyances of lands, final decree, rentals, marriage settlements, wills, queries, and other items related to the case, 1699-1814. MS 49,495/364-382; National Library of Ireland
Leslie Papers – 108 deeds, including wills, relating to Leslie, Ancketell, Hamilton, Montgomery, Moore and Ridgeway families and lands in Cos Monaghan, Tyrone, Cavan and Donegal. D.23,077-23,184; National Library of Ireland
Large bundle of legal case papers in the cause celebre, Moore -v- Montgomery; Andrew Thomas Stuart, later 1st Earl Castle Stewart, who for a time assumed the additional surname of Moore, under the will (dated 1770) of Acheson Moore of Summerhill, Dublin, a relation of his mother, who had left him a landed property worth at least £50,000. However, the will was contested by Alexander Montgomery of Rosefield, Co. Monaghan, who was married to another of Moore's relations, c. 1766-1782. D1618/7/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Copies of deeds, rentals, accounts of lands in counties Monaghan and Fermanagh, including the Willoughby estate in Dartrey purchased by the Dawsons of Dartrey from Hugh Willoughby Montgomery, 1658-1752. D1939/19/6; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Montgomery, 1 June 1858, Vol 52 (7), MRGS 39/025, (microfilm copy in NUIG) 70 acres at Creeve; National Archives of Ireland
Land Judges Court Rentals (O'Brien), Montgomery, 1 June 1880, Vol 139 (9), MRGS 39/062, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castleblayney Union, 111; Monaghan Union, 128, 130, 165
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 96 (Carnaveagh), II, 186 (Brandrum), 662 (Bessmount)
HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 321

Modern printed sources

BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 41 (Bessmount)
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Mongomery Papers from 1610, relating to families of Tichborne, Aston, Blayney and Montgomery and to lands in Cos Louth, Monaghan and Fermanagh, No 133.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Leslie of Glaslough Papers in NLI, relating to the Leslie, Ancketell, Hamilton, Montgomery, Moore and Ridgeway families and to lands in Cos Monaghan and Tyrone. No 366
MULLIGAN, Kevin V. ''The Buildings of Ireland South Ulster, Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan'', (New Haven and London, 2013): 563-565 (Bessmount Park)