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Montgomery (Ballyconnell)
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In 1724 the Gwyllym estate was sold for £8,000 to Colonel Alexander Montgomery (1686–1729) of Convoy House, County Donegal, M.P. for Donegal Borough 1725-1727 and for Donegal County 1727-1729. He died in 1729 and left the Ballyconnell estate to his nephew George Leslie who assumed the additional name of Montgomery. George Leslie Montgomery was M.P. for Strabane, County Tyrone from 1765-1768 and for County Cavan from 1770-1787. He was succeeded by his son George Montgomery, 'a lunatic', whose estate was administered by the Court of Chancery. Following his death in 1841, his estate became the property of his Enery cousins at Bawnboy. In 1856, the estate was sold. The purchasers included George Roe and the Earl Annesley.
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Gwyllym
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In August 1666, the confiscated estate of Ballyconnell, 3,667 acres in county Cavan, was granted to Captain Thomas Gwyllym, a soldier in Cromwell's army. Thomas Gwyllym died in 1681 and he was succeeded by his son Colonel Meredith Gwyllym. The Colonel had one child Meredith, who died unmarried. In 1724 the Ballyconnell estate was sold to Colonel Alexander Montgomery of Convoy House, county Donegal.
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