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Hugh '1st Viscount of the Great Ards', "6th Laird Brainstance" Montgomery 1560–1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Broadstone Castle, Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 15 May 1636

Death Location: Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland

Father: Adam Montgomery

Mother: Margaret Hessilhead

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The story of Hugh '1st Viscount of the Great Ards', "6th Laird Brainstance" Montgomery began in 1560 in Broadstone Castle, Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. Hugh '1st Viscount of the Great Ards', "6th Laird Brainstance" Montgomery passed away in 1636 in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland.

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  • The story of Hugh '1st Viscount of the Great Ards', "6th Laird Brainstance" Montgomery began in 1560 in Broadstone Castle, Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Hugh '1st Viscount of the Great Ards', "6th Laird Brainstance" Montgomery passed away in 1636 in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Hugh Montgomery's Ancestors

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Hugh Montgomery
1560–1636
Birth Place: Broadstone Castle, Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Adam John 5th Laird of Braidstane Montgomery
1530–1602
Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret (Montgomery of) Hessilhead
1535–1570
Hessilhead/Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Knight Hugh Montgomery ( De Montgomerie) 1st Viscount Montgomery of Great Ardes, Founding Father of) Ulster-Scots
1507–1636
Beith, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Margt Johnson
1513–1561
Seton, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Hugh (Earl Eglintoun) Montgomery
1515–1558
Hessihead, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Fraser
1520–1561
Knock, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Hugh Montgomery
1533–1602
Margaret Hessilhead
1535–1570
Sir 13GGF
1481–1513
Lady 13GGM
1485–1558
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1515–1551
Margaret Fraser-Montgomery
1514–1587

Hugh Montgomery's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Hugh '1st Viscount of the Great Ards', "6th Laird Brainstance" Montgomery in Broadstone Castle, Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Broadstone Castle, Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1636
15 May 1636
Age 76
Death of Hugh '1st Viscount of the Great Ards', "6th Laird Brainstance" Montgomery in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Broadstone Castle, Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1636
    Event Place: Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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