John Montgomery

• Preferred Name: John Montgomery
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: G8Q4-N9W
  
• Death: ABT 1285 in Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.8192 LONG: E4.3274
  
• Birth: ABT 1220 in Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.8192 LONG: E4.3274
  
• Burial: 1285 in Ayrshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.5 LONG: E4.5
  
• Notes:

  === !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Personal Records ===
  !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Personal Records of John Thornton McClaughry, R.F.D. South Kirby, Concord, Vt 05824, 1995.
  
  === John succeeded his brother Robert ===
  John succeeded his brother Robert
  
  === Sir Joh de Mongomerie of Eaglesham, 'and ===
  Sir Joh de Mongomerie of Eaglesham, 'and also of Eastwood, of which place he was designed probably before he succeeded his brother. He was a witness to a donation by Walter, the High Steward, inter 1240 and 1250,' (Hist. Co. of Ary, ii.231) It is not unreasionable to suppose that Sir John was in the army raised by Alexander III, to meet the Norwegians under their king, Haco, whom he defeated on their landing in the Bay of Ayr, at the famous battle of Largs, in August, 1263. So much was feared from these marauders should they succeed in their invasion, that 'the whole available strength of the county was put in requisition,' and all the barons whose possessions lay contiguous to the Ayrshire coast could especially not fail to aid in the defence of their county.
  
  Sir John died about 1285, leaving four sons and a daughter. [Family of Montgomery pp44-45]
  
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  Sir John Montgomerie, who is styled 'of Eastwood' by his descendant, Sir William Mure of Rowallan, was apparently in possession, as at that date he is a witness to a charter of the Abbey of Paisley. Nothing further is known of him, unless, as is probable, he was the Sir John who did homage in 1296, and whose lands in the barony of Renfrew were granted by King Edward I between 1298 and 1300 to Sir John Swinburne. [The Scots Peerage III:425]
  
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  Sir John de Montgomerie, Knight, sixth of Eagleshame (1260-1285), succeeded his brother Sir Robert about 1260. He is styled John de Montgomerie of Eastwood, but probably he was so called only before he succeeded his brother in the family estate of Eagleshame. In addition to the charter above mentioned, to which he and his brother Robert are witnesses, he attests a charter of donation to the abbey of Paisley about 1260. He died about 1285. He is said to have married Margaret, daughter of William Murray, Baron of Bothwell, and left four sons and one daughter. [Memorials of Montgomerie I:12]

• m. 1235 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland

1. Alan de Montgomery, b. 1247 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom     d. 1296 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
2. Margaret de Montgomerie, b. 1235 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland     d. 1275 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
3. John Montgomerie, b. 1250 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland     d. 1328 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland