JANE MONTGOMERY, wife of 3. Patrick, a colonel in the army of France, temp. HENRY IV. of that kingdom, d. unmarried. 4. John, d. in London, of the sweating sickness, unmarried, in 1596. 11. ROBERT. The younger son, ROBERT MONTGOMERY, was father of JOHN MONTGOMERY, who went over to Ireland in the early part of the reign of King JAMES I. with his cousin, Hugh, sixth Laird of Braidstane, afterwards Viscount Montgomery, his lordship having brought several of his clan from Scotland, that they might settle upon his new estates, and assist in the plantation of the country. To this John he granted lands in Granshaugh, in the Ards where he (John) settled, and having married an heiress of the family of Stewart, in Scotland, was esteemed a man of opulence, which supposition causing his house to be attacked by robbers, himself, his wife, and all his servants were inhumanly murdered, save one, who escaped with his son, HUGH MONTGOMERY, who had been left for dead in attempting to defend his father, but recovering from his wounds, he lived to an old age, on his property, at Maghera, in the county of Derry, to which he removed after the attack upon his paternal dwelling. He represented the borough of NewtownArds in parliament, from 1635 to 1641, and lies buried with his father in the church of Donoghadee. He left two sons, HUGH, his heir, and John, who was master of the excise to John, Earl of Donegal, married, but left no posterity. The elder son, HUGH MONTGOMERY, was an officer in the army, and distinguished against the insurgents in 1641. He was captain in Sir John Montgomery's regiment, and afterwards major under Sir Charles Coote. He resided at Maghera, and married a daughter of Sir Robert M'Clellands, by whom he had several daughters and an only son, his successor, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, esq. who m. Mary, eldest daughter and co-heir of Captain James Macgill, of Kishistown, in the county of Down, by which marriage he acquired a great accession of property, and had, with one daughter, Lucy, who d. unmarried in 1701, an only son, his successor, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, esq. an officer of dragoons, who served with reputation in Spain, under Charles Mordaunt, the great Son of William, and grandson of the Hon. Sir James Montgomery, second son of Hugh, first Viscount Montgomery. The fine ruins of GREY ABBEY, founded for Cistertian Monks, by Sir John de Courcy, in the reign of HENRY II. stand within a few perches of Earl of Peterborough. Captain Montgomery purchased, about the year 1715, the estate of Grey Abbey, from his kinsman, James Montgomery, and rebuilt the mansion house, the former having been burnt accidentally in 1695. He m. first, in 1719, Catherine, daughter of Francis Hall, esq. of Strangford, and by her (who d. in 1723), had Edward, who d. in 1726, and WILLIAM, his heir. He wedded secondly, in 1725, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Hill, of an old family in Buckinghamshire, whose grandfather was treasurer of Ireland in the time of CROMWELL. By this lady (who died in | 1789), he had, Hugh, d. unmarried, aged thirty-six, in 1765. James, in the revenue, d. at Belfast, unmarried, in 1796. Robert, d. unmarried, aged twenty, in 1758. Samuel, lieutenant-colonel of the 12th Foot, m. Miss Drury, sister of Admiral Drury, and d. s. p. Mary, m. in 1749, to Robert Maxwell, esq. of the county of Down, but d. s. p. Anne, m. to James Dobbin, esq. of Do- Captain Montgomery d. in 1755, and was buried in the family vault under the altar in the abbey. He was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, esq. of Grey Abbey, member for Hillsborough, in the parliament of Ireland, for more than thirty years. This gentleman m. in 1749, Susanna, daughter and sole heir of John Jolly, esq. of Rathmullen, in the county of Down, by which lady (who d. in 1797), he had issue, 1. William, major 40th regiment of IV. Edward, R.N. d. unmarried. 1. Dorcas, d. unm. in 1824. 11. Catherine, d. young. Mr. Montgomery d. at Hillsborough, in the mansion house. There are several burying vaults under it, belonging to the neighbouring families. It was used as a Protestant church until the latter end of the last century, when the present church was built. November, 1799, was buried in the family vault at Grey Abbey, and s. by his eldest surviving son, HUGH MONTGOMERY, of Grey Abbey, a clergyman of the established church. This gentleman resided constantly at the abbey, made considerable improvements there, and extended his landed possessions by purchase. He m. in 1782, the Hon. Emilia Ward, youngest daughter of Bernard, first Viscount Bangor (by his wife, Lady Anne Bligh, daughter of John, Earl of Darnley), and had issue, 1. WILLIAM, his successor. 11. Hugh-Bernard, captain in the 3rd 1829. Amelia-Elizabeth. v. Bernard-Ward, d. young, in 1802. VI. Robert-Meade, d. young, in 1801. VII. John-Charles, barrister-at-law. VIII. Charles-Octavius, captain in the 45th regiment. IX. George - Augustus - Frederick-Sandys, lieutenant R. N. d. in Smyrna, + LADY ANNE BLIGH was first married to Robert Hawkins Magill, esq. of Gilt Hall, in the county of Down, by whom she had an only daughter, THEODOSIA MAGILL, who inherited all her father's great estates, and was married to Richard Meade, first Earl of Clanwilliam, grandfather of the present Earl. of the small pox, 18th March, 1827, aged nineteen. 1. Anne-Catherine, d. unm. aged seventeen, in 1802. 11. Emilia-Georgina - Susanna, m. in February, 1817, to James Miles Reilly, barrister-at-law, youngest son of John Reilly, esq. of Scarvagh, in the county of Down, and has, John Reilly, b. in November, 1817. James-Miles Reilly, b. in February, 1823. Francis-Savage Reilly, b. in Feb- Moyses Reilly, b. in January, 1827. 1828. Emilia-Maria-Catherine. Jane-Hester. Theodosia-Hornitt. Mr. Montgomery d. at Grey Abbey, 30th March, 1815, and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, esq. of Grey Abbey, who wedded at Brussels, in March, 1817, Amelia-Elizabeth, second daughter of the Honourable Thomas Parker, second son of Thomas, third Earl of Macclesfield. Mr. Montgomery served the office of sheriff for the county of Down, in 1824. He d. in Dublin, 3rd May, 1831, was interred in the family vault at Grey Abbey, and succeeded by his only child, the present HUGH MONTGOMERY, esq. of Grey Abbey. Arms-Quarterly, 1st and 4th, azure, three fleurs-de-lys, or, for MONTGOMERY; 2nd and 3rd, gules, three annulets or, gemmed azure for EGLINTOUN; all within a bordure or, charged with a double tressure flory, counter-flory, gules; on a surcoat, a sword and sceptre, salterwise, ppr. Crest-On a wreath, out of a cap of maintenance, an arm in armour erect grasping a sword. Estates-In the county of Down. Seat-Grey Abbey, in the county of Down. SAMPSON, OF HENBURY. SAMPSON, EDWARD, esq. of Henbury, in the county of Gloucester, b. 15th August, 1773, m. 24th November, 1807, Joanna, youngest daughter of George Daubeny, esq. senior alderman of the city of Bristol, and has had issue, EDWARD, b. 12th May, 1810, M.A. of Balliol College, Oxford, in the commission of the peace for the county of Gloucester. Mary-Joanna, b. 12th October, 1808, d. 10th June, 1824. Mr. Sampson succeeded to the estates at the decease of his elder brother, John Sampson, esq. who died unmarried 12th July, 1830. He is a magistrate for Gloucestershire. Mary, m. to John Eiton. EDWARD SAMPSON, esq. b. at Henbury, 7th July, 1583, m. 1st Sept. 1607, Mary, daughter of the Rev. Ralph Green, of Olverton, in the county of Gloucester, and had issue, Edward, d. 27th December, 1611. Mary, b. 29th November, 1610, m. to son, JOHN SAMPSON, esq. b. in January, 1618, m. in 1647, Martha, daughter of John Burcombe, esq. of Old Sodbury, in the county of Gloucester, and had two children, viz. John, who d. a bachelor, 5th May, 1674. The younger and only surviving son, EDWARD SAMPSON, esq. who purchased HENBURY AUDELETT, in the year 1627, wedded 23rd April, 1685, Mary, only daughter and heiress of Edward Long, esq. of Clodstow, in the county of Gloucester, and had a daughter, Martha, who died unmarried, and an only son, his successor, JOHN SAMPSON, esq. of Henbury. This gentleman m. Mary, eldest daughter of Nicholas Hicks, esq. an alderman of the city of Bristol, and had issue, John, b. 29th August, 1721, d. in June, 1749. EDWARD, heir to his father, b. 9th July, 1729. Mary, b. 3rd June, 1727, d. in 1740. Mr. Sampson, who was sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1726, was s. at his decease by his only surviving son, EDWARD SAMPSON, esq. of Henbury, who m. 31st May, 1768, Mary, daughter of Thomas Brown, esq. of Salperton, in the county of Gloucester, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. EDWARD, heir to his brother. Mary, d. 7th May, 1821, Catherine, d. 27th Jan. 1813, unm. Mr. Sampson served the office of sheriff for Gloucestershire in 1778. He was s. at his decease by his elder son, JOHN SAMPSON, esq. of Henbury, who died unmarried 12th July, 1830, and was s. by his only brother, the present Edward Sampson, esq. of Henbury. Arms Arg. a cross moline gu. between four escallop shells sa. Crest-A dragon's head erased, collared arg. Motto-Pejus letho flagitium. Estates-In the counties of Gloucester and Somerset, the greater part in the former, where the family mansion stands, surrounded by twelve hundred acres, called HENBURY AUDELETT, which estate derived its name from JOHN AUDELETT, and passed thus: JOHN AUDELETT, left an only daughter ELIZABETH AUDELETT, who m. Richard left a son, ANNE EDMONDS, m. William Diggs, of Marlborough, Wilts, and the estate was sold by her descendant, DIGGS, in 1627, to EDWARD SAMPSON. Seat-HENBURY, Gloucestershire. FORDE, OF SEAFORDE. FORDE, MATHEW, esq. of Seaforde, in the county of Down, and of Coolgreany, in the county of Wexford, b. in 1785, succeeded his father in 1812, m. first, in 1814, Mary-Anne, only child of Francis Savage, esq. of Hollymount and Ardkeen, in the county of Down, by Jane Crawforde, his wife; and secondly, in 1829, Lady Harriet Savage, third daughter of Henry-Thomas Butler, second Earl of Carrick, and widow of Francis Savage, esq. Colonel Forde is colonel of the Royal North Downshire militia, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant of the county of Down, which county he represented in parliament from 1821 to 1826, and served the office of sheriff in the year 1820. Lineage. The Fordes or Ffordes of Seaforde, originally from the principality of Wales, were for several generations seated at Coolgreany, in the county of Wexford. NICHOLAS FORDE, of Coolgreany, who died in 1605, m. Catherine White, and left five sons, Clement, m. Margaret, daughter of MATHEW, heir to his father. Lucas. MATHEW FORDE, of Dublin, the second son succeeded to the estates, and obtained a grant of part of Kinelearty, alias M'Cartans county, in the county of Down, from Thomas Cromwell Baron Lecale, by deed, dated 22nd June, 1637; he sat in the Irish House of Commons in 1642, and died before the year 1657, leaving his only son, NICHOLAS FORDE, of Killyleagh, in the county of Down, his heir and successor at Coolgreany, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adam Loftus, of Rathfarnham, knt. (which lady wedded, secondly, John Muschamp, esq.) Mr. Forde was succeeded at his death by his only son, MATHEW FORDE, of Coolgreany, who was M. P. for the county of Wexford, from 1695 to 1713; he married Margaret, youngest daughter of Sir George Hamilton, bart. (the fourth son of James, first Earl of Abercorn) by Mary Butler his wife, daughter of Thomas Lord Thurles, and sister of James, first Duke of Ormond. Mr. Forde left at his decease in 1709, with two daughters, the eldest of whom, Lucy, m. in 1695, Sir Laurence Esmonde, bart. of Ballynester, and the younger, Jane, John Walsh, of Shanganagh, an only son and heir, MATHEW FORD, esq. of Coolgreany, who removed from Wexford to his estates in the county of Down, and built the mansion-house and village at Neaghen, (near Clough) since called Seaforde, where his descendants have since uninterruptedly resided; he served in parliament from 1703 to 1713, for the borough of Downpatrick, and married, in 1698, Anne, daughter of William Brownlow, of Lurgan, and had three sons and three daughters, I. MATHEW, his heir. II. Francis, a colonel in the army, who was conspicuous in Lord Clive's wars in India, where he realized a considerable fortune, and on his return to Ireland purchased the estate of Johnstown, in the county of Meath. He m. in 1728, Martha George, widow; he was lost at sea on his way to India, whither he was a second time proceeding as a commissioner from the East India Company, and left a son and three daughters: his descendants are still seated at Johnstown. III. Arthur, in holy orders, rector of Lurgan, died in 1767, leaving several children by Alice, his wife. 1. Jane, m. John Baillie, of Inishargie in the county of Down, died in 1781. II. Letitia, m. to Mr. Nash. III. Margaret, died unmarried in 1773. Comte de Grammont and Count Anthony Hamilton being at Coolgreany; those portraits are now at Seaforde, where are also the portraits of Lady Esmonde and her brother, Mathew Forde. Mr. Forde died in 1729, and was succeeded by his eldest son, MATHEW FORDE, esq. of Seaforde and Coolgreany, who was returned to parliament in 1751 for the borough of Bangor, he m. in 1724, Christian, daughter of John Graham, of Platten, in the county of Meath, and had issue, I. MATHEW, his successor. 11. John, a major in the army, m. in 1761, Isabella, relict of George Mathew, of Thomastown, in the county of Tipperary, daughter of William Brownlow, of Lurgan, by Lady Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of James Hamilton, sixth Earl of Abercorn. Mrs. Forde survived her second husband some years, and died in Merrion Square, Dublin, in 1815, without issue. III. William. IV. Edward, settled at Liverpool. v. Arthur, a military officer. VI. George, died abroad. VII. Pierce, barrister at law. 1. Charity, m. Francis Price, of Saint- II. Anne, married John Gilmore, of III. Elizabeth, m. James, son of Arthur MATHEW FORD, esq. of Seaford and Coolgreany, who was returned for the borough of Downpatrick, in several parliaments. He m. in 1750, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Knox, of Dungannon, and sister of Thomas, first Viscount Northland, and had issue, MATHEW, his heir. Anne, who died unmarried. Elizabeth, m. in 1785, Thomas Doug- Jane, m. in 1796, to John Christopher Mr. Forde, died in 1796, and was succeeded by his only son, MATHEW FORDE, esq. of Seaforde and Coolgreany, who rebuilt the mansion at Seaforde, and served as high sheriff for the county of Down in 1803. He m. in 1782, Catherine, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. William Brownlow, of Lurgan, M. P. for the county of Armagh, and by her, who died in 1808, had issue, 1. MATTHEW, his heir. 11. William-Brownlow, in holy orders, rector of Annahilt, in the county of Down, m. in 1812, Theodocia, second daughter of Thomas Douglass, of Grace Hall, and has issue, 1. Matthew-Thomas, cornet 3rd 2. William-Brownlow. 2. Elizabeth-Theodocia-Catherine. III. Thomas-Arthur, formerly assistant barrister of the county of Down and county of Roscommon, m. in 1814, Louisa, tenth daughter of Michael Head, of Deny, in the county of Tipperary, and has issue, 1. Thomas-Head. 5. Arthur-Knox. 6. Francis-Clayton-Octavus. 2. Frances-Mary-Anne. IV. Arthur, who m. Selina, daughter of William Blundell, and died in India in 1828, leaving, 1. Mathew-William. 2. Arthur. 3. William, died young. v. Francis-Charles, captain in the Royal Scots Greys. I. Anne, m. first, in 1816, Francis Hoey, of Dunganstown, in the county of Wicklow, by whom, who died in 1818, she has two daughters, Catherine and Frances-Hoey. She m. secondly, in 1825, Captain George King, of the Royal Navy, and by him has another daughter, Georgina King. II. Isabella-Jane-Octavia, m. in 1821, Clayton Bayly, of Norelands, in the county of Kilkenny. Mr. Forde m. secondly, in 1811, Sophia, daughter of the Very Rev. Stewart Blacker, of Carrick, Dean of Leighlin, but by her (who wedded, secondly, in 1818, William Stewart Hamilton, of Brown Hall, and died in 1829,) he had no issue. He died in 1812, and was succeeded by his eldest son, the present MATHEW FORDE, esq. of Seaforde and Coolgreany. 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