James of Cockilbie and Lainshaw Montgomery

JAMES MONTGOMERY OF COCKILBIE AND LAINSHAW

MONTGOMERIE
JAMES DAVID MONTGOMERIE/VERONICA BOZWELL FR52 (FR52) M
01/10/1730 616/ 10 84 Stewarton

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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10 October 1693: Disposition by Willaim Alexander, portioner of Overpeacockbank, in favour of John Deans, of his 11 shilling one penny lands of old extent of Overpeacockbank, to be held of James Montgomerie of Langschaw as superior. Witnesses: Robert Calderwood of Netherpeacockbank; John Montgomerie servitor to James Montgomerie of Langshaw; Robert Allane, writer in Stewarton. Langshaw Place: 16 October 1693. National Records of Scotland, Papers relating to the Deans family, Stewarton, Ayrshire, reference GD1/22/11

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2 January 1698: Notarial copy, dated 26 October 1727, of the marriage contract (ante-nuptial) between James Montgomerie of Langshaw and Barbara Kennedy, daughter of John Kennedy of Craig, by which the said James binds himself to infeft the said Barbara in an annualrent of 1,800 merks out of the lands of Overcastletoun, Langshaw, Kilbryde, Milnstoneflatt, Over and Nether Pecobanks, Brockwellmuir, and Kirkhill, provision being made for the children of the marriage, Barbara's tocher being 10,000 merks. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Cuninghame Family of Thorntoun, reference GD21/61

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