Sir Adam Montgomery of Giffen

SIR ADAM MONTGOMERY OF GIFFEN

Spurious Pedigrees

According to John Burke, Esquire, Sir Adam Montgomery of Giffen is the son of Robert Montgomery and his wife Janet Murray. Sir Adam is said to have had two sons: Adam and John. His son Adam is said to have succeeded him at Giffen. Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies: 364-65 However, According to James Paterson, there is no evidence for the existence of Sir Adam Montgomery. Paterson's History I : 286-89

Genealogical Accounts

1. Memorials of the Montgomeries Earls of Eglinton by William Fraser, Volume II (Edinburgh MDCCCLIX), 400 pp.
2. Memorials of the Montgomeries Earls of Eglinton by William Fraser, Volume II (Edinburgh MDCCCLIX), 424 pp. including index
3. The Scots Peerage, etc., edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, Volume III (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1906), pp. 421-65 for Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton
4. James Paterson, History of the County of Ayr: With a Genealogocal Account of the Families of Ayrshire, Vol. I (John Dick, Ayr, MDCCCXLVII), pp. 286-89