He married Elizabeth Cole, the daughter of Thomas Cole, Esquire of Mount Florence, County Fermanagh. Elizabeth's dowry was the Ballyleck estate in County Monaghan, where Colonel Montgomery then took up residence, thus founding the line of Montgomery of Ballyleck. They had four sons and three daughters, viz.
Montgomery died on 15 March 1722 and his will dated 28 August 1721 was proved on 6 July 1722. He disinherited Thomas, his eldest son, for marrying without consent and left Ballyleck to his second son, John.
The Montgomery Manuscripts written in 1704[2] states
"Alexander Montgomery is the second grandson of Reverend Alexander Montgomery, Prebendary of Doe, County Donegal. He was a Captain in ye 3rd regiment, and now in 1704 a major because it was not reduced: married Captain Coles (in ye County of Monaghan) his daughter and heiress, and now lives within two miles of Monaghan town, and hath a son, this gentleman hath a good Estate, and is a thriving man and a great tenant to ye present Duke of Ormond".
Referencesedit
^Jonhston-Liik, Edith March (2002), History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800: Commons, Constituencies and Statutes, vol V. Ulster Historical Society, pp. 273-4.
^Montgomery William (July 2009). The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706) Comp. from Family Papers by William Montgomery, of Rosemount. BiblioBazaar. p. 392. ISBN978-1-113-20892-7.
Burke, Bernard (1912). Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland.
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