Montgomery Name History and Family Crest

I was sent a bunch of papers by a distant Montgomery relative of mine, and in it was included a sheet which included a handwritten crest, a scripture from Ecclesiates 3:1-8 and a brief paragraph entitled “Montgomery History”. I can’t verify the source, or the author, so I pass it on to you.

Montgomery History
The Montgomery name origin on the European continent is as follows. In the 9th century Viking Chieftain Gomeric, son of Ingvar Ragnarson, the king of Anglia and Northumberland, was ravaging Europe. He had settled in the Calvados area of Normandy France, and had fortified a hill, which was named in Latin Mons Gomerici or Mount Gomeris. In 1066 Gomerics GG grandson Roger De Montgomorie commanded the right wing of the Norman army under William Duke of Normandy, aslo known as William the Conqueror. At the battle of Hastings Roger was awarded the title of Count Roger. He was also rewarded with wealth in England and Wales. He later went prospecting in Wales over an estate which he renamed Montgomery. Later generations arrived in Ayrshire Scotland in about 1160. One of his sons Robert dropped the prefix De from the Montgomery name and was known as Robert Montgomery. Most Montgomery’s of North America ancestors are traced to John Montgomery of Ireland of the 17th century. Johns’ son Captain James emigrated from Ireland to the Blue Ridge area of Virginia, and married Ester Houston, but for my Montgomery lineage I cannot make that connection. The Montgomery family crest is shown. Now in the procession (possession?) of Helen Montgomery Medley Powell of Massachusetts.

Montgomery Crest - "Honor Has Returned"

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