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Mounteer is a surname that probably originated in England. ==Early Mounteers== The origins of the name can be traced back to: England :1. Richard Mounteer (or Monter) died in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, in September 1488. He was married to Joan (died 1489). His son John Mounteer died March 3, 1569 in Merstham, Surrey, and daughter Frances died February 24, 1563 in Merstham, Surrey.〔Ancestry.com. Surrey, England: Parish and Probate Records (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.〕 :2. Richard Mounteer (otherwise Mounteere, Mountier, Munter or Mounter), a cathedral musician,〔James M. Gibson, Kent, at page 1299 - 1300〕 living in Canterbury, England between 1638-1646.〔Ecclesiastical cause papers DCb/J/J/63/24 5 Jul 1638, Canterbury Cathedral Archives〕 He was married to Katharine (died 1679) and had daughters Sara (August 12, 1641 and died same day), Ellyn (born September 25, 1642), Tamosin (January 28, 1644 - September 11, 1645), and Anne (born September 12, 1646), and a son Richard (January 26, 1648 - March 17, 1650).〔The booke of regester of the parish of St. Peter in Canterbury, page 17-19, 133-135, 143〕 :3. Thomas Mounteer of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, England onboard the ship John and Mary on November 11, 1681.〔The National Archives (UK), PROB 4/16849〕 :4. Alis Mounteer (Mounteere) married Henry Bernard on February 12, 1684 in Wiltshire, England.〔Ancestry.com. Wiltshire, England: Parish and Probate Records (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.〕 :5. Anthony Mounteer, a mariner living in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, in 1749.〔The National Archives (UK), RG4 1482.〕 He married Margaret on January 22, 1746 at St. Peter's Church, formerly located on Church Street, Liverpool. USA :1. Henry Mounteer (or Mounteere), a tanner, living in Northampton County, Virginia, United States on October 28, 1679. He was an indentured servant of John Stinger.〔Walczyk, Frank V. Northampton County Order Book (& Wills) 1678-1683, Book 11. Coram NY: Peter's Row, 2000; pp. 33, 34.〕 :2. James Mounteer (or Mounteere, Montare, Montier, or Mountier), an innkeeper, owned five acres of land in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, between 1687 and 1695.〔John Dunton's Letters from New-England, Volume 4, Part 2〕〔First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876 at page 117, 153, 165〕 He was apparently from France, coming to Boston with his wife and an English maid.〔Records relating to the early history of Boston ..., Volume 10, City Document No. 150, page 62.〕 He acted as security for Daniell Bernardo on October 31, 1701 in Boston.〔Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Volume 8〕 In 1707 and 1709, he applied to sell liquor as a Retailer.〔Records relating to the early history of Boston ..., Volume 11, page 61 and 91〕 He was probably an innkeeper between 1712 and 1717, as records show that he petitioned for a licence to sell liquor at an inn.〔Records relating to the early history of Boston ..., Volume 11, page 168, 211 and 230〕 In 1719 he was granted permission to sell liquor from his house on King Street, Boston.〔Records relating to the early history of Boston ..., Volume 13, page 55〕〔https://archive.org/stream/recordsrelatingt13bost/recordsrelatingt13bost_djvu.txt.〕 :3. William Mounteer (Mountere or Mountier), a tavern keeper, living in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the Thirteen Colonies, between 1748 and 1767.〔http://searches2.rootsweb.com/th/read/NJHUNTER/2004-07/1090387331〕〔http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newjersey.counties.middlesex/459/mb.ashx〕 William Mountere or Mountier was living in Princeton, New Jersey, in the summer of 1748, in a house which he rented from Judge Thomas Leonard, at £20 per annum, and was building a house in Middlesex County, New Jersey, on a lot of his own, on the other side of the Street, which he was occupying in February, 1730-51. He advertised the place for sale in September, 1753, describing the lot as "containing three acres, subject to Five Pounds a year ground rent, the house is new and well finished, and very convenient for a tavern (one being kept in it now), or any other public business, being well situated, and near where the college is to be built." He was then living in Trenton, New Jersey. He was probably a tavern keeper. He seems to have been again occupying the premises in 1761, and as late as 1767.〔N. J, Archives, XIIL, 465; XIX., 218, 219, 290; XXV.. 432.〕〔https://archive.org/stream/collections01alexgoog/collections01alexgoog_djvu.txt at page 170〕 :4. Phoebe Mounteer (otherwise Phebe Monteer) born in New Jersey, United States March 3, 1744 and died in Mason County, Kentucky, United States in 1818.〔http://www.conovergenealogy.com/ancestor-p/p153.htm〕〔http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/gean/phebesale.html〕 Her father may be Luke Montier or William Mountere.〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~knorthup/Webpage/William/Dye/HTM%20Pages/WilliamDyeFamily.htm〕 Barbados :1. Robert Mounteer (or Mounter), living in Barbados in 1653. He owned twelve acres of land in St. Thomas Parish, Barbados and 5 slaves in 1679. He may have been the father of John Mounteer. :2. John Mounteer (probably Mounter, Mountere, or Montier), a soldier, living in Barbados in 1679. His father was probably Robert Mounter, and his son may have been James Mounteer. :3. James Mounteer (probably Mounter, Mountere, or Montier), a mariner, living in Saint Michael, Barbados in 1717.〔Joanne McRee Sanders. Barbados Records: Wills, 1639-1725. Vols. 1-3. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979-1981〕 He married Anne Hampleton (probably a spelling of Hamilton) on February 12, 1719 in St. James Parish, Barbados.〔Joanne McRee Sanders. Barbados Records: Wills, 1639-1725. Vols. 1-3. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979-1981 at page 174 RLI/2, 1718, and page 400〕 James Mounteer was the captain of the Prosperity of Glasgow, a ship that traded goods between Glasgow, Scotland and Virginia, United States in 1732, and the Pelican of Saltcoats, a ship that traded goods between Saltcoats, Scotland and Barbados in 1734.〔Dobson, David. Scottish-American Court Records, 1733-1783. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991 at page 4.〕〔Dobson, David. American Data from the Records of the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland, 1675-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000.〕 Possible Connections Anthony Mounteer may be the son of James Mounteer. James Mounteer is the earliest recorded person with the spelling Mounteer, Anthony was the second. Anthony was probably born about 1725. At this time James Mounteer was a captain ship taking goods between Scotland and Barbados, a route that would have included Liverpool. By 1746, Anthony was working as a mariner. In addition, Anthony named his second son John and his third son James. John Mounter was James Mounteer's father, which would make him Anthony Mounteer's grandfather. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mounteer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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