Mounteer

Mounteer
Family name
Pronunciation	Mounteer
Meaning	likely a topographical name for a dweller by the mount, hill, from the Olde English pre 7th Century element "munt", a mount, hill.[1]
Region of origin	England
Related names	Mounter, Monteer, Mounteere, Mountar, Mountere, Monter, Menteer, Mountier, Montare, Manter, Montier, Monteir

Mounteer is a surname that most likely originated in England.

First Mounteer

The origins of the name can be traced back to:

England

1. Richard Mounteer (likely 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 Francis died February 24, 1563 in Merstham, Surrey.^[2]

2. Richard Mounteer (likely Mounteere, Mountier, Munter or Mounter), a cathedral musician^[3], living in Canterbury, England between 1638-1646.^[4] 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)^[5].

3. Thomas Mounteer of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, England onboard the ship John and Mary on November 11, 1681.^[6]

4. Alis Mounteer (likely Mounteere) married Henry Bernard on February 12, 1684 in Wiltshire, England^[7].

5. Anthony Mounteer, a mariner, living in Liverpool, Lancashire, England in 1749^[8]. He married Margaret on January 22, 1746 at St. Peter's Church, formerly located on Church Street, Liverpool.

USA

1. Henry Mounteer (likely Mounteere), a tanner, living in Northampton County, Virginia, United States on October 28, 1679. He was an indentured servant of John Stinger^[9].

2. James Mounteer (likely Mounteere, Montare, Montier, or Mountier), an innkeeper, owned in 5 acres of land in Boston, Massachusetts, United States between 1687 and 1695^[10][11]. He was apparently from France, coming to Boston with his wife and an English Maid^[12]. He acted as security for Daniell Bernardo on October 31, 1701 in Boston^[13]. In 1707 and 1709, he applied to sell liquor as a Retailer^[14]. He was likely an Innkeeper between 1712 and 1717, as records show that he petitioned for the ability to sell liquor as an Inholder.^[15] In 1719 he as granted permission to sell liquor from his house on King Street, Boston^[16][17].

3. William Mounteer (likely Mountere or Mountier), a tavern keep, living in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States between 1748 and 1767^[18][19]. 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.^[20][21]

4. Phoebe Mounteer (likely Phebe Monteer) born in New Jersey, United States March 3, 1744 and died in Mason County, Kentucky, United States in 1818^[22][23]. Her father may be Luke Montier or William Mountere^[24].

Barbados

1. Robert Mounteer (likely Mounter), living in Barbados in 1653. He owned 12 acres of land in St. Thomas Parish, Barbados and 5 slaves in 1679. He was likely the father of John Mounteer.

2. John Mounteer (likely Mounter, Mountere, or Montier), a soldier, living in Barbados in 1679. His father was likely Robert Mounter and his son may have been James Mounteer.

3. James Mounteer (likely Mounter, Mountere, or Montier), a mariner, living in Saint Michael, Barbados in 1717^[25]. He married Anne Hampleton (likely Hamilton) on February 12, 1719 in St. James Parish, Barbados^[26]. 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^[27][28].

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 likely born in approximately 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.

Notable people sharing the surname "Mounteer"

Robert Mounteer - A charter member of the Migisi Opawgan Lodge of the Great Lakes Council (Boy Scouts of America)

Jules Mounteer - member of Captain Tractor

Tom Mounteer - Chairman of the Board of Directors, Federal City Performing Arts Association

Donald Edwin Mounteer - Brig General, Canadian Forces

References

1. ^ http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Mounter
2. ^ Ancestry.com. Surrey, England: Parish and Probate Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
3. ^ James M. Gibson, Kent, at page 1299 - 1300
4. ^ Ecclesiastical cause papers DCb/J/J/63/24 5 Jul 1638, Canterbury Cathedral Archives
5. ^ The booke of regester of the parish of St. Peter in Canterbury, page 17-19, 133-135, 143
6. ^ The National Archives (UK), PROB 4/16849
7. ^ Ancestry.com. Wiltshire, England: Parish and Probate Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
8. ^ The National Archives (UK), RG4 1482.
9. ^ Walczyk, Frank V. Northampton County Order Book (& Wills) 1678-1683, Book 11. Coram NY: Peter's Row, 2000; pp. 33, 34.
10. ^ John Dunton's Letters from New-England, Volume 4, Part 2
11. ^ First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876 at page 117, 153, 165
12. ^ Records relating to the early history of Boston ..., Volume 10, City Document No. 150, page 62.
13. ^ Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Volume 8
14. ^ Records relating to the early history of Boston ..., Volume 11, page 61 and 91
15. ^ Records relating to the early history of Boston ..., Volume 11, page 168, 211 and 230
16. ^ Records relating to the early history of Boston ..., Volume 13, page 55
17. ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsrelatingt13bost/recordsrelatingt13bost_djvu.txt.
18. ^ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/th/read/NJHUNTER/2004-07/1090387331
19. ^ http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newjersey.counties.middlesex/459/mb.ashx
20. ^ N. J, Archives, XIIL, 465; XIX., 218, 219, 290; XXV.. 432.
21. ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/collections01alexgoog/collections01alexgoog_djvu.txt at page 170
22. ^ http://www.conovergenealogy.com/ancestor-p/p153.htm
23. ^ http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/gean/phebesale.html
24. ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~knorthup/Webpage/William/Dye/HTM%20Pages/WilliamDyeFamily.htm
25. ^ Joanne McRee Sanders. Barbados Records: Wills, 1639-1725. Vols. 1-3. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979-1981
26. ^ 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
27. ^ Dobson, David. Scottish-American Court Records, 1733-1783. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991 at page 4.
28. ^ 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.