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Stormont - Surname Database
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Stormont is a Scottish surname, recorded also in Ulster (Northern Ireland), and in the city of London, it may be partly French through the suffix of mont or mond. Recorded in several spellings including:- Starmont, Storment, Stormont, Stormonth, Stormount, Stormon and possibly Stairmond,
It originates from a place called Stormont in the former county of Peebles, Scotland. The name means the hill (mond or mont), covered by brushwood (storres), and this place was first recorded in the 12th century. After the conquest of England in 1066 various parts of Scotland particularly just north of the English border, were given as land grants to Norman knights by the king of Scotland. This was a form of insurance against attacks from the south, and provided him with the nucleus of a standing army that owed undoubted allegiance.
In Edinburgh the name is usually recorded as Stormouth or Stormonth, in Glasgow it hardly appears at all, whilst in Belfast it is always Stormont. In London there are a variety of spellings including Starmont and Storment. It also appears in France as Stormont, but this is a British Embassy recording from 1844.
According to the Scottish Dictionary of Surnames, the surname is first recorded with that of Richard Stormonth in the barony of Banff in 1507. However surnames were in use in Scotland several centuries before this date, and presumably earlier examples will exist, probably in unpublished charters.
Parents of another James Stormont
Refs:-,William Stormonth in Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
03 Feb 1822 Christening of James - son of James Stormont and Elisabeth Brown of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
William Stormonth was born 1788, to James Stormonth (1761-1804) and Mary Lindsay (1757-1828). William was baptized 1788, married Janet Dorward (1799-1871) on the 24 Sep 1820, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.
Children:
James Stormond, birth date: 19 Jun 1821 baptism/christening date: 22 Jun 1821, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. His life seems to have been in Scotland and he mrried Jane Martin, 3 children and died 1902. He was son of William Stormont (d) and Janet Dorward of Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.
Elizabeth Stormond, birth date: 27 Mar 1823, baptism/christening date: 01 Apr 1823, Arbroath, Ang'us, Scotland.
Margaret Balfour Nicol Stormond, birth date: 22 Feb 1825, baptism/christening date: 25 Feb 1825, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Thomas Stormont birth date: 08 Aug 1827, baptism/christening date: 17 Aug 1827, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Mary Cargill Stormont, birth date: 11 Feb 1830, baptism/christening date: 18 Feb 1830, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Jane Stormonth, birth date: 30 Apr 1832, baptism/christening date: 10 May 1832, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Janet Stormont, birth date: 23 Nov 1834, baptism/christening date: 05 Dec 1834 , Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Helen Stormont, birth date: 10 Aug 1839. baptism/christening date: 11 Aug 1839, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
William Stormont, birth date: 23 Jun 1844, baptism/christening date: 10 Jul 1844, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
There is a tombstone in Scotland inscribed: 1841 Erected by William Stormont, Ropemaker in Arbroath and his Spouse JANET DORWARD - "In memory of their Son Thomas, who died 16th January 1835, aged 8 years and also of their Daughter HELEN, who died young in 1841 and also of his first wife ISOBEL SHEPHERD who died ...1816"
Reference: Tithe Applotment Books: Shankill Parish, County Antrim Stormont, James Townland : Legoneill Year: 1826s