General Moutrie

AJP does not know if there is a connection  but MoUTRIE is a pretty unusual name
Foremost has to be  General William Moultrie 1785

Archive The National Archives Archive reference WO 22 Piece number 62

This interesting name is now mainly Scottish in origin, and can be found in the variant forms 'Moultrie', 'Moutray' and 'Mutrie'.

One Henry Multrar, burgess of Edinburgh, witnessed a Charter of Grothill (now Greenhill, a suburb of Edinburgh), in the reign of David 11 (1329-1371).

The General Register House in Edinburgh is built on the site of the 17th Century Moutray estate.

General William Moultrie, governor of South Carolina from 1785-1787 and 1794-1796, was the son of a Scottish physician, Dr. John Moultrie..

John Moutrie 1729 -1798 was born in South Carolina to a Scottish father, John Moutrie (1702-1771), himself a graduate of Edinburgh University, who was both a general practitioner and an indigo planter.

He fought on the the British side during the American War of Independence which pitted him against his brothers Thomas and William, both patriots. When Florida was returned to Spain following the defeat of the British forces, Moutrie lost much of his property.

He went into exile in England, settling in Shifnal, Shropshire, where he died in 1798.

Moultrie was the first of 117 American students to graduate from Edinburgh's Medical School by the end of the eighteenth century.

These included his second son James Moutrie (1766-1813), the third generation of Moultries to qualify M.D. at Edinburgh.

Elizabeth Moutrie born & baptised dau of John Moutrie & wife Elizabeth in Chatham 15 May 1825

John Moutrie Born circa 1783 Marylebone London Midsx - Colour Sergeant in 57th reg of Foot enlisted 31 Aug 1803 age 20 served 22 years & 70 days discharged the regiment at Chatham on 8th Nov 1825 age 42.

Appearance 5’10” brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion previous occupation labourer

a soldier & occasional TEA dealer suggests time spent in India to me !

John Moutrie married Elizabeth Lloyd in west London inJohn Moutrie Born 1783 Maylebone London Midsx - Colour Sergeant in 57th reg of Foot  enlisted 31 Aug 1803 age 20 served 22 years & 70 days  discharged the regiment at Chatham on 8th Nov 1825 age 42. 

Appearance 5’10” brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion  previous occupation labourer 

 Colour Sergeant John Moutrie  Admission as Chelsea Pensioner  23 Nov 1825 Dorking south London served in 57th Reg Foot - 1849 Deptford

Admission to Chelsea Pensioners 23 Nov 1825 1875  Moutrie in Brighton served 57 Reg of Foot died 24 /4 /1875

Census 1841 South Street Dorking 

John Moutrie         55 1786  Occ TEA dealer   (born London Middlesex)

Elizabeth Lloyd Moutrie  40 1801   (born Jersey Channel Isles)

Elizabeth Moutrie  16 1825     born  Chatham married 1852 to Charles Shaw 

Jane        Moutrie   13 1828     Surrey, England 

James     Moutrie    10 1831   Surrey, England

David       Moutrie     7 1834    Surrey, England

Thomas    Moutrie     4 1837   Surrey, England

Maryann   Moutrie     2 1839   Surrey, England

Susannah Moutrie     infant  Surrey, England. in 1861 Assist to Linen Draper Kensington

1851  Census Elizabeth Moutrie age 27 house servant to George Stone Corn & Coal merchant in High Street Ewell Surrey 

1851 Croydon  Charles Shaw 22 coach wheelwright b Reigate lodger With Henry Mead coach maker 

1851  South Street, Dorking, Surrey, England

John Moutrie Head age 67 B 1784 Chelsea Pensioner Dealer In Coals Born Marylebone, Middlesex,  

Elizabeth Montrie Wife   51 B 1800    Jersey, Channel Islands

David Montrie   Son       17  B1834       Errand Boy   Dorking, Surrey, England

Thomas Montrie Son     15  B 1836      Errand Boy     Dorking, Surrey, England

Mary Ann Montrie Dau   13  B 1838      Scholar    Dorking, Surrey, England

Susannah Montrie Dau  11  B 1840       Scholar    Dorking, Surrey, England

Charles Montrie Son    infant  B 1851    Dorking, Surrey, England

 1851  Census Elizabeth Moutrie age 27 house servant to George Stone Corn & Coal merchant in High Street Ewell Surrey                

 1861 Church Street Dorking

John  Moutrie  head age 77 B 1784 Clerk And Tea Dealer Born London, Midx, 

Elizabeth Lloyd  Moutrie Wife    61  B 1800    b  Jersey, Channel Islands

Elizabeth Moutrie  1825   married Charles Shaw in 1852

Jane   Moutrie 1828  

James Moutrie 1831

David  Moutri 1834  

Thomas    Moutrie 1837 

Maryann   Moutrie 1839  

Susannah  Moutrie 1841

Charles    Moutrie 1851