Mount History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Mount family
The surname Mount was first found in Peeblesshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd nam Pùballan), former county in South-central Scotland, in the present day Scottish Borders Council Area, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
Early History of the Mount family
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Mount Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Mount, Mont and others.
Early Notables of the Mount family
Notable amongst the family at this time was
Mount Ranking
In the United States, the name Mount is the 3,701st most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1
Mount migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Mount Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Tho Mount, who landed in Virginia in 1652 2
- John Mount, who arrived in Virginia in 1663 2
- Richard Mount, who arrived in Maryland in 1664 2
Mount Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Thomas Mount, who settled in New England in 1736
Mount Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Lawrence Mount, who landed in New York, NY in 1832 2
- C E Mount, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
- A Mount, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
- Peter Mount, who landed in Indiana in 1852 2
- Barney, Bernard, James, John, Michael, and Peter Mount all, who arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860
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Mount migration to Canada +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Mount Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
- John Mount, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750
- Mary Mount, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1750
- Sgt-Major. Moses Mount U.E. who settled in Home District, [Niagara], Ontario c. 1783, then in 1786 relocated to Norfolk County, [Townsend], Ontario he served in Peter Ten Broecks Company and Butlers Rangers, he died before 1801 3
- Mrs. Ann Mount U.E., (nêe Pintard) (b. 1768) who settled in Musquash, Saint John County, New Brunswick c. 1784 wife of John Mount, she died in 1818 3
- Mr. John Mount U.E. (b. 1762) who settled in Musquash, Saint John County, New Brunswick c. 1784 husband of Ann Mount, he died in 1819 3
Mount migration to Australia +
Emigration to
Australia followed the
First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Mount Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- Thomas Mount, English convict from Kent, who was transported aboard the "Arab" on July 3, 1822, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 4
- Thomas Mount, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Rajasthan" in 1838 5
- Mr. Edward Mount, (b. 1828), aged 22, Cornish farm labourer travelling aboard the ship "Lord Stanley" arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 27th August 1850 6
Mount migration to New Zealand +
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:
Mount Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
- Mr. Charles Mount, (b. 1805), aged 35, British carpenter and joiner travelling from England aboard the ship "Martha Ridgway" arriving in Wellington, New Zealand on 14th November 1840 7
- Mrs. Mary Mount, (b. 1808), aged 32, British settler travelling from England aboard the ship "Martha Ridgway" arriving in Wellington, New Zealand on 14th November 1840 7
- Miss Mount, (b. 1829), aged 11, British settler travelling from England aboard the ship "Martha Ridgway" arriving in Wellington, New Zealand on 14th November 1840 7
- Mr. Charles Mount, Cornish settler travelling from Launceston aboard the ship "Sir John Franklin" arriving in Wellington, New Zealand on 22nd November 1842 8
- Mrs. Mary Mount, Cornish settler travelling from Launceston aboard the ship "Sir John Franklin" arriving in Wellington, New Zealand on 22nd November 1842 8
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Contemporary Notables of the name Mount (post 1700) +
- Tom Mount (1939-2022), American pioneering cave diver and technical diver who worked with Jacques Cousteau making the film The Secret of the Sunken Caves in 1970, founding member of the National Association for Cave Diving, author of one of the first American cave diving texts, The Cave Diving Manual
- William Sidney Mount (1807-1868), American genre and portrait painter
- Anson Mount (b. 1973), American actor
- Judy C. Mount, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2008 9
- Judith Mount, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1996 9
- John B. Mount, American politician, Mayor of Joliet, Illinois, 1899-1901 9
- John B. Mount, American politician, Member of New Jersey State House of Assembly from Mercer County, 1841-42 9
- James Atwell Mount (1843-1901), American Republican politician, Member of Indiana State Senate, 1889-91; Candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1890; Governor of Indiana, 1897-1901; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1900 9
- H. A. Mount, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1928, 1932 (alternate) 9
- Day Olin Mount (b. 1940), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, 1996 9
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Suggested Readings for the name Mount +
- Mount by Brent Mount.
- Chronicles of the Mountz-Teeters and Allied Families by Margaret Mountz Carroll.
Citations +
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
- State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Arab voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1822 with 155 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/arab/1822
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) RAJASTHAN 1838. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1838Rajasthan.htm
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_1850_59.pdf
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html