The Montemayors origins in Genoa are mostly unknown to outsiders, but they are known to have travelled as a household and extended family to the Kingdom of Scotland as merchants with a small fleet.. What is known from their Italian past is they were a prominent family politically in Genoa in the past, being known as having over a hundred strong militia from translation. Something however led them to leave their homeland. They were known in Genoa as having over a hundred-strong militia and having have held multiple major political posts in.