Esther Montgomery

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About Esther Montgomery

Esther Houston was born 1724 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland and died 1790 in Augusta, Virginia. She was the 8th child of John Houston & Margaret Cunningham.

Married

  1. 2 July 1738 in New Providence, Lancaster, Pennsylvania to John Montgomery, Sr,   b. 1719, Londonderry, Northern Ireland ,   d. 1795, Augusta, Virginia, USA. He was the son of Alexander Montgomery & Mary McCullough.

12 Children (p. 103 Brief Biographical account of many members of the Houston families.)

  1. Isabella Montgomery,   b. 1740, Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1792, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
  2. James Houston Montgomery,   b. 1740, Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1809, Blount, Tennessee, USA
  3. Margaret Nancy Mollie Montgomery,   b. 1742, Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1778, Washington, Virginia, USA
  4. Alexander Montgomery,   b. 1750, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1830, Limestone, Alabama, USA
  5. John Montgomery, Jr,   b. 05 Dec 1752, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 02 Feb 1819, Augusta, Virginia, USA
  6. Esther Houston Montgomery,   b. 27 Feb 1755, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 03 Jul 1807, Washington, Tennessee, USA
  7. Ann Houston Montgomery,   b. 15 Aug 1760, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 13 Mar 1829, Sevier, Tennessee, USA
  8. Dorcas Montgomery,   b. 1758, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1834, Washington, Virginia, USA
  9. Jane Jean Montgomery,   b. Sep 1763, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 11 Feb 1843, Gosport, Owen, Indiana, USA
  10. Robert Montgomery,   b. 1764, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 03 Oct 1813, Washington, Virginia, USA
  11. Unknown
  12. Unknown

Overview

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Esther_Houston_%282%29

Source:Houston, 1882 identifies Esther as the eldest daughter of John Houston, the immigrant ancestor of the General Sam Houston Lineage.

She came from Ireland with her father, John Houston, the progenitor of us all...when about eleven years of age, and before the removal of the family from Pennsylvania, where they first settled, to Virginia, she was married to John Montgomery.

Elsewhere, Houston, 1882 places the arrival of the family in Pennsylvania as in 1735. Land records show them in Augusta County by c1740, which would mean that Esther's marriage to John Montgomery occurred between 1735 and 1740. Source:Schantz, 1896 identifies a marriage in Lancaster County, Earl Township, PA, between an Esther Heuston and a John Mountgomery on 2 July 1738. It seems likely that this marriage is in fact for the daughter of John Houston (15). [1]


References

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Esther Montgomery's Timeline

1724
1724
Londonderry, Derry, Ulster Province, Ireland
1738
1738
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
1739
1739
Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
1740
1740
Earl Township, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
1740
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
1752
December 5, 1752
Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1754
1754
Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
1755
February 27, 1755
Augusta County, Province of Virginia
1758
1758
Augusta, Virginia, United States