James Montgomery
1755 - 1837 (81 years)-
Name James Montgomery [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 22 Nov 1755 Eglinton, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male DAR Number A079000 [2] Will 28 Aug 1762 Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [1] Mentioned in Grandfather's Will Military 1778 New Jersey, USA [2, 3] Battle of Trenton Family Search ID L1KP-54G Residence Aft 1790 Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [5] Residence 1793 Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [5] Death 20 Jun 1837 Eglinton, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [1, 2, 3, 4] Person ID I16960 MontyHistNotes_II | William Brigend - Monmouth New Jersey, Lainshaw, Montgomery of Macbie Hill Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
Father James Montgomery, b. 26 Feb 1721, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 1760, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 38 years) Relationship natural Mother Esther Wood, b. 1725, Burlington, New Jersey, USA d. Aft 1762, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age > 38 years) Relationship natural Marriage 15 May 1746 Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [1, 4, 6, 7] Family ID F7351 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eleanor Reading, b. Abt 1756 Children + 1. Brigadier General William Reading Montgomery, b. 10 Jul 1801, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 31 May 1871, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. John Montgomery, b. Abt 1802 d. Bef 1837, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 34 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F7352 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
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Will - Mentioned in Grandfather's Will - 28 Aug 1762 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA 
Military - Battle of Trenton - 1778 - New Jersey, USA 
Residence - Aft 1790 - Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1793 - Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S2104] Kyle, Cathy Jones, Colonial Montgomery Family of Eglinton, Monmouth County, New Jersey(The), (Name: Name: Anundsen Publishing Company; Location: Decorah, Iowa;;), Descendants of David Clark Montgomery.pdf.
- [S2131] DAR Ancestor A079000, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), James Montgomery.
- [S1654] Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal Memoirsof Worchester Massachusetts, (Name: Lewis Publising Company; Location: New York, USA; Date: 1907;), Volume 4, Pages 409-411 Found on Google Books Historic_Homes_And_Institutions_and_Gene.pdf.
- [S2103] Browning, Charles H, Americans of Royal Descent, (Name: Name: Porter and Coates; Location: Philadelphia, PA; Date: 1883;;), Americans_of_Royal_Descent_ed_by_C_H_Bro.;pdf Available on GoogleBooks Pedigree XXX Campbell Pages 123-128.
- [S2150] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
Record for James Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3562&h=18945478&indiv=try - [S340] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf.
- [S4097] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc.
- [S2104] Kyle, Cathy Jones, Colonial Montgomery Family of Eglinton, Monmouth County, New Jersey(The), (Name: Name: Anundsen Publishing Company; Location: Decorah, Iowa;;), Descendants of David Clark Montgomery.pdf.