John Houston, Sr

1690 - 1755  (65 years)

• Name	John Houston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1690	Antrim, Northern Ireland   [3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Relocated	1730	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11]
  Relocated	1747	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [3, 12]
  Religion	Between 1748 and 1755	Augusta County, Virginia, USA
  	Active Timber Ridge and Old Providence churches
  Residence	1748	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [12, 13]
  	Borden Tract; 228 acres, part of 92,100
  Burial	1755	New Providence Cemetery, Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [5, 8, 11]
  Will	15 May 1755	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 10]
  	Probated; WB2 Page 40
  Death	15 May 1755	New Providence, Augusta, Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  	Cause: Helping to clear land for new fields
  	Helping to clear land for new fields
  Person ID	I5674	MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel John Houston,   b. 1648, Tyrone, Northern Ireland d. Bef 1735, Northern Ireland (Age < 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret McClung,   b. 1650, Northern Ireland d. 1747, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 97 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Mary Cunningham,   b. 1690, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 1754, Timber Ridge, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1717	Antrim, Northern Ireland   [12]
  Children	> 1. James Houston,   b. 18 Apr 1715, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. Bef 1730 (Age < 14 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. John Houston, Jr,   b. 1716, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 1798, Logan County, Kentucky, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Robert H Houston,   b. 1720, Northern Ireland d. 1761, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Isabella Houston,   b. 1722, Northern Ireland d. 19 Oct 1781, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. Esther Houston,   b. 1724, Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 1790, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Samuel Cunningham Houston,   b. 1728, Northern Ireland d. 1797, Blount County, Tennessee, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 7. Matthew Houston,   b. 1728, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 1803, Blount County, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 8. Mary Houston,   b. Aft 1730, Pennsylvania, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1690 - Antrim, Northern Ireland Marriage - 1717 - Antrim, Northern Ireland Relocated - 1730 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Relocated - 1747 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Religion - Active Timber Ridge and Old Providence churches - Between 1748 and 1755 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Residence - Borden Tract; 228 acres, part of 92,100 - 1748 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Will - Probated; WB2 Page 40 - 15 May 1755 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Folios		John and Esther Houston Montgomery, 1719-1973 Chapter 01 Pages 021-023 Houston Ancestry Anderson, Beulah Henry, Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA, Brazos Printing Company, 1974
  		The Montgomerys and their Descendants D B Montgomery Book - Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Other States Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants (Owensville, Indiana, USA, J P Cox, 1903), BooksAndPeriodicals https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322 . Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc Book found on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1.

  
  

• Sources

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