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
  Will	28 Aug 1762	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Mentioned in Grandfather's Will
  Military	1778	New Jersey, USA   [2, 3]
  	Battle of Trenton
  FamilySearch 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	I12651	Clan Montgomery Society | Lainshaw
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

  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 County, New Jersey, USA d. Aft 1762, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age > 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	15 May 1746	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F4098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Reading,   b. Abt 1756
  Children	1. Esther Wood Montgomery   d. DEAD  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Montgomery   d. DEAD  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. William Reading Montgomery, General,   b. 10 Jul 1801   d. 31 May 1871 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

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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  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Notes from RIN 10487, Submitter unknown: !He began reading law but the Revolution interrupted his studies. He received a commission as a Leutenant in the New Jersey Miltia. He was with General Montgomery in the expedition against Quebec in January 1775, and participated in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. After the war he went to sea as a supercargo, and later became a merchant, but finally engaged in farming and died on his farm near Englinton in 1832.

  
  

• Sources

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