James Montgomery
Bef 1694 - 1758 (64 years)-
Name James Montgomery Birth Bef 1694 Brigend/Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Family Search ID MHJX-RKW Family Search Link https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MHJX-RKW Death 1 Sep 1758 Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Person ID I12498 Clan Montgomery | William Brigend - Monmouth New Jersey Last Modified 7 Jul 2017
Father William Montgomery, b. 1660, Brigend/Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Aft 26 Sep 1721, Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 61 years) Mother Isabella Burnett, b. , Lethentire, Aberdeen, Scotland d. Dead, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Marriage 8 Jun 1684 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Family ID F559 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Parnell, b. Ayrshire, Scotland d. Abt Oct 1764 Marriage , Cumberland, New Jersey Children 1. Mary Montgomery 2. Robert Montgomery, b. 1732, Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 1 Jul 1798, Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA (Age 66 years)3. Alexander Montgomery, b. 1735, Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 14 Jul 1798, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 63 years)4. James Montgomery, Jr, b. 1737, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 1792 (Age 55 years)5. William Montgomery, b. 1748, Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 26 Oct 1816, Wetzel, West Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)6. Burnett Montgomery, b. 7 Dec 1752, Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 3 Jan 1831, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 78 years)Family ID F4075 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
Marriage Crosswicks Meeting, Monmouth County, New Jersey (?) Children 1. Mary Montgomery Family ID F4076 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
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Event Map 
Birth - Bef 1694 - Brigend/Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland 
Death - 1 Sep 1758 - Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Histories 
At the Root of it All by Cathy Field June, 2006
Article from Gardien Newsletter of Clan Montgomery Society International
Folios 
T H Montgomery - Pages 102-112
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
Descendants of William Montgomerie
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Descendants of James Montgomerie
T H Montgomery - Pages 079-094
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
William of Brigend
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Notes
Notes from T.A. Montgomery, CMS 4:
!WIFE'S NAME WAS MARY. Third son and fifth child of William and Isabel Montgomery. Born on father's estate in Ayrshire, Scotland. Accompanied father to East Jersey. Will dated 12 April 1756. Had five children mentioned in will: Robert, Alexander, James, William and Burnett.
Source: Alexander Du Bin. "The Family of Montgomery". Philadelphia: The Historical Publication Society. 1943.
BIRTH: Original submission gave birth date as Abt 1700. Changed to Bef 1694 as submitted by Marlene Koutoufaris because this is her direct line.
WILL OF JAMES MONTGOMERY of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, N J. - April
12, 1756:
Wife, Mary. Children - Robert, Alexander, James, William, Burnett
and Mary. Real and personal estate. Executors - sons Robert and
Alexander. Witnesses: Stoffil Longstreet, John Robins, and Ezekial
Smoth.
Proved April 26, 1759. Lib. 9, P 317, April 24, 1759.
Inventory L 354.16.9 incl purse and apparal L 68.17.7
Book debts L 62.19.l; a negro boy, L 60; a negro woman, L 40; made
by John and Moses Robins, August 15, 1760, Account of Executors.
Submitted on 30 Oct 2000 by Marlene Koutoufaris,CMS 1849. Entered from GEDCOM.
CONFLICT: Another submission gives date of death as "About 20 Apr 1759" but Marlene says 1 Sep 1758. Accepted Marlene's date because James is in her direct line and her research appears thorough.