General Richard Montgomery

1738 - 1775  (37 years)

• Name	Richard Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Prefix	General
  Birth	2 Dec 1738	Dublin, Dublin, Ireland   [3, 6, 10, 13, 14]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1754	Trinity College/Dublin, Dublin, Ireland   [3]
  Military	1775	Brigadier General Continenal Army/   [3]
  Family Search ID	2MGF-M69
  Family Search Link	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/2MGF-M69
  Burial	1775	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [10, 13]
  Death	31 Dec 1775	Québec, Canada   [1, 3, 10, 13, 14, 15]
  Person ID	I12797	Clan Montgomery
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas Montgomery,   b. Abt 1710, Ireland d. Ireland
  Mother	Mary Franklin
  Family ID	F4186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Livingston,   b. Abt 1743
  Marriage	24 Jul 1773	Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA   [3, 6, 16]
  Family ID	F4187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Dec 1738 - Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Death - 31 Dec 1775 - Québec, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Montgomery, General Richard (1738-1775) Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20,22

  
  

  Histories

  Montgomery, General Richard (1738-1775) Website link to article in "Wikipedia"

  
  

  Folios		A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland Sir Bernard Burke 1899 Pages 314-315 Montgomery of Beaulieu
  		A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry - Volume I Sir Bernard Burke 1891 Pages 132-133 Gordon of Nanaimo and Comer

  
  

• Notes

  Source: pgs. 379-380, THE MONTGOMERYS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1903, D.B. Montgomery. This book says Richard Montgomery was born in Ireland in 1737. Entered the British army before age 21. Resigned his commission in 1770 and emigrated to the American Colonies. Settled on the Hudson River in New York and married a daughter of Judge Livingston. Was appointed a Major-General by the American Congress in 1775. Was a leader in the expedition against Canada in late 1775; captured Montreal and other locations. Was killed in the seige of Quebec, where a monument states that he "fell in an attack on Quebec, Dec.31, 1775, aged 39 years." There is also a monument to Gen. Montgomery in Montreal's Old Town section. Source: pgs 216-218, ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MONTGOMERYS, 1948, by B.G. de Montgmerry. "Richard Montgomery was the third son of Thomas Montgomery, M.P. for Lifford, a grandson of Alexander Montgomery of Ballyleck and descendant in the eighth generation of Alexander the poet. He was born at Swords in the county of Dublin on 2nd December 1736....After nine years service as captain he returned to Ireland. For some mysterious reason his promotion in the army was stopped, and in 1773 he made up his mind to emigrate...He purchased a farm at King's Bridge near New York and a bigger place on the banks of the Hudson. Soon after his arrival in America he married the daughter of Robert Livingstone, an influential judge. The marriage was a happy one but for the fact that there were no children. Montgomery mostly lived with his wife on her estate, Grassmere near Rembeck....Montgomery was nominated to represent Duchess County in the first New York provincial convention...Not long afterwards he was appointed Brigadier-General and got the command of the 1st Division in the expedionary force raised by Congress for the purpose of conquering Canada...Montgomery and Arnold met accordingly to the agreed plan before the walls of Quebec...Montgomery led the attack in person...and was slightly ahead of his troops....Montgomery fell mortally wounded and his men turned tail, leaving their general in the hands of the British...Montgomery, who was terribly mauled, died soon after his capture. Although he had fought against his own country, the British gave him a great funeral with military honours....By order of Congress and with permission from the British authorities the remains of Montgomery were transferred to St. Paul's Church, New York, forty years after his death...General Montgomery had two uncles: John, from whom are descended the Montgomerys of Beaulieu; and Robert, the ancestor of the Montgomerys of Convoy House. Both of these estates are situated in Ireland.

  
  

• Sources

  [S258] Clan Montgomery Society International, (Location: http://www.clanmontgomery.org/database/surnames.html;), http://www.clanmontgomery.org/homepage.html (Reliability: 0). [S787] Burke, Sir Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History _ Burke, (Date: 1912;), genealogicalhera00burkufot.pdf (Reliability: 0). [S1489] Biographical Information Richard Montgomery, (Name: Name: Wikipedia;;), Biographical Information on Richard Montgomery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Montgomery (Reliability: 0). [S1488] Biographical Information Alexander Montgomery, (Name: Name: Wikipedia;;), Biographical information on Alexander Montgomery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomery_%281720%E2%80%931800%29 (Reliability: 0). [S1487] Biographical Information on John Montgomery, (Name: Location:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montgomery_%28died_1733%29; ;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montgomery_%28died_1733%29 Biographical Information on John Montgomery (Reliability: 0). [S646] Cutter, William Richard, Genealogicial and Family History oF Western New York, (Name: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1912;), Volume I Genealogical_and_family_history_of_weste.pdf Pages 438-440 Montgomerys (Reliability: 0). [S1486] Bio Info on MontgomeryAlexander1686, (Name: Name: Wikipedia; Location:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomery_%281686%E2% 80%931729%29;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomery_%281686%E2%80%931729%29 (Reliability: 0). [S1485] Marsh, William A Dr, The Ancestors and Descendants of F A Marsh and Ivy Crites, (Name: Name: Gateway Press; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 1990;;), Includes several chapters on Montgomerys (Reliability: 0). [S630] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Montgomery Thomas #241289 http://thepeerage.com/p24129.htm#i241289 (Reliability: 3). [S1490] Ancestry.com, Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Database online. (Reliability: 0). Record for Richard Montgomery [S1491] Hatcher, Patricia Law, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:1999;;), Database online. (Reliability: 0). Record for Richard Montgomery [S451] Montgomery, David B, Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana; Date: 1903;;), Pages 041-044 Still Other Montgomerys Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc (Reliability: 0). [S815] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;) (Reliability: 0). Record for Richard Montgomery [S647] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921?1922. London, England: Oxf;) (Reliability: 3). Record for Richard Montgomery [S2350] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2 014;) (Reliability: 0). Record for Gen Richard Montgomery [S47] Website (Reliability: 0). www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/bios/richardmontgomery.htm