Statira Edith Montgomery
1795 - 1887 (92 years)-
Name Statira Edith Montgomery [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Birth 1 May 1795 Gagetown, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada 
[1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9] Gender Female Baptism 11 Sep 1795 Gagetown, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada [6, 10] Residence 1861 Harwich/Kent, Ontario, Canada [8] Residence 1880 Halfmoon, Saratoga, New York, USA [9] Family Search ID K2YT-84R Family Search Link https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2YT-84R Burial 1887 Morpeth/Chatham-Kent, Kent, Ontario, Canada [4, 5] Death 20 Nov 1887 Ridgetown, Carleton, Ontario, Canada [1, 4, 5, 6, 7] Person ID I14874 Clan Montgomery Last Modified 11 Dec 2016
Father Major Alexander Montgomery, Jr, b. Feb 1758, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 3 Jun 1841, York, Upper Canada (Age 83 years) Mother Juda or Judith Myer, b. 24 May 1759, Phillips Manor, Yonkers, , New York d. 16 Mar 1831, York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years) Marriage Abt 1779 New York, New York, USA Family ID F1813 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Stillwell Willson, b. 2 Jun 1793, Miramichi, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 May 1863, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) Marriage 31 Dec 1816 York, Ontario, Canada [6] Children 1. Sarah Judith Willson, b. 1819 d. 1892, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)2. Abram Lockwood (abraham) Willson, b. 1820, York, Ontario, Canada d. 1892 (Age 72 years)3. Elizabeth Willson, b. Abt 1821 d. 4 Oct 1885 (Age 64 years) 4. John Willson, b. Abt 1823 5. Rebecca Willson, b. Abt 1825 6. Joseph Willson, b. Abt 1827 7. Statira Frances Willson, b. Abt 1829 8. Mordecai Myers Willson, b. Abt 1831 9. Mary Willson, b. 1833, Died as infant 10. Mary Willson, b. Abt 1834 11. Edwin Willson, b. Abt 1837 12. Maria (mariah) Willson, b. Abt 1840 Family ID F4723 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 Dec 2016
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Marriage - 31 Dec 1816 - York, Ontario, Canada 
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Folios 
The Ancestors and Descendants of F.A. Marsh and Ivy Crites
Dr William R Marsh, M.D.
Gateway Press Baltimore MD 1990
Posted here with courtesy and permission of the author
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Notes - Statira Montgomery Willson is mentioned more often than any of the other off-spring of Alexander Montgomery Jr. & Judah Myers. Two dates are given for her marriage to Stillwell Willson in two different locations. One date is Nov 1816 and place of marriage was shown as York. Second date is 31 Dec 1816 and place is Markham. They may have had ceremonies performed in two different places and dates. The next mention of their family is description taken from "History of Toronto and County of York Ontarior" Volume II 1885, Blackett Robinson Publisher. It tell how young John Wilmot Montgomery and his cousin, Abraham Willson were in the old hotel, owned by John's father, "The Sickle & Sheaf" when the British fired on it 7 December 1837, cutting down the three chimneys. The boys thought it was some kind of a game until another volley entered their wing of the building. They were rescued.
The next notice in archives was upon Alexander's death in 1841 and his leaving his estate to several in family but the land was to go to Richard Montgomery. Stillwell Willson and Statira then brought a suit along with others in family against Richard and others concerned.
When Sarah Montgomery Marsh died at 104 years, Statira is again mentioned in the obituary. Statira also died in Ridgetown and is buried there. However, in an article written in 1883, when Sarah died, it says that Statira, Mrs. Stillwell Willson was 94 years old. This cannot be true. Had she been 94, her birth year would have been 1789. Had that been the case, she would have been baptized with older children on 3 Sept 1792 rather than Sept 1796. It is much more likely that Mary Ann was born about 1794 and Statira in 1796. That would mean she was married at the age of 20 and had her first child, Abram Willson when she was about 21, and her last child either her 11th or 12th when she was about 44. Had she been born in 1789, her last might have been born when she was in her 50's. She could not have been much older than 87 years when Sarah died in 1883.
- Statira Montgomery Willson is mentioned more often than any of the other off-spring of Alexander Montgomery Jr. & Judah Myers. Two dates are given for her marriage to Stillwell Willson in two different locations. One date is Nov 1816 and place of marriage was shown as York. Second date is 31 Dec 1816 and place is Markham. They may have had ceremonies performed in two different places and dates. The next mention of their family is description taken from "History of Toronto and County of York Ontarior" Volume II 1885, Blackett Robinson Publisher. It tell how young John Wilmot Montgomery and his cousin, Abraham Willson were in the old hotel, owned by John's father, "The Sickle & Sheaf" when the British fired on it 7 December 1837, cutting down the three chimneys. The boys thought it was some kind of a game until another volley entered their wing of the building. They were rescued.
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Sources - [S1920] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2010;;), Database online. Roll: . (Reliability: 0).
Record for Statira C Willson - [S160] CMSI Member, CMSI 0417 (Reliability: 0).
- [S160] CMSI Member, CMSI 0487 (Reliability: 0).
- [S1229] Ancestry.com, Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;) (Reliability: 0).
Record for Judith Juda Montgomery - [S1229] Ancestry.com, Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;) (Reliability: 0).
Record for Stillwill Willson - [S1968] Marsh, William A Dr, The Ancestors and Descendants of F A Marsh and Ivy Crites, (Name: Gateway Press; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 1990;), Pages 041-051 Alexander Montgomery Jr Montgomery and Myers Families (Reliability: 0).
Book available on Archive.com - [S1887] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: MS935; Reel: 47 (Reliability: 0).
Record for Statira C Willson - [S1915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1861 Census of Canada, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census ReturnsFor 1861; Roll: C-1039-1040 (Reliability: 0).
Record for Katira Wilson - [S2043] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Halfmoon, Saratoga, New York; Roll: 928;Family History Film: 1254928; Page: 198A; Enumeration District: 075;Image: 0397 (Reliability: 0).
Record for Statira Willson - [S1983] Baptism Records Alex Montgomery Family.
- [S1920] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2010;;), Database online. Roll: . (Reliability: 0).