William Montgomery
1660 - Aft 1721 (> 61 years)-
Name William Montgomery Birth 1660 Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland 
[1, 2] - Brigend
Christening Scotland Gender Male Land 1692 Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland [2, 3] Participated with father in sale of Brigend to cousin John Relocated 1701 New Jersey, USA [2, 3, 4] Set sail from Glasgow Arrival 1702 New Jersey, USA [5] Land 20 May 1706 Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [2, 4] Purchases land from father-in-law Fact 1 6 Mar 1712 New Jersey, USA [4] Receives letter from brother James in Scotland Reference Number https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-267 Death Aft 26 Sep 1721 Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [1, 2, 4] Burial Crosswicks, Burlington, New Jersey, USA - Friends Burial Ground
Person ID I1628 Clan Montgomery Society | Lainshaw Last Modified 12 May 2024
Father Hugh Montgomerie, b. 7 Oct 1630, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 6 May 1710, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 79 years) Relationship natural Mother Katherine Scott, b. Abt 1631, Scotland d. Scotland Relationship natural Marriage 1653 Scotland Family ID F545 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Isabella Burnett, b. , Lethentire, Aberdeen, Scotland d. DEAD, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Marriage 8 Jun 1684 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Children 1. Anna Montgomery, b. Scotland d. DEAD, New Jersey, USA [Father: natural]2. Elizabeth Montgomery, b. Scotland d. DEAD, New Jersey, USA [Father: natural]3. Alexander Montgomery, b. Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. DEAD, New Jersey, USA [Father: natural]4. Jane Montgomery, b. Scotland d. DEAD, New Jersey, USA [Father: natural]+ 5. Robert Montgomery, b. 1687, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1 Oct 1766, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 79 years) [Father: natural]+ 6. William Montgomery, b. 7 Feb 1693, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Jul 1771, Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural]+ 7. James Montgomery, b. Bef 1694, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1 Sep 1758, Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age > 64 years) [Father: natural]Family ID F547 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 May 2024
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Event Map 
Birth - 1660 - Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland 
Christening - - Scotland 
Marriage - 8 Jun 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Land - Participated with father in sale of Brigend to cousin John - 1692 - Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland 
Relocated - Set sail from Glasgow - 1701 - New Jersey, USA Arrival - 1702 - New Jersey, USA 
Land - Purchases land from father-in-law - 20 May 1706 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Fact 1 - Receives letter from brother James in Scotland - 6 Mar 1712 - New Jersey, USA 
Death - Aft 26 Sep 1721 - Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA 
Burial - - Crosswicks, Burlington, New Jersey, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Notes from Daniel Binney Montgomery, CMS 112:
REF:ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MONTGOMERYS BY B.G. MONTGOMERY REF:MONTGOMERY PEDIGREE BY THOMAS MONTGOMERY 1863
REF:THE MONTGOMERYS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS BY D.B. MONTGOMERY REF:OLD PHILADELPHIA FAMILIES-MONTGOMERY BY FRANK WILLING LEACH PUB THE NORTH AMERICAN,PHILADELPHIA, SUNDAY DEC 3, 1911
In 1701-1702 William Montgomerie, with his wife and several children crossed the ocean to join his father-in-law, Robert Burnett, in the New World. He settled on Doctor's Creek, in Monmouth County, East Jersey, on lands which on May 20, 1706, he purchased from from Robert Burnett. The original tract was greatly added to and was named 'Eglinton". He joined the Society of Friends and is supposed to be buried at the Old Meeting Ground at Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey, about four miles from "Eglinton".
Notes from T.A.Montgomery, CMS 4:
EMMIGRATED TO NEW JERSEY ABT 1701-02.
MARRIED ISABELLA BURNETT, DAU OF ROBERT BURNETT OF LETHENTIE, SCOTLAND 8 JAN 1684.
Settled in Doctor's Creek, Monmouth, East Jersey...2 miles from Allentown, Penn.
Buried in Old Meeting Grounds, Crosswicks, N.J.
sources: 1.) T.H.Montgomery. "History of the Family of Montgomery". Private Printing, Philadelphia, 1863.
2.) Documents: Colonial History State of New Jersey, Vol.XXII, Marriage Records 1665-1800.
3.) B.G. De Montgomery. "Origin and History of the Montgomerys, Comtes de Montgomery, Ponthieu, Alencon and La Marche; Earls of Arundel, Chichester, Shrewsbury, Montgomery, Pembroke, Lancaster, Mercia, Eglinton and Mountalexander: Princes de Belleme; Marquis de Montgomery de Lorges". Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd. 1948.
4.) George H. Morck. "My American Roots". 3rd Ed. Oslo, Norway: Private Publication. 1983.
5.) Alexander DU Bin. "The Family of Montgomery". Philadelphia: The Historical Publication Society. 1943.
6.) James Paterson. "History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton". Vol II-Carrick. p. 401. Edinburgh: James Stillie. 1864.
7.) James Paterson. "History of the County of Ayr: With a Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire". Vol. II. Edinburgh: Thomas George Stevenson. 1852.
8.) American Genealogical Research Institute. "The Montgomery Family". Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Press. 1975.
Submitted by Theodore A. Montgomery, M.D. CMS #4
Paper documents submitted Feb.1989 and key entered.
GEDCOM diskette submitted July 1993 w/corrections & additions; corrected and entered by J.C. Montgomery in September 1994.
Oldest Montgomery ancestor submitted: William Montgomerie, bn. 1660 in Ayrshire, Scotland; d. aft 1721 in Pennsylvania.
GENEALOGY SUBMITTED BY KAY BEVERLY BUDNICK BAUER; CMS 1003.
Entered in 1990 by Roy Montgomery. Oldest Ancestor: William Montgomery, m.Isabel Beernett.
Merged with other submissions on 9/25/94 by J.C. Montgomery.
Also submitted on 30 Oct 2000 by Marlene Koutoufaris,CMS 1849. Entered from GEDCOM. Oldest Montgomery ancestor submitted: Roger Montgomery, GGGGF of Roger II Montgomerie (does not match other CMSI submissions in nobility line.) Conflict: Marlene shows the marriage date to be 8 Jun instead of 8 Jan, and the place as Eglinton, Monmouth Co., NJ instead of Edinburgh.
Most likely married in Scotland; Clemons quotes a record that says marriage in New Jersey
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Sources - [S107] Clan Montgomery Society International (Location: http://www.clanmontgomery.org/database/surnames.html;), http://www.clanmontgomery.org/homepage.html.
- [S245] Kyle, Cathy Jones, Colonial Montgomery Family of Eglinton, Monmouth County, New Jersey(Th e) (Name: Name: Anundsen Publishing Company; Location: Decorah, Iowa;;), Descendants of David Clark Montgomery.pdf.
- [S79] Montgomery, David B, Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants (Name: Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana; Date: 1903;;), Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc.
- [S253] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf.
- [S297] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: New Jersey; Year: 1702; Page Number: 227.
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