MONTGOMERY, James Captain Lieutenant

1755 - 1832  (76 years)

• Name	MONTGOMERY, James
  Suffix	Captain Lieutenant
  Born	22 Nov 1755	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jun 1832	Eglinton, Monmouth County, New Jersey
  Person ID	I14336	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	MONTGOMERY, James
  Mother	WOOD, Esther
  Family ID	F4402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	READING, Hellen,   b. Feb 1765, Near Flemington, New Jersey ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. MONTGOMERY, Esther Wood,   b. Bef 1801,   d. 7 Jul 1875, Trenton, New Jersey  (Age > 74 years)   2. MONTGOMERY, William Reading,   b. 10 Jul 1801,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. MONTGOMERY, John,   b. Aft 1801,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F4397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Family History of Southern NY, Vol. III, Southern New York Family Histories, Page 1084. James began reading law, but the advent of the Revolution interuoted his studies, and he gave his service in support of the cause of the colonists, receiving a commission as lieutenant in the New Jesry militia. He was under General Richard Montgomery in his expitition against Quebec, December 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 finaly engaged in farming, and died on his farm near "Eglinton," the old family estate, in June 1832. He married Mrs. Ellen Rogers (nee' Reading), widow of Ben Rogers, daughter of Daniel and Euphemia (nee' Reid) Reading, and Granddaughter of John Reading, colonial Governor of New Jersey.