MONTGOMERY, John

1734 - 1792  (58 years)

• Name	MONTGOMERY, John
  Born	1734	Ireland, United Kingdom   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Biography	He first settled on an improved farm at the foot of Peter's Mountain, about 10 miles north of Harrisburg. In 1773 he exchanged his farm in Dauphin County for a large tract of improved land owned by William Patterson, in Turbot Township, Northumberland County, and soon after removed to the same, building himself a small dwellinghouse of hickory saplings, and named it "Paradise". in 1779 when the British and Indians attacked Fort Freeland, 4 miles from his home, he, with his wife and children, escaped and returned to Dauphin County, where he rented a farm until 1783, when he returned to his home in Turbot Township. Upon arriving he found that the buildings had been burned and that Capt. William Rice & Co., who had been sent to the frontier, had built a two-story limestone building that enclosed the spring and was known as Fort Rice. He made some alterations in it and used it for a dwelling house. November 8, 1792, he was killed by a tree falling upon him while he was opening the Derry road leading from Milton to Derry Township, Montour County.
  _UID	70117802E75542E9A491EEE257BB36A4539B
  Died	8 Nov 1792  [1]
  	He was killed by a falling tree while opening the Derry road from Milton to Derry Twp., Montour County.
  Buried	Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  	Address: Chillisquaque Presbyterian Cemetery
  Person ID	I5202	Milton Families
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	MONTGOMERY, Robert,   b. 1705, Ballymore, Armagh, Ireland, United Kingdom ,   d. 22 Feb 1776, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Sarah,   b. Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom ,   d. 15 Oct 1784
  Family ID	F1544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FOSTER, Christiana,   b. 1739, East Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Mar 1821  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1759
  Children	+ 1. MONTGOMERY, Robert,   b. 1762, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 1 Dec 1814  (Age 52 years)   2. MONTGOMERY, John,   b. 1758,   d. 11 Jul 1836  (Age 78 years) + 3. MONTGOMERY, William,   b. 1768,   d. 17 Jun 1828  (Age 60 years) + 4. MONTGOMERY, David,   b. 1767, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 23 Nov 1859  (Age 92 years)   5. MONTGOMERY, Jane,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. MONTGOMERY, Sarah,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. MONTGOMERY, Margaret,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2023
  Family ID	F1545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Bell's History of Northumberland County PA 1891, Page 1142.