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  1. When Esther Houston Montgomery was born on 27 February 1755, in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, John Montgomery, was 38 and her mother, Esther Houston, was 31. She married Rev Samuel Doak in October 1775, in Chester Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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    1724 Birth and Parents

    Esther Houston was born about 1724 in Ireland, the third child and second daughter of John Houston, Jr. and Margaret Cunningham.

    1735 Arrival in Pennsylvania

    In 1735, at about age eleven, Esther arrived in Pennsylvania with her family. Samuel Rutherford Houston (1882, p. 7-8) records the following, copied from a manuscript found among the papers of his father (and Esther's nephew), Rev. Samuel Houston, dated May 1820:

    Marriage in Pennsylvania

    Unsourced marriage information:2 July 1738 in New Providence, Lancaster, Pennsylvania to John Montgomery, Sr, b. 1719, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, d. 1795, Augusta, Virginia, USAIf true, and if Esther were born about 1724, she would have married at about age 14. Armstrong (1922, p. 180), estimates the family's move to Virginia in about 1744, when Estherwould have been married and twenty years old. Monty Hist Notes reports the same date of marriage in 1738, but places their move to Virginia...

    Find A Grave: Memorial #182584643Esther Houston Montgomery (1724-1790) virtual memorial
    Anderson, Beulah Henry. John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973. Maryville, TN: Brazos Printing Company, 1974.
    Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families, Vol. 2. Chattanooga, TN: The Lookout Publishing Co., 1922. p. 184-185.
    Hoffman, Susan Vaughan Montgomery (Ed.). John Montgomery and Margaret Alexander Montgomery: Pioneers from Virginia to Alabama (1775-1856). Huntsville, AL. Published originally at John Montgomery An...
    Online family tree: https://joepayne.org/houston.htm

    WikiTree profile Houston-387 created through the import of AMYFAMILYTREE_2012-05-17.ged on May 18, 2012 by Amy Bazar.

    • Female
    • John Montgomery Sr.
  2. Genealogy for ESTHER HOUSTON montgomery, wife of capt john montgomery (1724 - 1798) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.

    • 1724
    • Londonderry, Derry, Ulster Province, Ireland
  3. daughter of John Montgomery and Esther (Houston) Montgomery; wife of Rev Samuel Doak.

  4. Born in Augusta, Virginia, United States on 27 Feb 1755 to John Montgomery and Esther Houston. Esther Huston Montgomery married Samuel Doak and had 17 children. She passed away on 3 Jul 1807 in Washington Col, Washington, Tennessee, USA.

    • Female
    • February 27, 1755
    • Augusta, Virginia, United States
    • July 3, 1807
  5. May 4, 2022 · Genealogy for Esther Houston Doak (Montgomery) (1755 - 1807) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.

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