Mary Montgomery

Mary Montgomery

Female Abt 1712 - 1782  (70 years)

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  • Name Mary Montgomery 
    Birth Abt 1706  Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth Abt 1712 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1782  Bedford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I29956  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Family John McFarland, A584 RoM02,   b. Abt 1708, prob. Co. Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1785, Greene Co. TN probably Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 78 years) 
    Marriage 1728  Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1738 
    Children 
    +1. Robert McFarland, FT218687 RoM02,   b. 7 Apr 1730, Donegal township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1798, to Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +2. Nancy McFarland,   b. 26 Nov 1731, Donegal township, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1798 (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. James McFarland,   b. 10 Feb 1733, Donegal township, Lancaster Co. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1755, Augusta Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Rachel McFarland,   b. 1734, Donegal township, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1790, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. John McFarland, BY146078 RoM02,   b. 4 Feb 1739, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1803, Haywood Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     6. Arthur McFarland,   b. 19 Jul 1741, Donegal township, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN, As an infant according to Gary Morris research Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. Mary McFarland,   b. 11 Feb 1743, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1821, Rockingham Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. Joseph McFarland, BY28612 RoM02,   b. 30 Mar 1745, either PA or VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1792 and 1795, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    +9. Benjamin McFarland, BY3019 A584 RoM02,   b. 16 Apr 1747, Virginia probably Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1823, Dandridge, Jefferson Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F5701  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Mary Helen Haines notes:

      Mary Montgomery is a mystery woman. There are neither marriage records or proven parentage, other than the passed down name John Montgomery.

      Among the early Montgomery families:

      Using Charles Bolton's Scotch-Irish Pioneers:

      There is a James Montgomery, master of the ship William and Mary, who brought over many of the first settlers from Northern Ireland, including the pastor William Boyd in 1718. He arrived on July 25 to Boston and then was cleared to return to Dublin. (p. 132, 319)

      There is another ship master, Robert Montgomery, who arrived on an unnamed ship in Sept. 1717 to Boston. (p. 319)

      Thre is a Hugh Montgomery, who married Jane Cargill in 1715 in Ballymena (p. 127) and was on the list of early settlers in Londonderry, New Hampshire (p. 264)

      There is a John Montgomery in Middleboro, Massachusetts. (p. 156) in 1718-19.

      There is a William Montgomery who settled in Kennebec Maine in 1719 (p. 219) and then was among the Merrymeeting Bay settlers. (p. 236)

      None of those above seem to be possible.

      To look closer to home, here are the Montgomery listings who had surveys made for warrents of land in Lancaster County in the early years:

      Alexander Montgomery, warrent #796, for 200 acres in 1734 in Octorara (near Quarryville).

      James Montgomery, #30, 30 acres on Fishing Creek (Drumore township), 1736.

      John Montgomery, #119, 150 acres in Derry township (present day Dauphin Co), 1737.

      Thomas Montgomery, #125, 250 acres in Paxtang, 1737.

      William Montgomery, #, 250 acres in L. Britain in 1743.

      All of the above are in close enough range to Donegal township, and close enough in years.

      There is a James Montgomery with wife Ann Thomson who moved from County Donegal to Pennsylvania, Lancaster County. Then in 1746 he moved to Augusta County, near present day town of Fincastle. Could John be a brother of James, or is John incorrect?

      The naming pattern of John and Mary's children support a James and Ann (Nancy) as parents; however none of the family histories for this couple have included a daughter Mary.