Esther Houston

1724 - 1790  (66 years)

• Name	Esther Houston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Birth	1724	Londonderry, Northern Ireland   [12]
  Gender	Female
  Relocated	1730	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Relocated	1747	Augusta County, Virginia, USA
  	From PA
  FamilySearch ID	97TQ-V51
  Residence	1754	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [15]
  	Borden Tract; Beverley Patent SW, 247 1/2 acres, 1747, adjoining 150 acres acquired in 1754
  Death	1790	Augusta County, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I6482	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	John Houston, Sr,   b. 1690, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 15 May 1755, New Providence, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Mary Cunningham,   b. 1690, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 1754, Timber Ridge, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1717	Antrim, Northern Ireland   [15]
  Family ID	F3009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Montgomery, Sr,   b. 1719, Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 1795, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1738	New Providence, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA   [3, 10, 16]
  	by Rev Johann C Stoever, Jr; Earl Town
  Children	1. Reverend John Montgomery, Jr,   b. 5 Dec 1752, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 2 Feb 1819, Deerfield, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Margaret Nancy Mollie Montgomery,   b. 1742, Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Jan 1778, Washington County, Virginia, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Esther Houston Montgomery,   b. 27 Feb 1755, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Jul 1807, Washington County, Tennessee, USA (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Ann Houston Montgomery,   b. 15 Aug 1760, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 13 Mar 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Dorcas Montgomery,   b. 1758, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 29 Dec 1834, Washington County, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Captain James Houston Montgomery,   b. 1740, Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1809, Blount County, Tennessee, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Jane Jean Montgomery,   b. 11 Sep 1761, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 11 Feb 1843, Gosport, Owen, Indiana, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Robert Montgomery,   b. 22 Feb 1758, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Oct 1813, Washington County, Virginia, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Isabella Montgomery,   b. 1740, Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. Aft 1805, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA (Age > 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Alexander Montgomery,   b. 1750, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 13 Jul 1830, Limestone County, Alabama, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2026

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 1724 - Londonderry, Northern Ireland Relocated - 1730 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Relocated - From PA - 1747 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Residence - Borden Tract; Beverley Patent SW, 247 1/2 acres, 1747, adjoining 150 acres acquired in 1754 - 1754 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Death - 1790 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Folios

  John and Esther Houston Montgomery, 1719-1973 Chapter 01 Pages 021-023 Houston Ancestry Anderson, Beulah Henry, Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA, Brazos Printing Company, 1974

  
  

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• Sources

  [S5564] http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Montgomery_%2865%29. [S2879] RussMontgomery-JohnMEstherHoustonLine.pdf. [S5516] Website posted by Susan Vaughan Montgomery Hoffman and other familycollaborators, including Russ Montgomery, about the history of John Montgomery and Margaret Alexander Montgomery as it relates to John Montgomery and Esther Houston of Virginia. Appendix section covering John Houston information [S5524] Chapter 01 Pages 21-23 Houston Ancestry. [S4504] http://www.swgdezign.com/wirtgriesbach/images/Weir.pdf. [S4183] Volume V Available on Genealogical.com Disk GPC 7191 The Crockett Family and Connecting Lines also outlined: http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/showsource.php?sourceID=S484&tree=Legends Also available on ancestry.com. Chapter IV The Montgomery Line [S4505] Montgomery notes prepared by Will E Parham, kept on file at theMcClung Library in Knoxville, TN. [S4871] Annual Volume 1899, Notes and Queries - IX, Page 38. [S5565] . [S5566] . Record for John Mountgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4640&h=1734&indiv=try [S4183] Volume II, Pages 179-198 Houston. Available on Genealogical.com Disk GPC 7191 Montgomery Section Volume II Pages 241-252 Also available on ancestry.com also outlined: http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/showsource.php?sourceID=S484&tree=Legends Notable_Southern_Families.pdf [S5199] Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Other States https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322. Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc Book found on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322 [S5567] Chapter I Pages 007-008 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/?f-F00032DB=7. Brief Biographical Accounts of Many Members of the Houston Family Book found at Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/ https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/?f-F00032DB=7 [S5567] Chapter III John Houston Pages 014-021 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/?f-F00032DB=14. Brief Biographical Accounts of Many Members of the Houston Family Book found at Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/ https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/?f-F00032DB=14 [S4248] http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County%2C_Virginia_-_Surnames_K-O. [S5571] Marriages performed by Johann Stoever.