John Houston, Sr

1690 - 1755  (65 years)

• Name	John Houston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1690	Antrim, Northern Ireland   [3, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Relocated	1730	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 6, 7, 9]
  Relocated	1747	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [3, 10]
  Religion	Between 1748 and 1755	Augusta County, Virginia, USA
  	Active Timber Ridge and Old Providence churches
  Residence	1748	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [10, 11]
  	Borden Tract; 228 acres, part of 92,100
  Burial	1755	New Providence Cemetery, Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [5, 8]
  Will	15 May 1755	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  	Probated; WB2 Page 40
  Death	15 May 1755	New Providence, Augusta, Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  	Cause: Helping to clear land for new fields
  	Helping to clear land for new fields
  Person ID	I9361	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2026

  
  

  Family	Margaret Mary Cunningham,   b. 1690, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 1754, Timber Ridge, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1717	Antrim, Northern Ireland   [10]
  Children	1. Esther Houston,   b. 1724, Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 1790, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Houston, Jr,   b. 1716, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 1798, Logan County, Kentucky, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 1690 - Antrim, Northern Ireland Marriage - 1717 - Antrim, Northern Ireland Relocated - 1730 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Relocated - 1747 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Religion - Active Timber Ridge and Old Providence churches - Between 1748 and 1755 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Residence - Borden Tract; 228 acres, part of 92,100 - 1748 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Will - Probated; WB2 Page 40 - 15 May 1755 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

  [S5517] 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. [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. [S4505] Montgomery notes prepared by Will E Parham, kept on file at theMcClung Library in Knoxville, TN. [S5518] . [S4871] Annual Volume 1899, Notes and Queries - IX, Page 38. [S2912] SAR Membership Number: 56342. Record for Charles Bolivar Leech Jr Ancestor Rev Samuel Houston Volume: 282 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=1195288&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 [S4248] http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County%2C_Virginia_-_Surnames_K-O. [S4249] .