Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Abigail Montgomery
1787 - 1836 (48 years)1. Abigail Montgomery was born on 3 Jul 1787 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Nathaniel Montgomery and Catherine Harris); died in Jan 1836 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Abigail married Benjamin George on 15 Oct 1811 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Benjamin George and Hannah Nichols) was born on 22 Feb 1791 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 25 Nov 1832 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Benjamin Franklin George was born on 24 Sep 1816 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was christened on 13 Jun 1822 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 6 Nov 1885 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
2. Nathaniel Montgomery was born on 30 Apr 1751 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Nathaniel Montgomery and Sarah Moody); died on 26 Apr 1798 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Nathaniel married Catherine Harris on 31 Jul 1775 in South Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Catherine (daughter of Samuel Harris and Abigail Presbury) was born on 7 Oct 1752 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Catherine Harris was born on 7 Oct 1752 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Samuel Harris and Abigail Presbury). Children:
- 1. Abigail Montgomery was born on 3 Jul 1787 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died in Jan 1836 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Generation: 3
4. Nathaniel Montgomery was born about 1711; died on 21 Nov 1796 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Nathaniel married Sarah Moody on 15 Dec 1742 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Cutting Moody and Judith Little) was born about 1718; died on 25 May 1793 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Sarah Moody was born about 1718 (daughter of Cutting Moody and Judith Little); died on 25 May 1793 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 1717, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Notes:
She is not the Sarah Moodey born 21 March 1717 at Newbury, daughter of Joshua Moody and Mary Greenleaf, whose oldest child was born about 1697. This is established by the will of her father Cutting Moody:
Will of "Cutting Moodey of Newbury", dated 4 May 1744, proved 25 May 1747, names wife Judith; son Joseph; eldest daughter Abigill [?]; daughters Hannah Bartlet, Mary Marsh, Judith Bradbery, Lidia Moody, Sarah Montgomery; sons Cutting and Moses executors. 22 May 1747: Receipt of Judath Moody [widow]. Receipt of Joseph Moody. [son]. [The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 volumes, Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920]Children:
- 2. Nathaniel Montgomery was born on 30 Apr 1751 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 26 Apr 1798 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts.
6. Samuel Harris died in 1757 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Notes:
Not the Samuel Harris who was born in Ipswich 9 Apr 1695 to John Harris and Grace Searle, who died in Newbury 29 Jan 1770, and who was married to (in order) Mercy Brackenbury, Anne Stanwood, and Mary Walcott.
Samuel married Abigail Presbury on 1 Feb 1739 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Edward Presbury and Catherine Pierce) died in 1801. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Abigail Presbury (daughter of Edward Presbury and Catherine Pierce); died in 1801. Children:
- 3. Catherine Harris was born on 7 Oct 1752 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Generation: 4
10. Cutting Moody was born on 9 Apr 1674 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Samuel Moody and Mary Cutting); died on 13 Apr 1747 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Cutting married Judith Little on 25 Mar 1696 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Judith (daughter of Capt. Joseph Little and Mary Coffin) was born on 19 Jul 1678 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 30 Apr 1761 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Judith Little was born on 19 Jul 1678 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Capt. Joseph Little and Mary Coffin); died on 30 Apr 1761 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Children:
- Mary Moody was born on 13 Aug 1703; died on 13 Aug 1794.
- 5. Sarah Moody was born about 1718; died on 25 May 1793 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts.
14. Edward Presbury was born in of Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Notes:
He is said to have been a wealthy shipbuilder who "owned the land in Newbury from Ship Street to the rear of the lots on Federal Street, and down to Water Street, and the shipyard in front." [Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by George Thomas Little, 1909]
Edward married Catherine Pierce on 27 Aug 1713 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Catherine (daughter of Daniel Pierce and Elisabeth Millward) was born on 18 Sep 1690 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Catherine Pierce was born on 18 Sep 1690 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Daniel Pierce and Elisabeth Millward). Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
Children:
- 7. Abigail Presbury died in 1801.