Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Jemima Montague
1719 - 1812 (93 years)-
Name Jemima Montague Birth 28 Jan 1719 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
[1] Gender Female Death 28 Aug 1812 Marlboro, Windham, Vermont [2, 3] Person ID I42306 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 6 Aug 2025
Father John Montague, b. 31 Dec 1681, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 28 Sep 1722, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age 40 years) Mother Abigail Smith, b. 26 Oct 1691 Marriage 29 Sep 1714 [1] Family ID F24748 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Deacon John Church, b. 23 Sep 1716, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 6 May 1779 (Age 62 years) Marriage 24 Mar 1741 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts [3, 4, 5, 6] Children + 1. Hannah Church, b. 16 Nov 1756, Vermont d. 13 Oct 1827, Marlboro, Windham, Vermont (Age 70 years)Family ID F24746 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Aug 2025
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Notes - The identity of Jemima Montague's mother is not entirely clear. The History and Genealogy of the Montague Family (citation details below) says that John Montague's first wife was Mindwell Lyman who died 4 April 1713, and that he married, second, Abigail Smith (daughter of John Smith and Mary Root) on 29 Sep 1714.
On the other hand, familysearch.org contains a transcribed record (with no image available) for the birth of a Jemima Montague on 8 Jan 1717 at Hadley, given as a daughter of John and Mindwell Montague. The same site also contains a transcribed record for the birth of a "Jemima Mountague" in Jan 1719, also stated as daughter of John and Mindwell; this one does link to a set of images, 96 pages of extremely jumbled and marginally-legible handwritten records of Hadley. Perhaps a genealogist more dedicated than us will examine these records someday.
On the other other hand, the Find a Grave page for "Mrs Mindwell Lyman Montague" shows a clear photograph of a gravestone at Old Hadley Cemetery which was clearly carved in the early 1700s and which just as clearly gives her death date as "Apr 4 1713", strongly suggesting that the History and Genealogy of the Montague Family was right all along and that Jemima's mother was Abigail Smith, whether Jemima was born in 1717 or 1719.
- The identity of Jemima Montague's mother is not entirely clear. The History and Genealogy of the Montague Family (citation details below) says that John Montague's first wife was Mindwell Lyman who died 4 April 1713, and that he married, second, Abigail Smith (daughter of John Smith and Mary Root) on 29 Sep 1714.
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Sources - [S8164] History and Genealogy of the Montague Family of America, Descended from Richard Montague of Hadley, Mass., and Peter Montague of Lancaster Co., Va. by George Wm. Montague, ed. William L. Montague. Amherst, Massachusetts: Press of J. E. Williams, 1886.
- [S8163] Find a Grave page for Jemima Montague Church.
- [S8167] A Genealogy and History of the Church Family in America by Alice M. Church. Los Angeles, 1949., date only.
- [S3436] Massachusetts marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924, on familysearch.org.
- [S8162] Find a Grave page for Deacon John Church., date only.
- [S8164] History and Genealogy of the Montague Family of America, Descended from Richard Montague of Hadley, Mass., and Peter Montague of Lancaster Co., Va. by George Wm. Montague, ed. William L. Montague. Amherst, Massachusetts: Press of J. E. Williams, 1886., date only.
- [S8164] History and Genealogy of the Montague Family of America, Descended from Richard Montague of Hadley, Mass., and Peter Montague of Lancaster Co., Va. by George Wm. Montague, ed. William L. Montague. Amherst, Massachusetts: Press of J. E. Williams, 1886.