Continental Congressman. In 1755 he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and was appointed headmaster of the college's grammar school. In 1760 he received a master's degree from the College of Philadelphia and Yale College. He became a Presbyterian minister and pastored congregations in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania throughout the 1760s and early 1770s. In 1777 he was commissioned Chaplain of Colonel Smallwood's Regiment, a Maryland unit in the Continental Army. During the Revolution he returned to Paxtang and in November 1780, he was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly, serving until 1782. From 1782 to 1783 he was a member of the Continental Congress. In 1783 he was elected again to the Pennsylvania Assembly and was appointed one of the commissioners to mediate the dispute between Pennsylvania's government and settlers from Connecticut over lands in western Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley. When Dauphin County was separated from Lancaster County in 1785, Montgomery was appointed the new county's first Recorder of Deeds and Register of Wills, an office in which he served until his death.
Continental Congressman. In 1755 he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and was appointed headmaster of the college's grammar school. In 1760 he received a master's degree from the College of Philadelphia and Yale College. He became a Presbyterian minister and pastored congregations in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania throughout the 1760s and early 1770s. In 1777 he was commissioned Chaplain of Colonel Smallwood's Regiment, a Maryland unit in the Continental Army. During the Revolution he returned to Paxtang and in November 1780, he was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly, serving until 1782. From 1782 to 1783 he was a member of the Continental Congress. In 1783 he was elected again to the Pennsylvania Assembly and was appointed one of the commissioners to mediate the dispute between Pennsylvania's government and settlers from Connecticut over lands in western Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley. When Dauphin County was separated from Lancaster County in 1785, Montgomery was appointed the new county's first Recorder of Deeds and Register of Wills, an office in which he served until his death.
Bio by: Bill McKern
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