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- . Robt. Montgomery, married secondly, June 22, 1788, Elizabeth, daughter. of Dr. James Newell of Allentown whose wife was Elizabeth Lawrence, & had 2 children. Mrs. Montgomery died May 21 1845, at the age of 93 years. Robt. Montgomery had died some years previous to this on July 5, 1828. He was buried at the old yard at Allentown. Leaving no son, he was succeeded in the representation of the family by Austin Montgomery, the son of this brother.
Ref: The Curio, Vol. 1, 1888.
Note1: Mrs. Montgomery would be Miss E Newell. Elizabeth Lawrence was her mother. - PJA 2010.
. Children of Robt. & Elisabeth Lawrence Newell are:
1.Esther Montgomery married her cousin Samuel Cooke Newell in 1817.
Their children Elizabeth Newell Married Wm. Passmore;
Sarah married Bennington Gill,
Robert, d. age 11;
Lucy married Theodore Stagg; and
Hetty Newell married Geo. W. Watson.
2. and Lucy Montgomery d. 1856, married Samuel Cook Newell.
. 'The Eglinton, NJ folk of those days were first Aunt Lucy, Miss Lucy Montgomery; she was Robert Montgomery's daughter,
& the sister of my grandmother, Esther Montgomery Newell, and it was she who inherited Eglinton.
. Then there was Cousin Eliza Lawrence; Elisha Lawrence was member of the General Assembly of New Jersey in 1721, his daughter Elizabeth Lawrence married my great-great-grandfather, Dr. James Newell, and Cousin Eliza Lawrence was the daughter of Elizabeth Lawrence's brother.'
Note2: Again apparently miss named by the author, Elizabeth Lawrence was the mother, and Elizabeth Newell was their daughter.
Ref: Those Paris Years, by Samuel N Watson, 1936. - - -
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