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- [Guy St. Denis - Byron: Pioneer Days in Westminster Township, p119] [William] Montague was a whitesmith, or tinsmith, who made cutlery, gun barrels and other such fine forging work. In 1811 he took his family to the United States and settled near Roxbury, then six miles from Boston. Afterwards, he moved to Biddeford, Maine where he worked in a shipyard at the mouth of the Saco River.
When war broke out in 1812 Montague removed with his familyt o Upper Canada by way of Albany, New York and enlisted in the 49th Regiment. As the regimental armourer it was Montague's responsibility to maintain the guns and other arms in good repair; this position, however, did not preseve him from actual military service. During the Battle of Lundy's Lane his company was ordered to reinforce the British who, like their foe, suffered manmy casualties during this engagement. After the war Montague and his familyh returned to the United States and lived near Albany until 1816. In that year the Montagues removed to the Long Point settlement in Upper Canada, and in 1817 they took up residence in London Township. William Montague remained there clearing and famring a considerable amount of land until he died on September 26, 1822. His wife survived him until 1858.
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