William Montague (cleric)

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William Montague was an Anglican cleric at Old North Church in Boston and St. Paul's in Dedham, Massachusetts.

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Personal life

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Montague was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts on September 23, 1757 to Joseph and Sarah Henry Montague. [1] He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1784. [1]

He was married to Jane Little. [2] [3] Their daughter, also named Jane Little Montague, was a teacher at the Mill Village School and the First Middle School in Dedham. [2] Another daughter, Sarah Ann Montague, taught in the East Street School. [3] She had a son who served in the Civil War as a captain in the 38th Infantry Regiment. [3]

While in England, Montague obtained the musket ball that killed Joseph Warren. [4] [5] His son, William Henry Montague, donated it to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, an organization he helped found. [4] Montague also fought in the Revolutionary War. [4]

He died in Dedham July 22, 1833. [1] [4]

Ministry

He was ordained by Bishop Samuel Seabury of Connecticut. [1] Montague was rector of Old North Church in Boston from 1787 to 1792. [1] After traveling to London in 1790, he became the first minister ordained in America to occupy a pulpit of the English Church. [1]

In May 1777, Rev. William Clark, a Tory, was charged by the Board of Selectmen in Dedham of being a traitor to the American Revolution. [6] [7] He was arrested and jailed for 10 weeks on a prison ship. [8] [9] In June 1778, Fisher Ames obtained a pass for him and Clark was allowed to leave America. [8] [10] It was not until 1791 that the congregation regrouped and called Montague. [11] [12]

Montague received a salary in Dedham of £100 sterling. [13] He remained in the Dedham church until 1818. [1] [lower-alpha 1] He lived on the south side High Street, near the intersection with East Street. [5] [lower-alpha 2]

Teaching career

Monatague taught in the First Middle School for three winters in 1793–94, 1794–95, and 1795–96. [1] In 1800, he taught in Dorchester. [1] [lower-alpha 3] He is said to have excelled as a teacher of mathematics. [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Burgess has his departure as being in 1815. [12]
  2. ↑ The Titcomb family later lived in this house. [5]
  3. ↑ His assistant was Lawrence Sprague, the son of Dr. John Sprague of Dedham. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Slafter 1905, p. 89.
  2. 1 2 Slafter 1905, p. 117.
  3. 1 2 3 Slafter 1905, p. 129.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Parker, Frederic W. (1898). "Bullet taken from the Body of Gen. Warren, who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill". The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 52. Heritage Books: 147. ISBN   978-0-7884-0916-5.
  5. 1 2 3 Clarke 1903, p. 12.
  6. ↑ Hanson 1976, p. 155-156.
  7. ↑ Dedham Historical Society 2001, p. 27.
  8. 1 2 Hanson 1976, p. 158.
  9. ↑ Worthington 1827, p. 71.
  10. ↑ Hurd 1884, p. 56.
  11. ↑ Hanson 1976, p. 164.
  12. 1 2 Burgess, Ebenezer (1840). Dedham Pulpit: Or, Sermons by the Pastors of the First Church in Dedham in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries. Perkins & Marvin. p. 515. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  13. ↑ Burt, Sally (January 2008). "Church History". St. Paul's Church. Retrieved May 6, 2021.

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