William Montague (cleric)
William Montague was an Anglican cleric at Old North Church in Boston and St. Paul's in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Personal life[edit]
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[edit]
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][a] He lived on the south side High Street, near the intersection with East Street.[5][b]
Teaching career[edit]
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][c] He is said to have excelled as a teacher of mathematics.[1]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Slafter 1905, p. 89.
- ^ a b Slafter 1905, p. 117.
- ^ a b c Slafter 1905, p. 129.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c Clarke 1903, p. 12.
- ^ Hanson 1976, p. 155-156.
- ^ Dedham Historical Society 2001, p. 27.
- ^ a b Hanson 1976, p. 158.
- ^ Worthington 1827, p. 71.
- ^ Hurd 1884, p. 56.
- ^ Hanson 1976, p. 164.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Burt, Sally (January 2008). "Church History". St. Paul's Church. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
Works cited[edit]
- Dedham Historical Society (2001). Images of America:Dedham. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-0944-0. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. J. W. Lewis & Company. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- Hanson, Robert Brand (1976). Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890. Dedham Historical Society.
- Slafter, Carlos (1905). A Record of Education: The Schools and Teachers of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1644-1904. Dedham Transcript Press. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- Worthington, Erastus (1827). The history of Dedham: from the beginning of its settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827. Dutton and Wentworth. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- Clarke, Wm. Horatio (1903). Mid-Century Memories of Dedham. Dedham Historical Society.
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