Elizabeth Montgomery

The children of John Montgomery and Martha Finley (JMMF) of Pennsylvania are as follows:

Joseph Montgomery (b. 1733, PA, very shortly after his parents arrived from Ireland). The most famous of all the children in these groups, he lead a distinguished life as a preacher, teacher, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. When looking for information on children of these families, this man is the one most often found and much detailed. He married Elizabeth Reed and Rachel Rush. He is the well-known “Rev Joseph Montgomery”. His counterpart Joseph is virtually unknown and was not likely a church officer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Montgomery

In 1769 he [Joseph Montgomery] was made pastor of a congregation in New Castle, Delaware, and continued there until 1777, when he joined the 1st Maryland Regiment of the Continental Army as a chaplain. He served with Colonel William Smallwood's unit for two years and was in major actions at Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, as well as the winter at Valley Forge. During his service, his wife (Elizabeth Reed) and two young daughters made their home with his relatives back at Paxtang (Harrisburg), and he returned there when discharged at the end of 1778.