History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

I TO DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
333.
Elizabeth,
334. Jane, b.
337- Philip, b.
338. Charlotte, b
339- Frances, b
34°- Nancy A?in, b
341.
342.
Catherine,
Currie,
CHILDREN.
; m. Lewis Mickelborough. Mrs. Susanna S.
Mountain, Harmony Village, Middlesex Co., Va.,
Mrs. Dr. Pitt, same address, mother of Rev. Dr.
Pitt, Richmond, are among her descendants.
; 7u. Rev. Abraham Montague [332].
335. Penelope, b.
; ;//. Wm. Latane Montague [77].
336. Charles Ludwell, b. 1780, d. 1830; he m. (1) a Miss Montague, probably
Clarissa dau. of William Montague [69], (2)
a Miss Howard. His son Charles H. lived in
Richmond, his son John lived in Huntsville, Ala.,
both dead. Charles d. Dec. 4, 1890, his widow
resides in Richmond, Va.
, m. Miss Jacobs.
, m. Robert Ware, d. S. P.
Feb. 14, 1792, m. Philip Montague [237].
, m. Rev. John Currie Montague [345], son of
John Currie and Charlotte [107].
, m. Edmond L. Dillard, her children are in!
Middlesex, her son Edmond L. Dillard, Bay Port,'!
Middlesex Co.
, m. Mildred Hutchings.
*Lee. This name in England is much older than the Norman
Conquest and is anciently derived from the Anglo-Saxon leah,
equivalent to the German loh and the Latin lucus. The modern
English word Lea, means a meadow. The name has been variously
spelled, Lee, Lea, Legh, Leghe, Leigh, Ley, Leye, all having a common
origin. In England it was a large family, and in 1620 there was
scarcely a Co. in England which did not contain from one to six Lee
seats, manors, or mansions, while the various Counties were dotted
over with Lee villages, towns and rivers. Through the early history
of England the Lees have been noted for chivalry, bravery, and
courage united with amiability and nobility of character. In the
church of St. Albans, in Hertfordshire was a very noble font of solid
brass wherein the children of the kings of Scotland were wont to be
baptized ;
which font Sir Richard Lee brought, among spoils taken
in the Scotch wars, and gave to this church. It bears the following
inscription in Latin : "When Leith, a town of good account in Scot-
land, and Edinburgh, the principal city of that nation, were on fire,
Sir Richard Lee, Knight, saved me out of the flames and brought mej