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

128 DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
443. Pleasant, b. . He
444. Daughter, b. , m. Mr. Wilson.
445. John, b. . He
CHILDREN.
was raised mostly by his uncle, Jesse Daniel,
whose dau. Elizabeth he married. He removed to
another county. Both are dead. He was a very fine
man. They had six daughters.
was raised by his uncle, Henry Daniel, well
educated, graduated at Transylvania University, read
law with his Uncle Henry and was a lawyer of fine
talent. He d. July 13, 1854, unmarried.
446. Polly, b. ; m. (1) Thomas Jefferson Jouitt, he soon died. She
had a son, Edward Jouitt, who resides in Winchester,
Ky. She in. (2) Mr. Hampton, by whom she had a
son, who also resided in Winchester.
136.
Capt. Peter Mickelborough Daniel, son of James and Eliza-
beth [Montague 51] Daniel, b. Sept. 22, 1763, in Orange or Louisa
Co., Va.
He entered the Revolutionary army in 1779 at the age of 16, and
served during the war. He resided upon the old homestead in
Louisa, and was the only one of his father's family who did not
remove to Ky. He was a member of Va. Legislature from Louisa
Co. 21 years, from 1802 to 1824. M. Oct. 9, 1810, Miss Anne
Pemberton Gooch, dau. of Stephen Gooch # of Prince William Co.,
Va. She d. 1840. He d. Oct., 1856. His will dated Sept. 8, 1856,
proved Louisa Co. Dec. 8, 1856. His portrait is preserved by his;
dau. Mrs. Tomson.
* Sir William Gooch, Bart., was governor of Va., 1727 to 1738. He was b. in Great Yarmouth,
Co. Norfolk, Eng-., Oct. 21, 1681. He d. Dec. 17, 1751, and was buried in St. Nicholas
church, South Yarmouth, near his mother and other relatives. His tombstone says " he was
the only Gov. abroad against whom inhabitant or merchant never once complained." In
1738 William Anne, Earl of Albemarle was Governor and Major William Gooch was Lieut.-
Governor of Va. On the " Temple Farm," the seat of Gov. Spottswood, at Yorktown, was
found buried under ground an old tombstone. "Major William Gooch of this parish died
Oct. 29, 1655."
" Within this tomb, there doth interred lie,
No shape, but substance, true nobility.
Itself though young in years, just twenty-nine,
Yet graced with virtues moral and divine ;
The church from him did good participate,
In counsel rare, fit to adorn a state."
In the mansion house on this farm Lord Cornwallis met Washington and signed the
articles of capitulation. Dr. Thomas Gooch was Bishop of Bristol, and Prebendary of Canterbury
in 1738. He married Penelope, daughter of Compton, Earl of Northampton. On
the list of the living in Va. in 1623 and 1624 the name is not mentioned.