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

BRANCH OF HIS SON WILLIAM. »OT
THIRD GENERATION AND CHILDREN.
3170.
William Montague, Jr., son of William Montague, Sr. [6], b.
)0ut 1673.
The loss of records in both Lancaster and Middlesex envelops his
lildhood and youth in obscurity. The first record there is of him
)pears in Essex Co., where he is called William, Jr., son of William,
c, of Middlesex under date of 1699 at which time he was married
id his father was quite aged living near Montague island as can be
:en in his father's record. The following records, all from Essex
id Lancaster, show that from 1699 to the time of his death in 1733
s home was in Essex. The Essex court record of June 20, 1699,
is the following " ordered that the suit of Wm. Montague and
lizabeth his wife plaintiffs and Henry Webb and Katherine his wife,,
I dismissed for want of prosecution." The Va. Land office, book
424 under date of May 24, 1701 grants him 250 acres of land in
ssex. Feb. 10, 1703, he sold to his cousin William Montague, son
:
his uncle Peter Montague, 100 acres of land for 30/J" sterling
Lssex records]. The following is from the records of Lancaster :
A marriage bond Oct. 16, 1727, William Montague and Hannah
all. William Montague was living in Essex Co. and was under age
i certificate
from his father William Montague was filed with mar-
age bond."
He ;;/., before 1699, Elizabeth, dau. of . If they had other
lilclren besides the one son William, all record of them is lost and
tey are supposed to have died in infancy or youth. Certainly none
: the
other Montague names that are on the records preserved from
[at time, could have been his children. His wife died before him,
> she is not mentioned in his will. A copy of his will is given
slow.
child.
72. William, b. about 1707 or 1708.
THE WILL OF WILLIAM MONTAGUE [3170].
In the name of God amen. I William Montague Senior* of South Farnum
*He signs his name as William, Sr., this is correct. He is named on records of 1699 as
illiam, Jr., son of William, Sr., of Middlesex. But in 1733 he was William, Sr., and his son.
illiam, Jr.