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

414 DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
Tarplay) and either moved to a plantation in the Co. of Richmond or
else his wife moved there soon after his death. No record of his
death is found but it is believed that he died soon after 1784. Frequent
mention is made on court records after that date, of Mrs. Winifred
G. Montague, but none of her husband. He died before 1801.
Records of Lancaster have the following :
" At a court of quarterly
sessions held on Thursday, Aug. 19, 1801, Present James Ball, Wm.
Chowning, Wm. Kirk, Wm. Yerbury and Wm. Montague. The cause
tried was Mrs. Winifred G. Montague vs. John M. Smith. Wm. Mon-
tague not sitting in this case." The William Montague here mentioned
was probably her husbandls half brother [Capt. William 3180]. "At
a monthly court held Monday, Dec. 21, 1801, present, James Ball,
Wm. Chowning, Wm. Gibson and William Montague ;
the case called
was Wm. Montague vs. Thomas T. Montague, upon a motion for the
amt. of an execution. Wm. Montague did not sit in this case." The
will of Mrs. Winifred Griffin Montague is found in Richmond Co.,
dated May 13, 1804, admitted to probate, July 7, 1806. She men-
tions her daughter Willamira W. Haynie, her daughter Harriet Mon-
tague and her son Thomas Tarplay Montague and appoints James
Williams executor and her dau. Mrs. Haynie, executrix. She prob-
ably died in 1806.
CHILDREN.
3185. Willamira W., b. about 1773, m. Capt. John Haynie.
3186. Harriet, b. about 1775.
3187. Thomas Tarplay, b. about 1777.
3188. Winifred, b. about 1779.
3178.
Frances Montague, dau. of Capt. William [3174], b. about 1754,
in E^ssex Co., Va. She was a lady possessing considerable wealth
and culture, belonging to a family who possessed large estates inVa.
situated on the Rappahannock river. One estate called " Prospect
View" or "Prospect Hill," the view from which was ten miles up and
ten miles down the river. She m., Nov. 1, 1787*, Alexander Wal-
lace! of Rockville, Md. He studied law under Col. Peachy of Rich-
* Records of Christ Church.
t There are several derivations for the name of Wallace. From " Gwallog," a British
name, and from " Wallis," meaning Welsh, or a native of Wales. Others say that Walles,
Wallis, Waleys, Wallase or Wallace is derived from Valles, now Vaux, situated near Erie or
Yaire, in the Beauvoisin in France, the manor and castle of which belonged to Ralph de
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