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

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mond, Va. and was afterward district attorney. He was also a friend
of William Wirt. He was the son of William and Eleanor [Young]
Wallace. His grandfather Herbert Wallace, a native of Scotland m.
a Miss Douglass and came to Md. He claimed lineal descent from
Malcolm Wallace a brother of Sir William Wallace, the Scottish chief.
Mrs. Frances [Montague] Wallace d. Oct. 17, 1791 at the birth of
her second child. After her death, he m. (2), Mary Quigley but had
no issue.
CHILDREN.
3189. William Montague, b. Nov. 2, 1789, in Montgomery Co., Md.
3190. Frances Montague, b. Oct. 17, 1791.
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Capt. John Montague, son of Capt. William [3174],
b. about
1756 in Essex or Lancaster, Va.; ;//. (1), Dec. 14, 1776 [Ch. Ch. record],
Catherine Yates, perhaps dau. of Rev. Bartholomew Yates and sister
of Sarah Yates, who m., John Chinn. The marriage bond in M.
records is dated Nov. 23, 1776, Samuel Montague signed the bond
with Capt. John. After her death he m. (2), before 1794, Mary Stan-
Valles at the Norman conquest. Philip de Valois, king of France, is termed "Le Valeys"
in old writings. There are no less than seventeen Wallace coats of arms, mentioned in
Edmondson's Heraldry. One only is here given, "Gules, a cross masculy botonnee or,
voided of the field." That the name has been illustrious in the history of Scotland is as well
known as that the name of Washington is in America. The progenitor of the Wallace family,
Eimerus Galeius, appears among the witnesses to the charter of the Abbey of Kelso founded
by David I., in 1128. He was great-great-grandfather of Adam Wallace of Ricarton, the
father of 1, Richard; 2, Malcolm, who was the father of that immortal hero Sir William
Wallace. Herbert Wallace, a native of Scotland, claimed lineal descent from Malcolm
Wallace, brother of the Great Sir William Wallace, in. Miss [or Mrs.] Douglass, and came
to Maryland. They had issue two sons, namely, 1, James Wallace, and 2, William Wallace.
These two brothers owned a large tract of land in Maryland, called "Brothers Industry."
1. James Wallace m. Susanna Young, who was b. 1738. Their children were, 1, Eleanor
Young Wallace, who m. Charles Young ; 2, James, who d. S. P.; 3, John, a physician, who
m. Fanny Taylor and moved to Henry Co., Ky., had issue Eleanor, who m., 1824, Thomas
Herndon ; 4, William, who d. S. P.; 5, Mary, who was living at the old homestead at an
advanced age, 1887; 6, Elizabeth, who in. James Anderson. M. D.. of Rockville, Md., and
had Thomas Anderson, a lawyer of Rockville. 2, William Wallace 111. Eleanor Young, sister
of Susanna Young. They resided at "Ellerslie," in Montgomery Co., Md. Their children
were, 1, Alexander, who in. Frances Montague; 2, William, who in, Miss Magruder, and had
Edwin, and Malcolm who went to Ala. and became distinguished lawyers :
3, James, M. D.,
d. S. P.; 4, Charles, d. S. P.; 5, Robert, who m. Mary Key Watts, resided in Washington,
had Richard, Frances Rebecca, and Mary Anne ;
6, John. m. three times, had by third wife
Harriet Vinson, John, William, Edwin, Roberta, Elizabeth, Mary E., Pmiena who in. Mr.
Williams; 7, Mary, in. John Anderson; 8, Anne, in. Richard Anderson [Rev. Col.]; 9,
Eleanor, in. Samuel B. Magruder. This lady had the entire care of the two children of Alex.
and Frances [Montague] Wallace until they arrived at maturity.