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

BRANCH OF HIS SON PETER. 67
the forks of the Pamunkey river and along its branches, very near to
the Co. line of Spotts. By a deed of gift dated April 25, 1750,
recorded same day [Book 11, 188] Peter Mountague gives to his
children, viz. : Peter, William, John Merry, Mary Ann, and Caty,
250 acres to each of the two first-named sons, and a servant and cow
and calf to each of the other children. No record of his death [or
the death of his wife] has been found, nor any will on record. The
church records have all been destroyed. The first church built in
Orange Co. was as early as 1723, and was used in 1740. It stood
about ten miles northwest of Orange C. H., on a portion of land
owned in 1857, by Mr. Robert Brooking. A short distance from
where this church stood was the residence of Benj. Cave, Sr., a first
settler, and whose name has been perpetuated in one branch of the
Montagues, by intermarriage with his descendants. The middle or
brick church was situated about three miles southeast of Orange C.
H. on the old road to Fredericksburg, on land originally owned by
James Taylor, Sr., an old settler, and ancestor of Gen. Zach. Taylor.
It was built about 1750 and has entirely disappeared, torn down,
carried off, brick by brick. The altar pieces rent into fragments and
attached as ornaments to household furniture. The Pine Stake
church, built about 1750, near Mountain Run, fifteen miles northeast
of Orange C. H., on land originally owned by Francis Taliaferro, Sr.
The vestry books all lost.
CHILDREN.
26. Thomas, b. Oct. 28, 1728, in Middlesex Co., Va.,* d. March 30,.
1730-
27. Peter, b. about 1732, probably in Orange Co.; d. 1820, aged
88 years.
28. William, b. about 1734 or 5, in Orange Co.
29. John Merry, b. " 1736, " " "
30. Mary Ann, b. " 1738, " " "
31. Caty [Catherine}] b. " 1740, " " "
* Christ Church records.
14.
Abraham Montague, son of William [10], b. — ; bapt. Sept. 28,
1 701, in Christ Church, Middlesex Co., Va.
Early in life he removed to Essex Co. where he ;;/. about 1723,
Charlotte Latane', dau. of Rev. Lewis Latane,* Rector of South
Farnham parish, Essex Co. This parish was erected in 1692. There