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

76 DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
66. ThomaSi b. about 1755.
67. William, b. about 1758.
CHILDREN.
68. Charlotte, b. about 1760, in. Lieut. Richard Montague [105] which
69.
Child, b. probably 1764.
see for continuation of record.
24.
Colonel Philip Montague,* son of Thomas, Jr., [12] b. April
13, 1736, bapt. April 15, 1736, in Christ Church, Middlesex Co., Va.
He served in the war of the Revolution, where he obtained the
title of Colonel. He resided in the upper part of Middlesex. A
tradition exists in one branch of his descendants, that his father's
family lived in the Northern Neck of Va., probably meaning Lancas-
ter or that part of it which is now Richmond Co., and that Colonel
Philip moved from there to Middlesex, bought land near Montague
island, and built a house which was still standing in 1891. However
this may be, the family record of his father, Thomas, Jr., is recorded
in the vestry books of Christ Church, Middlesex. The house above
alluded to was afterward owned by Col. Edmond H. Montague [242]
after his death it was purchased by Mr. Mortimer Evans [805]. It
is near the Rappahannock and joins "Nesting" farm. It has two
rooms with a hallway through, and with a wing added on. Rooms
above stairs were low pitched. It was a fine farm.
* Calendar Papers, Vol. 3, p. 216, under date of July 13, 1782, concerning Middlesex Co.
has the following: " Philip Montague, commanding officer, writes to the Governor that—
'having received two orders from the Commissioner of War to hold in perfect readiness onefourth
of the militia and one-sixth properly accoutred and officered to march to Yorktown,
he takes the liberty to inform his Excellency of the peculiar situation of that county, and he
believes that instead of drawing men from them, assistance should be sent to defend the Co.
against the barges and privateers of the enemy, and from the ravages of a plundering set
whose cruelties no man can judge of who has not felt them.' He begs that two posts be
established, one at Pine Top at the end of the peninsular toward the Chesapeake bay, the
other at Urbanna, which alone could give security to the people. He gives an instance of a
privateer schooner and two barges that had been for several days in and about the mouth of
the Rappahannock and Pianakitank rivers capturing by water, and landing and robbing the
inhabitants of their 'all'." He adds "that during the past year when the army was in that
neighborhood 50 or 60 guns were impressed from the inhabitants, thus depriving them of the
means of defense, and begs that the Co. may be supplied with public arms in place of those,
as soon as convenient." Vol. 8, p. 91, has the following " Proceedings of the District Com-
mittee of Essex and Middlesex Cos. for choice of officers for a Company of Regulars Feb. 20,
1776. The committee of Middlesex appointed James Montague, Lewis Montague, Thomas
Segar, and Philip Montague, or any three of them, to act as their members on said District
Committee. Pg. 173—May 8, 1776, warrants were issued for £4 to James Montague, and
^9-15-2 to Philip Montague for services rendered in Middlesex militia.