Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameMONTAGUE, Peter II 
Birth Date21 Jan 1603
Birth PlaceBoveney, Windsor, England
OccupationMerchant
Death Date25 May 1659 Age: 56
Death PlaceLancaster County, Virginia
FlagsImmigrant
Immi Date1621 Age: 17
Immi PlaceVirginia
Memoship “Charles”
FatherMONTAGUE, Peter Sr. (ca1573-1638)
MotherALLEN, Eleanor (1579-1655)
Misc. Notes
Second son of Peter Montague of Boveny, parish of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, and wife Ellenor Allen.
Arrived in Jamestown in 1621 aboard the Charles. In 1624-1625, at age 21, was listed with Captain Samuel Mathews men. He had three wives, the last of which was Cicely, daughter of Governor Mathews. He had many descendants (all apparently from his second marriage) who were active in colonial Virginia, many named Peter and William. A number appear in this timeline.
Patented 150 acres in New Norfolk in 1637; obtained a land grant in Nansemond County in 1642; in 1645 patented another 150 acres in New Norfolk; and in 1647 was granted 100 acres in "Nansimum" county. In 1658/9 patented 400 acres in Lancaster county.
Represented Nansemond in House of Burgesses, 1652-1653, Commissioner of Lancaster County, 1656-1657. Burgess for Lancaster, 1658; appointed sheriff of Lancaster in 1658.
Peter, and many of the other early Montagues of Virginia, lived on Montague's Island in Middlesex County, Virginia. A number were buried there.
Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5 is unusually detailed and has considerable information on Peter and his immediate descendants. A footnote notes that until around 1700 in Virginia the name was usually spelled Mountague, but also notes at least one legal document from Virginia at this time using the spelling Mountecough. Does anyone know if this spelling has been common elsewhere?
Arrived in Jamestown in 1621 aboard the Charles. In 1624-1625, at age 21, was listed with Captain Samuel Mathews men. He had three wives, the last of which was Cicely, daughter of Governor Mathews. He had many descendants (all apparently from his second marriage) who were active in colonial Virginia, many named Peter and William. A number appear in this timeline.
Patented 150 acres in New Norfolk in 1637; obtained a land grant in Nansemond County in 1642; in 1645 patented another 150 acres in New Norfolk; and in 1647 was granted 100 acres in "Nansimum" county. In 1658/9 patented 400 acres in Lancaster county.
Represented Nansemond in House of Burgesses, 1652-1653, Commissioner of Lancaster County, 1656-1657. Burgess for Lancaster, 1658; appointed sheriff of Lancaster in 1658.
Peter, and many of the other early Montagues of Virginia, lived on Montague's Island in Middlesex County, Virginia. A number were buried there.
Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5 is unusually detailed and has considerable information on Peter and his immediate descendants. A footnote notes that until around 1700 in Virginia the name was usually spelled Mountague, but also notes at least one legal document from Virginia at this time using the spelling Mountecough. Does anyone know if this spelling has been common elsewhere?
Research
"The History and Genealogy of Peter Montague of Nansemond County & Lancaster Co., Virginia 1621-1894." By George William Montague, Published 1894.