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

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From the year 1500 to the year 1550, two brothers lived in the
County of Buckingham and Parish of Burnham, England.
Their names were ,
William Montague, and
John Montague.
The younger brother John Montague married Cecily # # # , his
will was proved Dec. 26, 1552. His children were Thomas, Edmund,
Ursula. Thomas the eldest, called Thomas of Phalley, married
Elizabeth # * * # . . His will was dated Jan. 14, 1599. His sons
were Abraham, John of Penn (who married Katty) and Thomas.
Abraham the eldest was Vicar of Stokes Poges, Buckinghamshire, in
1620. His will was dated in 1629. He had a daughter Elizabeth,
m. to Robert Foord, a son Abraham baptized 29 Jan., 1627', buried
4th Jan., 1628. John of Penn had a son William, who married
Agnes, and a daughter Ann, who was married in 161 7.
The elder brother,
I. William Montague, was the ancestor of the Virginia family.
He resided at Boveney, parish of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, a
hamlet on the Thames, just above Eton college and twenty-three
miles from London.
He married Joan # *.
His will was proved March 21, 1550.
His children were
(1 .)
William Montague (of Bray), whose son was William Montague
of Waldeston, Bucks,
(2.)
(3.)
(4.)
Robert,
Alice,
Katherine.
II. Robert Montague, the second son, married Margaret, dau.
of Roger Cotton of Wardville (probably Warneld), Berkshire. He
was buried Jan. 10, 1575. He left two sons,
(1.) Lawrence, and
(2.) William.
Lawrence Montague, the elder, was Vicar of Dorney, # Bucking-
hamshire. He vi. Joan, dau. of * * Radcliffe of Wycombe, Bucks.
* Dorney is i\ miles west of Eton, and was an adjoining manor to Boveney, both of these
manors seemed to have been owned by the "Girrard family, and afterward by Charles H.
Palmer, whose ancestor, Sir James Palmer, Knight, married the daughter of Sir William
Garrard who died in 1607." Lysons Magna Brit. Vol. 1, 530. The parish of Burnham was