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

408 DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
Middlesex. It is probable he resided both at his Essex homestead
and his Lancaster plantation at different times. Records show that he
was living in Lancaster in 1739, for he was a vestryman of St. Mary's
church in that year, and his Lancaster plantation was situated in the
parish of St. Marys. On the vestry list with his name, are the names
of Col. Ball, Major Ball, William Ball, Jr., Joseph Ball, Joseph Chinn,
Raleigh Chinn, Thomas Chinn and John Chinn. In 1728 [probably]
his first child [a son William] was born, and in 1730 or3i, his second
child [also a son, Thomas] was born and in two hours after this birth
his wife died [her tombstone] and he was left a widower at the early
age of about 24 years. The next mention there is of him is in his
father's will in 1733, and again in 1739 and 1743 as vestryman of the
Lancaster church. His wife Hannah was buried on the plantation
of her mother Mrs. Sarah Ball and by the side of her father, Capt.
Richard Ball. Her tombstone lies on the ground there at this date
[1894] broken into fragments and the piece bearing the dates is miss-
ing. There is no record of him after 1743. It is not known if he 1
married again. No record of his death, no will, nor any appraise-
ment of estate has been found either upon Lancaster, Essex or Mid-
dlesex records. Perhaps books were carried off, from court houses
during the late war, and were lost. His father's will, renders it cer-
tain that he had two sons.
3174. William, b. about 1728.
CHILDREN.
3175. Thomas, b. about 1730 or 31.
FIFTH GENERATION AND CHILDREN.
3174.
Capt. William Montague, son of William [3172], b. about 1728
in Lancaster.
He was born probably on the old Ball plantation which his mother
brought to his father at the time of their marriage, and this, may have
been a part of the estate of his ancestor Peter 1, the emigrant. The
place is near Lancaster Court House. When he was two or three
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