William Montague, I

William Montague was born in 1536 at Boveney, Berkshire, England and died on 20 March 1593/94 at Boveney, Berkshire, England.

Parents: Robert Montague and Margaret Catton of Warville, Berkshire, England.

Married:

1. on 27 May 1560 in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England to Margaret Malthaus of Pynfield,Berkshire, England. She was born 1531 in Binfield, Berkshire, England, the daughter of John Malthous (b. 1506), and married secondly to Thomas Grove on 3 Jul 1552 in Binfield, Berkshire, England.

Children of William Montague and Margaret Malthouse:

1. Robert Montague was christened 24 Mar 1561 in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England. He died Dec 1574 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England and was buried 26 Dec 1574 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England. [fn1]
2. William Montague, of Boveney, was christened 18 Apr 1562 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England. He died after 2 Oct 1640. [fn2]
3. Sarah Montague was christened 3 Jan 1563 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England. She died Feb 1564 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England and was buried 22 Feb 1564 in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England. [fn1]
4. Elizabeth Montague was christened 24 Jun 1565 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England. [fn1]
5. George Montague was christened 14 Sep 1567 and died Sep 1640. He married Susan, daughter of .... Norris. [fn3]
6. Anne Montague was born 1570 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England. She married 1st, Edward Smith and 2nd, Daniel Ballard. [fn4]
7. Peter Montague was born 1573 and died 16 Mar 1637/38. He married Ellen Allen of Burnham to become the parents of Peter Montague of Virginia. [fn5]

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Tina Siler found these notes from another genealogist on the internet:

The prior conclusion that Margaret Malthouse, wife of William Montague of Boveney, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, Eng. was the daughter of John Malthouse and his wife Margaret Bullock is proven invalid.

Per Myrtle S. Hyde's research into the "English Origins of Peter and Richard Montague", published in the New England History and Genealogy quarterly "Register" 1988, Vol 142, pgs 149-164. In the 1634 Visitation of Buckinghamshire, the pedigree indicates that Margaret Malthouse, the wife of William Montague of Boveney, was a widow when she married William in 1560. A search was made in the parish registers of Binfield, Berkshire, the residence attributed to Margaret by the visitation. Here, in 1552 Margaret Malthouse married a man by the name of Thomas Grove. From the parish register, "1552, Thomas Groffe (Grove) & Margerit Malthus were maried the iij(3rd) daie of Julye." The name "Groffe" then is actually Grove, and indeed Margaret's maiden name was Malthous. The Binfield parish registers can be viewed on the LDS microfilm (reel-088220) Margaret and her husband Thomas Grove had a daughter named Anne, baptized 13, Nov. 1554 at Binfield, and shortley prior to 1558 they moved to Dorney, the neighboring district to Boveney. Thomas Grove wrote his will dated Oct. 28, 1558, the will was probated 26, January 1558/9 (PCC, 23 Welles) Abstracts of the will of Thomas Grove are as follows:

"Thomas Grove of Dorney, Countye Buck, yeoman, to be buryed in the churche of Burneham; all my landes and tenements frehoulds, as well in the parishes of Dorney and Boveney in the countye of Buck as in the paryshes of Newe Wyndsor and Cluwer in the Countye of Berk, unto Anne Grove my daughter, and unto the seyd Anne all those my free holde lands called Lamberdes in the parishe of Burneham wytheall the woods there on groweinge, and to her heyres for ever",

there are other gifts to his eldest brother William, and to his nephew William Grove of the parishe of Wargrove. The will stated that if Anne Grove died without issue, the estate was to pass to the nephew William, son of William Grove of Wargrove. Then the will states that, "The resydue of all my goodes and cattalls unto Margarett my wyef, whom I ordayne Executryx" William Grove named his brother William, his nephew William and a man named Rychard Watlington to be the overseers of his will. 

Margaret (Malthouse) Grove remained a widow with a little daughter for only fourteen months before she married William Montague in 1560. In 1565 Anne Grove, daughter of Margaret Malthouse and step daughter of William Montague died, was buried 16th of August in 1565 at Burnham churche. The estate of Thomas Grove passed by the terms of his will to his nephew William, and this included the estate called Lamberdes in Burnham Parish.

When William Montague married Margaret (Malthouse) Grove, he moved into Lamberdes with her and her daughter Anne. Soon after the marriage, the estate came to be called "Mountagues Lambards". William Grove continued to allow William Montague and his Aunt Margaret to reside at Lambards, when he died his will dated 27 January 1579/80 and probated 12 February 1579/80 (PCC,6 Arundell) left his estate including "Mountague's Lambarde" to a nephew, with the following description attached:

"whearof ther is of meade grounde seaven acres of errable ground, neintene acres and these twoe parcelles be in Dorneye and Bovney in the Countie of Bucks and nowe bene in the Tenure and occupacon of Will'm Mountegewe and Margarete his wife or the one of them, and Fourtie acres of Woodgrounde beinge more or lesse called Lamberdes in the parishe of Burnham, letten by the yearlie rente of Twentie sixe shillinges eight pence, which rente I appointe that Margery my said wife shall receive." 

William Montague must have purchased part of this property, because on 24th of June 1606, several years after his death, the following was included in the will of one Thomas Eyre of East Burnham, gentleman, proved 5 May 1607 (PCC,40 Huddleston),

"all those other closes of arrable pasture & woods called Montagues Lambards whiche I lately purchased of Willyam Mountague within the parish of Burnhame Fortye Acres".

William Montague left no will, and Margaret (Malthouse) probably predeceased him, as administration of his estate was grated to their son William on 20 March 1594/5 (PCC,Admons. 1595,fo.128) 

The Margaret Malthouse who has a royal descent through her mother, Margaret Bullock, was baptized in Binfield, in 1558/9, and could therefore not be the Margaret Malthouse who married William Montague in 1560, as she would have only been a year old. Margaret Malthouse the wife of William Montague already had a daughter by her first husband, Thomas Grove, by 1554, which would place her date of birth at approximately 1536 or 1538 at the very least. 

That there were two Margaret Malthouse, with fathers both named John in Binfield, is indeed a mystery. But chronology alone, rules out Margaret the wife of William Montague as the Margaret Malthouse whose parents were John Malthouse and Margaret Bullock. All the accessible records indicate that there is no connection between the two Margaret Malthous', but further investigation may prove otherwise.

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grove-3245

Sources

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg2249.htm#43889
• The Visitation of Buckinghamshire in 1634
• Montague, George William. History and Genealogy of the Montague Family of America: Descended from Richard Montague of Hadley, Mass., and Peter Montague of Lancaster Co., Va., with Genealogical Notes of Other Families by Name of Montague. Amherst, Massachusetts: J. E. Williams, 1886.
• House of Montague - Montagues of Boveney (1505-1638)
• http://thepeerage.com/p15757.htm#i157565
• Myrtle Stevens Hyde, "The English Origin of Peter and Richard Montague," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 142 (whole number 566) (April 1988): 149-164.
• Hyde, Myrtle Stevens. (1988) "The English Origin of Peter and Richard Montague." New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR). Vol: CXLII (April). pg. 159. < AmericanAncestors >
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montague-33

Citations

[S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online <e-mail address>, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.

Footnotes

1. not listed in The Visitation of Buckinghamshire in 1634 (hereafter VOB).
2. He was a Master of Arts and sometimes fellow of Kings College, Cambridge. VOB.
3. Listed as second son. VOB.
4. VOB.
5. Listed as third son. 2nd son of Peter, "now in Virginia, 1634." VOB.