Elizabeth Montague

Elizabeth Merry was born ABT 1674 in Denbigh Parish, Warwick County, Virginia and died 1 APR 1755 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia - Admin

• Parents:  Thomas Merry of Denbigh Parish. See notes

Married

1. about 1690 in Middlesex County, Virginia to Peter Montague (1665-1701).  He was the son of Peter Montague (1639-1682) & Maria Minor.
2. 1703 in Middlesex County, Virginia to Rice Curtis (1681-1753).  He was the son of Giles Curtis (1661-1699) & Mary.

Children of Peter Montague

1. Thomas Montague b: 1694 in Warwick County, Virginia
2. Peter Montague

Children of Rice Curtis

1. Rice Curtis b: 3 SEP 1704 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia

Notes

• Peter Montague IV married Elizabeth Merry, daughter of Thomas Merry of Denbigh Parish, Warwick County. The connection is documented in a deed from Peter to his "father-in-law" Thomas Merry of 24 Feb 1695/6.  Peter's will was administered 1 Mar 1702/3, and on the same day Thomas Meris(Merry) gifted a slave to his daughter Elizabeth Montague, with reversion to her sons Thomas and Peter Montague. Elizabeth then remarried to Rice Curtis in 1703.
• Adventures of Purse and Person Virginia, 1607-1625, Virginia Meyer & John Dorman, 1987. Page 61: Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Morris, as she was mentioned in his will, along with grandsons, Peter and Thomas Montague. A minister of Christ Church at one point was a Rev. Morris. Destruction of the church records prevent more knowledge of him.

Sources

• Adventures of Purse and Person, 1987, page 453

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&...