Maritje ‘Maria’ Meijnderts Montague

Biography

Maritje Meijnderts (or Meijnerts) was born and baptized in Amsterdam on 14 December 1645 [1][2]

Mary's father was born Meindert Doedes(z) in Holland. When he came here they accidentally wrote his name: "Minor Doodes". The name Meindert is pronounced: minor. Therefore technically Mary's actual last name was Meijnderts (patronymic), but in most documentation you will find her surname written: "Minor." [3]

Peter Montague, (son of Peter) born about 1638 in what became Nansemond Co., Virginia, married, before 1665, Mary Minor, daughter of Meindert Doodes and his wife Mary, who were living in Nansemond, 1656.

Children:

1. Mary, married Thomas Payne
2. Peter (IV), married Elizabeth Morris
3. William,
4. Elizabeth (did not marry)
5. Catherine, married 1) George Twyman 2) Phillip Warrick
6. John (died young)

Source: Adventures of Purse and Person, Virginia by John Frederick Dorman. Page 451.

References

1. “Minor Family.” The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, vol. 8, no. 3, 1900, pp. 196–200. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1920207. Accessed 20 Mar. 2024.
2. WikiTree contributors, "Maritje (Meijnderts) Minor Montague (bef.1645-1682)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Meijnderts-3 : accessed 20 March 2024). Cites
   1. "Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948," images, FamilySearch (Baptism record Maritje right page right colum 4th entry from bottom: 13 September 2016), Nederlands Hervormde > Amsterdam > Dopen 1628-1646 > image 484 of 492; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague) provided by Jan Terink.
3. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I3721...