Thompson, JR William

William married Montague, Ellen about 1659 in Virginia, USA. Ellen (daughter of Montague (Monteacute), Peter and Hannah) was born about 1632 in James City (now Surry County), Virginia; died in 1659 in Lancaster County, VA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mention is her father, Peter Montegue's will:

"Item, I give to my daughter Ellen, the wife of Will Thompson, one thousand pounds of tobacco, and cask to be deducted, of a bill of thirteen hundred pounds of tobacco now due to me by the said Will Thompson."

Notes:

Norma Tucker, Colonial Virginians and their Mayland Relatives, Clearfield Company, Baltimore, 1994, page 195

Major Robert Thompson, died 1694. In 1655 Robert paid two tithes in Lancaster County. In 1660 he married Margaret (___) Welch, widow of John Welch, in Christ Church, Middlesex. Margaret, the wife, was probably a daughter of Robert Mascall or Miskill, who left bequests to Robert Thompson and his daughter Mary and to others.
Robert was said to have owned Land in New England. Issue:

A-Mary Thompson married Thomas Vahme; married (2) Samuel Clarke, Esq.
B-Josepb Thompson. Issue:
I-Joseph Thompson
C-William Thompson born 1624; died before 1694; spent some time in NewEngland (owned land in Gilford Connecticut, then went to Surry Co., VA. about 1642/3. One source says he returned to Braintree Mass in 1666 at age 68. That had to be another Williaml Thompson, as he would have been born in 1598.)
Willliam Thompson bought Lmcasler County, VA, land in 1636 frrom John Sharpe, sold it in 1656 and 16S8 and disappeared from the area. He mimed Ellen Montegue, daughter of Peter Montague who died 1659 Lancaster County.

Land Purchase Record, Source: :Library of Virgina

“To all &c Where ? Now Know Ye That I
the said Sir William Berkeley Knight Gov-
ernor do give and grant unto WILIAM
TOMPSON three hundred Acres of land
situate in the County of Lancaster and upon
the South side of Rappahannock River abut-
ting South East upon a Tract of land survey-
ed for Francis Brown, upon the North West
side of the Sandy Point Neck North East
upoon Rappahannock River North West up-
on the Clifts, South West into the woods. The
said land being formerly granted unto John
Sharpe by Patent dated the tenth of October
one thousand six hundred and fifty two and
by the said Sharpe sold and assigned unto the
said William Tompson To Have and To Hold
&c....Dated the nineteenth of July One thou-
sand six hundred and fifty five.”

William Thompson Death, Source: Ruth & Sam Sparacio, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA ORDER BOOK ABSTRACTS, 1673-1678. (P. 49.)

“Middlesex County Order Book Third day
of January 1675/6. Know All Men by these
presents that wee John Sumers & Elizabeth
My wife do make & appoynt John Johnson
our true and lawfull Attorney to prosecute
Thomas Haslewood & John Haslewood or
either of them, in an Accon of Debt for all
& everything That is or may be due to my
wife or me as ye daughter of William
Thompson lately deced, as fully as wee or
either of us might doe, allowing & ratifieing
what he shall doe therein. Witness our
hands this 7th day of November 1675.
/s/John Sumers
/s/Elizabeth Sumers”

William married Mathews, Cicely in Of, Middlesex Co, Va. Cicely (daughter of Mathews, GOVERNOR Samuel and Hinton, Mary Francis) was born about 1613 in Of, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England; died in 1654 in Of, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source: "George William Montegue, History and Genealogy of Peter Montegue of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia, and his Descendants, Carpenter & Morehouse, Amhurst, MA, 1894, page 57

Peter Montague’s Wil:
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“In the name of God amen, I Peter Montague being weak in body and perfect memory do make this my last will and testament, this the 27th of March 1659 in name and form following,
First I bequeath my soul into the hands of my redeemer Jesus Christ, and my body to be buried.
Item, my debts being first paid I give to my loving wife Cicely one third part of all my real and personal estate according to law.
Item, I give to my two sons Peter and Will Mountague all my land lying on Rappahannock river to them and their heirs forever, and the land being divided it is my will, that the elder is to have the first choice, and in case of want of heirs of either, the survivor to enjoy all the land, and in case both of them shall depart this life without heirs, lawfully begotten, then my will is that the said land be sold by the commissioners of this county after public notice given either at an outcry, or by an inch of candle and the produce thereof to be equally divided between my three daughters Ellen, Margaret, and Elizabeth, and the child of Ann late wife of John Jadwin, and in case of any of these shall died without issue, then the produce of the said land to be divided between the survivors.
Item, I give the other two thirds of my personal estate to my four children Peter, Will, Margaret, and Elizabeth to be equally divided among them.
Item, I give to my daughter Ellen, the wife of Will Thompson, one thousand pounds of tobacco, and cask to be deducted, of a bill of thirteen hundred pounds of tobacco now due to me by the said Will Thompson. Lastly I ordain my loving wife cicely and my son Peter jointly Executrix and Executor of this my last will and testament. In witness of the previous I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written 1659 interlined before the signing and sealing therof. (Signed) Peter Mountague, (Ye seal)”

Peter married Hannah before 1633 in Nansemond Co., Virginia, USA. died before 1645. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Hinton, Mary Francis about 1601 in Of, Lancaster, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Hinton, Sir Thomas and Palmer, Catherine) was born on 10 Oct 1601 in England; was christened on 10 Oct 1601 in Chilton, Foliat, Wiltshire, England; died in 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Allen, Eleanor (Helen) in 1600 in Of Burnham, Boven, Eng. Eleanor (daughter of Allen, William and Allen, Ellen) was born on 7 Feb 1579 in Burnham, Boveney, Bucks, England; was christened on 7 Feb 1580 in Burnham, Bucks, England; died in Jan 1656 in Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]