History And Genealogy Of The Montague Family Of America Descended From Richard Montague Of Hadley Mass And Peter Montague Of Lancaster Co Va

Author : Richard Montague
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230439433
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Meeting of the Montague Family at Hadley, Mass. , Aug. 2 1882 written by Richard Montague and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... The Chairman: --Two hundred and twenty-two years ago, the first Richard Montague settled in this place. One hundred and sixteen j-ears from his settlement, his great-grandson, Major Richard Montague, was with Washington and the American army before Boston. And to-day, -- one hundred and six years later, -- a greatgrandson of this Revolutionary hero, and one bearing his name, is present, and will address you on "The Montague Family in America." I have the honor to introduce the Rev. Richard Montague of Providence, R.I.2 ADDRESS OF REV. RICHARD MONTAGUE, ON THE MONTAGUES IN AMERICA. Mr. Chairman, Friends And Kinsfolk, Fair Dames And Good Men, Strong Lads And Bright Lasses, Of The Name And Blood Of Montague, -- What a goodly company is this! Cousins all to-day, if never before or after. We rejoice in one blood and in a common heritage. "Several blackguards among them, but not one blockhead that I ever heard of,"--this was the terse account of her kinsfolk, which her grandfather gave to the Jane Welsh who afterwards married Thomas Carlyle. It is clear that old Mr. Welsh was no excessive enthusiast in heraldry. Nor is any one of us, perchance, disposed to put undue stress on ancestry. Yet it gives me unfeigned pleasure, and it is, we will all surely agree, an occasion of hearty gratulation, that, after considerable research into our family annals, and a somewhat extended correspondence with the living generation, I can honestly say of our ancestors, at the outset, "Blackguards none, and blockheads none, that I have yet heard of." We may look one another in the face to-day with self-respect, and with profound gratitude for a worthy succession of progenitors. Our forefathers may have been plain men, humble men; but they were able men, faithful...