. The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits. of a miller and baker, as well as a modestlibrary of books. In 1659, Montague moved up the riverto Hadley, where he obtained land close to the church andthe palisade. He served as selectman In 1671 and 1677,was clerk of the writs In 1681, and active as a baker,miller, and farmer. He belonged to a family long devotedto Episcopacy, If he was of the Boveney line, and possiblymoved often on account of his religio
. The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits. of a miller and baker, as well as a modestlibrary of books. In 1659, Montague moved up the riverto Hadley, where he obtained land close to the church andthe palisade. He served as selectman In 1671 and 1677,was clerk of the writs In 1681, and active as a baker,miller, and farmer. He belonged to a family long devotedto Episcopacy, If he was of the Boveney line, and possiblymoved often on account of his religious views. His wife,however, was a member of the Puritan church wherevershe went. He died at Hadley, 14 December, 1681, leavinga considerable estate; and his wife survived until 8 Novem-ber, 1699, living with her younger son John. Their otherchildren were Mary, Sarah, Martha, Peter, and portrait here reproduced Is said to representRichard. It Is from a miniature on copper, one and eleven-sixteenths Inches high by one and seven-sixteenths Incheswide, owned by Henry W. Montague, Esq., of Boston. Visitation of Buckinghamshire in Suffolk Memorial Families. 428. RICHARD MONTAGUE i6i4(?)-i68i Miniature (429 THE r*EW ^0?.^.PUBLIC LIBRARYi TH PEN fOUN«AT>0«S I When William Pepperrell, the young curer of fish at theIsles of Shoals, came in 1677 to do business with JohnBray, the merchant and shipbuilder at Kittery Point, hefell in love with Margery, the merchants daughter. Shewas then seventeen, and he, like Jacob, had to wait for hisRachel, although William served only a week for everymonth that Jacob served. On land near Brays house, whichstill stands, they built the Pepperrell mansion that becamefamous later as the birthplace of Margerys sixth William, the conqueror of Louisburg, the Governor ofMassachusetts, and the friend of Lord Mayors and Kingsacross the water. Mrs. Pepperrell taught her children to read, to write, andto do sums. An English
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