The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-08
The Montagues i'm America.

MAINSPRING.
The MOntagues I'm America.
SOMETHING OF A REUNION OF THE DESCEND
ANTS OP RICHARD MONTAGUE, WHO SETTLED
IN MASSACHUSETTS IN 1660--RICHMOND FIG
UREs AMONGST TIE SCATTERED BRANCHES
BROUGHT TOGETHER.
The was re1niOn OF the Montague fam
lily at Hadley, Mass, on Wednesday last
speaking Of which correspondent OF the
Boston Globe at that place says:
The Montague retinion at this place to-
Gav was very largely attended. All the
accommodations OF Hadley have been tested
TO the utmost. Everybody has been aston
isLed at the number OF branches OF the
family which, since Richard Montague set
tied in Hadley, have spread over the coun-
try. The several objects OF special interest
to the family were visited by thrcngs who
had never seen them before. The old
farmhouse, erected on the site OF that
built ut the settlement Of the town by the
first Montague in America, is still stand
ing, after a lapse OF III years, a
quaint memorial OF by-gone time. 1t
was decorated to-day with flags and bunt-
ING. The tomb OF this ancestor. also erected
recently by descendants, as well rs graves
of numerous other Montagues, have at
tracted numbers to the quiet old cemetery.
Relics, pictures, and mementoes OF the
family We're handed aSOut among the guests
at the hotel. 4 blue-siik badge bearing the
old English family coat-of-arms was worn
by every Montague, and almost everybody
to be met with in shady streets was thus
distinguished. The oldest person present
was Moses Montague, OF South Hadley,
eighty-four wears OF age. The well on the
old homestead on Hadley street was fur
nished with a pump for the occasion, so
that everybody had an opportunity to en-
ioy drink from the ancestral waters. The
EimWood Hotel was crowded to overflow
ing, and there was monotonous samenesS
about the names in the register which will
make those pages objects OF interest for
some time TO come. Among the more
prominent members Of the family present
NAV be mentioned Hon. S. L. Montague,
OF Cambridge. Mass. p. II. Montague, OF
Richmond, Va; Erastus Montague, Of
Connoutville, Penn; George Montague,
president Of the Seventh Ward National
Bank, New York; 7. G. Montague, OF
Chattanooga, Tenn; Gilbert Montague,
OF Chicago, ILL.,. Professor William l..
Montague, OF Amherst College; G.. r.
montague, Vi LII NIOsse, w Is L
II. Montague, Of the Treasury De-
Montague, OF Davenport, a.; Colonel
George J.. Montague, OF Yonkers, \. Y;
Daniel Montague, Of Mt. Morris, Mich. (;
c. II. Montague, Of New York city; G..
Montague, OF Geneva Lake, Wis.,; r.
Montague, of Union Springs, n. y; w.
II. Montague, Of Kansas City. The eXer-
l,oII -, ba nth do oh,
adjoining the Town Hall, beginning at 10
was covered with portraits OF ances-
tors, surrounded with flags and
bunting, and srmounted with the
following inscription: Richard Mon
tague, 1860, 222d anniversary, 1892"
The church, whose seating capacity is
about GOO, was entirely filed. The address
of welcome was made by George Monta-
que, of Amherst, the chairman. An ode,
written for the occasion by Miss Adela
Montague, of Mount Morris, Mich, was
sung by the whole audience. There was Il
poem by Mrs. NJ. j. Merwin, OF Newark,
n. J. The address OF the morning was
made by Rev. Richard Montague, Of Pro
violence, II. l., on "The Montague Family
in America"
Richard Montague came from England
and settled in Wethersfield in 1857, aud
afterwards removed to Hadley, becoming
one Of the settlers OF the place. He died
in 1851 ut the age of siXty-seyen wears.
leaving two sons, from whom the various
branches OF the family in America have de-
scended. AT the conclusion Of the morn
ing exercises in the church the assembly
adjourned TO the Town Hall for dinner.
The hall was handsomely adorned. The
principal inscription was: "Hadley well
comes her children home" After dinnerthe
exercises in the church were resumed.
Music by the northampton Orchestral
Club began, and interpreted the after
nOon's observances. Poems by Mrs. +. &.
Linnell OF Norwich, Conn.,, Miss Helen c.
Montague OF Kalamazoo, Mich, and q song
by Miss Adeiia Montague OF Mount Morris,
Mich, were given. Professor W. l.. Mon
tague's address on the Montague Family
in England" was the chief event. The
family was noted for the great number OF
its membcrs. Peppy's diary in 1866 notes
that the descendants OF Rev. Edward
Montague, first lord chief justice OF
England, had in five generations in
creased to 1000. The family was
very, ancient. The old records of
England trace the line back to 1866.
ana then II passes back into the early |
medleval history OF France. The name i |
OF Latin derivation, and meant in fbe |
original, "Of or from the sharp noun.
Jams OF mountain peak" The family was
not only ancient but honorable. There
had been more than twenty distinct peer.
ages In which the family name was Nonto.
sue, and the name had ever been m the
royal line. The American family can he
\ to one Of the descendants OF the first
Earl OF Salisbury.
After Professor Montague's address re-
marks were made by Wallace Montague Of
KANSAS City, II. W. Taft CT Plttsfe7d w
:. Montague Of Richmond, Va, William .
yanhoe Montague OF Baltimore. incredibly
lontague OF Richmond, Va, Gilbert Mon. '
igue OF Chicago. Charles Montague Of Bos-
'n, David 0. Montague of Davenport. 7
owa, and others. During the evening
iere was reception at the Town Hall. {
A Midnight Riot.
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