Joan Montague

Brief Life History of Joan

When Joan Montague was born about 1542, in Boveney, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Montague, was 33 and her mother, Margaret Cotton, was 24. She married John Look on 2 February 1561, in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died after 1575.

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Family Time Line

John Look
1538–
Joan Montague
1542–1575
Marriage: 2 February 1561
Roger Look
1564–
Johan Look
1566–

Sources (3)

  • New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume 142 pages149 - The English Origin of Peter and Richard Montague by Myrtle Stevens Hyde
  • Gateway families : Ancestors and descendants of Richard Simrall Hawes III and Marie Christy Johnson/ Christy Hawes Bond ; edited by Alicia Crane Williams
  • The Hissem-Montague Family: Robert Montague, 1505 - 1574/5, and family

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World Events (2)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from either Montaigu-le-bois (Manche) or Montaigu (Manche, Aisne), named with Old French mont ‘hill’ + agu ‘pointed’ (from Latin acutus). Drogo de Montagud was a companion of William the Conqueror and founder of the Montagu(e) family, among whom the personal name Drogo was revived in the 19th century. Another family of the name Monatgu have held the titles of Duke of Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, Earl and Duke of Manchester, Earl of Halifax, and Earl of Beaulieu, and.

Irish: adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Taidhg (see McTigue ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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