Notes:

Charles farmed in London Twp. and about 1824 he moved to Westminster Twp. and married Maria. He resided in Westminster for more than 40 years. In the 1860s he sold and moved to Michigan USA

[Guy St. Denis - Byron: Pioneer Days in Westminster Township, p119-120] In 1819 Charles Montague was located by Colonel Talbot on a lot of land in London Township. Several years later, on August 17, 1824 he married Maria, daughter of Samuel Hungerford from the neighbouring township of Westminster. This wedding was apparently celebrated in Westminster, as Byron was then called, and there the Montagues continued their married life. Over the years Montague amassed a considerable estate in the Byron area.... He eventually moved to Strathroy, apparently in the mid to late 1850s. In 1863, after a sojourn in Ray, Macomb County, Michigan, Montague and his wife moved to Caro in Tuscola County, Michigan. Maria Montague died August 4, 1889 and was soon followed by her husband who died on September 15 of the same year.

In 1833, Joseph Kilbourn Jr. sold L50 to Charles Montague and moved to Detroit.
The original patentee of lot 50 in the first concession was Charles Montague. This wedge-shaped property contained 45 acres of lnand and was bounded by the Delaware-Westminster townline. Montague came to acquire this lot during a Crown lands auction held in London on October 21, 1839. Montague was born on December 31, 1799 in Somerset, England, the son of William Montague and Ann Cayford.

The south part of L47 in the Concession B was sold by John Kent to Charles Montague in 1840

In September 1840 Charles Montague sold the northwest quarter of L41 in the first concession, along with part of its broken front, to Samuel Hungerford (his father-in-law)

James Palmer sold L49 in broken front concession A to Charles Montague in 1836

Family/Spouse: Maria HUNGERFORD. Maria (daughter of Samuel HUNGERFORD* and Abigail KILBOURN) was born in 1805 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Guy St. Denis - Byron: Pioneer Days in Westminster Township, p119] [William] Montague was a whitesmith, or tinsmith, who made cutlery, gun barrels and other such fine forging work. In 1811 he took his family to the United States and settled near Roxbury, then six miles from Boston. Afterwards, he moved to Biddeford, Maine where he worked in a shipyard at the mouth of the Saco River.
When war broke out in 1812 Montague removed with his familyt o Upper Canada by way of Albany, New York and enlisted in the 49th Regiment. As the regimental armourer it was Montague's responsibility to maintain the guns and other arms in good repair; this position, however, did not preseve him from actual military service. During the Battle of Lundy's Lane his company was ordered to reinforce the British who, like their foe, suffered manmy casualties during this engagement. After the war Montague and his familyh returned to the United States and lived near Albany until 1816. In that year the Montagues removed to the Long Point settlement in Upper Canada, and in 1817 they took up residence in London Township. William Montague remained there clearing and famring a considerable amount of land until he died on September 26, 1822. His wife survived him until 1858.

William married Ann CAYFORD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]