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Family: John Williamson Page / Jane Byrd (F8490)  [1

m. 1746


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  • Father | Male
    John Williamson Page

    Born  20 Feb 1724  Rosewell, Gloucester County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Oct 1774  Mansfield Hall, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    North End Cemetery Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  1746   
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    Mother | Female
    Jane Byrd

    Born  13 Oct 1729  Westover, Charles City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Aug 1774  Mathews County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    North End Cemetery Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William Byrd, II | F8466 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Maria Taylor | F8466 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Major Carter Braxton Page

    Born  1758  Mathews County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Apr 1825  Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Old Fork Cemetery Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51309242/jane-page.
      Hon. John Page and Jane Byrd, his wife, married in 1746, had fifteen children in all, four of whom died infants, their names being unknown. The eleven that survived were as follows:
      1. Mann Page, eldest, born at North End, Gloucester (now Matthews) Co., Va., about 1747; removed to Fairfield. Clarke Co.. Va. He married, about 1767, Mary Mason Selden, of Salvington. Stafford Co., Va.
      2. John Page, born at North End, Gloucester (now Matthews) Co., Va.,about 1749; removed to Caroline County, Va. He married, in 1764, Elizabeth (called Betty) Burwell.
      3. Jane Page, born about 1751; married, about 1770, Dr. Nathaniel Nelson, second son and child of President William Nelson, of Yorktown, Va.
      4. Dr. William Page, born at North End, about 1753; removed to Richmond, Va. He married, about 1778, Miss Jones.
      5. Judith Page, born about 1755, married, about 1775, Col. Hugh Nelson, third son and child of President William Nelson, of Yorktown, Va.
      6. Carter Page, born at North End, 1758; removed to Willis" Fork, Cumberland Co., Va. He married, first, in 1783, Mary Cary, and secondly, in 1799, Lucy, eighth child and third daughter of Gov. Thomas Nelson, of Yorktown, Va.
      7. Robert Page, born in 1764; removed to Janeville, Clarke Co., Va. He married, in 1788. Sarah Page, of Broadneck, Hanover Co., Va. As four other children had died infants?names unknown?when Robert was born he was really the eleventh child, although the seventh survivor.
      8. Maria (called Molly) Page, born about 1765; married, first, John Byrd ; secondly, Archie Boiling; and thirdly, Peter Randolph ; by none of whom had she any issue.
      9. Matthew Page, born about 1767; died unmarried.
      10. Thomas Page, born about 1773; married, about 1798, Mildred, daughter of Edmund Pendleton, father of Edmund Pendleton, who married Jane B. Page, daughter of the above-named John Page (No. 2) and Elizabeth Burwell, his wife. Of the children of Thomas Page and Mildred Pendleton, his wife, Mildred Page married Palmer. There were also Thomas, Henry, and Robert, of whom nothing at present is known.
      11. Lucy Page, youngest, born about 1775; married, about 1792. Francis Nelson, of Mont Air, Hanover Co., Va., fourth son and child of Gov. Thomas Nelson, of Yorktown, Va.