Page, John

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John Page was born 17 April 1743 at Rosewell in Gloucester County, Virginia, to Mann Page (b. 1718) and Alice Grymes Page (1723-1746). He attended the College of William and Mary. When the American Revolution began, Page raised a regiment from Gloucester County and received a commission of colonel in the army. He served as lieutenant governor from 1776 to 1779, and in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1781 to 1783, from 1785 to 1788, and from 1797 to 1801. Page was a member of the United States Congress from 1789 to 1797. Elected governor, Page served from 1802 to 1805. After his term as governor, Page was U.S. commissioner of loans for Virginia. He married first Frances Burwell (d. ca. 1787) in 1765, and they had nine children. He married second Margaret Lowthar in 1789, and they had eight children. Page died in Richmond, Virginia, 11 October 1808, and is buried at St. John's Church.

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Epithet: of Peldon, county Essex

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referencedIn SALE from Henry Adys, of Westminster, Esq., to Philip Digby and Symon Digby, of London, Esq'., of his inheritance of the manor of Ypinge, and Milland farm, co. Suss., and of Colmere farm, co. Southt.; dat. 2 July, I Car. 1. [1625.];-Release from Sir ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XIII. (XII. ff. 394). 21 Sept.-15 Nov. 1799.includes:f. 1 Philip Lamb, Agent for Transports at Malta: Letters to Lord Nelson: 1798, 1805. f. 3 William Frederick Wyndham, diplomatist: Letters to Lord Nelson: 1796-1798. f. 7 Lieutenant William D... British Library
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referencedIn Vol. VI (ff. 246). April-Dec. 1641.Accompts: Perceval family, Earls of Egmont and Barons Arden; private and estate accompts, etc.: 1632-1825.Sir Philip Perceval, Clerk and Registrar of Irish Court of Wards and Liveries: Correspondence and papers: 162... British Library
referencedIn WILL of John Page, of Wolvetts in Peldon [co. Essex], containing bequests to the church of Peldon, "to the mother churche of Pawlis in London," "to the place of Grey fryeris within Colchester," to John his son and to Johan his wife, whom he appoints ... British Library
referencedIn James Lee-Teagle Family Papers, 1808-1877. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
referencedIn (IX. ff. 285). Sept. 1753-June, 1755.Hugh Valence Jones, Clerk in Secretary of State's Office afterwards Solicitor to the Treasury: Letters to the 1st Lord Hardwicke: 1748-1763.includes:f. 1 Robert D'Arcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse; Ambassador at Venic... British Library
referencedIn Smith family papers, 1774-1907 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
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