John Page (1628 - 1692)

Born 26 Dec 1628 in Bedfont, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Luken) Page — married 1656 in Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1692 at age 63 in Williamsburg, James City, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

John Page was a Virginia colonist.

John Page is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

John Page was born on December 26, 1628 in Bedfont, Middlesex, England. His father, Francis Page (1595–1678), is buried in the chancel of St. Mary the Virgin, East Bedfont, Middlesex, England; there is a memorial, placed by his son John Page, bearing a verse and the family arms.^[1] John Page's niece Mary Whaley (daughter of his brother Matthew and wife of James Whaley of Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia) is buried in the churchyard.^[2]

John Page became a merchant, and emigrated to the Virginia colony; his sister Elizabeth (wife of Edward Digges) and brother Matthew also emigrated to Virginia. In about 1656, John Page married Alice Lukin (1625–1698) perhaps the daughter of Edward Lukin, a Virginia Company shareholder.^[3] The Pages originally lived in the New Towne section at Jamestown.

Colonel John Page was a Royal African Company's agent in Virginia in the 1670s. He was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade, not only trading and profiting on the chattel slave trade of human beings (agents received a seven-percent commission on sales), but also enslaving numerous people on his various properties as well. Wikipedia

Colonel John Page ^[4] (December 26, 1628 – January 23, 1692), a merchant in Middle Plantation on the Virginia Peninsula, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1672-76, 1680,^[5] and was appointed to the Council of the Virginia Colony in 1681.^[6] A wealthy landowner, Page donated land and funds for the first brick Bruton Parish Church. Col. Page was a prime force behind the small community gaining the site of the new College of William & Mary, founded in 1693, as well as a chief proponent of the village being designated the colony's capital in 1698.

John died 23 Jan 1692 in Middle Plantation, James, Virginia. His estate was probated on 24 Feb 1692, James City County, Virginia.^{[citation needed]}

John's efforts in siting both the college and the colony's capital at Middle Plantation resulted in the renaming of Middle Plantation as Williamsburg in 1699, perhaps most well known as the birthplace of democratic governmental principals among the patriots before and during the American Revolution. In the early 21st century, Colonel Page's tiny Middle Plantation is the modern home of the restored colonial city now known as Colonial Williamsburg, one of the most popular tourism destinations in the world.^[7]

Research Notes

Birth - 26 Nov 1626 Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, England

Date of Arrival: 1654-1679, America^[8]

The Page Genealogy, page 40 says that John and Alice Page had two children, Francis and Matthew.^[9] More research is needed to ensure the correct children are attached to this profile.

Sources

1. ↑ Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Vol.49, pp13-14
2. ↑ Tyler, Lyon G., "Grammar and Mattey Practice and Model School", William and Mary Quarterly, July 1895.
3. ↑ Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th ed., Vol. 2, pp494-495. Dorman states: "The longstanding identification of Alice Page ... as daughter of Edward Lukin has not been confirmed." After discussing the differences between the arms carved on the Page tomb, and the arms borne by known Lukin families, Dorman concludes: "There are other extant American gravestones engraved with arms differing from the actual arms of the individual, mistakes apparently having been made because the stone cutter referred to an armory or other collection of published arms when precise descriptions were not provided, or perhaps not even known, by the family of the deceased."
4. ↑ Page, John - A5902; born 1627, died 1691/92, York Co.: 1672-76, 1680 (Burgess); 1680-91 (Councillor). accessed 10 October 2021
5. ↑ McIlwaine, H. R. and J. P. Kennedy, Editors. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. 13 Volumes. Richmond, Virginia, 1905-1915. Editors: vols. 1-9, H. R. McIlwaine; v. 10-13, J. P. Kennedy. Vol. 2, 1659/60-1693 (1914)
6. ↑ New River Notes, Colonial Virginia Register
7. ↑ Wikipedia: John Page
8. ↑ Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012) America; Year: 1654-1679; Page Number: 31 & 165.
9. ↑ Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page family in Virginia. (New York: Publishers' Print. Co., 1893), online at Archive.org, page 40.

• Jamestowne Society: Page, John - A5902; born 1627, died 1691/92, York Co.: 1672-76, 1680 (Burgess); 1680-91 (Councillor). accessed 3 March 2019
• https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4757344
• John Page was awarded 1900 acres of land and 1700 acres of land on March 14, 1672 in New Kent Co. VA
• Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
• Genealogy of the Page family in Virginia : also a condensed account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton, and Randolph families (Private Tree at Ancestry.com)
• Pope's Creek (Private Tree at Ancestry.com)
• Home of John Page & Alice Luckin-Rosewell (Private Tree at Ancestry.com)
• John Page, 1627-1692 (Private Tree at Ancestry.com)
• Genealogy of the Page family in Virginia : also a condensed account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton, and Randolph families (Private Tree at Ancestry.com)
• The waters of Pope's Creek from across the cove showing the 20th century Memorial House (Private Tree at Ancestry.com)
• England (Private Tree at Ancestry.com)
• John Page (Private Tree at Ancestry.com)
• Cates, Alice Smith. Rosewell: The Ancestral Home of the Pages of Virginia, "Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine" (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, August 1923) Vol. 57, No. 8, Whole No. 372, Page 452
• John Page mentioned in the record of William Page (Name: John Page; Gender Male; Wife Alice; Son William Page)
• Other information in the record of William Page from England Births and Christenings (Name: William Page; Gender Male; Christening Date 04 Sep 1642; Christening Place Saint Clement Danes, Westminster, Middlesex, England; Father's Name John Page; Mother's Name Alice)
• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Family Search; 6 December 2014), John Page in entry for William Page, 04 Sep 1642; citing Westminster, Middlesex, England, reference item 2; FHL microfilm 1,042,328.
• Indexing Project (Batch) Number C04160-6; System Origin England-EASy; GS Film number; 1042328; Reference ID item 2