Frances (Burwell) Page (abt. 1747 - abt. 1784)

Born about 1747 in Yorktown, York, Virginia

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Died about 1784 at about age 37 in Rosewell, Gloucester, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Frances was born about 1747. She passed away in 1784.

Governor John Page married twice. He married, first, about " 1765, Frances (called Fannie "), daughter of Col. Robin Burwell, Frances (called Fannie "), daughter of Col. Robin Burwell, of Isle-of-Wight County, Virginia,and Sallie Nelson, his wife.

The latter was the only child of Thomas Nelson (Scotch Tom), of Yorktown, York County, Virginia, and the widow Fannie Tucker (whose maiden name was Houston), of Bermuda Islands, his second wife. Col. Robin Burwell was the brother of Betty Burwell, who was the wife of President Nelson.

Frances Burwell, first wife of Governor John Page, died in 1784, aged 37, and was buried at Rosewell, although no tombstone appears to have been erected to her memory.

Sources

• "Genealogy of the Page family in Virginia. Also, a condensed account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton, and Randolph families, with references to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Welford, Washington, and other distinguished families in Virginia", Richard Channing Moore Page, MD
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186057483/frances-page