Col. Mathew PAGE, of Rosewell

1659 - 1703  (44 years)

• Name	Mathew PAGE
  Prefix	Col.
  Suffix	of Rosewell
  Born	1659	Williamsburg City, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  History	The second son of Colonel John Page was Colonel Mathew Page, who was born at Williamsburg, Virginia in q659, and was the founder of Rosewell, but not the builder of the present mansion. Probably no native of the Old Dominion was more prominent in his day, yet time has spared us but few particulars concerning him. His name, however appears as one of the members of the original Board of Trustees of William and Mary College, and he is called in the charter of that institution, now in the College of Arms, London, \"Mathew Page, Gent.\" Coloned Page was a member of the King\'s Council from Abington in the County of Gloucester, where he departed this life in 1703. The tomb at Rosewell bears the following inscription: Here lieth interred the Body of the Honourable Collonell Mathew Pate ESQ. One of Her Majtes most Honourable Councell of the Parish of Abington in the County of Gloucester in the Collony of Virginia. Son of the Honourable Collonell John and Alice Page of the Parish of Bruton in the County of Yorke in the aforesaid Collony, who Departed this life in the 9th day of January Anno Dom. 1703 in the 45 year of his Age.  [1]
  Died	9 Jan 1703	Rosewell, Gloucester, Va
  Person ID	I500128	Ellie Wood Keith
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Col. John Francis Page,   b. 1627, Bedfont, England ,   d. 23 Jan 1692  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	putative
  Mother	Alice Luckin,   d. 22 June, 1698, Williamsburg, Virginia
  Relationship	putative
  Family ID	F500060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary MANN,   b. 1673,   d. 27 Mar 1707, Rosewell, Cloucester, Va  (Age 34 years)
  Married	Abt 1689
  Children	+ 1. Mann PAGE,   b. 1691, Probably Timberneck, Gloucester County, Virginia ,   d. 24 Jan 1730, Rosewell, Cloucester, Va  (Age 39 years)  [putative]
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F500059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Hon. Matthew Page was one of the members of the original Board of Trustees for the College of William and Mary, and his name appears in the charter of that INstitution as "Matthew Page, Gent." http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I116906&tree=Legends

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] Some Colonial Mansions: And Those who lived in them, Thomas Allen Glenn, 181.