Ellie Wood Keith Genealogy
Col. Mathew PAGE, of Rosewell

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