PAGE, John

1614 - 1687  (73 years)

• Name	PAGE, John  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Born	6/06 Feb 1613/1614	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Nov 1687	Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.
  Person ID	I6084	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Family	MARSH, Mary,   b. Abt 1618, England ,   d. 15/15 Feb 1696/1697, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	Abt 1640	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.
  Children	1. PAGE, John,   b. 11 Jul 1641, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Jun 1714, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age 72 years)   2. PAGE, Onesiphorus,   b. 20 Nov 1642, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ,   d. 28 Jun 1706, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age 63 years)   3. PAGE, Benjamin,   b. 14 Jul 1644, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 1711, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age > 68 years)   4. PAGE, Mary,   b. 3 May 1646, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ,   d. 2/02 Feb 1717/1718, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age 71 years)   5. PAGE, Abraham,   b. 27/27 Feb 1647/1648, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.   6. PAGE, Joseph,   b. 5/05 Mar 1647/1648, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ,   d. 5/05 Feb 1682/1683, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age 34 years)   7. PAGE, Cornelius,   b. 15 Jul 1649, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ,   d. 11 Oct 1697, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age 48 years)   8. PAGE, Sarah,   b. 15 Jul 1651, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ,   d. 23/23 Mar 1685/1686, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age 34 years)   9. PAGE, Elizabeth,   b. 4 Jun 1653, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. ,   d. 3 Jul 1653, Haverhill, Massachusetts.  (Age 0 years)   10. PAGE, Mercy,   b. 1 Apr 1655, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. ,   d. 25/25 Jan 1718/1719, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.  (Age 63 years)   11. PAGE, Ephraim,   b. 27/27 Feb 1658/1659, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. ,   d. 22 Jul 1659, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F2294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Speculation about the birthplace and ancestry of John Page has been the subject of extensive research. One Page family researcher (Charles Edward Page of Oneida, New York) believes John is the son of Thomas Page and Cicely (surname unknown) who were wed October 4, 1607 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. John their presumed son was born in Worlingham, Norfolk, England. - One possible immigration theory states that John, age 21, may have arrived on a ship with the family of George & Elizabeth Marsh, natives of Ipswich, England. It is believed they debarked at Charlestown, Massachusetts on June 4, 1635. At that time the Rev. Peter Hobart was leading a group of Puritan families from the Hingham, Norfolk County area of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. - By 1640 the group settled southeast of Boston harbor at a place they later named Hingham, after their hometown in England. The church in Hingham, over which Peter Hobart presided, is known as the "Old Ship Church", now an ancient edifice, famous for it's unique construction. The interior beams resembling ship construction. - There is a Page bridge, presumed built by John, and a Page meadows in Hingham. It seems probable that John was a skilled carpenter and may have been indentured to George Marsh, Mary's father, for a few years until he was admitted as a freeman on October 8, 1640 at the age of 26. - John signed Petitions to General Court on November 11, 1645 and November 4, 1646. John may also have been involved in the controversy over the Hingham militia company commander (Lt Eames vs Lt Allen), as he was fined 15s 5d for insubordination, but relieved of the fine after a plea of poverty. Pastor Hobart and nearly one hundred "rebels" were called before the Massachusetts General Court and found at fault after a protracted session. The pastor refused to pay his fine whereupon his fine was increased and he was suspected of having encouraged a 1646 Petition to the Court for the "abolition of the distinctions which were maintained here, both in civil and church estate". These "distinctions" concerned the authority of the magistrates and the liberty of the people. The quarrel was harmful to the town of Hingham and some people moved away. The "feeling of unity was destroyed but in general the people defended their pastor". - John along with others including his brother-in-law Onesiphorus Marsh later removed from Hingham to Haverhill, north of Boston, in about 1646, near the border of what later became the Province of New Hampshire. - Haverhill was a frontier settlement full of dangers at the time John moved there. The settlement was established, in 1640, by Rev. John Ward and others from Newbury, Massachusetts. The land was purchased from the Indians November 15, 1642. The lands later extended to include a large area. The new town was incorporated in 1645, had 32 landholders, and was named in memory of Haverhill, England, John Ward's birthplace. - John's wife Mary stayed in Hingham with her widowed mother until her mother married Richard Bowen. - John's lot in Haverhill consisted of about 16 acres and fronted the Merrimac River, on Water St., east of Main Street. - John took the oath of allegiance at Haverhill May 9, 1669. It is probable he was the John Page, Senior, listed among voters in 1683 concerning the site of a new meeting house at Haverhill. John had voted to build the meeting house on the same site as the existing one, as noted in Chase's History of Haverhill, Massachusetts and in "History of Haverhill, Since Settlement, in 1640", Chapter XI 1675-1688, Pages 137-138. - John and Mary are buried at the "Old Pentucket" burial ground in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Administration of John's estate was granted to his grandson, Thomas Page, March 12, 1722, and the estate was finally divided in November, 1723. In this latter year most, if not all, the children of John Page were dead. He had been dead 36 years when his estate was finally settled.

  
  

• Sources

  [S165] Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620 - 1700compiled by Frank R. Holmes. [S166] Encyclopedia of Biography from Mr. Jerry Blain address: 675 ProspectStreet, Chicopee, Ma. 01020, page 262. [S167] From a book called Massachusetts. [S168] Descendants of John Page (1614-1687) by Theda Page Brigham, Page 170. [S169] Pope's book, Pioneers of Massachusetts. [S170] Appendix to Descendants of John Page (1614-1687) - from Newberry Library,by Theda Page Brigham, P133 - 1972 supplement appendix #19 Page 105. [S171] The family of John Page of Haverhill, Massachusetts, A ComprehensiveGenealogy from 1614 to 1977 by Lynn M. Case and Page. [S172] "Hingham Old and New". "feeling of unity was destroyed but in general the people defended theirpastor" [S173] Mirick, Haverhill Ma.28.