John Page

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not a son of Deacon Robert Page, of Hampton and Lucy Page (but probably a relative of Robert)

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John Page

• Birth: 1614 - England
• Death: Nov. 23, 1687 - Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Parents: unknown
• Spouse: Mary Marsh - married on Jul 11,1641 at Haverhill
• Children: John Page Jr, Onesiphirus Page, Benjamin Page, Mary Page Dow Shepherd, Abraham Page, Joseph Page, Cornelius Page, Sarah Page Sanders, Elizabeth Page, Mercy Page Clough, an infant son, and Ephraim Page

John Page migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Page-203

A previous version of this profile claimed John was the son of Robert Page and Lucia Warde. But he was born about 1614 and cannot be the son of Robert Page and Lucia Warde as they would only have been about 10 years old at the time of the birth of John. In addition, Robert and Lucia Page were married in 1629, long after John Page's birth. AND in Robert Page's will he refers to Francis Page, b. 1633, as his eldest son.

A previous version of this profile also claimed, without source, a specific birth date and place of 6 Feb 1614 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. This has been removed.

Biography

Emigration abt 1636 from Norfolk, England to Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Parents unknown, thought to be Robert and Lucy page, but the date of birth for John is before they could have had any children.

It is thought that John Page might have sailed from England to America with the group led by Rev. Peter Hobart because John married Mary Marsh who came in that group with her family. However, we have not discovered any records that tell the year John came or the name of the ship on which he sailed.

John was admitted as a "freeman" in Hingham, MA, on 8 October 1640 at the age of 26. John and Mary lived in Hingham until about 1652 with John going back and forth to Haverhill, MA, to help with the settlement of that town using his carpentry skills to good advantage. Finally they moved to Haverhill, MA, where John was made "freeman" and took the oath of allegiance on 9 May 1669.

The church in Hingham, MA, over which Rev. Peter Hobart presided was known as the "Old Ship Church" famous for its construction, the interior beams resembling ship construction.

"We do not know John Page's reason for leaving Hingham. The trend of the period was removal from the coastal areas to the new frontiers inland. However, there was town dissension and controversy in Hingham, 1644-1646 and perhaps longer, over choice of a trained militia company commander (Lt. Eames vs Lt. Allen). Pastor Hobart and nearly a hundred 'rebels' led by him 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 mainained 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.'" Theda Page Brigham, Descendants of John Page.

John Page was one of the Hingham, MA signers of a Petition to the General Court in 1645. Whether he removed from Hingham because of the controversy we have no means of knowing.

Haverhill was a frontier settlement full of dangers at the time John Page moved there. The settlement was begun in 1640 by Rev. John Ward and others from Newbury, Mass. The land was purchased from the Indians 15 November 1642, the lands later extended to include a large area.

John and his wife Mary (Marsh) Page had eleven children, the first seven were born in Hingham, MA, the last four were born in Haverhill, MA:

• 1. John, Jr.,
  • bpt. 11 July 1641;
  • m. Sarah Davis.
• 2. Onesiphorus,
  • bpt. 20 Nov. 1642;
  • m. (1) Mary Hauxworth;
  • m. (2) Sarah Rowell, widow.
• 3. Benjamin,
  • bpt. 14 July 1644;
  • m. Mary Whittier.
• 4. Mary,
  • bpt. 3 May 1646;
  • m. (1) John Dow;
  • m. (2) Samuel Shepherd,
    • son of William Shepherd.
• 5. Joseph,
  • bpt. 5 March 1647/8;
  • m. (1) Judith Guile;
  • m. (2) Martha Heath.
• 6. Cornelius,
  • bpt. 15 July 1649;
  • m. (1) Martha Clough,
    • daughter of John Clough;
  • m. (2) Mary Marsh,
    • his first cousin, daughter of Onesiphorus Marsh.
• 7. Sarah,
  • bpt. 18 July 1651;
  • m. James Sanders.
• 8. Elizabeth,
  • b. 15 June 1653;
  • d. 3 July 1653.
• 9. Mercy,
  • b. 1 April 1655;
  • m. John Clough,
    • son of John Clough.
• 10. a son,
  • born stillborn 26 Feb. 1657/8.
• 11. Ephraim,
  • b. 27 Feb. 1658/9;
  • d. 22 July 1659.

All of the above children settled in Haverhill, except Onesiphorus, who settled in Salisbury, MA.

Family notes

John Page, the immigrant ancestor PAGE was born in England. He settled first in Hingham, Massachusetts and was one of the signers of a petition to the general court, November 4, 1645. About 1652, he removed to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he died November 23, 1687. Administration on his estate was granted to his grandson, Thomas Page, March 12, 1721-22, and the estate was finally divided in November 1723. His widow died February 15, 1696-97. He married Mary Marsh, daughter of George and Elizabeth Marsh. Children John, baptized July 11, 1641, Onesiphorus, baptized November 20, 1642, Benjamin, mentioned below Mary, baptized May 3, 1646, Joseph, baptized March 5, 1647, Cornelius, baptized July 15, 1649, Sarah, baptized July 18, 1651, Elizabeth born June 18, 1653, Mercy April 1, 1655, son, born and died March 26, 1658, Ephraim, February 27, 1658-59, died July 22, 1659.

Benjamin Page, son of John Page, was baptized July 14 1644. He married September 21, 1666, Mary Whittier, born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, October 9, 1647, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Green) Whittier. He was admitted a freeman at Haverhill in 1677. His wife died at Haverhill and buried in Pentucket cemetery, Haverhill. The inscription on gravestone is died July 28, 1698, age 51. The date of death in town records is July 29, 1698. Children Jeremiah, Mary, Ruth, Benjamin, mentioned below Abraham, Caleb, and Rachel.

Benjamin Page, son of Benjamin Page, was born at Haverhill, June 30, 1681. He married Elizabeth Lewis. He lived at Haverhill where he died March 15, 1723-24. His administrator was appointed April 3, 1724. His widow married second September 30, 1725, Samuel Gage, of Bradford, born May 9, 1680, son of Daniel and Sarah (Kimball) Gage. She died April 18, 1747. Children born at Haverhill, Elizabeth, November 29, 1707, Sarah, January 10, 1708-09, died January 11, 1708-09, Susannah, January 10, 1709-10 married Peter Dow, Jane, April 13, 1712, married Jonathan Eaton, Lewis, mentioned below, Rachel, April 10, 1719, Benjamin, January 15, 1721-22.

Lewis Page son of Benjamin born at Haverhill, July 26, 1714. He in 1757, in the Third Company of Haverhill and was an active married Lydia Griffin. He lived in the of Haverhill. Children born in Rebecca, born October 6, 1736, William, mentioned below, Lydia February 15, 1739-40, Benjamin, March 17, 1742-43, Rachel, March 19, 1746-47, Abigail, November 1749, Enoch, November 25, 1751.

Records

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill/aDeathsP.shtml

“(Page) John [sr. CTR], Nov. 23, 1687. [a. 73 y. CTR]"

Haverhill VR has John with these children:

• Abraham, s. John, 27: 12m: 1648.
• Mercy, d. John, Apr. 1, 1655.
• Ephraim, s. John, Feb. 27, 1658[-9]. died July 22, 1659.

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References

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 28 2018, 16:08:10 UTC
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47008264/john-page (no tombstone image)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Page-203 cites

1. Thank you, Gretchen for bringing this to our attention.
2. Lynn M. Case and Page Sanderson, The family of John Page of Haverhill, Massachusetts, A Comprehensive Genealogy from 1614 to 1977, (Baltimore, 1978). Available at < FamilySearch >
3. Anderson, Robert C. George Marsh in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007, p. 23-5 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) < AncestrySharing >
4. Bingham, Theda Page, Descendants of John Page (1614-1687) of Higham and Haverhill, Massachusetts together with Genealogical Records of Certain Branches of the Mead, Jeffers and Hunkins Famiies, Haverhill Historical Society, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1972; Page Family starts on p. 166 (Ancestry.com Online p. 195) < AncestrySharing >
5. Chase's History of Haverhill, Massachusetts.... more details needed
6. Genealogy of the Family of George Marsh of Hingham p. 12
7. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II Marriages and Deaths, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1911, p. 454
8. John Slaughter, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Copyright 2005-'15
9. Case 20348: p.1-12: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
10. The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England by Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873 Publication date 1874 Publisher London : Hotten p. 87
11. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I Births, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1910
12. “The Hobart Joumal,” in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 121, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1967, p. 3-25: 102-27: 191-216: 269-94 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) See also:
13. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA, 1910-1911, page 828.
14. Lynn M. Case and Page Sanderson, The family of John Page of Haverhill, Massachusetts, A Comprehensive Genealogy from 1614 to 1977, (Baltimore, 1978). Available at Ex libris Rosetta] Note: I could only open entire book in Explorer. In Edge only the cover was visible.
15. John Slaughter, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Copyright 2005-'15 [2],
16. Bingham, Theda Page, Descendants of John Page (1614-1687) of Higham and Haverhill, Massachusetts together with Genealogical Records of Certain Branches of the Mead, Jeffers and Hunkins Famiies, Haverhill Historical Society, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1972; Page Family starts on p. 166 (Ancestry.com Online p. 195)[3]
17. New England <arriages prior to 1700; page 550 "ohn Page and Mary Marsh, 1641, Hingham/Haverhill.
18. Pope, Charles Henry: "Pioneers of Massachusetts"; John page 339Page,

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Family Data Collection - Individual Records

Name: John Page
Spouse: Mary Marsh
Parents: Robert Page, Lucy Ward
Birth Place: Plymouth, Hingham, MA [incorrect-Hingham, Norfolk, England]
Birth Date: 6 Feb 1614
Marriage Place: Haverhill, Essex County, MA
Marriage Date: 11 Jul 1641
Death Place: Haverhill, Essex, MA
Death Date: 23 Nov 1687

Source Citation: Birth year: 1614; Birth city: Hingham; Birth state: MA [England]

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name: John Page
Gender: Male
Birth Place: MA
Spouse Name: Mary Marsh
Spouse Birth Place: EN
Spouse Birth Year: 1618
Marriage Year: 1641
Marriage State: MA
Number Pages: 1

Source Citation: Source number: 16637.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO.

Notes for John Page

    It is thought that John Page might have sailed from England to America with the group led by Rev. Peter Hobart because John married Mary Marsh who came in that group with her family. However, we have not discovered any records that tell the year John came or the name of the ship on which he sailed.

John was admitted as a "freeman" in Hingham, MA, on 8 October 1640 at the age of 26. John and Mary lived in Hingham until about 1652 with John going back and forth to Haverhill, MA, to help with the settlement of that town using his carpentry skills to good advantage. Finally they moved to Haverhill, MA, where John was made "freeman" and took the oath of allegiance on 9 May 1669.

     The church in Hingham, MA, over which Rev. Peter Hobart presided was known as the "Old Ship Church" famous for its construction, the interior beams resembling ship construction.

     "We do not know John Page's reason for leaving Hingham. The trend of the period was removal from the coastal areas to the new frontiers inland. However, there was town dissension and controversy in Hingham, 1644-1646 and perhaps longer, over choice of a trained militia company commander (Lt. Eames vs Lt. Allen). Pastor Hobart and nearly a hundred 'rebels' led by him 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 mainained 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.'" Theda Page Brigham,

Descendants of John Page.
John Page was one of the Hingham, MA signers of a Petition to the General Court in 1645. Whether he removed from Hingham because of the controversy we have no means of knowing.
Haverhill was a frontier settlement full of dangers at the time John Page moved there. The settlement was begun in 1640 by Rev. John Ward and others from Newbury, Mass. The land was purchased from the Indians 15 November 1642, the lands later extended to include a large area.
John and his wife Mary (Marsh) Page had eleven children, the first seven were born in Hingham, MA, the last four were born in Haverhill, MA:
John, Jr., bpt. 11 July 1641; m. Sarah Davis.
Onesiphorus, bpt. 20 Nov. 1642; m. (1) Mary Hauxworth; m. (2) Sarah Rowell, widow.
Benjamin, bpt. 14 July 1644; m. Mary Whittier.
Mary, bpt. 3 May 1646; m. (1) John Dow; m. (2) Samuel Shepherd, son of William Shepherd.
Joseph, bpt. 5 March 1647/8; m. (1) Judith Guile; m. (2) Martha Heath.
Cornelius, bpt. 15 July 1649; m. (1) Martha Clough, daughter of John Clough; m. (2) Mary Marsh, his first cousin, daughter of Onesiphorus Marsh.
Sarah, bpt. 18 July 1651; m. James Sanders.
Elizabeth, b. 15 June 1653; d. 3 July 1653.
Mercy, b. 1 April 1655; m. John Clough, son of John Clough.
a son, born stillborn 26 Feb. 1657/8.
Ephraim, b. 27 Feb. 1658/9; d. 22 July 1659.

All of the above children settled in Haverhill, except Onesiphorus, who settled in Salisbury, MA.

Founding of Hingham, MA

The town was named for Hingham, a village in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia, from where most of the first colonists came.
Hingham was born of religious dissent. Many of the original founders were forced to flee their native village in Norfolk with both their vicars, Rev. Peter Hobart and Rev. Robert Peck, when they fell foul of the strict doctrines of Anglican England. Peck was known for what the eminent Norfolk historian Rev. Francis Blomefield called his "violent schismatical spirit." Peck lowered the chancel railing of the church, in accord with Puritan sentiment that the Anglican church of the day was too removed from its parishioners. He also antagonized ecclesiastical authorities with other forbidden practices.
The cost to those who emigrated was steep. They "sold their possessions for half their value", noted a contemporary account, "and named the place of their settlement after their natal town." (The cost to the place they left behind was also high: Hingham was forced to petition Parliament for aid, claiming that the departure of its most well-to-do citizens had left it hamstrung.)www.findagrave.com

Birth: 1614, England Death: Nov. 23, 1687
Haverhill
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
He married Mary Marsh on Jul 11,1641 at Haverhill,MA.

Children: John Page Jr, Onesiphirus Page, Benjamin Page, Mary Page Dow Shepherd, Abraham Page, Joseph Page, Cornelius Page, Sarah Page Sanders, Elizabeth Page, Mercy Page Clough, an infant son, and Ephraim Page.

Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Marsh Page (1621 - 1697)

Children:
Cornelius Page (____ - 1697) *
Benjamin Page (1644 - 1736) *
Joseph Page (1648 - 1684) *
Mercy Page Clough (1655 - 1718) *

Burial:
Pentucket Cemetery
Haverhill
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA

Created by: Kevin Avery
Record added: Jan 23, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 47008264