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| Keywords: Jane Byrd of Westover Virginia wife of Hon John Page.jpeg John Page of North End Married 1746 From the original portrait by Charles Bridges Virginia 1750 Hon John Page and Jane Byrd Page had 15 children of whom 11 survived to adulthood Hon John Page settled at North End plantation with his wife Jane Byrd thus beginning a line of the Page family known as the Pages of North End or 'the black Pages whereas the Pages of Rosewell where Hon John Page was born were known as 'the white Pages ' Robert Page a brother of Mann Page and Hon John Page became the progenitor of the third branch of the family known as 'the Broadneck Pages ' The house at North End plantation was destroyed by fire during the American Revolutionary War in 1776 and no gravestones survive for Hon John Page and his wife Jane Byrd Page Hon John Page born at Rosewell Plantation was educated as a lawyer and served on the colonial council of Virginia in place of his elder brother Mann Page He was the second son of Hon Mann Page of Rosewell Plantation and his wife Judith Carter John Page married first Jane Byrd daughter of Col William Byrd II of Westover and second Maria Taylor eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Taylor of Kensington England John Page died in 1780 and was buried at North End Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia Richard Channing Moore Page Jenkins Thomas New York 1883 http //books google com/books id cOBBAAAAMAAJ pg PA96 unknown after lithograph 1883 from the original portrait 1750 PD-old-100-1923 People of Virginia Charles Bridges 1750 in Virginia Virginia in the American Revolution Byrd family of Virginia Page family of Virginia | ||||
