Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With
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-E JZ&Tu£m ife FROM THE ROBERT C. BILLINGS FUND ^ : GENEALOGY OF THE PAGE FAMILY IN VIRGINIA. ALSO A CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF THE Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families'' WITH REFERENCES TO THE BYRD, CARTER, CARY, DUKE, GILMER, HARRISON, RIVES, THORNTON, WELLFORD, WASHINGTON, And other distinguished Families in Virginia. ONE OF THE FAMILY. NEW YORK Jenkins & Thomas, Printers, 8 Spruce Street. 1883. ^\\ *CS?7 • P/3-3 3 iii *» * < *• • •« 1 1 1«' TO THE MEMORY OF COL. JOHN PAGE, ESQ., FIRST OF HIS FAMILY IN VIRGINIA, WHOSE TEMPERATE AND INDUSTRIOUS HABITS, INDOMITABLE ENERGY AND STRICT INTEGRITY, WON FOR HIM A HIGH PLACE IN THE CONFIDENCE OF THEIR MAJESTIES, WILLIAM AND MARY, AS A MEMBER OF THEIR COUNCIL IN THE DOMINION OF VIRGINIA, AND ARE WELL WORTHY OF IMITATION BY HIS DESCENDANTS, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS PIOUSLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. RICHMOND, VA PREFACE The Original Tombstone of Col. John Page, the first of his family in Virginia, was a marble slab imported from England about the year 1695. In some unknown way it was broken, and for many years the fragments were scattered about the Episcopal churchyard at Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia. For the purpose of restoring it, one of the descendants of Col. Page visited Williamsburg in the summer of 1877, an d> on the 22<^ °f June of that year, had the fragments, that could be found, collected and placed, by the consent of the Vestry, on a brick platform in the vestibule of the church. All the lower portion of the tombstone is lost, except a narrow strip containing parts of words. This fragment was enclosed in the brick platform above mentioned. The upper portion consists of two pieces, one of which evidently had not been found when Bishop Meade wrote his book entitled "Old ChurcJies and Families of Virginia" ; for the partial inscription mentioned by him, Vol. I., p. 195, is evidently an inaccurate copy of so much of the inscription only as was found on one of these fragments. During the month of January, 1878, a new monument of Carrara marble was erected at the head of the grave which was found by the side of that of his wife, Alice. It contains an exact copy of the coat-of-arms and inscription that were found on the original tomb- stone. There are also other notices, one of which gives the date of the erection of the new monument. The inscriptions on the Page tombstones at Williamsburg and Rosewell were at that time copied, and this led to a more extended investigation of the subject of the Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia, which has finally re- sulted in the following little book. In tracing out the different branches and members of the Page Family in Virginia, a somewhat condensed account of other families became necessary. This was particularly the case with regard to 8 PREFACE. the Nelsons. These two in turn involved the Walkers, and others. It was thought best, therefore, to bind them all in one book. In speaking of localities, the names of the County, State, and even Country when necessary, are also given when they are known. The Roman numbers refer to the Generation, and the ordinary figures to the position of an individual, with respect to age, in any given family. The Generations are reckoned from the first, or what is supposed to be the first, of the family in Virginia. The Roman numbers are not usually applied to females, nor to males who have no married children, but in these two classes of cases a brief and concluding account is given at the time, or else reference is made to some other part of the book. Whenever a date is given without qualification, it has been copied from a tombstone, family Bible or other trustworthy record. But whenever a date is said to be about such and such a time, it has usually been calculated upon the supposition that a woman mar- ries at the age of 20, and & man at 25, and that their children were born every other year after the first year of married life. The book has been compiled from a correspondence with vari- ous members of families referred to in it, extending over a period of six years. The following persons have furnished valuable information, viz : 1. Mrs. George Byrd, of New York City. 2. Capt. R. R. Carter, of Shirley, on James River, Virginia. 3. Mrs. Fanny Nelson Carter, on James River, Virginia. 4. Wilson Miles Cary, Esq., of Baltimore, Maryland. 5. Miss Nellie Deans, Rosewell, Gloucester Co., Virginia. 6. R. T. W. Duke, Jr., Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Virginia. 7. Miss Mary Jane Griffith, of Shelly, Gloucester Co., Virginia. 8. Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, of Charlotte Co., Virginia. 9. Mrs. Mary R. P. Harrison, of The Rowe, on James River, Virginia. 10. Mrs. Ellen Wayles R. Harrison, of Edge Hill, Albemarle Co., Virginia. 11. Genl. Roger Jones, Inspector-Gen., U. S. Army, Washing- ton, D. C. 12. Mrs. Fannie B. P. Meade, of Washington City, D. C. PREFACE. 9 13. Col. William Nelson, of Oakland, Hanover Co., Virginia. 14. Dr. Robert W. Nelson, of Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Virginia. 15. Miss L. Page Nelson, of New York City. 16. Miss Fannie B. Nelson, of Yorktown, Virginia. 17. W. Steptoe Nelson, of Bedford Co., Virginia. 18. Mann Page, Esq., Lower Brandon, on James River, Virginia. 19. Legh R. Page, Esq., Richmond, Virginia. 20. John W. Page, Esq., of Petersville, Frederick Co., Maryland. 21. Peyton N. Page, Esq., of Gloucester Court House, Virginia. 22. Dr. John R. Page, University of Virginia. 23. William N. Page, Esq., of Cumberland County, Virginia. 24. John Page, Esq., Oakland, Hanover County, Virginia. 25. Miss Lucy M. F. Page, Washington City, D. C. 26. Carter H. Page, Esq., Albemarle Co., Virginia. 27. Judge John E. Page, Clarke Co., Virginia. 28. Fred. M. Page, Sewanee, Franklin Co., Tennessee. 29. John Page, Buenos Ayres, South America. 30. Samuel "H. Pendleton, New York City. 31. Mrs. W. N. Pendleton, Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia. 32. Mrs. D. Coupland Randolph, Cumberland Co., Virginia. 33. Francis R. Rives, Esq., New York City. 34. William C. Rives, Esq., Newport, R. I. 35. Mrs. Lucy B. P. Saunders, Washington City, D. C. 36. Stephen Tucker, Royal College of Heraldry, London. Information in some cases was obtained from the "History of Bristol Parish, (Dinwiddie Co., Virginia,) by Rev. Philip Slaughter* of Virginia, and the " History of St. Mark's Parish" (Culpepper Co., Virginia,) by the same author. Bishop Meade's book, entitled " Old CJiurches and Families of Virginia" has also been found useful, and reference to it is fre- quently made in the earlier portions of the genealogies of several families. For the purpose of ascertaining the parentage of Col. John Page, progenitor of the Page family in Virginia, an exact copy of the coat-of-arms and inscription on the original tombstone was taken by John Draddy, a sculptor, of New York City, when he was at Williamsburg, Virginia, in the month of January, 1878, superin- : IO PREFACE. tending the erection of the new monument over the grave of CoL Page. The copy was certified to by Mr. Draddy and acknowledged by him before a Notary Public, whose authority in turn was certified to by the Clerk of the City and County of New York. The papers were then certified to by the British Consul residing in the City of New York, and forwarded to Stephen Tucker, Her Majesty's Pur- suivant-at-arms, Rougecroix, Royal College of Heraldry, Victoria St., London, E. C. (East Centre). It is evident that all alleged crests and coats-of-arms of the Page family of Virginia, which do not correspond in outline with those found on the original tombstone of Col. John Page, Esq., at Williamsburg, James City Co., Virginia, are utterly worthless, whether they exist on spoons, candlesticks, furniture, or any other substance whatever. They originated, no doubt, through the want of proper investigation, and a consequent lack of intelligence on the subject. The following is an exact copy of Mr. Draddy's certificate, and others ''Know all men by these presents : That I, John Draddy, Sculptor, re- siding in the City of New York, County of New York, State of New York, and United States of America, do hereby certify, declare and make known, 1 PREFACE. 1 that the above drawing representing a coat-of-arms is a true and exact copy, made and executed by me, of a coat-of-arms on the old tombstone situated in the vestibule of the Episcopal Church, Parish of Bruton, City of Williamsburg, County of James City, State of Virginia, and United States of America; and that the following is a true and exact copy of the inscription upon the aforesaid tombstone, to wit: 1 Here lieth in hope of a Joyfull Resurection the Body of Colonel Johx Page, of Bruton Parish, Esquire, One of their Majesties Council in the Do- minion of Virginia. Who Departed this life the 23 of January in the year of our Lord 69^. Aged 65.' I furthermore certify that, in my opinion, some numeral belonging to the date 69^ has been obliterated by an injury sustained by the said tombstone. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st day of February, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-nine. JNO. DRADDY. [seal.] Witness: A. P. Smith." "State of New York, ) City and County York, of New j Be it remembered, that on this 1st day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-nine, before me, A.