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Jane Byrd

Female 1729 - 1774  (44 years)


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  • Name Jane Byrd 
    Born 13 Oct 1729  Westover, Charles City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aug 1774  Mathews County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried North End Cemetery Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I22559  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2020 

    Father William Byrd, II,   b. 28 Mar 1674, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1744, Westover, Charles City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Maria Taylor,   b. 10 Nov 1698, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1771, Westover, Charles City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F8466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Williamson Page,   b. 20 Feb 1724, Rosewell, Gloucester County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1774, Mansfield Hall, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 1746 
    Children 
     1. Major Carter Braxton Page,   b. 1758, Mathews County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1825, Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F8490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Jane Byrd Page-Death Notice
    Jane Byrd Page-Death Notice
    The Virginia Gazette
    Aug 11, 1774
    John W Page-Death Notice
    John W Page-Death Notice
    The Virginia Gazette
    Oct 6, 1774

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51309242/jane-page.
      Jane Byrd Page
      BIRTH: 13 Oct 1729 Westover, Charles City County, Virginia
      DEATH: Aug 1774 (aged 44)
      Mathews County, Virginia
      BURIAL: North End Cemetery
      Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51309242/jane-page.
      Hon. John Page and Jane Byrd, his wife, married in 1746, had fifteen children in all, four of whom died infants, their names being unknown. The eleven that survived were as follows:
      1. Mann Page, eldest, born at North End, Gloucester (now Matthews) Co., Va., about 1747; removed to Fairfield. Clarke Co.. Va. He married, about 1767, Mary Mason Selden, of Salvington. Stafford Co., Va.
      2. John Page, born at North End, Gloucester (now Matthews) Co., Va.,about 1749; removed to Caroline County, Va. He married, in 1764, Elizabeth (called Betty) Burwell.
      3. Jane Page, born about 1751; married, about 1770, Dr. Nathaniel Nelson, second son and child of President William Nelson, of Yorktown, Va.
      4. Dr. William Page, born at North End, about 1753; removed to Richmond, Va. He married, about 1778, Miss Jones.
      5. Judith Page, born about 1755, married, about 1775, Col. Hugh Nelson, third son and child of President William Nelson, of Yorktown, Va.
      6. Carter Page, born at North End, 1758; removed to Willis" Fork, Cumberland Co., Va. He married, first, in 1783, Mary Cary, and secondly, in 1799, Lucy, eighth child and third daughter of Gov. Thomas Nelson, of Yorktown, Va.
      7. Robert Page, born in 1764; removed to Janeville, Clarke Co., Va. He married, in 1788. Sarah Page, of Broadneck, Hanover Co., Va. As four other children had died infants?names unknown?when Robert was born he was really the eleventh child, although the seventh survivor.
      8. Maria (called Molly) Page, born about 1765; married, first, John Byrd ; secondly, Archie Boiling; and thirdly, Peter Randolph ; by none of whom had she any issue.
      9. Matthew Page, born about 1767; died unmarried.
      10. Thomas Page, born about 1773; married, about 1798, Mildred, daughter of Edmund Pendleton, father of Edmund Pendleton, who married Jane B. Page, daughter of the above-named John Page (No. 2) and Elizabeth Burwell, his wife. Of the children of Thomas Page and Mildred Pendleton, his wife, Mildred Page married Palmer. There were also Thomas, Henry, and Robert, of whom nothing at present is known.
      11. Lucy Page, youngest, born about 1775; married, about 1792. Francis Nelson, of Mont Air, Hanover Co., Va., fourth son and child of Gov. Thomas Nelson, of Yorktown, Va.