Mann Page (1766-1813)
Mann Page (1766–24 August 1813) was a Virginia planter and slaveholder.
Mann was the first born son of John Page and Frances Burwell (1745–1784). He was born in Gloucester County, Virginia, Mann Page was a member of the wealthy Page family, one of the First Families of Virginia. His father, John served as Governor of Virginia from 1802 to 1805. His uncle Mann Page III was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777.[1] He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1785.[2]
In 1788, Page married Elizabeth Nelson, daughter of Declaration of Independence signer Thomas Nelson Jr and Lucy Grymes. Together they had fifteen children: John (1789-1817), Lucy (b. 1790), Frances (b. 1791), Thomas Nelson (b. 1792), Mann (b. 1794), Eliza (b. 1795), William Nelson (1797-1829), Mary Jane (b. 1798), Warner Lewis (1800-1822), Sally (1802-1869), Ann (b. 1803), Philip (1804-1821), Robert Nelson (1805-1824), Thomas Jefferson (b. 1807), Cornelia (1809-1890).[3] Other than maintaining the family plantation at Rosewell, he worked for some time as a clerk for the Gloucester County Court and in 1793 built the Shelly residence on the North bank of the York River.[4]
He died in Mount Airy, Hanover County, Virginia.
References[edit]
- ^ "A Guide to the Mann Page Papers, 1766-1813 Page, Mann, Papers, 1765-1869 MS 31.8". ead.lib.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ Glenn, Thomas Allen (1898). Some Colonial Mansions: And Those who Lived in Them : with Genealogies of the Various Families Mentioned. H. T. Coates.
- ^ Howe, Henry (1849). Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c. Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Together with Geographical and Statistical Descriptions. W. R. Babcock.
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