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    1. [NORTON] Re: Your Norton posting
    2. George W. Page
    3. Hello Mark: I forgot to include my notes about my Ephraim Page, b. 21 July 1730 the son of Deacon Daniel and Hannah (Johnson) Page of North Branford: L.D.S. # 7450354-O and 7128715-7 records birth as well as Branford VR (Vol. 3, p. 71). He was a Lieutenant in the militia prior to Revolutionary War. On town committee selected on 17 November 1775 to "Secure proper ammunition for defense and conserve same." Branford Rev. Recd. on p. 3. Married Martha Norton who was mother of his children. He was NOT the Ephraim Page who married Sally Judd on 28 October 1784 at Branford (That Ephraim Page was b. 10 July 1760, the son of Amos and Rebecca (Burgess) Page).. From the Conn. Historical Collections, Vol. VIII. Conn. Line 1777-81, p. 65: "Short Term Levies 1779- Return of the Eight M Men that belonged to the 4th Conn. Regt. commanded by John Durkee, Col. Ephraim Page of Branford, July 20, 1779 - Jan. 15, 1780 term of service 6 months. Discharged 15 January 1780." Ephraim Page sold his three parcels of land in North Branford in 1784: 8-1/2 acres to Capt. Reuben Rose of Branford on 6 May 1784 (v. 11:32); 43 acres to Justus Rose of Branford on 12 August 1784 (v. 11:44); 10 acres on Toket Hill to Joseph Bunnell of Branford on 13 August 1784 (v. 18:196) Recorded on 27 February 1819. Ephraim appeared on the Tax List of the Old Town of Coxsackie in then the county of Albany, New York, on 12 June 1787. Also appearing near his name were the names of Eli Norton, Ambrose Norton and John Baker, Jr.. Ephraim's name does NOT appear on the 1790 Census of Connecticut. On March 18, 1792 he and his sons, Eli, Luther, and Timothy Page, together with: Ambrose, Asher, Giles, and Isaac Norton (of Guilford); William Barker (Jr. of Branford); Israel Baldwin (the father of Dinah Baldwin who m. Ephraim's brother, Daniel, in N. Branford); and others signed a petition to the legislature protesting the validity of the Prevost and Seaton patents near Greenville, Greene Co., New York. [Raymond Beecher, "Out To Greenville and Beyond - Historical Sketches of Greene Co." (Cornwallville, N.Y.: Hope Farm Press, 1977), p. 102.] Ephraim and his sons, Ephraim, Jr. and Timothy, appear on the 1800 census of N.Y. (Son Eli had already gone to Oneida Co., N.Y.). Ephraim d. intestate and his Probate Records are found in the Greene Co. Court House. On 30 April 1803 Timothy Page was appointed the executor of Ephraim's estate. His sons-in-law, Isaac Norton and Henry Johnson, also signed the document. Therefore Ephraim died before the end of April 1803 and is probably buried in an unmarked grave in the Locust Cemetery, at the intersection of highway 81 and Maple Ave. between West Greenville and Norton Hill. My search for his tombstone was unsuccessful and letters to the local mortician and town historian have remained unanswered.

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