As I began my genealogical search for my PAGE line, way back there, I finally narrowed my choices to the Goochland or the Isla of Wight bunch. I was leaning very heavy to the Goochland bunch, .. UNTIL Y-DNA came along. It is hard to argue against that. Robert Page ----- Original Message ----- From: "George W. Page" <gwpage@erols.com> To: <page@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [PAGE] question? has anyone ever been able to back up that exolheath page was born in belfast northern ireland? > According to the best researchers, working for several years, the > roots of Exolheath Page of Goochland Co., VA, extend to several > locations including King & Queen County, VA, and "Ireland" (Irish > Republic or Northern Ireland/). > It is important to remember that he was not the only, or most senior, > of the various PAGEs in that county during the early 1700s! > He probably had brothers Robert and John Page from whom many > PAGEs are > descended. > > Here's some important facts determined by the best researchers in > the > business: > Estimates of his birth have varied considerably, and as late as about > 1715. He died sometime between July 1779 (when his case against > James Overstreet was continued to the next court) and March 1780 > (when the case was dismissed because the plaintiff (Exolheath) was > dead). (Goochland Co., VA Ct. Order Bk. 13: 204 and Ct. Order > Bk. 14: > 21) > > Name may have been Axel Heath Page. A biography of a descendant in a > Henry Co., Missouri history asserts the grandfather of Anderson (i.e. > Exolheath) was of English descent. His name is also seen as Axelheath > among records of descendants. Tithable lists of 1765, 1766, and 1767 > shows the Exolheath household included 500 acres. Court records show Exolheath was appointed a surveyor in 1753. > > The first mention of Axelheath in the Goochland Co. Nov. 1753 > Court record, "Ax'l Page is appointed surveyor of the Church Road from > Toney's Bridge to Leak's Bridge with the usual gang." In Levy Court, > Dec., 1754 "Exhollheath Page pd. for erecting two sign posts - 50# > tobacco." > > Tithable and court data of Goochland Co., Virginia show that at least four > Pages: John, Robert, Jacob, and Axelheath, arrived there about the same > time, between 1740 and 1750. Whether they were brothers or related is > unknown. The name of the Page in an earlier generation is not known or > recorded. > > Exolheath was probably in King and Queen Co. before going to > Goochland, as the following report by Dolores Rutherford indicates: > "About three years ago, a correspondent was doing research in > the VA State Archives and found a record involving Exolheath PAGE of > Goochland Co. in the VA State Archives labeled as Goochland County > Judgments, 1762 (False Imprisonment: Russell v. Drumwright Ext'rs) Box 31 > This was an order of the court in the case of "Rufsell v. Mims > &c" and is as follows: ("f"s are used in some cases for "s") > "GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, > France and Ireland, Ing, Defender of the Faith, Etc. To the Sheriff > of Goochland County, Greeting. We command you to summon THOMAS STARKE & > EXOLHEATH PAGE to appear before our Juftices of our faid County at the > CourtHoufe on the third Tuesday in this present Month of May to teftify, > and the Truth to fay, on Behalf of John Rufsell a poor person in a certain > Matter of Controverfy in our faid Court, before our faid Juftices > depending and undetermined, between the s'd John Rufsell plt. & > Drumright's Executors Def'ts and they fhall in nowife omit, under the > Penalty of one hundred pounds each Witnefs Vallentine Wood clerk of our > faid Court, at the faid Court-Houfe, the XIIIth Day of May in the XXXIII'd > Year of our > Reign. Val. Wood" > Another correspondent (not on our PAGE line) kindly went to > the Archives and obtained copies of this for me. The file contained > the affidavit filed by Thos. Starke, but not the one by Exolheath > PAGE. If anyone is interested, I will post the affidavit filed by > Thos. Starke. However, it does not mentioned Exolheath PAGE. > This case is VERY INTERESTING as it indicates that both Thomas > STARKE and our Exolheath PAGE were in King & Queen Co., VA before going to > Goochland Co.. We already know from a deed record that the early John > PAGE (the one with wife Hannah) was in K & Q Co. before going to Goochland > Co., but we had no evidence that Exolheath or Robert PAGE were also > there....although we have always suspected it." > > Several of them continued to migrate into North Carolina and then > South Carolina. > > IF the family was originally from "Ireland" it would have been only a > temporary place of residence as the various PAGE family lines are > definitely of English origin, from counties Middlesex, Kent, Norfolk, > Suffolk, and perhaps Essex and Devon. They would have been their > temporarily as a result of the various English military service in > support of people such as Oliver Cromwell. > > George W. Page- > PAGE Y-DNA Project Administrator > www.PageY-DNA.ORG > > At 08:47 PM 11/30/2010, you wrote: >>*has anyone ever been able to back up that exolheath page was born in >>belfast northern ireland? because several researchers on rootsweb.com say >>that he was born over in belfast northern ireland.i myself do not take >>that as gospel because "PAGE" is an english name! just wondered if anyone >>else had heard this! input please!* >>