Col. Page: While we're on the subject of the Pages of VA-- I read a book quite a few years ago on one of the MA Page families. I believe it was authored by the man who tried to connect with the Page family of London. The book stated that the Pages of VA were connected to Presidents and generals. I would like to know who the presidents and generals were and what was the connection. Also, was there a connection between the VA and MA Pages. thanks, Charles P.S. One of my lines has a "Master General" from VA in the War of 1812.

I don't know if this applies....but I am both a VA Page descendant as well as a Washington family descendant (certified, card carrying...literally...#914). I am also a Harrison descendant and my VA Harrison line descends from a common ancestor with the Presidential and Signer Harrisons ( they're both from the same line...only much closer to each other than my folks). Colonial VA was a very small world.Many of the early arrivers were the younger sons of the gentry and nobility. Many of these were the "Military" sons and the "Merchant Prince" sons. A few of the "Church" sons came, but not as many of those...the Colonial Parishes were not well funded (better to stay at home if your people were well connected....unless of course you had been on the "wrong side" of either the Cromwell thing or the Restoration...then , better to stage a strategic removal). Most of these people had old world ties to each other of a familial nature....theirs was a rather closed society ...(and England remains somewhat that way even today) The old family ties were maintained for a very long time. I think things might have started changing (falling apart ??) in North Carolina...or perhaps, more accurately the Frontier in general.The Civil War pretty much finished it off. The remaining vestiges were obliterated by WWII and followed by the 1950s corporate relocations...leaving many of us with a sort of cultural amnesia. There have been times when I was subbed to both VA and NC lists where they would do roll calls at the same time and many of the surnames would be the same. People would just "disappear" according to the VA listers and the NC listers would be talking about their "aliens" who must have been dropped off by UFOs.. they just "showed up" one day...poof ! I started feeling like a switch board operator I was recently looking through a book about Irish landed gentry in the 1500 and 1600s and started having the same sensation....lots of familiar surnames. Unfortunately, it's on genealogy.Library.com...and the name "Page" is a nightmare to try and do a search on...if you know how, let me know. Anyway.....there are websites that have Presidential lineages posted. They are pretty limited in their scope, but you might find a connection. If you find one to my lines, please let me know. Hope that helped......malinda CHARLES S BRACK wrote: > Col. Page: > > While we're on the subject of the Pages of VA-- > > I read a book quite a few years ago on one of the MA Page families. I > believe it was authored by the man who tried to connect with the Page > family of London. > > The book stated that the Pages of VA were connected to Presidents and > generals. I would like to know who the presidents and generals were and > what was the connection. Also, was there a connection between the VA and > MA Pages. > > thanks, Charles > > P.S. One of my lines has a "Master General" from VA in the War of 1812. > > ==== PAGE Mailing List ==== > PAGE list website - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/PAGE.htm