To everyone who has contacted me about this will, here it is....BUT I should have said that this COULD be the father of our Isaac Page. I came across this will in 1988 on a visit to the Essex Record Office, in Colchester, Essex in England where I then lived. There is no proof yet, but I thought this was most interesting. However, I am not at all sure that the timing would be right. Isaac Page married Damaris Shattuck in 1653. If he was 25 years old, he would have been born in 1627. If he was 30 years old, not unusual in those days when a man had to establish himself before thinking of starting a family....he could have been born about 1622. Abraham Page made his will in 1628 in Much Baddow, Essex. Isaac would have been about 6, or at any rate, probably under ten years old. Abraham had a son younger than Isaac, so when he made his will, with no mention of a wife, and if his children were that young, he would surely have mentioned some provision for their care and upbringing. Therefore, I think this Abraham Page, although a possibility, must not be viewed as anything more than that. Sorry to have gotten your hopes up, before I got the file out and refreshed my memory.....it has been a long time. (I did not find a probate date for this will). "In the Name of God Amen. I ABRAHAM PAGE of Much Baddow in the Countie of Essex, bricklayer, being weak in bodie but of good and perfect memorie, thanks be unto Almightie God, doe make and ordeyne this my last will and testament in the manner and forme following, viz: ffirst, and principallie I commend my sould into the hands of God the father hoping to be saved and obteyne the remission of my sinnes through the merrits and passion of Jesus Christ his sonne my alone Saviour and redemer; and my bodie to the earth to be decentlie buried with Christian buriall. And for mmy worldlie goodes wherewith it hath pleased God to blesse me I will and bequeath them in manner and forme followinge. Imprimis [Firstly], I give and bequeath unto my oldest sonne ABRAHAM PAGE the summe of fortie pounds of good and lawfull english money to be paid unto him when he shall accomplish the full age of one and twentie years; Item, I give and bequeath unto my second sonne ISAACK PAGE the summe of fortie pounds of lawfull english money to be paid to him when he shall accomplish his full age of one and twentie yeares." Item, [same, exactly, unto "my youngest sonne JACOB PAGE"]. Next clause says that if any one of the three sons die before they reach 21, then his portion is to be paid to the survivors, equally to each. In the next two clauses, Abraham bequeaths "unto my said three sonnes" all his household goods and implements, and all his cows, cattle and sheep to be equally divided amongst them. The rest of his "goods, chattles, readie money and debts (my debts and funerall expence and charge in the Spirituall Court being paid and discharged)" to his said three sons in equal shares. "And I make and ordeyne Jeremie Whatmay of Chelmsford in the countie of Essex, Lynnendraper, my sole and onlie executor..... And my will and meaning is that he shall deduct so much money out of my estate and legacies before bequeathed as shall serve for his necessarie expences in travail, cost and charges in being executor hereunto. And I entreat my Cozen THOMAS PEASE to be Overseer hereof, to whom I give twentie shillings. In witness whereof I have herewith sett my hand and seale......the three and twentieth day of October in the fourth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God King.....Defender of the faith etc. Anno Dom: 1628 Witnesses: Thomas Pease [Peasley?] and Humfrie Lowth Signed......by mark [as opposed to a signature of the testator] Ref. D/ABW 49/110 at the Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, Essex What needs to be done is to examine the relevant parish registers of Much Baddow, Essex and surrounding parishes, to determine if these three sons reached adulthood, and married, or died......and thus remained in England. This would eliminate this family as the one relevant to our Isaac Page. I examined the minutes of Pasquotank MM (at Guilford College, Greensboro, NC) and near the back of the register, Henry White has written in his own handwriting: "our frind Isake Page departed this life the 4th day of the 5th month [July] in the yere of our acounte 1680 being a faithfull testimony for the truth tell his death." Henry White was the executor of Isaac's estate, and married 2nd to Isaac's daughter Damaris Page Morris [widow of John Morris] on 10 July 1681. I am descended from their daughter Damaris White who married Thomas Symons. Although the above Abraham Page is not proven to be the father of our Isaac, I do have some circumstantial evidence that makes this look likely. The well-known James Savage in his "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England", vol. 3, p.330 (reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977) under PAGE has an ABRAHAM of Boston in 1645, a tailor, FROM GREAT BADDOW IN ESSEX [my caps] who by his wife Mary, of Braintree, had a son Abraham, bapt 1646 at Boston, died the same month. Savage also mentions our ISAAC PAGE of Boston, m. 30 Sept 1653 to Damaris Shattuck; and was probably THE BRICKLAYER [my caps] at Salem in 1658." This information would certainly seem to tie all the evidence together. One last quote, from "The American Genealogist", vol. 30, p.168, 1954, in an article on 'The Salem Shattucks' says (under heading of Damaris Shattuck) that "Pope (Pioneers, 338 f.) cites Suffolk Deeds [Suffolk Co., MA?] vol. 1, p.66, for the statement that Abraham Page, tailor, of Great Baddow, Essex had a bond dated 25 Aug 1636 from William Vincent for 20 pounds when he should be 21 years of age, otherwise to his brothers ISAAC and Jacob." So despite my earlier skepticism about Abraham Page, bricklayer, of Much Baddow, Essex, will of 1628 being the father of "our" Isaac Page.....this now does appear very likely. Note: There is no "Much Baddow" on the maps now, but there is a village of Little Baddow a few miles east of Chelmford, Essex; and Great Baddow is now a southern suburb of Chelmsford. I hope this is of interest, although a bit lengthy for an email! Marilyn Winton Totten