Mann Page (c. 1718–death date unknown), sometimes referred to as Mann Page II, was an American lawyer, politician and planter from

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, who served in the

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. His children included 13th

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John Page and Virginia delegate to the

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Mann Page Mann Page (1749–1781), sometimes referred to as Mann Page III, was an American lawyer, politician and planter from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, who served in the House of Burgesses and first Virginia House of Delegates as well as a d ...

Early and family life

Mann was born around 1718 in

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, the eldest son of Mann Page I, a member of the

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, and his second wife, Judith Carter (daughter of King Carter, who also served on that council, also known as the Council of State). His first wife was Alice Grymes Page (daughter of John Grymes), and his second wife was Ann Corbin Tayloe (daughter of

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). He was descended from Colonel John Page, who emigrated from Middlesex County in England to Bruton Parish in what was known as Middle Plantation but became

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in the

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circa 1650. Page attended

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and the

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in England, and later attended the

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, where he was a classmate and friend of

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Career

After his father's death, Page supervised completion of the

Rosewell plantation Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, was for more than 100 years the home of a branch of the Page family, one of the First Families of Virginia. Begun in 1725, the Flemish bond brick Rosewell mansion overlooking the York River w ...

mansion. Page sold off a significant portion of his vast land holdings to fund its completion. Page served in the Virginia legislature representing the College of William & Mary in the House of Burgesses in the 1760s.Cynthia Miller Leonard, Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. 91 He served on the committee on Privileges and Elections, and the committee on Propositions and Grievances.

References

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People from Gloucester County, Virginia People from colonial Virginia 18th-century American planters College of William & Mary alumni American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law Slave owners from the Thirteen Colonies