PAGE Family*
Related Surnames: Bethea, Herring, Horn, Keefe, Moore, Nichols, Platt
The Page surname originally hails from England. A John Page emigrated from there about 1650 to become the progenitor for the Page family of Virginia. A descendent of this John Page, also named John (1743-1808) was a Revolutionary Patriot, Congressman and Governor of Virginia. This John was born at Rosewell in the great house built in Gloucester County, VA by his grandfather, Mann Page. He attended William and Mary College where he became good friends with Thomas Jefferson. Virginia state documents show that the two corresponded for nearly 50 years.
It is not known if the Pages along the Pee Dee river in SC are related to those in Virginia, but the possibility exist since migration south from Virginia to the Carolinas was indeed prevalent during the prerequisite period. By the late 18th century, the Pages were a numerous group in North and South Carolina. The South Carolina progenitor, Abraham Page, appears to have started a plantation in the 1750s that may have spanned both state lines. The following are believed to be sons of Abraham Page: Joseph, Thomas, Solomon and David.
A William J. Page, Jr. (1825-1910) of Marion is worth a mention here since he supposedly had eighteen children. He married twice, Martha Grice and Minerva Barnes. He was the son of Capt. William J. Page and Frances Smith, and a grandson to the above mentioned Thomas Page.
A Samuel T. Page (1817-1903) was another son of Capt. William J. Page and Frances Smith. He married Sarah Elizabeth Keeffe (1824-?). They had only one son that I know about: John Keeffe Page. Sarah Elizabeth Keeffe was the daugher of John Keeffe and Mary Avant. Its of interest to note that Mary Avant's third husband was Capt. William J. Page. Samuel T. Page had some troubles with the Yankees just after the Civil War and moved his family to Mississippi. The family supposedly lived in Mississippi for 20 years and then returned to Marion, SC. Sarah Elizabeth died shortly after their return. Samuel T. Page was living with the family of his son, John K. Page, as late as 1902 in Marion.
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A William Edward Page (1856-1938) of Florence County, SC married Ellen Herring. This William Page is most likely a descendant of one of the above sons of Abraham Page; however, a definite connection has not been established. According to census records, he was born in South Carolina. There were Pages in what today is called Lake View in Dillon County, and William Edward Page supposedly came from there.
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