Nathaniel Page

1679

Nathaniel Page was born in 1679 in England. He was the son of Nathaniel Page and his wife Joanna. He married Susanna Lane, November 06, 1701. She was born February 24, 1682/83, in Billerica, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Lane and Susanna Whipple. She died September 2, 1746 in Bedford. Nathaniel’s second wife was Mary Grimes. Nathaniel was one of Major John Lane’s troopers in 1706, and a trumpeter in Queen Anne’s War, 1703-1713. He died March 2, 1755. He and his wife are buried in the Old Burying Ground in Bedford.

[Sources: Lane genealogy, Brown’s Bedford; Bedford Cemetery records in DAR Library]

Children:

1. Nathaniel, b. September 4, 1703; d. April 6, 1779; m. Hannah Blanchard

2. John, b. Oct. 11, 1704; d. Feb. 18, 1782 m. (1^st) Rebecca Wheeler (2^nd) Amittai Fasset; (3^rd) Rachel Fitch. He was in the Rev. War and fouhgt at Lexington and Bunker Hill

3. Christopher, b. July 16, 1707; d. Nov. 11, 1786; m. Susan (Whitmore) Webster. He fought in the French and Indian War

4. Susanna, b. Apr. 29, 1711; d. 1735; m. Samuel Bridge

5. Joanna, b. Oct. 29, 1714; m. Josiah Fassett