Thomas Page II (abt. 1792 - 1875)

Born about Jan 1792 in Wiltshire, England

Husband of Jane (Hayhurst) Page — married 13 Oct 1824 in Grahamstown, Cape Colony, South Africa

Husband of Mary (Hartley) Page — married 2 Feb 1847 in Bathurst, Albany, Cape Colony

Died 30 Sep 1875 at about age 83 in near Berlin, King William's Town, Cape Colony, South Africa

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Biography

Based on 1820Settlers.com profile [1], Thomas Page was born in 1792 or 1795 in Wiltshire, England to Thomas & Maria Page and emigrated to South Africa from Portsmouth with Biggar's party on the Weymouth in 1820. He is listed as a labourer and later (30 Jun 1825) as a Native Trader operating out of GrahamsTown. He died an octogenarian on 13 Sep 1875 in the Eastern Cape. During his long life he married three times:

• 1st wife Ann was born about 1787 and died in the Bathurst District on 21 June 1824, aged about 37. It is not known where in England or when they married or whether they subsequently had children. In the Biggar party manifest [2], he is listed as 25, and she as 33, putting their birth years around 1795 and 1787 respectively.
• 2nd wife Jane Hayhurst, married him on 13 Oct 1824 at GrahamsTown and bore him three children: - Richard Thomas Page (1825), Charles Hamman Page (1827) and Thomas Page Jr. (1838)
• 3rd wife, Mary Ann (Hartley) Palmer, married him on 2 Feb 1847 at Bathurst. She died 2 years before him on 28 May 1873 at Hilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape.

NOTE

Some children attributed to him based on English census are clearly for the wrong Thomas Page who lived in Gloucestershire post-1820.: James Page, Emily Page, Richard Thomas Page, William Page, Mary Page, Thomas Page and Sarah Page. They have been removed/corrected/attached to the correct Thomas Page.

Christening: 1794 Census: 1841 Sheepcot Wall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.

Sources

1820 Settlers profile

[3]

• eggsa 1820 Settler return [4] states him as a 25 year old labourer travelling with a woman Ann, 33, and no children in Alexander Biggar's party. This puts his birth around 1795 and his woman around 1787. Ann may be his wife or a sister.

birth records of children in Grahamstown Church registers

The only children attributable to Thomas Page are those with Jane Page recorded in South Africa, including Richard Thomas Page (27 Jun 1825-) whose baptism is recorded in Feb 1826 at St George's Cathedral Grahamstown [5], and subsequent sibs recorded in the Methodist Church there:

Charles Hamman Page - born 23 May 1827, bapt. 1 Jul 1827 son of Thomas and Jane Page [6][7]

Maria Page - born 9 Nov 1831, bapt. Mar 1833 daughter of Thomas and Jane Page [8][9]

Thomas Page - born 4 Jan 1838, bapt. 22 Jul 1838 son of Thomas and Jane Page [10][11]

William Page - born 6 Mar 1843, bapt. 9 Apr 1843 son of Thomas and Jane Page [12][13]

• son, Charles Hamman Page's 1897 death notice [14] gives his father's name as Thomas Page and his mother's name as Jane Wensley Page (born Ahurst). His birth is estimated as Feb 1827

possible 10 Jun 1793 birth record

[15][16][17][]

First name(s) Thomas

Last name Page

Birth year 1793

Birth date 10 Jun 1793

Baptism year 1794

Baptism date 02 Feb 1794

Place Highworth

County Wiltshire

Country England

Father's first name(s) Richard

Father's last name Page

Father's occupation Labourer

Mother's first name(s) Ann Maria

Record type Parish Registers

Record set Wiltshire Baptisms Index 1530-1917

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Parish Baptisms

Collections from England, Great Britain

possible 1795 birth record

There is only one Thomas Page born in Wiltshire in 1795. e.g. [18]

First name(s) Thomas

Last name Page

Birth year 1795

Birth date 29 Nov 1795

Baptism year 1795

Baptism date 25 Dec 1795

Denomination Anglican

Place Highworth

Father's first name(s) -

Mother's first name(s) Jane

County Wiltshire

Country England

Notes base born

Record set Wiltshire Baptisms Index 1530-1917

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Parish Baptisms

Collections from England, Great Britain

death notice

[19]

Name - Thomas Page

Birthplace - Wiltshire, England

Parents - Thomas Page - Maria

Age - 83 y 8 m

Condition - trunk maker

Marital - widower

When - 30 Sep 1875 <imputed birth Dec 1791 - Jan 1792>

Where - The residence of Mr. C.H.Page, Farm no. 120

Children (all of age - over 21 years)

Richard Thomas Page

Charles Hamman Page

Thomas Page

dated near Berlin 4 Nov 1895 <signed> R.T.Page

"South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ6-GQM8-B?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZT%3A1598082382 : 28 September 2018), 007844947 > image 1342 of 2203; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

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Thomas Page
Birth name: Thomas Page
Gender: Male
Birth: Circa 1795 - England, United Kingdom
Christening: 1794
Marriage: Spouse: Jane Hayhurst - 1824
Marriage: Spouse: Mary Ann Hartley - Feb 2 1847 - Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Spouses: Jane Hayhurst, Mary Ann Hartley, Ann
Children: Mary Page, William Page, Richard Thomas Page

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