Lt. Enoch Page Sr.

  General Notes:

sources: Ancestors of Stewart Ray Stanfield on FTN internet Jan 3, 2000; also gen research of Belinda Upton (www.members.clnk.com); IGI research of Cory Matieyshen of Canada and darrow.little@gte.net.research of Greg Shaver (greg@wealthmatters.com)

Research of: (on FTM)
Sandy Shaffer
sanken75@cs.com

Pension papers
14 Nov 1850 his son Enoch Page Jr applied for his father's pension [He was a resident of Groton, Caledonia County, Vermont and would be 70 yrs of age on 10 May 1851]..he believed his father Enoch Page Sr served two terms of Service in the Rev War..first soon after the commencement of the war [1775] and ending after the expiration of 6 or 8 mos as a Lt in Col Fry's Regt and Capt Ballard's Company [Capt Wm Hudson Ballard]. ..".Col Frye was from Nottingham, NH......not a great distance from where Father lived as he residede at that time in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the county of Essex." In 1777 he enlisted some men and served as a Captain this time he went to Rhode Island and was out some four or five months he was out in the fall of the year taht time...his Col's anme was Senters?..it was a New Hampshire Regiment.." he cited his source as a family bible and gave names of Enoch and Isabel's children as Alice, Moses, Mary, Enoch, Isabel, Sarah, John, Benjamin, Leverett and Samuel lsited in bible with their dates of birth with only four of the children surviving as of this date [Enoch, John and Benjamin Page and Sarah (Page) Wormwood
His father d. 17 Sept 1805 in Groton, VT and his mother d. 9 May 1838 in Groton, VT..he mentions his Granfather Lewis Page and his mother's maiden name as STRAW..Enoch Sr died at home of son Enoch Jr..Enoch Jr applies for pension due his deceased mother which will in turn be given to her surviving children.
also
Testimony of John Emery of Groton, VT age 88yrs..one of the earliest settlers in town [Groton] remembered that enoch Page came there [Groton, VT] in 1801..formerly lived in Massachusettes in ole Haverhill......moved from there to Andover, NH and then to Groton, VT..
also
Pay Roll 1777 - marched to Rhode Island..Capt Enoch Page' s company in Regt of Lt Col Joseph Lenter? entry 25 Aug 1777- discharged 6 Jan - time in service 6 m 13d...travel from Exeter to Providence 100 miles; from Warwick home 120 miles; total travel pay 696 pounds...

Enoch married Isabel Straw, daughter of John Straw and Abigail Sargent, on 8 Dec 1774 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Isabel Straw was born in 1757 in Sandown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire and died on 9 May 1838 in Groton, Caledonia County, Vermont.)