The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . ere theyin matters of this nature. Colonel Page was a member of the Kings Council, andwas possessed of a large property in land, slaves, and shipsin Virginia, as well as of houses in Westminster, England,much of which passed at his death to his second Matthew Page, father of the builder of Rose-well, and grandfather of the governor. The Colonelbegan the new year, in 1688, by writing a letter to his
The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . ere theyin matters of this nature. Colonel Page was a member of the Kings Council, andwas possessed of a large property in land, slaves, and shipsin Virginia, as well as of houses in Westminster, England,much of which passed at his death to his second Matthew Page, father of the builder of Rose-well, and grandfather of the governor. The Colonelbegan the new year, in 1688, by writing a letter to his sonof thirty, to accompany a little book of religious instructionprepared in his own handwriting. He says: Set not lightly by my gift, but esteem those fatherly instructionsabove earthly riches. Consider the dignity of your soul, and let no 191 time slip whereby you may, with Gods assistance, work out yoursalvation with fear and trembling. The portrait by Leiy represents a young man with grave,blue eyes and wavy, brown hair. The dark cloak is bright-ened by a white starched collar. The original is at Williamand Mary College. Glenn, Some Colonial Mansions. Volume i, page 173. 192. JOHN PAGE1627-1691/2 (193) YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTGW, Le?44&XTtLD£N PO^N»ATtONS George Percy, eighth son of Henry, eighth Earl ofNorthumberland, was born 4 September, 1580. His earlytraining was received In the Low Countries, the best schoolof his time for knightly young gentlemen. On the twentiethday of December, 1606, he sailed for Virginia In the firstexpedition, and has left us a minute and Invaluable accountof the voyage. He served as deputy governor fromSeptember, 1609, until the arrival of the shipwreckedSir Thomas Gates, 21 May, 1610—a period of extremepoverty and unrest—and again from March, 1611, whenLord De la Warr left the colony, to the coming of SirThomas Dale, In May. Percys Observations, In 1607, tell of arrival In April,the construction of a fort In June, with much of interestre
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