Page-Turner Family History

 Sir Gregory Page, 1st Baronet (c. 1669 –  1720), of Greenwich, Kent Sir Gregory Page 1st Bt. 1669-1720 by Herman Van Der Mijn 1684-1741       Sir Gregory Page, 1st Baronet  (c. 1669 – 25 May 1720), of  Greenwich , Kent, was an English brewer, merchant and Whig politician who sat in the  House of Commons  between 1708 and 1720. Early life Page was the eldest son of Gregory Page (died 1693) and his second wife Elizabeth Burton. Page Senior was a wealthy London merchant, shipwright and director of the British  East India Company , who owned a brewery in  Wapping . He was also an  Alderman  of the  City of London  in 1687. Elizabeth Burton was a widow from Stepney. Page Junior married Mary Trotman, the 17-year-old daughter of Thomas and Mary Trotman of London, on 21 January 1690. Career Page followed his father's footsteps as a brewer and merchant, building a vast fortune in trade with South and East Asia. He was on the committee of the Old East India Company from 1706 to 1708. At a b

The Page Family's 16th Century origins in Petersfield   and early beginnings in Wapping London. The Page Family are first recorded living near  Petersfield Hampshire in the mid 16th Century. Nicholas Page's will is dated 1571 and states that he was from the parish of Lassam (Lasham) which is 16 miles north of Petersfield. James Page of Petersfield presumably a relation of Nicholas has a will dated  12 Jan 1584.  It appears from the Will that he was a successful Yeoman Farmer who owned livestock, pewter plates, brass utensils, bedding , bolsters , sheets , blankets  furniture, candlesticks. He mentions his children, Margaret, John, Arthur, Elizabeth and Gregory, who he appoints as his executor. Gregory Page of Petersfield  first appears in 1608 as a Burgess of Petersfield. There was also a dispute between the Burgess and the Lord of the Manor in which Gregory Page is named. . he is also recorded in the Manorial Court Tolls of Petersfield , he is described as " Junior"