1791 Atlantic French was born on September 21. [1]
1812 Gilbert Page, son of Thomas and Alice Page, and Atlantic French were married on March 19, at St Andrew's, Mt Holly, New Jersey. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
1812 Thomas Page, Samuel Page, and Gilbert Page were taxed in Chester Twp, Burlington County. Thomas Page was taxed for 15 acres of improved land, 1 horse, and 1 cow. Samuel Page had 1 house & lot, 1 horse and 1 cow. Gilbert Page had 1 house & lot, 1 horse and 1 cow. [7]
1813 Thomas Page, Samuel Page, and Gilbert Page were taxed in Chester Twp, Burlington County. Thomas Page was taxed for 15 acres of improved land, 1 horse, and 1 cow. Samuel Page had 1 house & lot, 1 horse and 1 cow. Gilbert Page had 1 house & lot, 1 horse and 2 cattle. [8]
1816 "The house opposite the William Penn Hotel, ... owned by Gilbert Page and the eastern part occupied by him for a store. Gilbert Page purchased the property of Thomas Page and Abbie, his wife, in 1816, and Thomas Page purchased it of Joshua Borton and Elizabeth, his wife, in 1807" [9]. Soon after his marriage to Atlantic French, Gilbert Page purchased the large brick house which adjoined the Orthodox Friends Meeting House in Moorestown. [10]
1814-18 Gilbert Page was on the township committee of representatives of Chester Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [11]
1813-1839 Gilbert Page was the postmaster. [12]
1814-1815 Gilbert Page, with several others, chartered the Farmer's National Bank of New Jersey on Mill Street, Mt Holly [Northampton Twp], New Jersey. [13]
1830 Gilbert Page lived in Chester Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey in a household with males: 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (10 thru 14), 2 (15 thru 19), and 1 (40 thru 49); and females: 1 (under 5), 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (30 thru 39). [14]
1835 A saw mill (near Mullica Hill) from the estate of Charles French was sold to son-in-law Gilbert Page, of Moorestown. [15]
1840 Gilbert Page was an active Whig and directed a large political meeting for General Harrison. [16]
1840 Gilbert Page lived in Chester Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey in a household with males: 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (15 thru 19), 1 (20 thru 29), and 1 (50 thru 59); and females: 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (40 thru 49). [17]
1849 G. Page lived across the street from the hotel in Moorestown, Chester Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [18]
1850 Gilbert Page (age 68, born in New Jersey) lived in Chester Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey, in a household with Atlantic Page (age 59), Elizabeth F Page (age 14 or 74 or 94), Nathan A Buzby (age 30), Caleb Haines (age 45), Bridget Fitzgurvis (age 20), Samuel Jones (age 34), Mary Jones (age 34), Sarah Sparks (age 65), Alice Bany (age 23), Eliza Jones (age 9), Thomas Stewart (age 24), George Conrow (age 20), Joseph Harris (age 20), Alfred Prichett (age 19), Joseph Saunders (age 14), and William Rineer (age 13). [19]
1859 G. Page lived next to S Jones, and the OFMH [Orthodox Friends Meeting House] across the street from the hotel, the store, and the buggy shop, in Moorestown, Chester Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [20]
1860 Gilbert Page (age 78, born in New Jersey), gentleman, lived in Chester Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey, in a household with Atlantia Page (age 70), Elizabeth Page (age 25), Adolph Page (age 17), and Henry Page (age 15). [21]
1862 Gilbert Page died on July 7 and was buried in Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Moorestown, Old Chester Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [22] [23] [24]
The "Gilbert Page Family Memorial Stone" Inscriptions include:Atlantic French Page Sept 21st 1791-March 13th 1869, Charles P. Page March 27th 1813-April 27th 1866, Edward A. Page 1830-1881, Gilbert Page August 7th 1784-July 7th 1862, Rodney S. Page Feb 1833-Oct 1834, Sabilla A. Page Feb 1823 died Feb 1825, William H. Page 1818-1824. Sarah Page died Oct 23rd 1847 in her 20th year.
1862 Gilbert Higbee Page was reported buried at Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey. [25]
1867 Atlantic Page, widow of Gilbert Page, was listed in the Philadelphia directory. [26]
1868 Atlantic Page, widow of Gilbert Page, was listed in the Philadelphia directory. [27]
1869 Atlantic French Page was reported buried at Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey. [28]
1881 William Lane Booker and Elizabeth French Bispham née Page, daughter of Gilbert Page of Morristown, New Jersey, were married on September 22. [29] [30]
Research Notes:
Mrs. Ellen Page Butcher was named as a daughter of Joseph French Page and Ellen Forde Hansell with ancestral lineage through Gilbert Page and Atlantic French and through Thomas Page and Alice Scott. [31] [32]
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[2] Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Volume 2 (1913), 132, [GoogleBooks].
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[4] Richard Haines, George Haines, Charles Stokes. Genealogy of the Stokes Family (1903), 46, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
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[14] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
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[16] Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Volume 2 (1913), 134, [GoogleBooks].
[17] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[18] J.W. Otley & R. Whiteford; on stone by G. Kramm & G. Worley, Map of Burlington County, mostly from original surveys (Philadelphia : Published by Smith & Wistar, 1849), [LibraryOfCongress Map], [LibraryOfCongress].
[19] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
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[21] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[22] Burlington County Newspaper Notices Index (Burlington County Library, online newspaper abstracts), "page, gilbert", Dollar Newspaper, Jul 19, 1862; Page: 2, Column: 5, [NJNewspaperSearch].
[23] S. D. Dickinson and J B. R. Smith, Index of Wills, Inventories, etc. in the office of the secreary of state prior to 1901, Vol. 1 (1912), 169, lists Gilbert Page, (16727C, Inv. 1862.) in Burlington County, New Jersey, [InternetArchive].
[24] New Jersey Probate Records, 1678-1980, Burlington, Proceedings Index 5-161, image 577, [FamilySearchImage].
[25] Find A Grave Memorial 8542749, [FindAGrave].
[26] US City Directories, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[27] US City Directories, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[28] Find A Grave Memorial 8542800, [FindAGrave].
[29] Newspaper, New York Times, 1 July 1894.
[30] Wikipedia article about William_Lane_Booker, content subject to change, [Wikipedia].
[31] Lineage Book of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Vol. 23, 136, [DAR Registry].
[32] Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, 23-136, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].