Phillip Page will discuss “The Pages of Rosewell” at a special program beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 6, at Mathews Museum, 200 Main Street.
The program is sponsored by the museum, the Mathews Historical Society and the Mathews VA250 Committee. Page, a descendant of the Mann Page family of Rosewell, a massive brick mansion now standing in ruins, built in what is now Gloucester during the years 1725 to 1738.
In his talk, he will discuss the family that resided at Rosewell for over 100 years, beginning when Virginia was still a British colony. Page will discuss his family’s role in Virginia history, and will detail facts and stories surrounding Rosewell.
His wife Anne Page is a fourth great-grandchild of Governor John Page, born at Rosewell in 1743 and a friend of Thomas Jefferson; both attended the College of William and Mary in the 1760s. Rosewell had passed out of family hands when it was destroyed by fire in 1916, leaving ruins today that are managed by the Fairfield Foundation....