Page's Field: Joseph,Elizabeth, John,& Nancy

Joseph Page (1797-1882)

Elizabeth Farrington Page (1801-1868)

Joseph Page was born on December 3, 1797 in Walpole. His parents were Joseph and Louise Page, also from Walpole.

On October 22, 1826, Joseph Page married Elizabeth Farrington Page. She had been born on August 25, 1801 to Ebenezer and Elizabeth Farrington.

The Pages ran a successful farm with a home built at today’s 397 Washington Street.

The couple had one child: John B. Page who was born in 1827. He too became a farmer.

On May 12, 1868, Elizabeth Farrington Page died of heart disease. Joseph and John Page continued to work the farm. On February 2, 1875, John B. Page married Nancy Chamberlain. She cared for her husband and his father until Joseph Page’s death on August 16, 1882 of old age.

John B. Page died in 1890. After her husband’s death, she continued to live in their home at 397 Washington Street, eventually renting out rooms to boarders. Nancy Chamberlain Page died in 1924 in a tragic fire.

What remained of the farm continued to be called Page’s Field.

Joseph and Elizabeth Farrington Page are interred in lot 42 of Old Parish as are John B. Page and Nancy Chamberlain Page. Their stone was carved by Burt & Company, one of the first entrepreneurs in the field of modern gravestone production.

Old Parish volunteers resetting and cleaning Joseph & Elizabeth Page's gravestone in 2023.

Burt & Co. carver marking