Josiah was bound out to an uncle from the age of 4 till he was 21, and learned the blacksmith trade, and worked at it in Newbury and Ryegate. Mr. Mason says, he was the only blacksmith between Newbury and Stanstead Plain. He served in the Rev. War as a sergeant in Capt. Thos. Johnson's company, of the Minutemen in 1775 and in the 2nd Co. under him, his service being 20 days; also one mo. in Capt. John Bayley's Co., as a scout, between Apr 1777 and March 1779; also was in Capt. Frye Bayley's Co., which marched to Saratoga, Sept. 23-Oct. 27, 1777; also 19 days as sergeant in Capt. Simeon Steven's Co., 1779-81. While living in Newbury he held town offices in 1781 and was chosen, with Col. Jacob Kent, a delegate to a constitutional convention held at Windsor. In Ryegate, where he bought land south of the Corner of John Scott, he held town offices; was town clerk 1784-87, town representative in 1792, 93, 94 and 96 and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1793. Whether a church member or not does not appear, but he served on several committees about building a meeting house and settling a minister. He kept a tavern at the Corner and was Lt. Col. of the 1st Reg. in Cal. Co, in the old militia. Josiah Page died in 1814. He married Lydia Pettee of S. Berwick, ME, who was born at Haverhill, Mass. Their descendants are widely scattered and their records imperfect, but what we give what can be obtained of them. "History of Ryegate" (1913) by Edward Miller and Frederic P. Wells
Josiah was bound out to an uncle from the age of 4 till he was 21, and learned the blacksmith trade, and worked at it in Newbury and Ryegate. Mr. Mason says, he was the only blacksmith between Newbury and Stanstead Plain. He served in the Rev. War as a sergeant in Capt. Thos. Johnson's company, of the Minutemen in 1775 and in the 2nd Co. under him, his service being 20 days; also one mo. in Capt. John Bayley's Co., as a scout, between Apr 1777 and March 1779; also was in Capt. Frye Bayley's Co., which marched to Saratoga, Sept. 23-Oct. 27, 1777; also 19 days as sergeant in Capt. Simeon Steven's Co., 1779-81. While living in Newbury he held town offices in 1781 and was chosen, with Col. Jacob Kent, a delegate to a constitutional convention held at Windsor. In Ryegate, where he bought land south of the Corner of John Scott, he held town offices; was town clerk 1784-87, town representative in 1792, 93, 94 and 96 and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1793. Whether a church member or not does not appear, but he served on several committees about building a meeting house and settling a minister. He kept a tavern at the Corner and was Lt. Col. of the 1st Reg. in Cal. Co, in the old militia. Josiah Page died in 1814. He married Lydia Pettee of S. Berwick, ME, who was born at Haverhill, Mass. Their descendants are widely scattered and their records imperfect, but what we give what can be obtained of them. "History of Ryegate" (1913) by Edward Miller and Frederic P. Wells
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