Ambrose Page (1723 – December 29, 1791)[1] was a Rhode Island state legislator and admiralty judge who declined a seat as Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in May 1781.[2][3]
A native of Providence, Rhode Island,[3] he "was a sea captain during the Seven Years' War", and served in the Rhode Island General Assembly.[4] He was a judge of the court of admiralty from 1787 to 1790,[5][6][7] prior to which he "had been judge of the Superior Court and of the Common Pleas, and member of the Council of War".[7] He was described in the Providence Gazette as "for many Years a respectable nautical Commander from [Providence], and had sustained several Offices of public Trust, the Duties of which he discharged with Ability and Integrity".[8]
Page married Alice Smith, with whom he had a son, Benjamin Page, who served on ships in the American Revolutionary War.[4]
References edit
- ^ Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Volume III (1908), p. 1618.
- ^ Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1891), p. 208-13.
- ^ a b Samuel H. Allen, "Rhode Island Judiciary", in James N. Arnold, ed., The Narragansett Historical Register (1889), Volume 7, p. 61.
- ^ a b "Captain Benjamin Page (1753-1833)". The Gaspee Days Committee. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1787), p. 242.
- ^ At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations (1789), p. 4.
- ^ a b Frederick Bernays Wiener, "Notes on the Rhode Island Admiralty, 1727-1790", Harvard Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Nov., 1932), p. 65.
- ^ Providence Gazette (December 31, 1791).
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