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1725-26
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Mann Page I begins construction of the Rosewell
mansion.
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1730
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Mann Page I dies, bequeathing life rights
to the mansion and house tract to his widow, Judith.
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1737
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Judith Carter Page receives a bequest from
the estate of her father, Robert Carter, and continues house
construction.
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1737
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Mann Page II inherits his parents' estate
and completes the Rosewell mansion.
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1765
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Mann Page II and family leave Rosewell for
Mannfield. Their eldest son, John, moves into Rosewell with
his wife, Frances Burwell Page.
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1771
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John Page begins renovation and redecoration
of Rosewell. He becomes a member of the House of Burgesses.
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1808
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John Page dies and his second wife, Margaret,
inherits the 750-acre Rosewell house tract and numerous slaves.
She resides in Williamsburg.
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1837
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Thomas B. Booth buys Rosewell from John Page's
executors.
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1847
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Thomas B. Booth conveys Rosewell to John T.
Catlett, his cousin.
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1850-51
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Catlett takes up residence at Rosewell and
enhances the value of the buildings.
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1853
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John T. Catlett sells Rosewell to Josiah L.
Deans.
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ca. 1881
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Josiah L. Deans dies. Frederick Deans and
siblings agree to oversee the care of Rosewell for two years.
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1884
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Deans siblings subdivide the property and
attempt to sell Rosewell.
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1888
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Philip Nelson Page purchases Rosewell in its
entirety but fails to pay for the property and it reverts
back to the Deans family.
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1904
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Ellen Y. Taylor (daughter of Josiah L. Deans)
and her husband, Judge Fielding Taylor, are in possession
of 247.17 acres of Rosewell, that portion which contains the
mansion.
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The mansion is gutted by fire. |
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