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Seneca Paige (February 11, 1788 – October 11, 1856) was an
American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...
-born businessman and political figure in
Canada East Canada East (french: links=no, Canada-Est) was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new ...
. He represented Missisquoi in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper C ...
from 1851 to 1854. His surname also appears as Page. He was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, the son of Foster Paige, and came to
Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...
around 1816. He was a wood merchant and building contractor at Dunham. He is believed to have been involved in counterfeiting American money. Paige received a land grant in Dunham township in 1837. He married Mary Ann Lee, probably at Dunham. Paige also served as a
justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
. He did not run for reelection in 1854. Paige died at Dunham at the age of 68 and was buried in
Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paige, Sencal 1788 births 1856 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East People from Hardwick, Massachusetts Canadian justices of the peace