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Facts and Events
Immigrated to America in 1650. Was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a founder of Middletown Connecticut. (the Upper Houses now called Cromwell) He was industrious and acquired 1207 acres of Land in America. He had 11 children and raised 9 of them, 2 having died in infancy. Of the 1207 acres of land, 441 acres were on the east side of the Connecticut River.
His family members have preserved an old blazon of arms which is identical with that of the arms of Savage, of Rock Savage of Cheshire, England. There is also a family tradition of kinship to the titled Savages of Cheshire. His estate had 8-5 acres and was valued at more than 480 pounds.
References
- Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
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Savage... JOHN, Middletown, freem. 1654, m. 10 Feb. 1652, Elizabeth Dubbin, at Hartford, if we may rely on the delightful vol. of "Hartford in the olden time;" to wh. objection is rais. on read. the rec. in Geneal. Reg. XIII. 142, of m. of the same w. on the same day to James Wakely. However the ch. giv. to him (whoever was his w.) are John, b. 2 Dec. 1652; Elizabeth 3 June 1665; Sarah, 30 July 1657; Thomas, 10 Sept. 1659, d. soon; Hannah, 6 or 16 Apr. 1661, d. next mo.; Mary, 25 June 1663; Abigail, 10 July 1666; William, 26 Apr. 1668; Nathaniel, 7 May 1671; Rachel, 15 Apr. 1673; and Hannah, again, 16 July 1676; and he d. 6 Mar. 1685. His will, of 22 Nov. preced. names three s. and six ds. liv. and his est. was good. Mary m. 1 Apr. 1686, as sec. w. John Whitmore; and Abigail m. 14 Apr. 1687, Edward Shepard.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Savage, James Francis. Family of John Savage of Middletown, Conn., 1652. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: D. Clapp & Son, printers, 1894)
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He [John Savage, Sr.] was one of three Townsmen of Middletown in 1657, and held the military rank of Sergeant, as appears by " An Inventory of the Estate of Sargnt John Sauidg, deceased March 6, 1684-5," filed with Hartford Probate Records(IV:360), where his will may be found...
- ↑ Family of John Savage, Middletown, Conn. 1652 by James Francis Savage, A. B. Lowell, Mass., in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
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"Whence John Savage came, where and when he landed in America, are alike unknown to his descendants. ... it is probable that he came from England ..."
- ↑ His origin is unknown. A "family tradition" that he was from Cheshire might date back as far as this person, or might be the result of later genealogical research (or wishful thinking), and thus should be treated with caution.
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