Person:Barzillai Savage (1)

Barzillai Savage was baptised on 10th March 1746 at the village of Houghton in Hampshire. He was the second of nine children of a couple named John Savage and Elizabeth Wiltshire. His unusual name is biblical - Barzillai was a servant of King David. Curiously, Barzillai was the only one of the nine children with such an unusual name. The family stayed in Houghton until after 1759, when Barzillai’s youngest sibling, James, was baptised there. However, they then appear to have moved away - the only one of the family to be buried in Houghton was Barzillai’s sister Elizabeth who died aged two in 1752. It is not clear when or where Barzillai’s parents died.

By 1782, Barzillai was living in the city of Winchester, about eleven miles east of Houghton. He married at St Lawrence’s Church in the centre of the city on 21st April 1782, when he was 35. His bride was Sarah Parker who was about 28.

Barzillai and Sarah stayed in Winchester after their marriage, having nine children baptised there between 1782 and 1795.

Barzillai died in 1808, aged 62. He was buried at St Maurice’s Church in Winchester on 13th March 1808. Sarah outlived him by nearly 34 years. When she died in 1842 she was described as the widow of Barzillai Savage, labourer.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish registers of Houghton, Hampshire, 1669-1876. (Winchester: Hampshire Record Office).

   10 Mar[ch] 1745 [i.e. 10 Mar 1745/6] Barzillai son of John & Eliz[abe]th Savage

   This baptism has been linked to the Barzillai Savage who married Sarah Parker on the basis of the unusual name and the relative proximity to Winchester. Barzillai’s death record in Winchester apparently does not specify an age.

2. ↑ Roberts, B. Rhys, and Hampshire Genealogical Society. Hampshire Burial Index, 1400–1837. (Havant, Hampshire, England: Hampshire Genealogical Society, 2003).

   13 May 1808
   Savage Barzillai
   Winchester St Maurice