Person:William Savil (1)

Savil (Saville,Savell,Sable, etc.)William¹ Savil son of William and grandson of George Savil of Saffron Walden Co. Essex, England was baptized there 24 Feb.1604/5. Came to New England apparently unmarried and is first of record about 1641 at Cambridge where he was in the employ of Nathaniel Eaton. (Lechford's Notebook). He was a joiner. He came to Braintree in 1642 where his sister Anne wife of Samuel Bass had located, but he is not mentioned at all in town records. In his will in 1669 he twice calls Dea. Samuel Bass his brother and makes him an executor (Will in Register Vol.48-323).There is no record of the purchase of his homestead which was on present School St., Quincy, where the Presbyterian Church now stands. It remained in the hands of his descendants more than 150 years. In 1667 William Savil with four others purchased a large tract of land in present Wollaston known as "Salter's Farm" from the heirs of William Tyng, his share being one quarter part. (See also N.E. Register 107-218).William Savil died 6 April 1669. His will dated 19 Feb.1668/9 mentions wife Sarah, sons John, Samuel, Benjamin, William, and daughters Hannah and Sarah. The sons made an agreement 14 June 1669 giving to the widow all she brought their father at marriage. He married 1st Hannah Tidd (or Teed), daughter of John & Margaret Tydd of Charlestown and Woburn. She died 14 June 1650. John Tydd's will mentions his son Savell's children, Benjamin, Hannah, John, and Samuel.

Source:Mayflower Descendant, p. 7:41

The last Will & Testament of William Savel Senio'r : 19 : ffeb : 1668 :

These are to signify that I will & desire that my funerall & debts shall bee discharged out of my sole Estate & that done - I doe give & bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Savel my House & half the Orchard during her life, shee bearing my name - But in Case the heire of this said House, which is my sonn Benjamin Savel, shall give to her yearely while shee bares my name, twenty shillings towards hyring of her a Chamber where shee pleases, & in Case shee live in Towne, my Three sonns, John, Samuel Benjamin Savel, shall provide & bring her fowre Coard of wood yearly, (during her name Savel) - And further my Three sonns named shall give unto my wife, a fatt Swine : 80 : weight, & Twenty bushells of Corne during her life bearing my name, And for what movables as a bed & what shee brought I leave with her as her Owne - And her Land & Bridgwater, with two Cowes that was my wives, and the Wintering of them soe long as shee beares my name.

I bequeath & give to my Sonn John Savel, shall have the whole Hose & barne & shop & tooles, stuffe as Timber pertaining to his trade with the Land also adjoyning, to His House as Pasture & close adjoyning with Dearings Lott, Six Acres upon the Hill with Three Acres of marsh Land more or less that was Brother Bass - To my Sonn Samuel Savell, Benjamin & William Savell shall have the farme Land Equally divided betweene them, as upland swamp meadow, & all Appurtences & Priveledges thereto belonging - But my will is my three Eldest Sonns shall pay the remainder of my debt for Salter farme Each is Proportion alike - my will is that my Sonn John Savel & Benjamin, shall have an Equall Proportion of my stock & the Land at Bridgwater & at Quinipauge therefore they shall pay out their sisters Portions as Expressed - ffor my daughter Hannah Savell my will is that shell shall have my ffowre Acres of Land in the Old feild joyning to Barnabas Derrifeild for a debt of 13^£ to her Content, they or Each of them may take the Land - Also I give fforty pounds to my daughter Hannah to be paid a yeare after my decease, by my then sonns John, Samuell & Benjamin - To my daughter Sarah Savell I Give 30^£ (at Age 21) to bee pd by my Sonns John Samuell & Benjamin & for my movable Goods in my House I Give sonns & daughters an Equall Portion - ffor my Sonn Samuel Savell I Give William Veseys Lott adjoyning to dearings Lott, but this Lott must be sattisfyed for out of my meadow at the farme, according to Contract before the Divission bee made by my Sonns - And also I give my sonn Benjamin Savell my dwelling House as formerly Expressed & my old barne Orchard & my bit of meadow adjoyning -

This my Will being declared I Give my Sonn John Savell Exectuo'r with my Broghter Samuell Bass, for my daughter Hannah Savell, I leave the Care of her to my Brother Bass, & my daughter Sarah Savel I leave to my wife but in Case my Brother Bass & my Sonn John Savel shall see any ill Conveniency to follow my desire is that they shall take her & dispose of her to some sutable place, where shee may bee brought up in the Admoniition of the Lord :

my Sonn William Savel is to live as an Apprenctice, with his sonn John Savel untill hee bee 21 : years : of Age, my will & Appointment is that in Case y't any of my Sonns : Dye without issue the Land shall returne to the Brethren that survive

Thomas ffaxon Senio'r, & William needham my will is should see this performed.

Witnesses Samuell Bass, Edward Quinsey. Proved 29 Jul 1669 by oath of Deacon Samuell Bass and 26 Aug 1669 by oath of Edmond Quinsey.

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Articles of Agreement betweene John Savel Samuell Savel & Benjamin Savel of the one part, & Sarah Savell Relict of William Savel deceased of the other party as followeth:

That whereas the Will of our deceased ffather doth not give soe full sattisfaction to Our mother with Respects to her future maintenance therefore for the Continuance of love & peace between us we John Savel & Benjamin Savel doe hereby bind Our selves that wee will freely pay & performe unto her as foll:

1: That according to Our ffathers Will, Our mother shall have her whole Estate Returned to her that shee brought to our ffather for her own use & to dispose of forever with a Chest with drawers & a Cubbert -

2ld: That what the will Expresseth & bindeth us to the performance of for her maintinence wee will truly & faithfully performe, - Also whereas the will Expresseth Twenty bushells of Corne & fowre Cord of wood wee doe hereby Engage to pay itt in these kinds, Three bushells of wheate & three bushells of Rye, & Six bushells of malt & Eight Bushells of Indian & to pay when shee hath occation, Provided it bee at such times as it will not bee much damage to them - Also whereas the will bindeth us to winter two Cowes for her yearely wee doe herby Engage to summer them also as we doe Our Owne yearely during her widdowhood -

3ly That in Case God soe dispose that Our mother Change her Condition by marriage that then, the former Engagements being voyd wee doe hereby Engage & bind Our selves to pay or Cause to bee paid unto Our mother Sarah Savell the full & just sume of ffowre poundes a yeare, to bee paid Twenty shillings in porke & Three pounds in Corne at price Currant duringe the tearme of her naturall life, Provided that that which is returned to her as her owne Estate shall still Continue soe to bee, her Owne to dispose of forever as formerly Expressed

I Sarah Savel Widdow & Relict of William Savell, deceased, with respect to the above said premisses & Obligations doe hereby declare my selfe to bee sattisfyed & Contented, & doe hereby Engage my selfe that the aforesaid Obligations being performed I will noe way trouble or molest my Children neihter by requiring my thirds of the Estate or suing for the same in a Course of Law or any other way -

And for the true performance of the abovesaid p'r'misses wee both parties doe hereby bind Ourselves, our heires Executo'rs Administrato'rs & assignes & doe hereunto set Our hands & affix Our seales the : 14 : June 1669.

Signed by John Savell, Samuel Savel, Benj : Savel, and Sarah Savel. Witnessed by Thomas ffaxon (by mark), Christopher Webb Acknowledged 29 Jul 1669 by Sarah Savel and John Savel, on 26 Aug 1669 by Samuell Savel and Benjamin

1. ↑ Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
   639.

   William Savill dyed the 2 mo. [Apr] 6, 1669.

2. ↑ "Parish Register, Saffron Walden, St. Mary the Virgin, 1558-1630.", in Church of England. Parish Church of Saffron-Walden (Essex). Parish registers for Saffron-Walden (Essex), 1558-1982. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991)
   43.

   1605 February 24 William the son of William Savill (baptized). (Found at [1])
   [Note that 1605 is written in a modern hand, and hence is a new style year. That this is really 1604/05 is clearly indicated by the heading a few lines below this entry giving the start of the old style year, then occurring on March 25: "Ano Dni. 1605 Marche 25".]