John Savage

  General Notes:

John Savage was of English Aristicratic Descent, he was industrious andacquired 1207 acres of Land in America. He lived in Middletown,Connecticut, had 11 children and raised 9 of them, 2 having died ininfantcy, and lived to a good age. Of the 1207 acres of land, 441 acreswere on the east side of the Connecticut River. His family members havepresered an old blazon of arms which is identicalwith that of the arms ofsavage, of Rock Savage of Cheshire, England. There is also a familytradition of kinship to the titled Savages of Cheshire. Johns will issigned "John Sauidg" though it is written in the will as "Savedg". Hiswill and an inventory of his estate is filed with the Hartford Probaterecords. His estate had 85 acres and was valued at more than 480 pounds.

John Savages Will
page 228-9 Name;Sergt John Savage, Location: Middletown, Died 1684-5.Invt, oe480-15-06. Taken 12 May 1685, by Giles Hamlin, Nathaniel White,William Warde. Legatees - John Savage, 33 years of age, William 17,Nathaniel 14, Elizabeth 30, Sarah 28, Mary 27, Abigail 19, Hannah 9years. Will dated 22 November, 1684.

I John Savage of Middletown, in the County of Hartford, do make this mylast Will & Testament. I give to my wife Elizabeth Savage my dwellingHouse & Homelott with all the houses thereon, with all my Household Goods& all my stock of cattle & swine of all sorts, during her natural life;also my long Meadow Lott the use of it her lifetime & all the lands Ibought of Anthony Martin adjoining my Homelott & to that which wasAnthony Martins Homelott & to that which I gave to my son John by a deedof Guift, that is, for her lifetime. Incase my wife should see cause tochange her condition by marriage, that then neither my stock of cattle orhousehold goods shall be disposed of to any but my children. My wifeElizabeth is to be Executrix and request my son John to be of assistanceto her in it. I request my friends and brethren Nathaniel White andSamuel Hall sen to be Overseers.
Witness: Nathaniel White, Samuel Hall

1 NOTE Savage
The first proven link with the Savage dynasty starts in the 16th centurywith a Thomas Savage who was recorded as a Yeoman of Newbold Pacy inWarwickshire (yeoman was a middle class farmer who owned his own land).Thomas's son John Savage marrieda Joan Smith in Moreton Morrell in 1543.Some time later he moved to Bishops Tachebrook Warwickshire, where hedied in 1594. His daughter Margaret married William Murcott.
The Savage family were a higher social than the Murcotts, but both weresignificant landholders in Warwickshire. Nearby in Worcestershire wereanother branch of the Savages. This family lived in Elmley CastleWorcestershire, the manor of Elmleywas given to Christopher Savage byKing Henry VIII in 1545 (demolished in 1960).
The Worcestershire Savages are a junior branch of the Cheshire Savages
Other prominent members of the Savage clan include:
* Sir Arthur Savage who was Knighted at Cadiz in 1596
* George Savage (Sir John's bastard son) who " fathered seven children bythree sundry women all without the benifit of marriage."
* Thomas Savage , Archbishop of York in the 16th century.
* Sir Arnold Savage who was in the retinue of King Henry V at the Battleof Agincourt (25th October 1415)
* John Savage who was in the retinue of Sir Raufe Shyrley at the Battleof Agincourt (25th October 1415)

THE NAME AND THE FAMILY OF SAVAGE
(Ann Savage Orthman - from typewritten manuscript)

The name of SAVAGE is believed to have been originally a nickname derived from the wild or savage nature of its first bearer. It is found onancient records in the various spellings of Salvage, Sauvage, Sawage,Savidge, Savadge, and Savage,.ofwhich the last is the most generallyaccepted form today, and was frequently found with the prefix le, meaning"the".

The family bearing this name descends from Norman ancestors, one of whom,Thomas le Sauvage, went into England in the early eleventh century withWillia

John married Elizabeth D'aubin, daughter of John D'aubin and Unknown, on 10 Feb 1652 in Hartford, Hartford, CT. (Elizabeth D'aubin was born in 1631 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, christened in 1631 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, died in 1696 in Middletown, Middesex, CT and was buried in 1696 in Middletown, Middesex, CT.)