Eleventh Generation

322. John SAVAGE Sr. (`) was born on 22 January 1763 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^152,240

From The History Of New Woodstock, First Printing, 1901, pages 70 and 71:

"John Savage with his wife and five children, ranging in age from two to ten years, came in 1800, with an ox team from Vermont to New Woodstock. Mr. Savage was a sailor in early life; later he became a carpenter and joiner. Soon after he came to New Woodstock, probably having purchased land on contract. He built a log house which was still standing within the remembrance of some of his grandchildren. In 1807, a deed was given him by Frederick Brim, of one hundred fifty acres of land in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars. The land now owned by Joseph Coley, above the cheese factory, was the northern boundary.

John Savage owned all the land south of that boundary between the east and west roads to Cazenovia, as far as Main street in the village of New Woodstock. Mr. Savage gave the land, once covered with maple trees and constituting his "sugar bush," as the site for the Baptist church. He also gave the older part of the cemetery in consideration of help in clearing the re-maining land. His wife, Elizabeth, was the first secretary of the Baptist Mite Society, formed in 1812. Mrs. Savage died in 1826. John Savage, in the latter years of his life, spent much time in trapping and fishing. He died in 1851, aged eighty-eight.

Mr. Savage's three sons were John, Seth, and William. John and Seth were in the war of 1812. The daughters were Betsey [Greenman,] Julia, who married Artemas Gleason, and Harriet, the only child born in New Woodstock, who married Orrin Hendee. John Savage, Jr., is buried in the Lyon cemetery in Nelson, N. Y., and is the only one of the six children not buried in New Woodstock. His only surviving child is Mrs. Ellen Bump, who lives in her father's old home at Constine Bridge.

Seth, born in 1792 at Bellows Falls, Vermont, lived at Union. His farm is now owned by John Fuggle. Mr. Savage was the father of ten children. His first wife, Almira Gleason, was the mother of five, of whom Lucia Morris, of Dixon, Illnois, is the only one living. Emily Elmore was Mr. Savage's second wife. Her surviving children are Almira Hill of Delphi, N. Y., and George Savage. Ellen, who died a few years since, was the wife of James R. Fenner, of Delphi.

William, usually called "Deacon" Savage, was born in 1794. He married Almira Damon. He owned the farm which he sold to William Holmes, and which was brought by Lester LaMunion in 1866. The place in Floodport also belonged to him which is now owned by Mrs. Louisa Drake. Later in life Mt. Savage moved into the village of New Woodstock, owning the place that is now the Baptist parsonage. At one time he was employed as stone cutter on the Erie Canal.

William Savage had seven children. The oldest, James LeRoy, was a mechanic and always lived in New Woodstock. He was a partner of S. E. Morse in the carriage business and was with him instrumental in building up the southwest part of the village. He was also one of the partners in the Glove Factory when it was in operation. He died in 1891. His wife was Elizabeth Perkins, of Cazenovia. Mrs. Savage now lives with their only child, Trying A. Savage of Syracuse, N. Y.

The other children of William Savage were Julia, Elizabeth [Tabor] Crandall, Delana [Holmes] [Davis,] Lucretia [Slocum,] W. Evans Savage, who died during the Civil war from wounds received in battle, and Caroline, the only surviving child, who married Henry Everts of Erieville, N. Y., and now resides in Hamilton.

John Savage, senior, gave his nephew, Roswell Savage, an acre of land north of where Fred Mann now lives, in payment for a pair of boots. Roswell Savage built a tannery on that plot of ground. The tannery was afterward moved, however, southwest on the West Woodstock road and converted into a cider mill. Roswell Savage bought of his uncle the northwest corner of Main street, and built the house afterward owned by Conrad Cook, later by Elluria Curtis, and now by Mrs. Chatfield. Mr. Savage's children were Seth, Enoch, Polly, and Sarah Ann [Adams.] The last mentioned now resides in Cuba, N. Y.

Gardner Greenman, born in Stephentown, N. Y., in 1794, was married in Cazenovia in 1816, to Betsey Savage, born in Rockingham, Vt., in 1797. They had eight children: Deloss, Edwin and Seth were born in DeRuyter; Julia [Card], born in New Woodstock; Malvina A., born in Antwerp, died in New Woodstock in 1847; Louise M., Marietta C., and Harrison H., were born in New Woodstock. Gardner Greeman died in New Woodstock in 1858. His wife, who is remembered for her efficiency in church work, died in Shabbona, Ill., in 1873.

Deloss married Clarissa Smith, of Cazenovia, and has two children, Mrs. Hutchins, of Cazenovia, and Mrs. Barber, of Fenner, with whom he lives. Edwin died in 1876 in Pontiac, Ill. He married Maria Griggs, of Cazenovia. Seth married Eliza Sweetland, of Cazenovia, and died in ..... Their children live in Cazenovia. Louise M., married Harrison L. Wheat, and lives in Skiana, Ind. Marietta married Jeremiah D. Tucker and lives in Valparaiso. Ind. Harrison married Lizzie E. Earl, of Metamore, Ill., and died in Valparaiso, Ind., in 1878.

Captain John Hendee, born 1770, was of English parentage and came to New Woodstock from Ashfield, Conn., 1806, locating on Hendee Hill, about one and a half miles north of the village, on the west road to Cazenovia. He was married four times and was the father of thirteen children, five of whom died when young.

The first wife, Lucy Martin, had no children. Annis Russ Hendee's children were Lucy, John, William. Orrin, and Annis. Lucy married Alvah Holmes and was the mother of William, who married Delana Savage, Polly [Scott Hunt] Annis, Sylvanus, and Charles. John lived to be nearly ninety-eight. William settled in Ohio. Orrin, born 1798, in Connecticut, married Harriet, daughter of John Savage, and lived at Shed's Corners many years. They had seven children, Elizabeth, [Colwell], living in Sherburne;John, who died ; Alpheus, who married Julia deClercq and is the only grandson of Captain John Hendee now living in New Woodstock; William, who lives in Syracuse, Helen. who died, Mary [Northrup], living in Norwich, and Cornelia, who died in 1845.

Annis Hendee married Conrad Cook. Her children were Enos and Chauncey. John Hendee's children by Esther Twist, the third wife, were Eliza and Alpheus. His last wife was a widow, Polly Dryer. She was the mother of Julia, who married John Ferguson. Captain Hendee died in 1824 and his widow married Consider Amsden. Mrs. Amsden was only thirteen when she was married to Mr. Dryer."

. He was baptized on 23 January 1763 in Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.²⁴¹ He died on 10 August 1851 at the age of 88 in New Woodstock, Madison County, NY.¹⁵²

John SAVAGE Sr. (`) and Elizabeth EVANS were married on 16 December 1789 in Rockingham, Windham County, VT.¹⁵² Elizabeth EVANS was born about 1773.¹⁵² She died on 31 August 1826 at the age of 53 in New Woodstock, Madison County, NY.

John SAVAGE Sr. (`) and Elizabeth EVANS had the following children: