David Sage

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David Sage Sr (abt. 1639 - 1703)

David Sage Sr

Born about 31 Mar 1639 in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, British Isles [uncertain]

Son of Christopher Jehan Le Sage and Elizabeth (Randell) Sage

Brother of John Sage [half] and John Sage Jr. [half]

Husband of Elizabeth Hinds (Kirby) Sage — married 1 Feb 1664 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Wiley) Sage — married about 1673 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Father of David Sage Jr., Elizabeth (Sage) Bull, John Sage I, Mary (Sage) Johnson, Jonathan Sage, Timothy Sage I, Mercy Sage and Nathaniel Sage

Died 31 Mar 1703 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Disputed Origins

David Sage

Birth: 1639 Immediate Family: Son of John Sage and Elizabeth Sage Husband of Mary Sage; Elizabeth Sage and Mary Sage Father of Nathaniel Sage; Mercy Sage; David SAGE; Elizabeth Bull; John Sage and 3 others Death: March 31, 1703 (64) Middlesex, CT Place of Burial:Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, CT, USA

Genealogical Record of the Descendants of David Sage, Sage and Sage (1919), believed that he was son of Elizabeth Randall, that she was widow of John Kirby, and step mother of David's wife Elizabeth Kirby, based on David's will mentioning land "I bought of mother" and land "sold to his mother, Elizabeth Randall."[1]

Others, without source, have claimed that this Elizabeth Randall was first or earlier married to a John Sage who was father of the immigrant David. But there is no documentation to support this. As a result, we have detached David from these parents. And detached John Sage from the known Elizabeth Randall. But in other deeds, David referred to his father John Kirby and to his mother Elizabeth Kirby, alias Randall. This led later researchers to believe that David was referring to his in-laws-- parents of his wife Elizabeth Kirby, and that Elizabeth (Randall) Kirby was ONLY his mother-in-law, not his birth mother.[2]

Biography

He married second Mary Wiley about 1671; she was born 8 Feb 1647/9 in Watertown, Mass, daughter of John Wiley and Elizabeth Clough.[3] She died in Middletown 7 Dec 1711[4]

"David Sage did not marry Mary Wilcox, daughter of John Wilcox... The estate papers of Mercy Sage (daughter of David and Mary Sage), found in the Hartford (Conn.) Probate District, File no. 4704, 1711/12, reveal the following..." that she had an uncle Timothy Wily, at whose whom she apparently died.[5] Also, Mary Wilcox, dau of John, married Benjamin Hand of Guilford and died 7 Sep 1711.[6] He died 31 March 1702/3 in Middletown, Conn.[7] and is burired in the old Riverside cemetery[8] He is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, CT.[9]

Children[10]

By his first wife:

David Sage, b 1 Feb 1664/5 Middletown, CT; d abt 1712, Middletown, CT; m Mary Coultman, 3 May 1693 in Wethersfield, CT; two children. She was born in Wethersfield 29 Nov 1672 and d there 3 Aug 1744, dau of John and Mary Coultman.[11] Elizabeth Sage, b 9 Jun 1666 in Middletown; d 19 Feb 1726 Newport, RI; m. Ezekiel Bull, 11 Jan 1694 in Guilford, CT (he was son of Jirch Bull;[12] five children John Sage, b 6 Mar 1667/8 Middletown; d 22 Jan 1750/1 Middletown; m Hannah Starr 10 Jan 1693; 15 children By second wife:

Mary Sage, b 15 Nov 1672, Middletown, T; d 8 May 1727 (or 13 Mar 1726), Guilford; m Samuel Johnson 7 Nov 1694 (he was son of Dea. William and Elizabeth (Bushnell) Johnson;[13] 11 children Johnathan Sage 1674 – 1674[citation needed] Jonathan Sage, bp 18 Apr 1675 in Middletown; d 13 Dec 1712; m Ame Bidwell, 1 Nov 1705; 4 children Timothy Sage, b 14 Aug 1678, Middletown; d 18 Mar 1724/5; m Margaret Hulbert/Burlbut, dau of John, Feb 7, 1705/6; 7 children. Mercy Sage, bp 21 Apr 1681 Middletown; d 7 Oct 1711 unmarried, in Reading, Mass.[14] Nathaniel Sage, bp 21 Apr 1681, Middletown; twin of Mercy; died young Last Will & Testament

A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records (1 of 2) A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records (2 of 2) Page 119 (Vol. VIII) 2 March, 1712-13: Timothy Sage of Middletown, son of David Sage, late of Middletown, decd., moved this Court to appoint some suitable persons to make a division of certain lands which was bequeathed by the sd. David Sage in and by his last will and testament jointly to the sd. Timothy Sage and to his brother Jonathan Sage, decd.; that the same lands are to be shared equally between the sd. Timothy Sage and the heirs or legal representatives of Jonathan Sage, decd. This Court appoint John Hamlin, Esq., Joseph Rockwell and John Clark, Sen., distributors.

Page 127--6 April, 1713: The Court appoints Sergt. Samuel Hall of Middletown to join with and assist such men as have been appointed to divide certain lands belonging to the estate of David Sage, late of Middletown, who shall attend that work pursuant to an order of this Court, 2nd May last past.

Page 135--4 May, 1713: A dist. of certain lands belonging to the estate of David Sage was now exhibited in this Court by Timothy Sage, which dist. this Court accepts and orders to be kept on file. The Court grants the sd. Timothy Sage a Quietus Est.

Dated 27 Mar 1703; inventoried 5 Jun 1703[15]

to eldest son David... to my son John to my two daughters Bull and Johnson to my daughter Mercy to my sons Jonathan and Timothy Born 31 Mar 1639. Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, British Isles.

Died 1703. Burial 31 Mar 1703. Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.[16]

Marriage Husband @P1@. Wife @P9@. Child: @P10@. Child: @P11@. Child: @P3@. Marriage 1 Feb 1664. Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, American Colonies. [17][18][19] Marriage 1673[20] Marriage 1644 CT

Sources

↑ Elisha Sage and C.H. Sage, Genealogical record of the descendants of David Sage, Batavia, NY: C.H. Sage (1919), p 12 ↑ First Settler Profile - David Sage (1662) / Elizabeth (Kirby) Sage, by the Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants (2009?) ↑ Vital Records of Watertown, Massachusetts ↑ NEHGR 97:198-199; 106:210-218 ↑ NEHGR 97:198-199 ↑ See Alvan Talcott, Families of Early Guilford, 1984 ↑ Check Barbour Collection ↑ Harold Kenneth Sage, "David Sage, of Middletown, Conn., his Children and Grandchildren," in NEHGR, 106(1952):210 ↑ NEHGR, 15:167 ↑ Check Barbour; also MLR vol 1, p 16; Records of First Church of Christ, Congregational, Middletown, CT, 1668-1870 ↑ Sage (1952), p 210 ↑ Sage (1952), p 210 ↑ Sage (1952), p 211 ↑ Sage (1952), p 211 ↑ In-depth First Settler Profile - David Sage (2009?), citing MAN Vol. 2, p 109-110 ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KV-NPB : 9 February 2018), David Senr. Sage, 31 Mar 1702; citing , reference item 1 p 63; FHL microfilm 1,513,707. See also Elihu Spencer's records copied from the originals: Image page 63 ↑ Source: #S668734445 ↑ Source: #S668734769 Source number: 891.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BAK ↑ Source: #S668734860 Book Title: Peabody Genealogy ↑ Source: #S668734860 Book Title: Peabody Genealogy FindAGrave #5825647 Source: S668734445 Repository: #R651055881 Millennium File Heritage Consulting Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Repository: R651055881 Ancestry.com Source: S668734560 Repository: #R651055881 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=119203775&pid=1 Source: S668734769 Repository: #R651055881 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Source: S668734860 Repository: #R651055881 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

• Gravestone inscription: aged 64.

1. David Sage1

m. (1) Feb., 1664, Elizabeth Kirby, b. Sept. S, 1646, Hartford, (John) and that explains why he took the "town pound" and built next to father Kirby. She d. "about the 23d year of her age." 

He m. (2) 1673, Marys Wilcox (SIC: WILEY) (John, John). who lived next to him on the south side and d. Dec. 7. 1711. He d. Mar. 31, 1703. His headstone and footstone, D. S., are in Riverside Cemetery, Middletown.     

The main parts of his will dated Mar. 27, 1703, are:

• "And first I give and bequeath to my eldest son, David, that lot whereon is the frame of a house called David's lot, and that one and one-half acre lot of boggy meadow which I bought of mother, [Mrs. John Kirby, his first mother-in-law] and the one-fourth of my boggy meadow in Goose Delight, and my great wood-lot on the east side of great river.
• "Item. I give my son John the lot whereon he hath built and doth now inhabit, with my upper lot at Pistol Point, where it buts on Scovil, and the one-fourth of my Goose Delight meadow, and my great wood lot next Wethersfield bounds.
• "Item. My two daughters Bull and Johnson, thirty pounds in pay to each of them, to be paid at my widow's decease.
• "Item. I give my daughter, Mercy, 50 pounds in pay-20 pounds paid as she needs it, the other 30 at her mother's decease.
• "Item. The rest of my estate, personal and real, I leave with my wife, to be managed by my sons Jonathan and Timothy, so that she have a comfortable maintenance her natural life, and at her decease to be shared by said Jonathan and Timothy, debts and legacies paid. It is my will, further, that. my son John should have my two lots in Round Meadow." 

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David Sage was a founder of Middletown, Middlesex Co, CT

According to the book "Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut, (1903)," David Sage took 13 acres of land in Middletown, CT in the region that is know called Cromwell. His name appears on land records in 1664.

not sure these notes are entirely correct - the Elisha Sage book identifies "Elizabeth Randall Sage" as his mother in law, not mother.

• David Sage was born in Whales, UK 1639 to John and Elizabeth (-----) Sage. . He emigrated as a youth with his mother Elizabeth, being one of the first settlers to Middletown, CT Circa 1652 . She became widowed in the process of emigrating to America circa 1652, and married John Kirby shortly after arriving. David remained under the care of Elizabeth and his step father John Kirby until 1664 when he attained majority or 25 years of age. In Feb 1664 he married his step sister Elizabeth Kirby daughter of John and Elizabeth Kirby, John Kirby's 2nd wife.

They had four children: David, 1665; John 1668; Elizabeth, 1670; and Mary, 1672.

His wife Elizabeth then dying he married,1673, Mary Wilcox. To them were born Jonathan, 1674; Timothy, 1678; Nathaniel and Marcy, 1680.

The following data from Savage’s "GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF NEW ENGLAND," v. 4, p. 4, differs from the other source, "Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut, (1903):

">David SAGE, Middletown, freem. 1667, m. Eliz. Kirby, wh. d. 1670, had David, b. 1 Feb 1665; John, b. 5 Mar. 1668; and by w. Mercy, wh. d. 7 Dec 1711, had Mary, 15 Nov. 1672; Jonathan; and Timothy, 14 Aug 1678; all nam. exc. Mary, with his w. in the will short. bef. he d. 31 Mar 1703; beside ds. Eliz. 6 June 1666, wh. m. a Bull; Mary, w. of Samuel Johnson; and Mercy, without surname, so may be presum. unm. Good est. he left to wid. Mary, and these seven ch. Descend. are num."

According to "Sages: Past and Present; Descendants of David Sage 1639," compiled by Florence Sage Nylin, 1971; David Sage m2: Mary Wiley, b Watertown, MA, d/o John and Elizabeth (Clough) Wiley. She d 7 Dec 1711 in Middletown Upper Houses, Middlesex Co, CT.

• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hume/tree/18616.htm
• Genealogical Record of the Descendants of David Sage: A Native of Wales; Born 1639, and One of the First Settlers of Middletown, Connecticut--1652 (Google eBook) Elisha L. Sage. C.H. Sage, 1919. Page 16
• Findagrave -1 Findagrave - 2
• MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES - a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct. from 1650 to 1800 with genealogical and biographical chapters on early families. Charles Collard Adams. New York: Grafton Press, 1908. THE SAGE FAMILY. (Transcribed by Coralynn Brown.)
• Rootsweb database

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Birth: 1639, Wales Death: Mar. 31, 1703 Middlesex County Connecticut, USA

He is the patriarch of the American branch of our family. His children still know his name 362 years after his birth.

Family links:

Spouses:

 Elizabeth Kirby Sage (1646 - 1672)*

 Mary Wiley Sage (____ - 1680)*

 Mary Wilcox (1644 - 1711)*

Children:

 Elizabeth Sage Bull (1666 - 1726)*

 John Sage (1668 - 1751)*

 Timothy Sage (1678 - 1725)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Riverside Cemetery Middletown Middlesex County Connecticut, USA

Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]

Created by: Caryl Lamont Record added: Oct 05, 2001 Find A Grave Memorial# 5825647 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5825647

David Sage Sr (abt. 1639 - 1703)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sage-33

Profile last modified 24 May 2020 | Created 7 Feb 2011

David Sage Sr

Born about 31 Mar 1639 in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, British Isles [uncertain]

Son of Christopher Jehan Le Sage and Elizabeth (Randell) Sage

Brother of John Sage [half] and John Sage Jr. [half]

Husband of Elizabeth Hinds (Kirby) Sage — married 1 Feb 1664 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Wiley) Sage — married about 1673 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticutmap

Father of David Sage Jr., Elizabeth (Sage) Bull, John Sage I, Mary (Sage) Johnson, Jonathan Sage, Timothy Sage I, Mercy Sage and Nathaniel Sage

Died 31 Mar 1703 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Disputed Origins

David Sage

Birth: 1639 Immediate Family: Son of John Sage and Elizabeth Sage Husband of Mary Sage; Elizabeth Sage and Mary Sage Father of Nathaniel Sage; Mercy Sage; David SAGE; Elizabeth Bull; John Sage and 3 others Death: March 31, 1703 (64) Middlesex, CT Place of Burial:Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, CT, USA

Genealogical Record of the Descendants of David Sage, Sage and Sage (1919), believed that he was son of Elizabeth Randall, that she was widow of John Kirby, and step mother of David's wife Elizabeth Kirby, based on David's will mentioning land "I bought of mother" and land "sold to his mother, Elizabeth Randall."[1]

Others, without source, have claimed that this Elizabeth Randall was first or earlier married to a John Sage who was father of the immigrant David. But there is no documentation to support this. As a result, we have detached David from these parents. And detached John Sage from the known Elizabeth Randall.
But in other deeds, David referred to his father John Kirby and to his mother Elizabeth Kirby, alias Randall. This led later researchers to believe that David was referring to his in-laws-- parents of his wife Elizabeth Kirby, and that Elizabeth (Randall) Kirby was ONLY his mother-in-law, not his birth mother.[2]

Biography

He married second Mary Wiley about 1671; she was born 8 Feb 1647/9 in Watertown, Mass, daughter of John Wiley and Elizabeth Clough.[3] She died in Middletown 7 Dec 1711[4]

"David Sage did not marry Mary Wilcox, daughter of John Wilcox... The estate papers of Mercy Sage (daughter of David and Mary Sage), found in the Hartford (Conn.) Probate District, File no. 4704, 1711/12, reveal the following..." that she had an uncle Timothy Wily, at whose whom she apparently died.[5] Also, Mary Wilcox, dau of John, married Benjamin Hand of Guilford and died 7 Sep 1711.[6] He died 31 March 1702/3 in Middletown, Conn.[7] and is burired in the old Riverside cemetery[8] He is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, CT.[9]

Children[10]

By his first wife:

David Sage, b 1 Feb 1664/5 Middletown, CT; d abt 1712, Middletown, CT; m Mary Coultman, 3 May 1693 in Wethersfield, CT; two children. She was born in Wethersfield 29 Nov 1672 and d there 3 Aug 1744, dau of John and Mary Coultman.[11] Elizabeth Sage, b 9 Jun 1666 in Middletown; d 19 Feb 1726 Newport, RI; m. Ezekiel Bull, 11 Jan 1694 in Guilford, CT (he was son of Jirch Bull;[12] five children John Sage, b 6 Mar 1667/8 Middletown; d 22 Jan 1750/1 Middletown; m Hannah Starr 10 Jan 1693; 15 children By second wife:

Mary Sage, b 15 Nov 1672, Middletown, T; d 8 May 1727 (or 13 Mar 1726), Guilford; m Samuel Johnson 7 Nov 1694 (he was son of Dea. William and Elizabeth (Bushnell) Johnson;[13] 11 children Johnathan Sage 1674 – 1674[citation needed] Jonathan Sage, bp 18 Apr 1675 in Middletown; d 13 Dec 1712; m Ame Bidwell, 1 Nov 1705; 4 children Timothy Sage, b 14 Aug 1678, Middletown; d 18 Mar 1724/5; m Margaret Hulbert/Burlbut, dau of John, Feb 7, 1705/6; 7 children. Mercy Sage, bp 21 Apr 1681 Middletown; d 7 Oct 1711 unmarried, in Reading, Mass.[14] Nathaniel Sage, bp 21 Apr 1681, Middletown; twin of Mercy; died young Last Will & Testament

A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records (1 of 2) A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records (2 of 2) Page 119 (Vol. VIII) 2 March, 1712-13: Timothy Sage of Middletown, son of David Sage, late of Middletown, decd., moved this Court to appoint some suitable persons to make a division of certain lands which was bequeathed by the sd. David Sage in and by his last will and testament jointly to the sd. Timothy Sage and to his brother Jonathan Sage, decd.; that the same lands are to be shared equally between the sd. Timothy Sage and the heirs or legal representatives of Jonathan Sage, decd. This Court appoint John Hamlin, Esq., Joseph Rockwell and John Clark, Sen., distributors.

Page 127--6 April, 1713: The Court appoints Sergt. Samuel Hall of Middletown to join with and assist such men as have been appointed to divide certain lands belonging to the estate of David Sage, late of Middletown, who shall attend that work pursuant to an order of this Court, 2nd May last past.

Page 135--4 May, 1713: A dist. of certain lands belonging to the estate of David Sage was now exhibited in this Court by Timothy Sage, which dist. this Court accepts and orders to be kept on file. The Court grants the sd. Timothy Sage a Quietus Est.

Dated 27 Mar 1703; inventoried 5 Jun 1703[15]

to eldest son David... to my son John to my two daughters Bull and Johnson to my daughter Mercy to my sons Jonathan and Timothy Born 31 Mar 1639. Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, British Isles.

Died 1703. Burial 31 Mar 1703. Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.[16]

Marriage Husband @P1@. Wife @P9@. Child: @P10@. Child: @P11@. Child: @P3@. Marriage 1 Feb 1664. Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, American Colonies. [17][18][19] Marriage 1673[20] Marriage 1644 CT

Sources

↑ Elisha Sage and C.H. Sage, Genealogical record of the descendants of David Sage, Batavia, NY: C.H. Sage (1919), p 12 ↑ First Settler Profile - David Sage (1662) / Elizabeth (Kirby) Sage, by the Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants (2009?) ↑ Vital Records of Watertown, Massachusetts ↑ NEHGR 97:198-199; 106:210-218 ↑ NEHGR 97:198-199 ↑ See Alvan Talcott, Families of Early Guilford, 1984 ↑ Check Barbour Collection ↑ Harold Kenneth Sage, "David Sage, of Middletown, Conn., his Children and Grandchildren," in NEHGR, 106(1952):210 ↑ NEHGR, 15:167 ↑ Check Barbour; also MLR vol 1, p 16; Records of First Church of Christ, Congregational, Middletown, CT, 1668-1870 ↑ Sage (1952), p 210 ↑ Sage (1952), p 210 ↑ Sage (1952), p 211 ↑ Sage (1952), p 211 ↑ In-depth First Settler Profile - David Sage (2009?), citing MAN Vol. 2, p 109-110 ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KV-NPB : 9 February 2018), David Senr. Sage, 31 Mar 1702; citing , reference item 1 p 63; FHL microfilm 1,513,707. See also Elihu Spencer's records copied from the originals: Image page 63 ↑ Source: #S668734445 ↑ Source: #S668734769 Source number: 891.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BAK ↑ Source: #S668734860 Book Title: Peabody Genealogy ↑ Source: #S668734860 Book Title: Peabody Genealogy FindAGrave #5825647 Source: S668734445 Repository: #R651055881 Millennium File Heritage Consulting Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Repository: R651055881 Ancestry.com Source: S668734560 Repository: #R651055881 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=119203775&pid=1 Source: S668734769 Repository: #R651055881 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Source: S668734860 Repository: #R651055881 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.