Ensign Thomas (1) Savage

1595 - 1633  (38 years)

• Name	Thomas (1) Savage
  Prefix	Ensign
  Birth	1595	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	8 Jan 1608	Jamestown, Virginia   [2]
  	Thomas Savage came to Virginia in the first supply ship, the John and Francis with Capt. Christopher Newport, who arrived at Jamestown on 8 Jan 1607/8.
  Muster	Feb 1624/25	Eastern Shore, Virginia   [3]
  	He was shown as Ancient Thomas Savage, head of his own Muster, who came on the John and Frncis in 1607. Listed with him was Ann Savage and servants John Washborne and Thomas Belson.
  Reference Identifer	Muster N49a
  Record ID	12798
  Death	1633	Northampton Co, Virginia   [4]
  	Ensign Thomas Savage was probably the first permanent white settler on the Eastern Shore. He died between 12 Aug 1631 and 24 Sep 1633 when the widow Hannah Savage went on a bond of £500 for her neighbor Daniel Cugley (Adventureres of Purse and Person, p. 534 and N'hamp Orders, Wills, Deeds, etc., 1632-40, f. 11).
  Person ID	I12798	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Hannah 'Ann' Elkington,   b. Abt 1600, England d. Bef 17 May 1641, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 41 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1624
  	Since it was recently discovered that Ensign Thomas (1) Savage's son Capt. John (2) Savage married first Ann Harmanson (see note below) and not Ann Elkington as once presumed, and since Capt. John named a son Elkington by his second wife Mary Robins, therefore his son Elkington was obviously not named after his first wife Ann Harmanson, but more likely after Capt. John's mother who was evidently an Elkington. (NOTE: In the sale of 400 acres of land to John Stringer, the wife of Captain John Savage was shown as Ann and her note reads "Brother Harmanson I do request you do me the favor to acknowledge these writings John Stringer shall deliver to you on my behalf in open Court and what you do I shall ratify as abovesaid resting your loving sister to ponier Ann Savage." (N'hamp Co Record Book 7, 1657-1666, by Howard Mackey and Candy Perry - published by Picton Press - pages 318 and 319) Also in the abstracts of the Wills and Adm. of Northampton County, VA, 1632-1802 by J.H. Marshall page 104 - Note: Ann Savage (the wife of Capt. John Savage) is the sister of Thomas Harmanson.)
  Children	+ 1. Capt. John (2) Savage, I (Burgess),   b. 1625, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 11 Dec 1678, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 53 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F4044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), 572. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 118 (Savage Family), 940. [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 69 (Muster of the Eastern Shore), 887. [S403] N'hamp Co Orders, Wills, Deeds, 1632-40, f. 11, 403.