Griffin Savage, I (A125)

Abt 1639 - Bef 1685  (< 46 years)

• Name	Griffin Savage
  Suffix	I (A125)
  Birth	Abt 1639  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	15 Jun 1668  [2]
  	On 15 Jun 1668 Hugh Bowin and John Murffee declared the following: They were coming along the road near Martin Moore's house, and there saw Griffin Savedge, Lawrance Robinson and Teage Miscall sitting on an old tree. Sevatt was going along the path a little in front of Martin Moore, who told Savedge, Robinson and Miscall to get off his land. Savedge called Moore a rogue and knave, and then fell upon Moore, beating "him very sore and kept him down in the cart rut." Moore cried, "Let me rise! Let me rise!" but Savedge kept him down and beat him; when he finally got up, Moore was bloody. Then Savedge's wife Bridgett flew at Moore and kicked him; he cried five or six times to keep off, but she "ran upon Martin and tore his hair with other vehement and quarrelling behavior" until they were parted. After this Griffin Savedge and his wife went with Bowin and Murffee along the highway; Griffin said he had cut the heels off his shoes, for when he fought Martin before, his heels had thrown him. Now that he had his health, Griffin bragged, he could beat two Martins; when he fought Martin before, Griffin claimed he had the fever and ague. The examinants recalled that when they passed Griffin and Teage while they sat on the tree, Griffin's hair was "bound up behind." Sworn 15 June 1668, before Edm. Scarburgh and signed by Hugh (N) Bowin and John (V with arch) Murffee.
  Anecdote	3 Dec 1668  [3]
  	Deposition of Griffith Savage aged about 29 years, and Bridgett Savage his wife aged about 23 years, sworn before Edm. Scarburgh on 3 December 1668: They said that last September, at the request of Mrs. Smith, they came to Smith's house at Oak Hall and took one of her children, Sarah Matrum. Mrs. Smith was glad they had come and wanted them to ask her husband if they could have the child. When Griffith asked Smith if he could have one of his wife's children, Smith freely consented and said he had nothing to do with the child. Upon their departure, Mrs. Smith asked her husband if he wouldn't give the child a cow calf. Very churlishly, he told her to "hold her prating and mind her business." While they were at the house, Mrs. Smith "pulled up her sleeves and showed her arms, how her husband had beat her." They also saw that her face was black and blue with bruises. Signed, Griffith Savage and Bridgett Savage.
  Reference Identifer	Acc-Griffin
  Record ID	63177
  Will	6 Jul 1680	Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  	To wife Bridget plantation where I now live for life then to my son Griffith Savage (under 19). Son Griffith to be in the care of his mother, and should she die to be in the care of his godfather Roger Mikell. Wife Exec. Witt: Edward Brotherton, Roger Mikell, William Prettiman.
  Death	Bef 11 Mar 1685	Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated.
  Person ID	I63177	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family	Bridget Michael, (Michael or Mikell?),   b. 1645, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 16 Mar 1686/87 (Age < 42 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1665	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Griffith Savage, II,   b. Abt 1668, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 27 Jun 1739 (Age < 71 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F20343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S749] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Savage (Griffin), (New Church, VA, self published photo copies, 1988), 749. [S697] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Volume 2, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1996), p. 97, 697. [S697] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Volume 2, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1996), p. 122, 697. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 14 (will of Griffith Savage, wife Bridget), 570.