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north of Middletown, the most southerly
in the Cromwell settlement, on the cor-
ner of the road near the bank of the river,
and included three acres. By subsequent
purchase he became a large landowner,
and in 1674 owned 1,207 acres, of which
441 acres were on the east side of the
river. He was a townsman (selectman)
in 1667, and his name was seventh on the
list of organizers of the church, Septem-
ber 4, 1668. He was also sergeant of the
"Train Band," and died March 6, 1685.
He married, in Hartford, February 10,
1652, Elizabeth Dublin, and was described
in the Hartford records as of that town.
Their son, William Savage, born April 26,
1668, was a deacon of the church in 1716,
captain of the North Company, 1719,
deputy of the General Court from 1715
to 1726, died January 25, 1727, and was
buried in the old cemetery. He married,
May 6, 1696, Christian Mould, who was
born in 1677, daughter of Hugh and Mar-
tha (Coyt) Mould, of New London, died
October 16, 1719. Their eldest son, Wil-
liam Savage, born September 18, 1699,
was deacon of the church, and died April
15, 1774. He married, June 26, 1726, his
cousin, Sarah Savage, born in September,
1700, third daughter of John and
Mary (Ranney) Savage, granddaughter
of John and Elizabeth (Dublin) Savage,
died August 10, 1780. Their sixth son,
Luther Savage, was baptized April 8,
1759, and was a soldier of the Revolution,
serving first in the company of Captain
Edward Wells, Colonel Comfort Sage's
regiment, which was raised in June, 1776.
This regiment participated in the opera-
tions on Long Island, and in the battle of
White Plains, time expired December 25,
1776. From April 10, to May 22, 1777,
Luther Savage was a member of Captain
Wells' company, Colonel Thomas
Belden's regiment of militia, stationed at
Peekskill. He enlisted again April 8,
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1778, in Captain Abijah Savage's company
in the regiment commanded by Gen-
eral Henry Sherbourne, of Rhode Island,
of which three companies came from Con-
necticut, and served until 1780. In Sep-
tember, 1781, he was a member of Colonel
Samuel Canfield's militia regiment
at West Point and was credited to the
town of Chatham. After the war he settled
in Hartford. He married, December
13, 1 781, in Cromwell, Jerusha Smith,
daughter of Captain Abner Smith, of
Haddam, and eldest child of his second
wife, Rebecca (Gibbs) Smith. They were
undoubtedly the parents of Captain Hor-
ace Savage. No record of his birth
appears in either Hartford or Cromwell.
He married, February 24, 1823, in Hart-
ford, Jane Hastings, and they were the
parents of Jane Hastings Savage, wife of
Samuel Wells Morris, as previously
noted.
William Samuel Morris, second son of
Samuel Wells and Jane Hastings (Sav-
age) Morris, was born July 19, 1858, at
the family home on South Main street,
Wethersfield. His education was sup-
plied by the district and high schools of
various localities where he lived. Before
his father's return from South Carolina,
at the request of his maternal grand-
father, he came to live with the latter in
Wethersfield, being then fifteen years of
age. He was about twenty years old
when his father settled in Newington
and he accompanied him thither. After
the death of his father, he returned to
Wethersfield and settled on twenty acres
of land on the east side of Broad street,
which was inherited from Captain Horace
Savage. Here he engaged in market
gardening and has developed a very large
and prosperous business, extending to
other lands in the neighborhood. He pur-
chased other lands adjoining, making a
tract of twentv-four acres. Mr. Morris