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