John Morris Savage (bef. 1798 - 1876)

Born before 1 Jun 1798 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Hillier) Savage — married 16 Nov 1826 in St Nicholas' Church, Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Died 9 Oct 1876 after age 78 in Sault Ste Marie, Algoma, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

John Morris Savage son of John Boscawen Savage and his wife, Sophia Cock, was baptised at St Thomas, Portsmouth on 1 June 1798. ^[1]

On 16 November 1826 at St Nicholas in Rochester he married Mary Ann Hillier. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptismal record St Thomas, Portsmouth, Hampshire (1 June 1798 John Morris Savage son of John Boscawen Savage and Sophie born 1 October 1797)
2. ↑ Marriage record, St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent (16 November 1826 Sir John Morris Savage married Mary Ann Hillier)

• Biography of his father John Boscawen Savage [1]
• Google books [2]

Obituary

Belfast News Letter 13 November 1876 " Colonel John Morris Savage, who died in Canada on October last, was the second and last surviving son of the late Major-General Sir John Boscawen Savage, K.C.B., of Ballygalget, in the County of Down, who was the representative of the very ancient Anglo- Norman family of Savage, settled in that County since the reign of Henry II., the Portaferry branch of which is at present represented by Colonel Andrew Nugent, of Portaferry, who commands the Scots Greys. Colonel Savage was born in 1796, and entered the Royal Artillery in 1818, and retired in 1855. He was, after the death of his father in 1843, conjointly with his late brother, Mr. Francis James Saumarez Savage, who died in 1864, owner of the small properties of Priestown and Nunsbridge, but they were afterwards sold; and his elder brother, the late Lieutenant - General Savage, Royal Engineers, having sold the Ballygalget property to his kinsman, Major Nugent, the last remnants of the possessions of the Savages of Ardkeen, Co. Down, thus passed from their hands."

Footnotes

Notes

John Savage has Mauritius ancestry.

Edited by Jacques Julie (Added to Mauritian database) - 2019. Added to French Roots Project. See [[[Space:Mauritian_Roots_-_Mauritius|The Mauritian Ancestry Project]]]