The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
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nx VIM. Gilmore nickin.on.

Jhc T.. T.. V. articles OF the Gene
illogical Column Of The Times Dispat ch
remind me- OF n college episode, which
accustomed the presentation of the
above suggestive sketch Whom I was
a student ut Cornell University in 1901
there was an association OF Virginia
students, Of which club | CHANGED TO
he president one wear. | presume we
must have boosted frequently OF Nir-
, ginin aristocracS. and pretended at
least that we belonged To the T. T.. V,
for ON one occasion some OF our North
crn friends with great hilarity, pre-
scented mo with AN appropriate seal
design" for our club 1t is now with
some regret that | surrender this cher
is1ed nemento, having removed 1t
from my book OF college souvenirs to
offer II to the new and exclusive or
ganization of f.. +. VS.. to which it.
riGhtfully belongs I can no longer
claim il, for as deep as ] have Owed
into the ancestral we'll. | have not yet
found on" ancestor in Virginia earlier
than 1920.
knowing that my wife is IA descend
ant OF Captain Francis Savage. who
died in S23, and his wife. Leah GUSTS.
one of the wcll-kuowu Custis family
or Virginia, | assisted my wife during
one week of tho past summer in search
ing the records Of AccOmac and North
ainpton Counties TO obtain savage data.
owing TO the lamentablo condition of
thosc valuable old records, and To tho
nnsystematic manner in which they
are iied, and to the lack Of in,ieXtnp.
IN many cases, wo doubtless failed 10
discover many existing records That We
need To complete the gcnealogy OF this
Oldest Virginia family. The Savage
records that wo found were extracted
ana placed on standard index cards
ihes" VIII be loaned for publication il
desired, hut tho accompanying account
of the family Includes most of orr
data. We made no special effort to bring
the Sene1logY OF the family down he
yond the period Of Captain Francis
savage, and we made no attempt ia
introduce the det2i!s OF the life OF the
individual members. Our bject was
to trace the branch ia which ,ve arc
personally Interested, but we could not
De sure OF our success until we had
sifted over all OF the available. say
axe data. We hope that we constructed
a foundation upon which some one may
bulld q complete structure to the honor
of Amer!ca's oldest family we may
nave drawn conclusions that future
investigation may prove erroneous but
! ain sure that If we had had as n,uch
TO start with as we now possess, we
could nave produced a more perfect
structure. And now we are too foI
away from the source of material ana
too busiiy engaged in electrical en-
Slncering 10 dedicate our time TO this
task
Why did I ask aro all savages Il. i.
VS. Because as carly as 1863. whom
Accomac and Northampton Counties
were separated, there were six differ
ent families Of the name OF Savage on
the Eastern shore OF Virginia. and we
could discover no positive proof OF
their relationship. The circumstantial
evidence of relationship however. APP
peared TO be quite strong in some
cases.
We were unable to ina any sug-
Sest!on OF Il VIII OF the founder Of the
family. isut we have no reason TO
doubt that Ensign Thomas Savage had
moro than one son. According to tho
old English law, his eldest son. John.
became the heir To his estate. and IL
is thus known that at least Captain
John Savage was SON OF the progenitor
OF the family I,ur how can we nc
count FOR the origin Of the several
families OF this name in an isolated
neighhorhood so early in tho history.
of the colony, unless we assume maj
Thomas Ancient Savage had moro ,bnn
one son?
Doubtless some one would remind
me that Thomas Savage. carpenter
was granted 100 acres OF land "abut
hg on Old Plantation Creek" North
phhpton County, March II. 1886. for the
transportation OF two persons Does
lie Granr really state that this was
ior the transportation of his wife and
"aushter--a statement ] have seen IN,
PRINT, but do not ind In INV extracts