NORTHERN NEW YORK
Genealogical and family history of northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people and the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation.
New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. 1910.



SAGE




The Sage ancestry of Drs. C. E. and A. J. Douglass through their mother, Olive Sage, leads beyond the seas to the mountains of Wales, where the American ancestor, David Sage, was born. Excluding those of recent immigration, it has been ascertained that about ninety-four out of every hundred bearing the name in the United States are lineal descendants of the same ancestor, David Sage, of Wales. The family without doubt was of Scandinavian origin, and the name originally was Saga. When the Norsemen conquered Normandy in France they generally softened the final ending a to 3, thus making Saga Sage, and added a French suffix to denote landed occupation. So the first Norman Saga or Sage added ville, thus makin ig Sageville. The name is first found in English history upon the roll of Battle Abbey 1066. This roll was made by William the Conqueror, who erected a magnificent church or abbey upon the battleground of Hastings in commemoration of his victory, and the monks were insturcted to prepare the roll of those engaged in the battle, and offer prayers for those who perished there. The name on this roll was Sageville. In addition to the English lands granted by the King, a coat-of-arms was granted.

(I) David Sage, born in Wales in 1639, came to Middletown, Connecticut in 1652, being one of the first settlers. The town of Middletown originally comprised the present towns of Cromwell, Chatham, Portland, Middlefield and a large part of Berlin. David's farm and home was in the northeastern part of the present town of Cromwell and some of his descendants yet reside upon the land. [this was pub in 1910]. This name first appears upon the town records of Middletown, Feb. 8, 1664, in a deed for land.
His marriage to his first wife, Elizabeth Kirby, was about the same time. Hereafter his name is of frequent occurrence. The stone marking his grave is still standing in the Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut, and gives the date of his death as March, 1703, and his age as sixty-four years.
He left a will, dated March 27, 1703, which disposed of property, real and personal, inventoried at seven hundred and fifty-nine pounds.
He married (first) in Feb., 1664, Elizabeth, daughter of John Kirby.
Children:
David, born in 1665.
John, see forward.
Elizabeth, 1670.
Mary, 1672.
He married (second) in 1673, Mary Wilcox.
Children:
Jonathan, 1674.
Timothy, 1678.
Nathaniel and Mercy (twins), 1680.

(II) John, second son of David and Elizabeth (Kirby) Sage, was born in Cromwell, Conn., in 1668, died 1751. In the oldest cemetery in the town of Cromwell is a monument erected to John Sage and Hannah, his wife. On the top are inserted two plates, the first reading: "Here lies interred the body of Mr. John Sage, who departed this life Jan. ye 22 A.D. 1750-1 in the 83rd year of his age. He left a virtuous and sorrowful wife with whom he lived 57 years and had 15 children; 12 of them married and increased the family, by repeated marriages, to the number of 29, of these 15 are alive. He had 120 grandchildren, 105 of them now living, 40 great-grandchildren, 37 of them now living, which makes the number of offspring 189" -
The second plate reads: "Here lies interred the body of Mrs. Hannah Sage, once the virtuous consort of Mr. John Sage, who both are covered with this stone; and there have been added to the numberous offspring mentioned above, 44 by birth and marriages, which makes the total number 233. She fell asleep Sept. ye 28, A.D. 1753, in the 83rd year of her age."
By the records of the Congregational Society of Cromwell it appears that the society was organized Jan, 1714-15, and the tax lists of residents is here given, by which it appears that Mr. John Sage was the second in point of wealth in the society and the amount of his property subject to taxation about $13,000, a larage amount at that date.
His wife was Hannah Starr of Cromwell.
Children:
John (2).
David and Benjamin (twins).
Nathaniel, see forward.
Ebenezer.
Comfort.
Gideon.
Hannah.
Elizabeth and Mary (twins).
Elizabeth (2).
Ann.
Jemima.
Prudence.
Thankful.
John, the eldest, was born in 1696 and Gideon, the youngest, in 1718.

(III) Nathaniel, fourth son of John and Hannah (Starr) Sage, was born in Cromwell, Conn., in 1707. He married Rebecca Hart, of Cromwell, and had four sons:
Samuel, see forward.
Jedediah.
Hezekiah.
Nathaniel.
Five daughers:
Lucia.
Rebecca.
Thankful.
Hepzibah.
Hannah.
These children were born between the years 1732 and 1755.

(IV) Samuel, eldest son of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Hart) Sage, was born in Cromwell, Conn., in 1732. He married Prudence Hurlburt, and had sons:
Emos, a revlutionary soldier.
Elias, see forward.
Samuel (2).
Daughters:
Prudence.
Mary.
Thankful.
Chloe.
Rebecca.
born between the years 1755 and 1775.

(V) Elias, second son of Samuel and Prudence (Hurlburt) Sage, was born in 1759. He was of Sandisfield, Massachusetts. He married and had a family of eight sons and four daughters, born between the years 1782 and 1809.
Sons:
Martin.
Roswell.
Bernard, see forward.
Harvey.
Elias (2).
Norton.
Wesley.
J. William.
Daughters:
Sally.
Hannah.
Elizabeth.
Rhoda.
Elias, the father, served in the revolutionary war. At the time there were sixty-four members of the Sage family between the ages of sixteen and forty-five; of these twenty are known to have been in the American army, and doubtless there were others of whom no record of service is preserved.

(VI) Bernard, third son of Elias Sage, was born in 1786. He married Hannah Cone and had two sons and three daughters:
Chauncey E., born 1817.
Luther, born in 1830.
Nancy, born 1812.
Olive, see forward.
Amanda, born in 1819.

(VII) Olive, second daughter of Bernard and Hannah (Cone) Sage, was born Jan. 20, 1814. She married John Douglass of Leyden, New York (see Douglass VII), and was the mother of three sons, who are all eminent pysicians of New York state, and a daughter who is a professional nurse.

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