Sarah Savage

2. Sarah, bapt. St. Gregory by St. Paul 16 March 1616/7 [Pr] ~ Bishop of London license, 6 October 1646, to marry Anthony Savage - note misstatement of her age in the allegations. Francis Constable apparently signed the instrument himself. She probably died before going to Virginia but her husband went and bought 50 acres of land from (Col.)Richard Lee [Va. Patents 2:153]). She and her husband were among those who presented the will of her mother for probate 22nd. September 1647.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Constable-457

Sarah was born in about 1617, based on her being baptised on 16 March 1616/7 at St Gregory by St Paul in the City of London.[1] She was the daughter of Francis Constable and Alice Owen.

At the time of her marriage in 1646, Sarah was living at Datchet, Buckinghamshire.[2] Datchet was the birthplace of her father, so there were likely still family connections there.

A licence for Sarah to marry Anthony Savage was issued by the Bishop of London on 6 October 1646. Her age was given as 26 years, his as 25 years. Both ages appear to be wrong by about 2-3 years; possibly there was a desire to make them appear to be of a similar age. Sarah's father, Francis Constable, made the allegation. The marriage was take place at either St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street or St Peter, Paul's Wharf.[2] There is no entry for the marriage in the register of St Peter, Paul's Wharf. Probably they married at St Mary Magdalen; there is a gap in the marriage register that includes 1646 so if they did mary in that parish, there would be no record of it.

Within a year of her marriage, both her parents had died of the plague. Sarah appeared in Court along with her husband and several siblings to present her mother's will for probate.[3][4]

By 1648, Sarah was most likely in York County, Virginia with her husband. On 21 December 1648 a transfer of 50 acres of land in York County from Sarah's brother-in-law Richard Lee to Anthony Savage was recorded.[5]

Sarah and Anthony had one known child, likely named for Sarah's mother:

Alice (c.1653 - 1695, married Francis Thornton)

Research Notes

Sarah's name appears with her husband's in the list of administrators of her mother's will who appeared at court on 22 September 1647.[3] She does not appear in the list in the Stationers' Register a few months later on 17 February 1647/8, although her husband does.[4] This does not necessarily indicate that Sarah had died, as her husband would have been able to legally represent her in the transaction recorded in the Register.

from http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.cfm/Capt-Anthony-Savage/p338978

Many at Worldconnect state that Anthony Savage married an Alice or Alice Stafford. I can find no good sources for this (it seems that everyone has copied information from others without checking sources).

This Alice Stafford is often said to be the daughter of Humphrey Stafford and Lucy Eyre, but their daughter Alice married John Savage (not Anthony) and the dates do not fit because Humphrey and Lucy died before 18 Oct 1556 (as per the will of Humphrey's brother).

In their books Gary Boyd Roberts and Douglas Richardson both list the wife of Anthony Savage as Sarah Constable and do not mention an Alice or Alice Stafford as his wife.

Douglas Richardson hints that Sarah Constable had two sisters who immigrated to Virginia. Wikipedia has these three sisters as being the daughters of Francis Constable (bookseller) and his wife Alice.

If anyone has any other good sources for this genealogy, please contact me.

References

1. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMWX-95Z : 22 March 2020), Sara Constable, 1616.
2. Bishop of London license, 6 October 1646, to marry Anthony Savage with misstatement of her age in the allegations. Francis Constable apparently signed the instrument himself. < Archive.Org >
3. Book: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Midieval Families by Douglas Richardson;
4. Book: The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants... by Gary Boyd Roberts;
5. Website: H. W. Bradley--uses several sources including: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Midieval Families by Douglas Richardson, The Royal Descent of 500 Immigrants... by Gary Boyd Roberts, etc.; http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg3012.htm#74027
6. Wikipedia entry for Francis Constable (1592 – 1 August 1647), bookseller
   1. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.), p. 314, Family History Library, 273 D2rrd.
   2. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004.), p. 641, Family History Library, 942 D5rd.
7. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/i/l/William-Huffman-Mi...
8. http://www.charlemagne.org/p4.htm#i116 (dead link)