Abijah Savage Family

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Abijah Savage

b: July 2, 1744. d: June 9, 1825

Martha Torrey

b: 1745. d: 1812

married: August 20, 1765

Mary b: 1765
Joseph b: 1767
Chloe: b: 1769
Martha b: 1770
Naomi b: 1772
Esther b: 1774
Abijah b: Nov. 24, 1777. d: Jan 27, 1870
Grace b: 1779
Caleb b: 1781
Amasa b: 1783
Orrin b: 1784
Fanny b: 1784
Amasa b: 1786
Amelia b: 1792

Family Notes

Abijah Savage was commissioned a lieutenant in the French and Indian Wars. Captured in December 1755 at Quebec, he spent 14 months as a prisoner on a prison ship on the Saint Laurence River. After his release he was made a captain. He raised a company and served in the Revelutionary War. He was a shipwright and a founder of the Society of the Cincinnati.