Ensign Thomas Savage

Abt 1595 - 1627  (32 years)

• Name	Thomas Savage  [1]
  Title	Ensign
  Birth	Abt 1595	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1607  [1]
  	Thomas, afterwards Ensign Thomas Savage, came to Virginia with the first settlers when but thirteen years old, and in 1608 was given to Powhatan by Captain Newport in exchange for Namotacke, an Indian. He remained for some years with the Powhatlans and learned their language, so that he was able to render the Colony much service as an interpreter.
  Reference Number	1875
  Death	1627	Accomack, VA   [2]
  Person ID	I1875	ESVA Connections
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2012

  
  

  Family	Hannah Tyng
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Children	1. Capt. John Savage,   b. 1624
  Last Modified	11 May 2022
  Family ID	F640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S145] Jennings Cropper Wise, Ye Kingdom of Accawmacke, (The Bell Book and Stationery Co, Richmond, VA, 1911), Page 28. Thomas, afterwards Ensign Thomas Savage, came to Virginia with the first settlers when but thirteen years old, and in 1608 was given to Powhatan by Captain Newport in exchange for Namotacke, an Indian. He remained for some years with the Powhatlans and learned their language, so that he was able to render the Colony much service as an interpreter. [S145] Jennings Cropper Wise, Ye Kingdom of Accawmacke, (The Bell Book and Stationery Co, Richmond, VA, 1911), Page 30. Thomas Savage died in 1627 and left an only son, Captain John Savage, of "Savage's Neck," born 1624 [S145] Jennings Cropper Wise, Ye Kingdom of Accawmacke, (The Bell Book and Stationery Co, Richmond, VA, 1911), Page 29. Hannah Tyng, Savage's wife, came to Virginia in 1621 in the good ship "Sea Flower," with Capttain Hamor, and the records show that on December 1, 1627, she was granted fifty acres of land in the Plantlation of Accomack, by way of dividend for having defrayed the expenses of her own transportation.