David Sage (1662) / Elizabeth (Kirby) Sage

Name: David Sage

Birth: Abt. 1639, possibly in Wales. (CAF)

Emigration: To Hartford, Conn. by 1655 (MUH); to Middletown, Conn. by 1662. (HMC)

Death: March 31, 1702/3, Middletown, Conn. (BCVR)

Occupation & Public Service: Husbandman (MLR); fence viewer (HCCM).

Marriage: m. (1) Elizabeth Kirby, February 1664, Middletown, Conn. (b. September 8, 1646, Hartford, Conn. (Hartford, Connecticut Land Records: 1638-1688); d. abt. 1670, Middletown, Conn.) She was the daughter of John Kirby and Elizabeth (Hinds) Kirby of Hartford and Middletown, Conn. (SMFSD In-Depth First Settler Profile: John Kirby); m. (2) Mary Wiley, abt. 1671 (b. February 8, 1647/8, Watertown, Mass (Vital Records of Watertown, Mass.).; d. December 7, 1711, Middletown, Conn.) She was the daughter of John Wiley and Elizabeth (Clough) Wiley of Watertown and Reading, Mass. (NEHGSR)

Children: 3 children by first wife between 1664-1668; 5 children by second wife between 1672-1681. (BCVR)(MLR) (See in-depth profile in Member Area for details.)

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The First Meeting House, Middletown, Conn. The engraving below by W.C. Butler was a fanciful illustration for David Field's Centennial Address published in 1853. In 1939 the image was used on the title page of The Log Cabin Myth by Harold R. Shurtleff. Surrounding the engraving are signatures of some of the first settlers as found on wills and deeds by Charles C. Adams in preparation of Middletown Upper Houses (1908).