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Comfort Sage (1731 - 1799)

General Comfort Sage
Born in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 16 Jan 1752 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticutmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Colonel Comfort Sage served with 23rd Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Comfort Sage is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A099136.

Comfort Sage was born August 22, 1731 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut to Ebenezer Sage and Hannah Coleman.[1][2][3]

He married Sarah Hamlin January 16, 1752 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [4][5]

He served Connecticut in the Revolutionary War and attained the rank of General. [6] He was also Deputy to the Assembly. [7]

Comfort passed away March 14, 1799 in MIddletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. He is buried in Mortimer Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.[8][9][10]

Research Notes

  • Middlesex County, Connecticut was created in May 1785 from portions of Hartford County and New London County. So if you see Middletown prior to May 1785, it was located in Hartford County.

Sources

  1. Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
  2. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  3. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
  4. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  5. Ancestry of Lawrence Williams, Part II, compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams
  6. United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
  7. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 9 August 2020), "Record of Comfort Sage", Ancestor # A099136.
  8. Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934
  9. Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934
  10. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20530386




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Sage-20 and Sage-673 appear to represent the same person because: Same person, need merged
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