Joseph
Sage
Born in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of David Sage Sr.
and Sarah (Stocking) Sage
Brother of
David Sage Jr., Noah Sage, Enoch Sage, Ebenezer Sage, Abner Sage, Ruth Sage, Sarah (Sage) Cooper and Mary Sage
Husband of
Jemina (Eddy) Sage
— married
about 1768 in Portland, Hartford, Connecticut, British America [uncertain]
[uncertain] Husband of
Ruth (Goodrich) Sage
— married
about 9 Feb 1780 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Died
at age 63
in Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Feb 2015
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Biography
Joseph Sage is indicated to have been a Captain rather than Lieutenant.[1][2]
Lieutenant Joseph Sage served with Belden's Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
Joseph Sage was born in Middletown (Chatham), Connecticut on 28 Jul 1748. He was a son of David Sage Sr. and Sarah (Stocking) Sage.[3][4]
Joseph was a leader in the American Revolution. On 7 April 1777, he joined Belden's Regiment of Militia, attached to General Wolcott's Brigade. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in Lieutenant David Smith's Company, and was discharged 19 May 1777, at Peekskill.[5][6]
On 9 Feb 1780, he married Ruth Goodrich.[4][7]
The census of 1810 enumerates Joseph as living alone in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.[8]
Joseph Sage passed away on 23 May 1812 at Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut. He was buried at Portland Burying Ground, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut.[9][10]
Sources
- ↑ Joseph Sage Family History
- ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7J7-N21 : Mon Nov 13 12:27:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Ruth Sage and Joseph, 25 Oct 1801.
- ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
- ↑ U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/550067:1309?tid=&pid=&queryId=39c89f718c7c98d22dd0f318307d0a35&_phsrc=mYM7&_phstart=successSource
- ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3CP-6?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 513 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.
- ↑ Ancestry Record 3719 #16530 Early Connecticut Marriage, Book 4
- ↑ "United States Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2G-9QG : Fri Oct 06 19:37:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Sage, 1810.
- ↑ The Portland Burying Ground Association and Its Cemetery (Middlesex County Printery, Portland, Conn., 1897) Page 64
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #19391192 Lieut Joseph Sage
See also:
- Sage Family History (Full Reference)
- Genealogical record of the Descendants of David Sage, a native of Wales; born 1639, and one of the first settlers of Middletown, Connecticut--1652
- FamilySearch LWJH-S71
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Also, the uploaded image for a marriage of Joseph Sage and Ruth Durple should be removed. This is the wrong Joseph Sage (son of Jonathan and Hannah Sage). The man in this profile was a son of David and Sarah Sage.
edited by Betty (Skelton) Norman