Samuel Morton Savage (abt. 1721 - 1791)

Born about 1721 in London, England

Died 21 Feb 1791 at about age 70 in Hoxton, Middlesex, England

Biography

Samuel Savage was born in the City of London, England.

Samuel was a student at Moorfields Dissenting Academy

Samuel was a nonconformist minister

Samuel was a tutor at David Jennings Dissenting Academy

Samuel was a tutor at Hoxton Dissenting Academy

He trained for the Ministry at Moorfields Academy (?-1744) and was funded by the Congregational Fund Board. He received a degree from Aberdeen Marischal, DD (Hon.) (1767) ^[2]

He believed himself to be the lineal descendant and heir of John Savage, second Earl Rivers (d. 1654), but did not pursue the claim. His grandfather, John Savage, was pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Mill Yard, Goodman's Fields. Another relation on his father's side was Hugh Boulter, archbishop of Armagh' [ODNB] Nephew of Toulmin, apothecary in Old Gravel Lane, Wapping.

Samuel married Mary Houlme on 14 February 1752 in All Hallows London Wall, City of London, London, England.^[3]

He was the Assistant Minister to Samuel Price at Bury Street, St Mary Axe, London and then he became sole pastor there, 1756-87.

In 1766 he delivered the charge, at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Wilton, at Tooting, in Surrey ^[4] Rev. Samuel Wilton died in 1778 and Samuel Morton Savage preached at his Interment in Bunhill-fields, April 10, 1778. ^[5]

He taught at David Jennings's Academy, Wellclose Square and was

• Assistant tutor From c.1744 to c.1747
• Tutor c.1747 to c.1762. He taught: classics, mathematics, science, natural philosophy

He taught at Hoxton Academy from c.1762 to c.1784 as the principal, teaching divinity ^[6]

Samuel married Hannah Wilkin on 14 August 1770 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.^[7]

Samuel married Mary Houlme on 14 May 1752 in All hallows London Wall, London, London, England.^[8]

Samuel was listed in the Orphan Working School, Hoxton's "Plan" published in1769, and was shown as Savage Rev., Dr, Contributor on page 32.

Samuel was listed as a supporter of the Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the poor in both the 1763 and the 1779 reports which the charity published. The report recorded him as Rev Samuel Morton Savage and that he had been a supporter since 1761. The 1779 report on page 33 gives his address as Hoxton Town.^[9].

Samuel died in 1791 and was buried on 3 March 1791^[10] He was buried at Bunhill Fields a nonconformist burial ground. The burial register stated he was 70 years of age from Hoxton ^[11]

His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. William Bennet (abt.1750-) and the address at the grave was given by Thomas Towle (abt.1724-1806) ^[12]

Samuel's will passed probate on 12 March 1791.^[13]

See also

Dictionary of National Biography: Samuel was in a record in 1791.^[14]

Entry in Bunhill Memorials, Sacred reminiscences of three hundred ministers and other and other persons of note, who are buried in Bunhill Fields^[15]

Detailed biography in Wilson, Walter. The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting Houses, in London, Westminster, and Southwark (London, 1808-1814) vol 1 page 318

Research Note

This profile was originally created by the History of Nonconformists in London, England and surrounding counties topic team.

Sources

1. ↑ Jones, John Andrews. Bunhill Memorials, Sacred Reminiscences of Three Hundred Ministers (James Paul, London, 1849)
2. ↑ https://dissacad.english.qmul.ac.uk/sample1.php?parameter=personretrieve&alpha=921
3. ↑ Marriage: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/ALH5/A/005/MS05088
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1624 #4777227 (accessed 5 June 2022)
   Samuel Morton Savage marriage to Mary Houlme on 14 Feb 1752 in All Hallows London Wall, City of London, London, England.
4. ↑ Savage, S. M. (1772). A Charge Delivered in the Summer of 1766, at Tooting, in Surry, at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Wilton: And Also at Lymington in Hampshire, at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Robert Rice. The Second Edition. By Samuel Morton Savage, D.D. United Kingdom: J. Buckland. Accessed from Google Books https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Charge_Delivered_in_the_Summer_of_1766/gqqbnQEACAAJ?hl=en Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 5th June 2022
5. ↑ Palmer, S., Savage, S. M. (1778). The Dying Believer's Confidence and Joy in Christ: A Sermon Preached ... April 12, 1778, on Occasion of the Death of the Rev. Samuel Wilton, D.D. ... By Samuel Palmer. To which is Added, an Oration at His Interment in Bunhill-fields, April 10, by Samuel Morton Savage, D.D.. United Kingdom: H. Goldney. Accessed from Google Books https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Dying_Believer_s_Confidence_and_Joy/kohvnQEACAAJ?hl=en Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 5th June 2022
6. ↑ https://dissacad.english.qmul.ac.uk/sample1.php?parameter=personretrieve&alpha=921
7. ↑ Marriage: "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
   FamilySearch Record: V5VZ-W5X (accessed 11 June 2022)
   Sam Morton Savage marriage to Han Wilkin on 14 Aug 1770 in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
8. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973". Ancestry uk Record 9852 #4879951 (accessed 23 March 2022). Samuel Morton Savage marriage to Mary Houlme on 14 May 1752 in Allhallows London Wall, London, London, England.
9. ↑ Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor
10. ↑ Burial: "England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936". The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 3987. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2972 #1803488 (accessed 23 March 2022). Revd Samuel Morton Savage burial (died in 1791) on 3 Mar 1791 in London, Middlesex, England.
11. ↑ Burial: "England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936"
    The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 3987
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2972 #1803488 (accessed 5 June 2022)
    Revd Samuel Morton Savage burial (died in 1791) on 3 Mar 1791 in London, Middlesex, England.
12. ↑ BENNET, W., TOWLE, T. (1791). Waiting for God's Salvation. A sermon occasioned by the death of the Rev. Samuel Morton Savage, D.D. ... To which is added, an address at the grave, by Thomas Towle. United Kingdom: C. Dilly. Accessed from Google Books https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Waiting_for_God_s_Salvation_A_sermon_occ/i8hlAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=rev+samuel+morton+savage&printsec=frontcover Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 5th June 2022
13. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858". The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1203. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #85947 (accessed 23 March 2022). Will of The Reverend Samuel Morton Savage of St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, granted probate on 12 Mar 1791. Died Abt 1791.
14. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography: "Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22". London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 1160. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1981 #104535 (accessed 23 March 2022). Name: Samuel Morton Savage; Birth Date: 1721; Death Date: 1791.
15. ↑ Jones: Page 249