Stephen Savey/Savy, Fifer in the Revolutionary War
All of my life I wandered past the grave of a Revolutionary War Fifer/Drummer named Stephen Savy, never thinking of him as possibly related, even though his name sounded a lot like my mother's maiden name - Savey. Many years passed before I saw that same name - Savy - in old family documents. We soon discovered that many of our forbears tended to drop the "e" at times; even my own grandfather and his father before him were listed in the family Bible as "Savy," though they were "Savey" in all other aspects of life. It soon surfaced that it had been the case for Stephen Savey as well. Legend has it that in his mid-teens, he was illiterate, and when joining the Army, signed with an "X" witnessed by someone who dropped the "e" from the name. He returned to his native Vermont and, some years later, brought family back to the fertile area of Big Flats, NY, where they plowed the earth and cast their seed upon the winds of time. In the various censuses, he was listed as Savey, but his enlistment name Savy was used on the Riverside Cemetery Revolutionary War memorial marker, leading to much confusion. The tentative list of the first few generations of his descendents follows. Subsequent generations are in my database, which is a bit volumnous to list in the forum unless it is called for, but gaps persist. If anyone thinks they may be related, knows someone who may be, or simply wants to question or comment, please do! Of special interest is the pedigree of Stephen Savey/Savy. Records show that he was born in VT, was inducted in VT, and that his apparent sons were born in VT as well. Have you seen this man in your charts???
Descendants of Stephen Savey
1 Stephen Savey 1759 - 1847 b: November 06, 1759
+Unknown
2 Stephen Savey 1803 - 1884 b: Abt 1803
+Sally b: Bet 1803 - 1804
3 Paul Jones Savey 1847 - 1893 b: September 25, 1847
+Sally L Humiston 1844 - 1903 b: November 18, 1844
3 Mathew Savey b: 1827
+Mary 1836 - b: 1836
3 Stephen Savey b: 1833
3 Seth Savey M b: 1836
3 Anthony Savey b: 1838
3 Clarrissa Savey b: 1840
3 Alfred O Savey 1843 - 1870 b: 1843
+Rachel
2 Nathan Savey 1791 - b: Abt 1791
+Algada 1805 - b: Abt 1805
3 Maria Savey 1827 - b: Abt 1827
3 John Savey 1827 - 1911 b: Abt 1827
+Catherine 1841 - 1903 b: December 09, 1841
3 Elmar Savey 1832 - b: Abt 1832
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