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SAXE, John

Male Bef 1732 - 1808  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name SAXE, John 
    • NAME VARIATIONS:
      - John SAX --- son Jacob's Birth record
    Gender Male 
    Born Bef. 1732  Saxe-Gotha, Thuringia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • BIRTH PLACE DISCREPANCY:
      - Langensalza, in the Kingdom of Hannover --- Book: Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley:
      - Saxe-Gotha, Germany --- Book; Pen pictures from the garden of the world, or, Santa Clara County, California : ...
    Immigration 1750  Philiadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    From Germany to Philadelphia 
    Military 1783  Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1883) - Refused to take up arms against the English King 
    Biography 1787-1800  Highgate, Franklin, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    BIOGRAPHY - Life in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont 
    Biography 1732-1808  Highgate, Franklin, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    EARLIEST BIOGRAPHY - Germany to Highgate, Franklin, Vermont 
    Died 1808  Highgate, Franklin, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Age: 76 
    Buried 1808  Phillipsburg, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Biography 1888  Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: John Saxe, grandfather of Arthur Wellsley Saxe, A.M., M.D. 
    Biography 24 Jul 2010  [7
    BOOK: John Saxe, Loyalist (1732-1808) And His Descendants for Five Generations, by George Hill 
    Person ID I26349  1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2017 

    Father SAXE, Godfrey,   b. Bef. 1712, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother UNKNOWN, Unknown 
    Family ID F8405  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WEVER, Catherine "Katie",   b. 1744, Philiadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1791, Highgate, Franklin, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1771  Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • CHILDREN'S BIRTH PLACES:
      UNSUBSTANTIATED, but MOST LIKELY all children were born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York and registered after the family's move to Highgate, Franklin, Vermot after 1786.

      CORRECT PARENTS OF CHILD #6 Godfrey Saxe
      - UNSUBSTANTIATED, but MOST LIKELY John and Catherine Saxe were his parents
    Children 
     1. SAXE, John,   b. 14 Apr 1772, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. SAXE, George,   b. 31 Aug 1773, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. SAXE, William,   b. 16 Dec 1774, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. SAXE, Peter,   b. 15 Dec 1779, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. SAXE, Matthew,   b. 16 Mar 1776, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. SAXE, Godfrey,   b. 28 Jan 1778, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. SAXE, Jacob,   b. 2 Aug 1783, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1866, Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     8. SAXE, Conrade,   b. 18 Oct 1784, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. SAXE, Anna,   b. 15 Nov 1786, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F8404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - From Germany to Philadelphia - 1750 - Philiadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Nov 1771 - Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1883) - Refused to take up arms against the English King - 1783 - Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBiography - BIOGRAPHY - Life in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont - 1787-1800 - Highgate, Franklin, Vermont Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBiography - EARLIEST BIOGRAPHY - Germany to Highgate, Franklin, Vermont - 1732-1808 - Highgate, Franklin, Vermont Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Age: 76 - 1808 - Highgate, Franklin, Vermont Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBiography - BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: John Saxe, grandfather of Arthur Wellsley Saxe, A.M., M.D. - 1888 - Santa Clara County, California Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S365] BK-Bio. Sketch., Pen Pic. From Gard. of the World S.Cl. Co., Illust., Edited by H.S. Foote (1888), (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois), page 278; pdf. [332/838].
      BIRTH PLACE: Saxe-Gotha, Germany

      WIKIPEDIA
      SAXE-GOTHA, Germany
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxe-Gotha

    2. [S367] BK-Gen. & Fam. Hx. Of S. N.Y. & Hudson River Valley, Cuyler Reynolds (1914), (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)), page 1094.
      REVOLUTIONARY WAR
      "While the struggle for American freedom was in progress, he declined to take up arms against the king, and was persecuted by the Continentals, who accused him of giving assistance to the English, and ultimately destroyed so large a portion of his property that, in 1786, he decided to remove to Canada.

      Accordingly, with his wife and eight sons and one man servant, he took boats up the Hudson to Glens Falls, thence down Lake George and Lake Champlain, almost three hundred miles, to Phillipsburg, on Missiquoi Bay, and established what has ever since been known as "Saxe's Mills." The point at which he settled, however, was so close to the border line, that, when the line was definitely fixed "Saxe's Mills" were found to be on the American side of the line at Highgate, Vermont."

    3. [S257] Archives - www world wide web, (world wide web), http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/FranklinHighgate.html.
      BIOGRAPHY - John Saxe (HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HIGHGATE)
      1787 - One of the first settlers; built the first grist-mill on a small stream in the N. W. part of the town, where a mill has ever since been running, still called "SAXE's Mill." ...

    4. [S367] BK-Gen. & Fam. Hx. Of S. N.Y. & Hudson River Valley, Cuyler Reynolds (1914), (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)), page 1094.
      EARLIEST BIOGRAPHY - John Saxe
      "SAXE ... The head of the family in America was John Saxe, a son of Godfrey Saxe." ...
      - 1732 Born Langensalza, in the Kingdom of Hannover
      - 1750 Immigrated to Philadelphia
      - A few years later moved to Valley Forge; purchased iron foundry & a grist mill
      - A few years later sold his Valle Forge property & moved to Manhattan Island, spent a year looking for a suitable investment, having purchased a farm in Rhinebeck on the Hudson River.
      - 18 Nov 1771 married Catherine Wever
      - 1786 moved w/wife, family & 1 servant 300 miles to Canada to Phillipsburg on the Missiquoi Bay; established "Saxe's Mills" (close to US border, when the border line was fixed Saxe's Mills was determined to be on the American side of the line at Highgate, Vermont).
      - 1791 wife died
      - 1808 died, aged seventy-six. Both he & wife buried in Phillipsburg, Canada cemetery

    5. [S367] BK-Gen. & Fam. Hx. Of S. N.Y. & Hudson River Valley, Cuyler Reynolds (1914), (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)), page 1094.
      DEATH & BURIAL
      - Died 1808, aged seventy-six, Highgate, Franklin, Vermont
      - He and wife buried in Phillipsburg, Canada cemetery

    6. [S365] BK-Bio. Sketch., Pen Pic. From Gard. of the World S.Cl. Co., Illust., Edited by H.S. Foote (1888), (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois), page 278; pdf. [332/838].
      BIOGRAPHY of John Saxe, grandfather of Arthur Wellsley Saxe

      "ARTHUR WESSLEY SAXE, A.M., M.D.: His father, Jacob Saxe, was one of seven sons of John Saxe, of Sax Gotha, Germany, who came to America in 1760 or'70, and first settled in Pennsylvania, but subsequently removed to Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York ... At the time of the breaking out of the Revolution he removed with his family to Highgate, Vermont, where he built stores, mills, etc., and lived until his children were grown up and began to do for themselves ..."

    7. [S257] Archives - www world wide web, (world wide web), http://www.uelac.org/events/images/Saxe-John-by-G-Hill-book.pdf.
      BIOGRAPHY - Book: John Saxe, Loyalist (1732-1808) And His Descendants for Five Generations

    8. [S367] BK-Gen. & Fam. Hx. Of S. N.Y. & Hudson River Valley, Cuyler Reynolds (1914), (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)), page 1094.
      MARRIAGE - 18 Nov 1771, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York
      ... "He finally bought a farm at Rhineback on the Hudson, where he married November 18, 1771, Catherine Wever, who was born in Philadelphia in 1744." ...