He was born in London on 19 July 1721. His grandfather, John Savage, was pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist church, Mill Yard, Goodman's Fields. Savage was related to Hugh Boulter.[1]
Savage first thought of medicine, and spent a year or two with his Uncle Toulmin, an apothecary, in Old Gravel Lane, Wapping. Through the influence of Isaac Watts he entered the Fund Academy, under John Eames. In 1744, while still a pupil, he was made assistant tutor in natural science and classics by the trustees of William Coward, a post he retained until the reconstruction of the academy in 1762; from the time of his marriage (1752) the lectures were delivered at his house in Wellclose Square.[1]
Meanwhile, in December 1747, Savage became assistant minister at Duke's Place, Bury Street, St Mary Axe, to the independent congregation of which Watts had been pastor. He was ordained there as co-pastor to Samuel Price in 1753, and became sole pastor on 2 January 1757. In addition he held the office of afternoon preacher (1759–1766) and Thursday lecturer (1760–7) to the presbyterian congregation in Hanover Street under Jabez Earle. He was Friday lecturer (1761–90) at Little St. Helen's, and afternoon preacher (1769–75) at Clapham.[1]
Like Jennings, Savage, though an orthodox Presbyterian, was a non-subscriber; he was one of the originators of the appeal to parliament in 1772 which resulted in the amendment (1779) of the Toleration Act, substituting a declaration of adhesion to the scriptures in place of a subscription to the doctrinal part of the Anglican articles. He resigned his congregation at Christmas 1787; his ministry, though prolonged, had not been popular. A bookish man, he avoided society, and buried himself in his ample library. He died on 21 February 1791 of a contraction of the œsophagus; unable to take food, he starved to a skeleton. He was buried in Bunhill Fields.[1]
WorksEdit
Savage published eight single sermons (1757–82), including ordination discourses for William Ford (1757) and Samuel Wilton (1766), and funeral discourses for David Jennings (1762) and Samuel Wilton (1778). A posthumous volume of Sermons (1796) was edited, with a life, by Joshua Toulmin.[1]
FamilyEdit
Savage married first, in 1752, the only daughter (d. 1763) of George Houlme, stockbroker, of Hoxton Square; secondly, in 1770, Hannah Wilkin, who survived him. By his first marriage he left two daughters.[1]
samuel, morton, savage, 1721, 1791, english, nonconformist, minister, dissenting, tutor, contents, life, works, family, referenceslife, edithe, born, london, july, 1721, grandfather, john, savage, pastor, seventh, baptist, church, mill, yard, goodman, fields, . Samuel Morton Savage 1721 1791 was an English nonconformist minister and dissenting tutor Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Family 4 ReferencesLife EditHe was born in London on 19 July 1721 His grandfather John Savage was pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist church Mill Yard Goodman s Fields Savage was related to Hugh Boulter 1 Savage first thought of medicine and spent a year or two with his Uncle Toulmin an apothecary in Old Gravel Lane Wapping Through the influence of Isaac Watts he entered the Fund Academy under John Eames In 1744 while still a pupil he was made assistant tutor in natural science and classics by the trustees of William Coward a post he retained until the reconstruction of the academy in 1762 from the time of his marriage 1752 the lectures were delivered at his house in Wellclose Square 1 Meanwhile in December 1747 Savage became assistant minister at Duke s Place Bury Street St Mary Axe to the independent congregation of which Watts had been pastor He was ordained there as co pastor to Samuel Price in 1753 and became sole pastor on 2 January 1757 In addition he held the office of afternoon preacher 1759 1766 and Thursday lecturer 1760 7 to the presbyterian congregation in Hanover Street under Jabez Earle He was Friday lecturer 1761 90 at Little St Helen s and afternoon preacher 1769 75 at Clapham 1 On the death of David Jennings the Coward trustees moved the academy to a house in Hoxton Square formerly the residence of Daniel Williams Savage was placed in 1762 in the divinity chair his colleagues in other branches being Andrew Kippis and Abraham Rees Savage was a Calvinist Rees an Arian Kippis a Socinian Kippis resigned in 1784 Savage who had been made B D by King s College Aberdeen on 28 April 1764 and D D by Marischal College Aberdeen in November 1767 held on until midsummer 1785 when the Hoxton academy was dissolved 1 Like Jennings Savage though an orthodox Presbyterian was a non subscriber he was one of the originators of the appeal to parliament in 1772 which resulted in the amendment 1779 of the Toleration Act substituting a declaration of adhesion to the scriptures in place of a subscription to the doctrinal part of the Anglican articles He resigned his congregation at Christmas 1787 his ministry though prolonged had not been popular A bookish man he avoided society and buried himself in his ample library He died on 21 February 1791 of a contraction of the œsophagus unable to take food he starved to a skeleton He was buried in Bunhill Fields 1 Works EditSavage published eight single sermons 1757 82 including ordination discourses for William Ford 1757 and Samuel Wilton 1766 and funeral discourses for David Jennings 1762 and Samuel Wilton 1778 A posthumous volume of Sermons 1796 was edited with a life by Joshua Toulmin 1 Family EditSavage married first in 1752 the only daughter d 1763 of George Houlme stockbroker of Hoxton Square secondly in 1770 Hannah Wilkin who survived him By his first marriage he left two daughters 1 References Edit a b c d e f g Lee Sidney ed 1897 Savage Samuel Morton Dictionary of National Biography Vol 50 London Smith Elder amp Co Attribution nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Lee Sidney ed 1897 Savage Samuel Morton Dictionary of National Biography Vol 50 London Smith Elder amp Co Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Morton Savage amp oldid 1175184161, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
