Sarah Savage

Sarah Savage (nee Henry) (7 August 1664 – 27 February 1752) was an English diarist. She started her diary at age 22 and continued a daily diary until her 80s. Her diaries are a resource providing insight into the daily spiritual life of seventeenth and eighteenth century women. Life Sarah Henry was born on 7 August 1664 in Broad Oak, Flintshire, Wales to Philip and Katherine Henry. Her father, Philip Henry, was a nonconformist minister. Sarah Henry was the second-oldest of six children. Her brother was Matthew Henry. She was tutored at home and learned to read from William Turner. At age seven her father began teaching her Hebrew. Sarah Henry started keeping a "Spiritual Diary" starting in August 1686. She married John Savage, a farmer and land agent, on March 28, 1687. Savage had nine children but only four survived to adulthood. Her husband John Savage died on 29 September 1729. In 1736, she retired to West Bromwich. Sarah Savage died on 27 February 1752 at her home in West Bromwich.