Thomas Savage (Virginia interpreter)
Ensign Thomas Savage | |
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Young Thomas Savage accompanying Ralph Hamor in a meeting with Powhatan, 1614 | |
| Born | c. 1594 Cheshire, England |
| Died | 1633 (aged 38–39) Accomac Shire, Virginia |
| Other names | Thomas Salvage, Thomas Savadge, Thomas Newport |
| Occupation(s) | Adventurer, Powhatan interpreter, ancient planter |
Thomas Savage (b. c. 1594 – d. 1633) was an English adventurer to the Virginia colony. At age thirteen he emigrated to the New World, and soon after lived with Powhatan (Native American leader) as a cultural emissary from 1608 to 1610. Savage became a Tidewater Algonquian interpreter for the English. Savage settled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia where he interacted with native leader Debedeavon. Thomas Savage was an ancient planter, married a tobacco bride, and had a son (John) that represented Northampton County, Virginia in the House of Burgesses.