The table below shows my best understanding of people born into the Sage name, who lived in Nailsea up to Victorian times. These folks are the real subject of this website, and the starting point for my family history researches. Baptisms etc took place in Nailsea except where otherwise noted.
1Samuel SageSamuel Sage is believed to be son of Samuel and Hannah Sage (née Oinion)bap. Yatton, 18th Nov 1762?Probably the Samuel Sage who married Mary Briant, Wraxall, 6 Jun 1791bur. Nailsea, 7th Mar 1802
Mary SageMary Sage is believed to be son of Samuel and Hannah Sage (née Oinion)bap. Yatton, 4th April 1768?Married John Wright, 10 May 1789bur. Nailsea, 26th Dec 1852Children baptised at Nailsea: Hannah (1790); Thomas (1792); John (1794); James (1802); Elizabeth (1806); Matthew (1808); Louisa (1812)
2Joseph SageSon of Samuel and Hannah Sage (née Oinion) who married at Yatton, 12 Jul 1762bap. Yatton, 26th April 1772m. Sarah Sprod, Congresbury, 24 Dec 1798. After Joseph died, Sarah lived with Emma (No. 14) then Harriet (no 9). d. 15th Feb 1840, Nailsea; bur. Nailsea, 23rd Feb 1840
Sarah died Orange St., Bristol, 20th December 1867.
Apprenticed to Arthur Hewlett of Wick St Lawrence, 1780. Moved to Nailsea ca. 1793 and became a coal miner.
3Hannah Sage WrightDaughter of John and Mary Wright (née Sage, No. 1½, above)bap. 12th Apr 1790No biographical details known
4Hannah SageChildren of Samuel (No. 1 above) and Mary Sagebap. 3 May 1793No biographical details known
5Samuel Sagebap. 19 Apr 1795m. Elizabeth Winsor, St Paul Bristol, 12th November 1815.bur. Nailsea, 18 Sep 1864Coal handler
6Joseph Sagebap. 9 Jul 1797m. Elizabeth Scorse, Nailsea, 17 Oct 1824. Believed this Elizabeth Sage buried Oct 3rd 1857, Joseph remarried to Maria Pascoe née Herniman, Jun 20 1858bur. Nailsea, 13th Mar 1870No children known.
7Mary Sagebap. 20 Feb 1801
bur. Nailsea, 2 Jun 1808?The 2/6/08 burial is listed in the overseers accounts as child of Mary Sage
8Hester SageChildren of Joseph (No. 2 above) and Sarah/Sally Sagebap. 22 Dec 1799m. William Withey, St. James Clifton, 26 Dec 1825
m. Humphrey Atherton place/date unknown.
Died Orange St., Bristol, 28th August 1876; bur. Nailsea, 2 Sep 1876No known children
9Harriet Sagebap. 13 Jun 1802m. Isaac Reed, Nailsea, 27 Jun 1825
m. John Drew, St Philip & Jacob, Bristol, 25 Dec 1851
d. Bristol, Dec qtr.1885?No known children
10James Sagebap. 26 Aug 1804Apparently married Mary ? before 1841 census.
Coal miner in 1841 and 1851.
11Sarah Sagebap. 15 Feb 1807No biographical details known.
12Samuel Sagebap. 16 Jul 1809m. Mary Weeks, Nailsea, 15 Jul 1839. Remarried after Mary's death to Elizabeth Sage nee Winsor, widow of Samuel Sage (no. 5), St Thomas, Bristol, 4th March 1865.d. Pucklechurch, Gloucs., 30 Oct 1873Coal miner. Moved to Pucklechurch after 1861.
13Mary Sagebap. 5 Jul 1812m. John Lemon, 5 May 1844No further details known.
14Emma Sagebap. 1 Jun 1817m. Joseph Gray, Nailsea, 16 Feb 1845d. Nailsea 30 Jul 1859No known children
15Hannah SageChildren of Samuel (No. 5 above) and Elizabeth Sagebap. 6 Oct 1816No biographical details known
16Joseph Sagebap. 11 Jul 1819Possibly the Joseph Sage who married Sarah Champion and settled in Lawrence County, PA
17James Sagebap. 19 Dec 1819No biographical details known.
18Samuel Sagebap. 14 Apr 1822Married Mary Ann
Ro(w)les, place/date unknown
Candidate death June qtr 1872, Pontypridd 11a 222.Daughter Rosina (No. 27½) born Tickenham, 8/9/1848. Widower at Llanwonno, Rhondda in 1861; in Ystraddyfodwg 1871, living with married daughter and next door to Job Sage (No.26).
19Isaac Sagebap. 6 Aug 1826No biographical details known.
20Mary Sagebap. 6 Aug 1826m. John House, date/place unknownd. Bedminster, 23 May 1852No known children
21Henry Sagebap. 5 Oct 1826Moved to Wales with brother Samuel by 1851.
22Silvester Sagebap. 8 Aug 1830m. Sarah Cannard, Nailsea, 10 Oct 1854d. 1889, Chipping SodburyMoved to Pucklechurch before 1881
22½Jemima Sageborn ca Jan 1833
bur 3 Apr 1833 aged 15 weeksParents assumed; no baptism known.
23Sarah SageChildren of Samuel (No. 12 above) and Mary Sagebap. 18 Oct 1840Unmarried.Died of tuberculosis at Pucklechurch, 21st April 1864.
24Dan Sagebap. 10 Mar 1844m. Julia Purnell, Llanhilleth, 26 Sep 1870d. Cwmtillery 15 Mar 1928Said to have been apprenticed at Nailsea glassworks, but was a miner by 1861. Moved to S Wales by 1871 to found the Sages of Cwmtillery.
25Emma Sagebap. 8 Nov 1846Spinsterd. Cwmtillery, 9 Aug 1926Domestic cook
26Job Sagebap. 25 Mar 1849m. Emily Ransom, St Paul's Bristol, 12 Sep 1874d. 1918Coal miner; emigrated to USA in 1887 on the Caspian to found the Sages of Pennsylvania
27Hester Sagebap. 14 Sep 1851

Domestic servant in Westerleigh, Gloucs in 1871
27½Rosina SageDaughter of Samuel (No. 18) and Mary Ann Sage (née Rowles)Born Tickenham, 8th Sept 1848Married David Powell; widowed; remarried George WilliamsWhereabouts unknown after 1881Children Samuel Edmund Powell (1870), Mary Ann(1874), Thomas(1876) and William(1880) Williams
28Sarah Jane SageChildren of Silvester (No. 22 above) and Mary Sagebap. 13 Jul 1856Moved to Pucklechurch, Gloucs. with their parents before 1866.
29Phoebe Elizabeth Sagebap. 12 Sep 1858Probably the Phoebe who is married to Henry Hunt at 14 Parkfield Ranks, Pucklechurch in 1881
30Joseph James Sagebap. 10 Jun 1860Became a painter/decorator in Bedminster, 1891-1901. No known children.
31Edith Mary SageChildren of Job (No. 26 above) and Emily Sagebap. 13 Feb 1876Emigrated to Pennsylvania with their parents, 1887
32Phoebe Sagebap. 14 Jul 1878
33Florence Emma Sagebap. 16 May 1880
29Alfred Gerald PaulSon of Paul Evelyn Alfred Nash & Elizabeth Ann Sagebap. Ch Ch, 7 Aug 1904Parents married Bristol, Dec 1900 6a 299. Believed unrelated to other Nailsea Sages