Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 27 - Savary
Savary.
The refugee family of Savary bear a surname which was a territorial title or designation. The lands of Savary were in Perigord, in the south of France. Their patronymic was Tanzia, according to Mr. Smiles, to whom one of the English representatives writes, “There are many interesting anecdotes and legends in the family — of a buried Bible, afterwards recovered, and patched on every leaf — of a beautiful cloak made by a refugee, and given to my great-great-grandfather as a token of gratitude for help given by him in time of need,” &c.