Mr. Morrison,
I came upon this while rereading "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record" Vol. 136 Number 4, October 2005; from "Deaths from the Ladies' Miscellany or The Weekly Visitor, New York, 1811"; Contirbuted by Carolyn G. Stifel (on pages 296-302):

Saturday, October 12, 1811, p. 398
Died
On Saturday evening last, after a short distressing illness, Mr. Francis Sage, sen. formerly of Middletown, Conn.

Hope this helps you in your research in some small way,
Ro