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By \Vh1throp Sargent 1922

"So by his tomb I stood~ beside its base, GI andng upon me with a scornful air, 'Who were thine Ancestors?' he coldly asked, Willin~ t0 answer, l did nGt forbear My r,mue or lineage, but the whole u.nrr1&sked." Dente's lnfcrno, Canto X.

Early Sargents of New England

Early Sargents of New England

T,vo of the most distinguished members of the family,­ Professor Charles Sprague Sargent J ohr1 Si~ger Sargent-R. A.

From a photograph made by Miss Louisa Putman Loring Prides Crossing, A1ass. August, 1921.

Early Sargents of New England

l JONATHAN SERGEANT OF Cor,..~~cr1cuT 1644

2 WILLIAM SARGENT OF IPS\VICH 1633 3 \VILLIAM SARGENT OF MALDEN 1638

4 \VILLIAM SARGENT, SENIOR, OF GLOUCESTER 1649 5 WILLIA.\.I SARGENT, 2ND, OF GLOUCESTER Before 1678

6 PETER SERGEA!\11 OF BosToN 1667 7 STEPHEN SARGENT OF MAINE 1649

8 DIGORY SARGENT OF BOSTON 1675 E a r l y S a r g e n l s of 1\T e u, E 11 g l a n d

Bet,\·cen 163 3 and 16781 there carne to Ne\v England ten or eleven men by the narne of Sargent. The nan1e ,vas spelt in a nun1ber of ,vays-S2rjant, Sargeant, Sergeant and Sargent, for the first generation or t\vo. The rnost prominent of this n2n1c ,vc n1akc reference to in the f01!0\ving notes: Early Sargents of New England

Jonatha11 Sergeant of Connecticut 1644 ONATHAl"1 SERGEANT, in 1644, ··took the Oath.. at Ne\v Haven, Connecticut. According to the J Brandford, Conn. Records, December 17, 1651, occurred the death of the "Good ,vife Sargent.. -in the follo,ving year the head of the family ,vho is described as 0 A member of Ye Church at Brandford.. died. JONATHA.t"l SERGEANT, the oldest of four children of the above immigrant ancestor, left Connecticut about 1668 and settled in Nev, Jersey and became one of the founders of Ne\vark. This second Jonathan had a son nained Jonatha11. 3rd, from whom descended Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, the eminent Jurist, who settled in Philadelphia in 1777. He ,vas prominently identified with the social and professional life of the Quaker City for more than half a century. One of the sons of the last mentioned Jonathan Sergeant was named John, born in 1716. He ,vas graduated at Yale and became an ordained missionary to the Indians in \\!estem Massachusetts. He established a manual train­ ing school for his ,vards and translated the Ne\v T estamcnt for them. T,vo sons of- Rev. John Sargent were men of distinction, Erastus, born 17 42, studied at Princeton, gradu­ ated in medicine and ,vas recognized as being the most skillful surgeon in a radius of thirty miles about Stock­ bridge, Massachusetts. During the Revolution he served as Major of the 7th Mass. Regt., taking part in the engagement near Lake Charnplain until Burgoyne surrendered. Another son,

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John Scrgcar!t, Jr., r.orn in l 7-f7, 2lso studied at Princcto:1 6 \Vas ordr:incd as Congrrgat.ional C1crgy1nt!n and to8k up the \\·ork among the Jndians est2blished by his father, first at Stockbridge, iv12ss. and aitcr\vards at Ne\\' Sto~k­ bridgc, N. Y., \\·hen the Indians ,,·e·rc transferred to th?.t ·location, devoting 26 years to this service and bearing the highest repute an1ong the red men. JON!\ Tf--ll\N SERGEA.NT, son of Jonathan Sergeant of Ne,vark and brother of the elder Rev. John Sergeant is dcscrib~d as a n1an of goJd education and \\·ide influence in r:ast Jersey. About 1750 he \Vas chosen Treasurer of the College of Nc\v J crsey, no\v ·knov-.·n as Princeton University, then located in Ne\vark. I-Ic ,vas deput::~d to choose a ne,v location and selected Princeton. 1-Ie ,vas one of the founders of the First Presbyterian Church in Princeton and ,\·as a delegate to the Provincial Con­ gress. I-le died just before the battle of Princeton in 1777. As before mentioned, the Philadelphia branch of the Sergeants had its foundation in Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, son of JohnJ ~rn in Ne\\·ark in 1746. He ,1.·as graduated from Princeton College at the age of 16 and ,vas duly ad1nitted to th~ bar. I-le \Yas active and con­ spicuous prior to the Revolution, \\·2s clerk and secretary in the Pro\tisional ConYc::-ition to select delegates to the Contincr~tal Congress. I-le made the acquaintance of John Adams ,vhcn the latter passed thru Nc,v J crsey on his ,i.·ay _to ~")hiladclphia. In 1776 '.\'2S cho~en delegate to the Continental Congress. JOI-I~ SER(_;E/\~T, son of Jo:--;2than Dickinson Ser­ geant \\·as born in 1779, graduated f rorn Princeto!1 Coil(·/~ and adrnittcd to the Phil8d-Jphi:1 Dar. I le early cnt\?r(;(~ Early Sargents of New England

public life and was actively identified ,vith City, State and National affairs for many years, appointed by Gov. McKean Deputy Attorney General for Chester County, ap­ pointed Commissioner in Bankruptcy by President Jeffer­ son, elected to Congress in 1814 and served for three terms. In 1826 nominated as \\1hig Candidate for Vice-President on the ticket with Henry Clay. In 1840 again sent to C.Ongress. Declined appointment tendered by President Harrison as Minister to England and as Member of President·s Cabinet. THO~1AS SERGEA.1'.JT, son of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant admitted to Philadelphia bar in 1802. Clerk of Mayor·s Court, Associate Justice of Dist. Court of Phila­ delphia in 1814, sec·y and Att"y Gen·1 of Penna. 1819-1820, Postmaster of Philadelphia 1828-183 3. T'homas Sergeant married Sarah Bache, grandaughter of Benjamin Franklin. ESTHER SERGEANT, daugh~er of Jonathan Dickin­ son Sergeant, married \Villiam C. Barton, ,vho became one of the most distinguished surgeons ·or his day; was also surgeon of the U. S. Navy and held professorship in the University of Pennsylvania and Jefferson Medical College. MARGARETTA SERGEANT, daughter of John Sergeant ·and granddaughter of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, became the \vife of General George Gordon Meade of·Civil \Var fame. The third daughter of John Sergeant ,vas the ,vife of Henry Alexander \Vise, one of Virginia·s most distinguished Sons. Thru marriage. these Sergeants are connected ,..,.•ith the Cad\vallader, ~1eade, Dixon, Gerhard, Myers and other \vell kno\vn Philadelphia families.

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There \\·e~e four im1nigrant S2r:;cnts ,vith the baptis1nal nan1e of \\'il1iarn:

0 ne in· I ps\'.·1c· l1, ~11v ass., 1r:-j)· ,, , ,., . ,._ f 1d " " . ,, ·. :, 0 ne 1n rvJ.a1 en, lv12s.s.) i :_._,::; T,vo in Gloucester, l\'!233., 1649 and before 1G78.

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\Villiam Sargent of Ips\vich 1633.

ILLIAM SARGENT-1633, of Ipsv.tich, Mass. In Ed\vin Everett Sargent·s book on this branch Wof Sargents, he says that as far as his researches ,vent, this \\tilliam was the Uson of Richard Sargent who held an office under the Queen.·· ELIZABETH PHILLIPS, a -daughter of Richard Sargent and wife of Rev. George Phillips came over \Vith her husband and t\VO children in the ship ·· Arbella," arriving at Salem, lv1ass., June 12, 1630 in the fleet of seventeen vessels of Gov. \Vinthrop's Colony. She died soon after landing and ,vas buried by the side of the C'...ountess Arbella Johnson, ,vife of Isaac Johnson. It was the most distinguished company that ever came o-c.ter and not one-fourth of the names have been discovered. Salem and \\!aterto\vn \Vere settled by these people and the Rev. George-Phillips \Vas the first minister settled at \Vaterto,vn. The first record of \Villiam Sargent is in the General Court records of Mass. Colony in April 163 3 in an Act by said court protecting certain grantees of land then at Aga,vam, no\v I ps,vich, Mass., in their rights, and ·· Willm -.Srjeant .. ,vas one of them-the next record is his oath of allegiance in 1639. He married, in 1633, Elizabeth, born March 3, 1611, daughter of John Perkins and Judith Gater. The English Ancestors ,vere related to that famous non­ confom1ist divine Rev. \Villiarn Perkins, \vho living in the

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reign of Elizabeth 1558-1603, \·.;as a fello'.v of Christ's Coliege, Carnbridge, and an author of n1uch repute an1ong the early fathers of Ne\v England. \\11LI..,I:\lv1 SARGE~T \,·as one of the •. Presidential .. men in Amesbury in 1667. He died in 1675. In his \•::il signed and \\'itnesscd under date of 24th 1\1arch, l 671-2 and S\vorn to at Court 13th of April 1675, his na1ne ,vas spelt ··\\iilliam Sargent:· The genealogy of this f ainily bei!rs tcstirnony to t..l-}e patriotic services rendered by these Sargents in both the Revolutionary and Civil \\Tars. i'v1any have like,vise served in the managen1cnt of civil affairs and been useful and respected citizens.

. John P~darns1 the second President of the United States, in his diury, as printed in Vol. II of &oThe \\'orks of John Adan1s, ., Boston, 1850, speaks of having rnet 1'-J..:-\ TI-L·\N­ IEL PE.L\SLEE S.-\RGE~T of lv1ethuen, at Sa1en1 Court House-an attorney and barristcr-(Harvard li50) · ·a 111an of sense, ingenuity, etc.,. but not of fluency, and that he is the gcntlen1an \\·hom 1'hacher reco1ninenc!cd for a J usticc and adrr1ircd for his correctness and conciscne~s and as another Fathrr Read... N.A. TH. .:\NIEL PEi\S­ LEE SARGENT v.·as of the fifth generation of this fam­ ily. l-Ic ,vas n12.de Chief Justice of the Supreine Court of Massachusetts. Died in !791. ·

< \VlNG.A.1'E PA '{NE S:.\I~GE>JT of the seventh genera­ tion ,·vas one of the pro:-nin~nt busine...~ n1cn of this i2r.nily -a partner of the old h::x.1se of S3rgent Bros. & Co.· of Boston. 1-Jc \Vas !)resident of the ~-ft!rosc Bonk and scr,·ed I n1any years in the Stc:te L.cg1s!ature, residing in 1v1elrose, lv1assachusetts.

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\VILLIA!v1 P. SARGENT of the eighth generation, 1819-1888, ,vas another very successful n1erchant, re­ siding at Amesbury, Ivfassachusetts. He \Vas a carriage manufacturer and all through Ne\Y England, Sargent car­ riages ,verc famous; in fact, all over the United States. He ,vas philanthropic and interested in the development of the to\vns of :tvferrim_ac and Amesbury. JOHN I

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\Villia111 Sargent of l\1aldcn ILLL--\I\.,1 S.:\RGENT of 1\-f a1den, !vfass. carne to \, this country in the '\·car 1638. He first settled in y1 w .} V Char1csto\,n and fron1 there \vent to :i\.-1alden. He is referred to as being a lay preacher from 1648-1650 in l\..1alden. He rcn1ovcd to Barnstable about 1656; in a Jetter \\Titten by hin1 date of 4th n10. 1661 29Lh day, he signs his narne-··\\="illm Saargeant:· He signs his ,vill dated 9th 1\1farch 1679-80 ..\\ 1illiam Serjeant.·· On the gravestones of t,\·o sons-John and San1ueI, in one case the name is spelt- ··1 oiml vargant<"' .. ,vith Samuel-:- 0 Samuel Sargent" thus it is shO\\'n that there ,vas no definite \vay to spell the name. The Genezlogy of this branch has been foilo\\·ed carefuliy and ,vith more success than ,vith others of this natnc. Aaron Sargent·s book pub!ished in 1895, records the f arnily as far back as I-lugh Sargent of Courtecnhall Co., North­ amptonshire, Eng., born aoout 1535, died 1595-6, and fon11s connections \t.·ith the \\'ashington, Partiger, San1- \ve1l and Gifford famflies. The family of Gifford is of high authority. They \Vere seated at I-Ionflcur in :\:ormandy in the Eighth Century and connected ,vith royalty. \\7e find in the pages of Aaron Sargent's C\)ok that the farnily ,vere engaged in literary lines and the la,v, and ,vere 1nen of 1narkcd business integrity.

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THIRD GENERATION JONATI-IAN, son of Jot'Jl (of the second generation) and Lydia, 1677-1754, ,vas a selectman in Malden three years and a representative seven years. ··cave a quarter of an acre of land for a meeting house ... FOURTH GENERATION Jonathan·s son, N.A. THAN, 1718-1799, and his brother­ in-law, JOSEPH, 1716-1802, were the first to move from }.Aalden -to Leicester, and each seems to have been im­ ·portant in the community. From General Samuel Andrews· chart of the descendants of Nathan Sargent is taken the f ollo,ving: .. His (Nathan·s) son, Samuel, in 1775 ,vas a mem-­ ber of Captain Seth Washbum·s company of minute­ men. On the 19th of April the alarm reached Leices­ ter of the advance of the British troops to\vard Con­ cord. The Company, in their march to oppose them, halted at Nathan Sargent's house. His ,vife, Mary Sargent, daughter of Joseph, finding the members deficient in bullets, hastily melted the leaden weights of the clock, poured the lead into bullets and dis­ tributed them among the men. 0 (The credit of such an act having been laid at the door of so 1nany good ,vomen of that period, it must have been a not uncommon service to the ill-armed defendants in the \Var of Independence.) FITTH GE1'1ERA TION S.,\MUEL, 1754-1825, ,vas in the Continental Army at the battle of Bunker I-1ill and at the surrender of Burgoyne.

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SIXTH GE~ER:\Tl O>l lSi\..\C, 1769-1821, \'-:as a physician and pron1inent citizen in Fort .:\nn) Nc\v York. JOI-IN, 1770-1829. A graduate of Yale (Class 1793) ,vith honors. HO>J. N1\1-I-L-\N S. .\RGE~T, 179--1-187 5, ,,·as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Judge of Probate Court, Sergeant-at-Arms of the U. S. House of Rcprcsentati\·es, Register-General of the U. S. Land Office, Register of the Treasury and Con1missioncr of Custorns. I-Ie ,vas also a political \\Titer under the pen n2n1e of ··oliver Old Schoot·· author of .. Public 1\,fcn and Events.·· SE\1E~1-H GE~ERi\TION LEON.ARD,- 1193-ISc0: of}vfanchester, \ 1e17I1ont. \\i2s Lieut.-Governor of \'errnont for t,vo years, State 1\ttorney three years, J udgc of Probate Court t -.~.-el \"C years, n1cJn­ ber of \'em1ont State Council of Censors for more than forty years and for the latter part of the time its President. HO~1ER.. E.-:\RLE S.~RGE?'-,;T, of the seventh gener­ ation, corn Leicester 1822; after receiving his education

in the famous Leicester r\cadcmv., took uo.L railroad ,\·ork in the \\·est. I-le ,\·as in charge of the Operating Dep3rtmcnt of the 1'v1ichigan Central Raih,:ay for many years. \V"2s one of the originators and a director of the Union Stock Yards at Chicago and 21~0 a Director of the Pullman Palace Car Co. JOH1' S. S:-\RGE:\T of the seventh generation, }X)rn Leicester, lviass., 1839, \1.·as connected \\·ith lvHchigan Centre'!] Railroad until 1875, \\·hen he engaged in prh.:at£ businc.ss. \V2.s active in seYcral patriotic orga~i::2ti0ns. Early Sargents of 1'/ew England

His interest in Puritan and Pilgrim ancestry led him to seek his conr1ection in England, resulting in his admirable introduction to the ··Malden·· line, in .A.aron Sargent"s "'Sargent Genealogy," published in 1895'. AARON SARGENT of the eighth generation, born Charlesto,vn, Mass., 1822, ,vas of the firm of Nathaniel \Vinsor & Co., Boston merchants.· Retired in 1872, and subsequently held several fiduciary positions. \Vas the compiler of the last edition ( 1895) of the Sargent Genea­ ology, of the Malden line. SAlv1UEL DUNCAN SARGENT of the eighth gener­ ation, born 1828, ,vas a prominent Boston resident. From 1884 to his death in 1903 he spent his summers at Mt. Desert, and ,vas one of the pioneers of the summer colony in North­ east Harbor, and keenly interested in its development. Raised most of the money for building the road\vay along Some·s Sound, named .. Sargent's Drive, .. in his memory. JOSEPH BRADFORD S.i\RGENT of the eighth gener­ ation, born Leicester, Mass., 1822, ,vas one of the most successful manufacturers of the family, organizing Sargent & C.Ompany of Ne,v Haven, Conn., and the manufacturers· agency of the same. name in Ne\v York City, and was kno\vn to the hard,vare trade far and near, at home and abroad. He filled many positions of trust in the city of his adoption (Ne\v Haven), of \vhich he ,vas Mayor 1891- 1895. He made t\VO journeys around the ,vorld, 1887-1891, and died 1907. · GEORGE HENR.Y SARGENT, brother of the fore­ going, born Leicester, Mass., 1828, Harvard ·53, ,vas associated in the business of Sargent & Con1pany for sixty-

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Szrgcnt Drive-1'v1o~nt D2sert. i\1aine nan1cd after Sarnucl Duncan Sargent-

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four yea:--s, during ,\·hid1 time he \\·as personally kno·.:.·n and beloved by n1ost of the hard\\·are trade of this countrv. - ~ \V'as President of the ~n1panie.s, 1907 to hisd~ath in 1917. \\'as a member of the Union League, Harvard and Hard­ ,vare Clubs of Ne,\·)'ork City and Director of the ~-fercan­ ti1e National Bank of Nc\v \"ork, and Fidelity Trust of Ne,v '{ork. \\;-2s for years a generous T rustec of the old Academy of the tO\':n of his birth; \\·here in later years he spent his sumn1crs, and \\·as buried. HENRY BR.:\DFORD S.:\RGENT of the ninth gener­ ation, born Ne\\" York City 1851, eldest son of J os~ph Bradford Sargent-Yale l 871. In 1917, he succeeded to the Presidency of Sargent & Cornpany, ?~e\v Haven, Conn. and Chicago, I IL 1\s a ·~tale junior ,\·as men1ber of Prof. 0. C. l\.1arsh's palconto1ogicol expedition to the Bad Lands of Nebraska, \\\.·on1ing and Utah. He \Vas elected by gradu­ ate vote for three successi\·e six-year terms as Fel!o\V, or Trustee, of the),.ale University Corporation, no\v en1eritus, declining a renoniination in 1920. Associated in various positions of trust, and phi!a!'lthropic \\·ork. Thru marriage these Sargents haYe allied thc1nsdves to many of the old Ne,v England fan1ilies-./\ndre\'.·s, Denny, Curtis, Cutting, Hensha\v, \\'inslo\v, \\-'orcester and n1any others-sec Andre,'-·s and Denny genealogies.

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\\Tilliam Sargent, Sr. of Gloucester 1649 \ 1 TILLl:\~,1 S1\RGENT, SR., of Gloucester, !\.-{ass. VV had a grant of land in 1649. Born June 20, 1624, died Feb. 19, 1717. He 1narried i\bigail, daughter :-,f Ed1nund Clark and .'\gncs Tybbott. He ,vas a Select­ nan many years and r eprescntative in 1671 and 1691. The ~ecords of this branch have not been fo1lo\vcd up \\·ith any Jegrce of accuracy. Babson in his history of Gloucester r·ef ers to a nu1r1ber of the descendants-a large nurnber are no\v Jiving in the cast end of Cape Ann, and some n1oved from Gloucester to 1'1aine, ,,:here descendants are no\v found. Sargent\·ille, l\ 1aine, \Vas nnn1ed after this bran~h. It is of interest to note in connectron \Vith this family, that "Sargent's ~-1ountain ·· at :\.11ount Desert \\·as nan1ed for STEPI-IEN S.\R.. GEN1', ,vho ,vas born in Gloucester, Oct. 21, 1753 and died at 1'1ount Desert. He ,vas the grandso:1 of \\.7 illiam Sargent, Sr. A great grandson, Ct\PT.AJN N ..\ TH~~NIEL S. .\P,­ GE0tf, had a \,·onderful experience in connection \vith the inventor of stearn Yessels, Robert Fultori, and the French Republic. It seems \\·orth \\·hile to record here an extract from a familv., letter \\Titten bv.. Cant2.in... Israel Trask of Gloucester, 1v1ass., to his \vif c, dated Paris, October 12, 1800. ·· Po:>r Capt. ~athaniel Sar~ent left Paris a fC\\' days before I arrived. J-Ic is by dire necessity driYen to a for­ lorn hope. He anj t \\'O other i\rncrk2.;1s ha Ye undertakC'n, as I understand, to destroy the British >Ja\"j' by means of

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$3rgcnt J\.-1ountain . Named 8fter Stephen Sargent

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nc ...... t , B.,,z.:.,1 .. c., .. '·~ t . ..,, p~,c 111-.,, ,-~·i·c a..,,~u. -1 C-adillac (old r:an,c, Green 1\fountain) £'ln right

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a ne\v invention of an 1-\n1crican by the nan1e of Fulton, ,vho is one of the three in the expedition. The invention is a vessel built of copper, called in the French language ··Bateau Poisson, .. \,·hich carries the double n1eaning of a small vessel and a fish, on account of her navigating under ,vater like a fish. They can live under \vater, ,vith­ out the least necessity of corning on its surface for four hours, and by machinery go at the rate of three 1nilcs an hour under \Vater. It is of so ,,·onderful construction that· \\··hen they ,,:ant to change or refrcsh the co:1fined air in the vessel, \\·hich is a rout every four hours, they are not obliged to sho\\" then1sclves on the sur­ face of. the ,vater, but raising themselves pretty near the surface, they let up a tube by \\·hich they force out the respirated air and let in fresh.· \\'hen they are sailing on the surface of the ,,:ater and arc pursued by the enemy and can"t get rid of hin1 other\,·ise, they fold up their sails, strike their masts and close up their shi1) and di\·e un~!c.r . ,vater like a porpoise. Fulton, the inventor of the n·1a­ chine. comJr1ands the expedition and has the grade of an •· Adn1iral ·· f ron1 this go\·ernn1cntJ and Sargent, \\·ho is second, has a ·· Captain of a :\·1an of \\7ar ·· con1mission, and the other \\·hose nan1e I am ignorant of and ,.,·ho ,vith the other t \\·o com1X>sc their \\·hole company, has .. Licutcn­ ..ant "s .. Con1n1ission . "Their agreement ,vith this governn1ent is, for every British 1\·1an-of-\\. &.r they sink, they are to ha\·e t\i.·enty thousand pounds sterling. They have made sc\·er2l cx­ pcrirnents and b}o,.\·n up several hulks lying in French ports~ but sho~1ld they unfortunately be captured by the English, they ,vi!l n1ost undo~btedly be treated c~s i:--1ccn-

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diaries, not\\·ithstand:ng the con1missions they hold f ron1 this govcrnrncnt. }vfy heart aches for poor Sargent, to think his situation should oblige hirn to en1brace so for­ lon1 a hope. I--Ie dcscr\·edly bears a Ycry good chnracter in I:>aris, and is esteen1cd by all \·.:ho. kno\v hi1n. There are verv fe,\· n1~n \vho hnve exoerienccd such a continuance V & of cruel n1isfortunes as he has done. He has been on the po1nt several times of n1aking a very handsorne fortune that \Vould ha\·e enabled hin1 to return to An1crica, ,vhich he so n1uch des!res, but has had ahvays his property cap­ tured either by the French or English, \Vhich has left him 2s n1iserable as ,vhen he set out. .. GEORGE 1'·1'{RIC S:.\RGENT, torn Sargentville, ~1e., 1830, died 1913, and ,,·ho rnarried Helen Durham in 1858, ,vas perhaps one of the n1ost successful and progre.c.sive men of this branch. In the early ·70s he settled in Chicago and built up a large business in the rnanufacture of steel products, out of \vhich has grO\\n the .An1erican Steel Foundries and the f\n1erican Brake Shoe & Foundry Con1- pany. He left t\\'O sons, \\?'illian1 D. Sargent and George I-1. Sargent, ,-..·ho haYe rcspc,ndcd to his many virtues and co1nmand the respect of the business 1nen of the Country. E a r l y S a r g e n t s of 1'' e u..' E n g l a n d

\Villiam Sargent, 2r1d, of Gloucester Before 1678 ~f ILLI:\!vf S.A.RGENI .. , the second, so called by /\, Babson in his history of Gloucester, appears in \ Gloucester son1etime before 16i8. This branch of the Sargents has produced to a 1narked degree rnen of distinction, \\·ho have attained high rank in their chosen pursuits. This \\'ill iam Sargent, ,vho came f ron1 England to Glou­ cester, probably near the rniddle of the Seventeenth Cen­ tury, is the first of the farr1ily of ,vhon1 ,,.-e have record. He soon left Gloucester, but ,;·as follo\,·ed by a son, also named \V'illi2m. -To hi1n ,vas granted t\\"O acres of land on Eastern Point in I 678, the year in \Yhich he married Mary Duncan of Gloucester. Sixteen children \\·ere born of this 1narri2ge, but of the S0!1S, only the fifth. EPES, left descend an ts. Little is kno\\·n of the first and second generations of the family; and any really authentic account of tr1ese Glou­ cester S:Jrgcnts must start \\·ith Epes of the third genera­ tion1 f ro!n \\'horn they are 2!1 de.<:;ecndcd. He \Vas born in Gloucester in 1690 and beca1ne, like several of his descend­ ants, a prosperous and highly respected merchant. /\fter the death of his first \vife in 1743, he moved to Sa!en1, lviass., v.·bcrc he died nineteen years later. Fifteen chil­ dren \,·ere corn to Epes Sargent. Of his eight sons, fo~lr only lcft descendants. The oldest of these four sons, the second EPES (1721-1779) \\·as up to the ti1ne of the Rc\·o- 1ution, a success[ul rnerch2:1t and ship o,,;ncr. l-Iis ir.- E a r l )r S a r g e 11 t s of 1V e tv E n g l a n d

tcre.~t in John l\.11urray, the Uni\~crsalist clergyn1an, \'\·ho \\·as induced to con1e to Gloucester by hirn and his brother \\'inthrop, brought religious persecution en the Sargents, and l~pc.s Sargent furt.hcr suffered and \'Vas finally ruined finnnciaHy by his loyalty to the 1',.1other Country at the breakini out of the RcYolution. The best kno\vn descend­ ants of the second Epes Sargent ,vere his great grandsons, JOI-·E"4 OSBOR:.'JES.~F.. GEN·r (1811-1891, Harvard 1830), clnssical scholar, )a\vycr, editor, Overse~rof Harvard CoI!cge nnd an early President of the Harvard Club of Ne\\' )"erk, and his brother EPES (1813-1880), the industrious and successful author, editor and compiler. His ··sargent·s Standard Speaker.. is ren1e1nbered by many men ·\vho \\·ere boys fifty or sixty years ago. Boston men, ,vho \,·ere boys in the fifties and _sixties of the last century remen1bcr, too, another of the great grandsons of Epes S2rgent, Jr., the famous schooln1astcr, EPES SARGENT DIX\\:ELL (1807 - 1899, 1-Iarvard 1827), headmaster of the Bosto:1 Latin School and later of a popular znd successful private school for bo~:-s. \VI~'TI--IROP.SARGEN'f (1727-1 iC)3), the fifth child of the first Epes, \\·as 2n officer in 17 4 3 on a sloQp of \•,·ar at the taking of Louisburg and Cape Breton. · In spite of his activity in introducing Universalism into Gloucester, he beca!nc one of th~ n1ost influential and respected citizens of the to\,·n. He \Vas a 1ncmber of the Cornrnittee of Public Safety during the 1~c~:o1ution, a n1crnber of the Convention for F"otn1ing the State C..onstitution of 1779, and a ir:ernber of the General Court in 1788. 1-hc first church dc·.:otcd to the spn:ad of the Universc1Iist belief \Vas built in the garden of \Vinthrop Snrgcnt" s ho1ne in Glouce5tcr. I-Hs

Pa;.:c t:~:e:nty-nine Early Sargents of New England oldest child, JUDITH (1751-1820) married for her second husband John Murray, ,vho had brought the Universalist creed from England to America and had received encour­ agement and substantial help from the Sargent family. Mrs. Murray is perhaps better remembered by t\\'O beau­ tiful portraits, one by Copley, painted probably at the time of her first marriage, when she was only eighteen years old, and the other by Stuart, painted in the first years of the nineteenth century, than she is remembered by the products of her industrious pen, which are now as well forgotten as remembered. WinthropSargent·soldestson, WINTHROP (1753-1820, Harvard 1771) served with distinction through the Revo­ lutionary \Var, obtaining the rank of !\1ajor, and was a Charter Member of the Order of Cincinnati. After the war, he was one of the organizers of the New Ohio Co., and oecame its Surveyor-General. On the orga~ization of the Northwest Territory, he was appointed its Secretary. He served with distinction as Adjutant-General in Saint Clair·s disastrous campaign against the Indians, and was wounded in the battle of Miami Village. \Vhen the Mississippi Territory was organized, \Vintlrrop Sargent was appointed by President Adams its first Governor, and arrived in Natchez in 1798. When Adams ,vas suc­ ceeded by Jefferson, the Governor was removed from office and \Vinthrop Sargent became a successful cotton planter and continued to live in Natchez until the time of his death. His mansion at Natchez, to ,vhich he gave the name of Gloster Place, ,vas occupied by his descendants until 1880 and is still standing. The most distinguished of Governor Sargent·s descendants ,vas his grandson,

Page thirl)' I~ a r l y 0' a r g e n t s o J 1'-l e 10 E n g l a n d another \\~J>J'fI--IROP S.-\RGE~T (1825-1870, I--Iarvard La,\, School 1847) a man of letters, best kno,\ n by his "'Lifc of !\-1ajor .~\ndre.. and his .. Account of Braddock·s Defeat ... A grar1d..:iaughter of the Governor \\·as o:1c of the famous· beauties of her d3y, and as fa1nous for her \\·it as for her beauty; and it is interesting that one of his great grand­ daughters \1:as the first \voman elected a men1ber of the J..,ondon City C.ouncil. FITZ\\tILLJ1\?v1 (1768-1822) the youngest son of \\!in­ throp, son of the first Epes, \\·as also a successful ship O\vner and rnerchant in Gloucester. His oldest son \\iJ~­

THROP (1792-1874) l'noved to Phi!adelphia1 \\·here he has. been succeeded by four generations of \\.inthrop Sargents in direct descent. A son of \\;inthrop and a grandson of Fit:"·illiam, DR. FrfZ\\l ILLL~:\-1 S:\RGENT (I 820- l t39) married, in 1850, 1'v1ary Ne\vbold Singer (1826-1906) of Philadelphia. F ron1 this marriage \\·as lvrn in ~lorence, Italy, on January 12, 1856, JO~"! SI~GER S.-\RGE~7~,

1 \\··ho 1 in the passage of tirne the \\·orld \:ill hold to be one of the most distinguished rncn of 1\n1erican descent. The seYenth child of Epes Sargent, D.~\NIEL (1731- 1805), \\·as the greatest rnerchant of a family \Vhich has produced rnany succe.ssful n1en of affairs. He rnarried in 1763, 1\'1ary, the b:autiful daugh:cr of John 1-urner, a Sale1n merchant, the third O\\·ner of that name of the ho-:.tsc in ,vhich his daughter {'.·1nry \\·as corn, n1ade famous by J-1a\vthorne as ··rrhe House of the Seven Gables... l_atcr Daniel Sargent n10Ycd to Boston and lived and died in a splendid house surrounded by a large garden, at the corner

of ,vhat .:=ire no\._,. Es.sex and Lincoln Streets. Ncarlv., 211 the Bosto~1 Sargents arc descc::ldcd from Daniel Sargc-nt

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and l\1ary T umer, \Vho had seven children. Their second son, IGNATIUS, ·was the grandfather of CHARLES SPRAGUESARGENT (1841- ,Harvard College 1862). HENRY (1776-1845), their fourth son, v.,-as an artist of distinction ,vho painted several portraits of members of the family and is best kno,vn by his pictur~ of the ··Landing of

the Pilgrims, H now at Plymouth. The artistic taste of this branch of the Boston Sargents was shov..n in \\T oodenethe on the Hudson River, in ,vhat is no,v Beacon, the country home of the son of Hen~y Sargent, HENRY \VINTHROP (1810-1882) Harvard 1830, and in its day one of the most beautiful gardens in the United States. LUCIUS Mt\i"\J­ LIUS S~l\RGE!\.TT (1786-1867), the youngest son of Daniel Sargent, is the best kno,vn of his children. An excellent classical scholar, although troubles at the college in the ..days of hard cider and pe,vter platters, .. led to a rebellion over the ··eommons.. and prevented Sargent from gradu- . ating with his Harvard Class of 1804. He ,vas an easy, voluminous and tireless writer and is no,v best remembered by his ... Dealings with the Dead,·· in ,vhich he gathered a series of articles written for the press, and filled with interesting information about old Boston and its inhabi­ tants. Lucius Manlius Sargent was one of the most in­ dustrious speakers and vlriters in the cause of temperance and his .. Temperance Tales·· passed through many editions, and in their day had great influence. The t\\·o sons of Lucius Manlius Sargent, HORACE B11'.TNEY SARGENT and LUCIUS wiANLIUS SARGENT, JR., served ,vith distinction in. the Civil \Var and the younger ,vho core his name was killed in battle.

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I)J\UL DUDLEY Si-\.RGE~T (1745-1827) a son of Epes S2rgent. by his second \\·ife, Catherine \Vinthrop, \\·as the n1ost distinguished soldier of the Sargent fan1ily. !\-!arch­ ing f rorn /\n1hcrst, Ne\v Harnpshire, to Concord, \\·ith a cornpany of volunteers, he only arrived after the fight \Vas 0\'cr. Near 13~1nker I-Iili he ,,·as slightly \voundcd. He ,1.·2s at one tirne an a:de-de-can1p of \Vashington, in corn­ p~ny ,vitl1 Lafayette, ,,:ith \vhom he formed a lasting friendship; he later con1manded t,vo 1'1fassachusctts regi­ n~cnts and entered Boston at the head of his regin1cnt 2fter the evacuation by the British. After the ,var Colonel Sargent ,vas unsuccessful in business and 111oved to Sulii­ van, 1'-1aine, \\·here he lies under a 1nonument erected in

his 1ncrnorv., on the shores of Frenchman·s Bav.., J\1anv~ of his descendants arc li\··ing in the state of his adoption. })rofessor CHJ\RLES SPR.-\GUE S!\RGEN1- of the 1\n10Id Arboretun·1, ,vhose ··silva of North ;\merica·· is a n1onun1ental production of human achievement, and JO1-1N S11'GER S.-\RGENT have inherited the virtues of the family and carded the na1ne of Sargent to greater distinction than any., of their ancestors . ·rhcre arc family portraits by Copley, Stuart> Smibert, St. ~·fcnin, 1v1ancini, Trumbull, Henry Sargent and John Singer Sargent. This branch of the Sarge:1ts have aUied thcrnselvcs through marriage to rnany of the old 1'-Je\v England fc1n1ilics-\Vinthrops, Dudleys, Syn1onds, Haskells, \\.ol­ cotts, Gris\\·olds, Pic:rponts, Saunders, Robinsons, Cor\\·ins, Grcenlezfs, I-Iuntingtons, 1-ioughs, Saltonstalls, Lo\\'Clls, Ellcrysl Pc1rsons and\\_.o;-cc:;ters, and to the Binney,'BrO\\·nc, ~C:\1:bold and Tunis f arnilics of l)hiiadelphia.

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Peter Sergeant o( Boston 1667 ET~l~ SERGE.. A:\JT can1e fr~n1 London, England, in J661, an "o~u!ent merchant, ,vas chosen one of the PConm1ittee of Safety at Boston upon the o-verthro-..v of Governor Andros, a 1\,fen1ber of the Governor's Council, one of the J udgC'.s of the Court of Oyer and 'ferminer fer the· triai of \\'itches in 1692. His first ,vife \1:as Anne Shrimpton, his second \\·if e Lady l\1ary, ,vhom he n12rried Oct. 9, 1701, ,vido\V of Gov. \\,.illiam Phipps of !vfassa­ chusetts. She ,,:as the d2ughter of Roger Spencer of 1'.-1aine (Spencer, -~v!ass. deriYcd its nan1e frorn this family). His third \•:ife ,v2s lvfehitabcl, \vido\v of Thon1as Cooper and daughter of J arnes ~--finot. Peter Sergeant died Oct. 8: 1714 and left no children. He built a rnansion in ~-1arl­ ooro, ,vhich \\·as a part of Boston, one of the 1nost costly of the time. The bricks \Yerc imported fron1 Englc:!nd. It ,vas three stor~es in height \"•:ith a cupola, the \\·hole sur­ mounted by the figure of an Indian Chief \Vith dra\\·n l--:o-..v and arro\v. The lcttcrs and figures 16 P. S. 79 \Yere ,vrought in the iron \\·ork of the balcony. The house \;·2.s situated near \\.-'ash1ngton Street, opposite the old South .Church. It \vas sold Dec. 17, 1715 for t \'.·o tho;..sand three hundred po;1nds ~tcrling, to the City of Boston and \,·as used during the ProYincial Governn1cnt by the Go\·ernor. It \\:as burnt Oct. 2 5, 1860 ( ?) . Peter Sergcc1nt vsed the Sargent :\rn1s 2s fct.:nd in ~o::un1cnts at SnJe1n, \·1ass., also in1palcd thern \\·ith th~ .. Shrin1p:.on ·· and .. Spencer" Arms, and this r.nust h2\·c been about l GG7-8. E a r l }1 S a r g e n t s of 1V e 10 E n g l a n d

In Dra;,c·s history of B~ston 1630-1770 there is sho\vn an irnpress1on frorn an origin~l signature and he signs and spells his nan1e- . · Peter Sergeant··

He \\·as evidently a man of importance, for \Ve find him ment!oned in iinpo:-tant n1atters of State, and associuted \\·ith Gov. Stoughton, Natt. Saltonstall, the \\'inthrops, Jonathan Cor\vin, etc.

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Stephen Sargent of J\11ai11e "1649 TEPHEt'1 S.-\RGENT came from Plymouth, Eng­ land. ~bout 1~38. ~i~st ~ppearcd at \\:inter·s I~land, S a fisn1ng station oft Nortr1 East of :\-Jaine; he a1cd1 at Isle of Shoals before 16-19. John, a supposed son \t.·as an early settler of Saco, ~-1aine, ,\·as a Lieutenant in l 6S0 and ,vas a representati,·e to the Genera! Court in 168-l- held by Thomas Danforth, Deputy Gov. 1679-1686 and api-,X)inted President in 1680 for Ivfaine ( .. Savage History of N. E ... ) There are no further records of this branch.

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Digory Sargent of Boston 1675 IGORY S:-\RGENT ,vas the ancestor of many of of the nan1c in South Eastern \ 1ennont and first D appears on r~2ords as a soldier in I(ing Phiiip·s \\Tar in :i\:ov. 1675 in the rolls of Boston men. His an­ cestry is unkr10,\n. Nov. 11, 16i8 he took the oath of allegiance in Bosto:1. His n2n1e appears in ··1\ list of persons belonging to the Sou th Con1pany of &ston liable to \Vatch thcn1selYes,.or by their n1oney to procure \\'atch­ n1en; as they \\·e.re n13rshallcd Oct. 13, 1679:· ln 1685 or soon after, he ren1oved to \\;orcester in company v.·ith others, in the second attempt at settling that place. O:t. 13, 1693, he rnarricd Constance James of Boston. They ,vere n1arried in B0s:o:i by Rev. Cotton l\,fathcr. He set­ tled at Sagatabscot~ Hill (So. \Vorcester) in 1686. He cleared his )and, su ff:red priYat ions, often ,,:arned to leave as the Indians \\·ere constantly dri,·ing the inhabitants a,\·ay. Early in the Spring of 1702 he \Vas killed in his home \\·hich he had fortified. Captain ·rhomas Ho,-..-e of 1v1ar1boro ,vith his co:11pany of t\velve n1cn ,vere on the march to protect Ssrgcnt but upon arrival found him murdered and sc2.lp.::d, his family gone and his hot!se desolate. l'.✓fother and childre:i ,verc taken captives and marched to CanaJa. \\.~bile going oYer the hili the l\.1other ,~.-ho \\·as i:1 f ~eble health, fell behind and ,vas killed by the I:1dians; tr:e children, ?\f2rtha, John, Danie), Thon1as and ~-1ary \,·ere t8ken to Canada as prisoners. Daniel an~i \·fary gre-.v up and reinaincd ,vith the Indians

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and 1narried into the tribes. !\1ary once can1e to !vfassa­ chusetts in con1pany \,·ith the \V'illian1s family, ,vho h2d been captured by the Indians at Deerfi~ld. l'vfartha ,vas redeerned, returned and married Daniel Shattuck at 1\ farl­ boro, Sept. 6, 1719 and liYcd upon the old farm ,\·hich she inherited by \vill n1ade by her father in 1696. · Thon1as re­ turned to Boston 2s early as 1715. In ! i22 he ,vas sentinel in the comn1and of Capt. Sarnuel Bernard, 1723-4 \"•:as sentinel in garrison at t'\orthficld, 1\·1ass. \Vith his brother John in Capt.Joseph I(cliogg·scon1pc1ny and \Vithscouti~1g parties out of Northfield up to 1728, after ,vhich date all traces of hhn \Vere lost. The son John returned to \1./or­ cester and \Vas on the farm up to 1721. In that year he be­ can1e a scout and interpreter in the service of the Pro\·ince of iviassachusetts, under Lieut. Joseph K{':llogg at North­ field. In 1722 he \\·2s a sentinel under Capt. Sa1nuel B~r­ nard, he ''-'as a corp~ral under Capt. Joseph I(ellogg 2!'1d a sergeant up to 1730. From 1738--!5 he ,vas a Lieut. under Capt. l(ellogg, 1747-8 at Fort Dumn1cr under Capt. Jo.3i2h \Villard (see iv1ass. r\rchives & History of Northfield). He also acted as interpreter at the 1'.-fission established by John Sergeant (grandson of Jonathan Sergeant of Bra:1d- ford, Conn.) 2t Stockbridge, ?\1ass. He married J t!ly -!, 1727 1\bigail, da~1gh~er of Ebenezer and !\-1ercy B2gg J or:es ·of Springfield, I\,fass. On the 29th of ~1arch 17 -~S the Indians attacked sornc of the men belonging to Fort D~m­ n1cr as they ,1.-cre ,-..·orking in the fields and Lieut. Sargent ,vas killed \\·ith sorne others. Tradit:on states, th3.t tr;e scalp of Sargent ,1.·as in the posses~ion of the f an1ily for . nearly eighty years. His son Dank·l \\·as capture,:! 2:1d taken to C2n~da. His son John csc2ped.

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DANIEL St\RGENT, 3d (Lieut. John 2, Digory I) :,efore noted as having be~i taken captive at the time his father was killed, returned in June I 749-from that date to 1752 he was sentinel under Capt. Joseph \Villard at Fort Dummer. He married July 20, 1751 Dinah, daugh­ ter of Benjamin and Mary Jones of· Springfield, Mass. In 1755 he was sentinel in Capt. Elija \Villiams· 0:>mpany of Deerfield, Mass. in the CroVtn Point expedition. In 1756 he was sentinel in the command of Capt. Nathan \Villard at Fort Dummer. He died between 1784-1793 leaving a number of children. COL. JOHN S.. ,\RGENT, 3d (Lieut. John 2 Digory 1) b. Dec. 4, 1732 at Fort Summer now Brattleboro, Vt., married Dec. 11, 1760 Mary (b. 18 Oct., 1734, d. 10 June, 1822) daughter of Capt. John and Martha (rvfoore) Kathan of Dummerston, Vt., and niece of Capt. Fair­ bank Moore (see history of Dummerston, Vt. page 21). C.01. Sargent long had the reputation of having been the first Anglo-Saxon child bom in Ve~ont. (There was also born in this stockade Timothy D\vight fat her of the first President Dwight of Yale College and great grand­ father of the present ( 1896) President. · The follo\ving is the inscription upon his gravestone in the so-called ·· Sargent burying ground .. at \Vest River, Brattleboro. . ·· Sacred to the Memory of Col. John Sargent who departed this life July 30, 1798, in the sixty-sixth year . of his age ,vho now lies in the same tov.:n he ,vas born and was the first person born in the State of Vermont. Lo when the silent marble weeps a friend, a father . and husband sleeps. He gave them good counsel while he had his breath, advising them to prepare for death...

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In 175 5 he served as sentinel in Capt. Elijah \\-~illian1s Company of Deerfield. ln li56 \\·as sentinel under Capt. Nathan \\'"illard at Fort Dun1rner. Feb. 26, 1776, he ,,·as con1rnis.5ioned Captain, Aug. 18, 1776 he ,,:as . comn1is.sioned Lt. Col. of the F'irst or Lo\,·er Rcgt. Brattle­ boro Con1pany. June 1776 he ,,·as one of the Com1nittce to prrp2re instructions for the County delegates to the N. Y. Provincial Congress. 1780 men1bcr of the Cun1bcriand Co. Con1. of Safety; same ycar\,·as made Colonel of :\·filitia, also representative for Br?.ttleboro in the General :\sse1n­ bly, etc. LIEUT. 1'I-IO~t.\S S.:\RGE~T 3 (Lieut. 2 John Digory 1) also sa,y service as sentinel in the Con1pany of \\·hich h;s brother 'fhomns \\·as sentinel. He ,,:as 1nade sergc2nt in Capt. Josiah I~oyden·s Con1pany of Dun1n1erston r.1en, he ,vas also in the regiment of his brother Col. John Sargent. The lineage of this farnily ends \\·ith the ~th gcne!'ation, concerning \\·hic.h the records have little to say, but the first, second c:nd third generations shO\\. that the spirit of courage and fidelity to rneet the issues that surrounded this branch of the Sargents \\·as strongly e1npnc.3i:ed. (See 1'e\,· England Historical & Genealogical Register, \fol. L \ 11I }-October, 190-!-~o. 232, page 377 for detai!s).

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An I11terestir1g Grol1p of Relationsl1ips Cornpikd by Sarr:ucl \\"orccstcr Martha, daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth Cooke Reade, n1airicd Daniel Epes, aP.d after his death n1arricd in Essex Co., England, San1t;el Symonds as his second \\·ife. 'fhey came to f-\rnerica soon after, and settled in Ips,vich, ]\Ja$S., \\'here Sarn~el Symonds became Deputy Governor of the lvfas~achusetts Bay Colony, under Governor John Leverett. Elizabeth l{eade, S!S~er of 1\.-1artha Rev.de, married in England, John \\'inth:-op Jr. as his second ,vife. He became Goven1or of Connecticut: and died in office. He ,vas founder of Ips\vich, ~--1ass., and of Saybrook and Ne,v London, Conn. They hv.d t \\·o sons, John, called Fitz­ John, and \\Pait Still._ The fom1er became Governor of Connecticut, and the I2tter Chief Justice of the ""Province of Massachusetts.·· Martha, daughter of Sarnucl Symonds and his second ,vife, 1v1artha Epes, \\·as born in the. spring of 1637-8, after the arrival of her parents in .t-\rnerica, and just before they settled at lps,\·ich. She n1arried John, son of :tv1ajor Genera! Oa!1iel Deniscn, \\-hD.se \\·if e \\·as Patience, daugh­ ter of Thomas Dudley, second GoYernor of I'vfassachuset ts. John Denison, their s~n) n12rried Elizabeth, said by the History of lpS\'.·ich to 1:-~ daughter of Nathaniel Saltonstall, but another record s2.ys she \Vas .. sister of his classmate, Gurdon Salto!1stall;· \\·ho \vas son of Sa1nuel Saltonstall, Governor of Connecticut. -Jvf ary, daughter of J chn \'/inthrop Sr., first Governor of !vfassachusetts, rnsrricd Re\·. Sa1nucl Dudley, eldest son of Go\-crnor ·rhorr2s Dudley.

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John \\iinthrop, F. R. S. 2s he is knO\\Ti, \Vas son of \\"ait Still \\;-inthrop, son of J oi1n \V'inthrop Jr. and his second

,vifc, · Elizabeth Reade. He n1arried 1\nn1 daughter of Joseph Dudley, son of Tho1nas Dudley, and hin1self a Governor of ]\ L~ssachu~etts. .::\nn \vas a sister of Paul Dudley, Chief Justice of l\ 1assachusetts, and niece of Paul Dudley, son of GoYernor 1-hornas Dudicy. Rebecca, daughter of John \\-~inthrop, F. R. S. n1arricd Gurdo:1 Saltonstall, son of GoYemor Samuel Saltonstall of Ne\v London, Conn.

Catherine1 daughter of John \\~inthrop, F. R. S. married 1st. I-Ion. San1ucl Bro\\·ne of Salen1, •and 2nd, Col. Epes Sarg(>nt 2s his second \\"if c. Co!. Epes Sargent had prob3bly n1oved from Gloucester to Sa!cn1 by that date. His ne\v ,vife, a \\7inthrop, finds the nnn-1e \'/inthrop already given to one of her husband·s sons, so nan1es her t\\·o by this marriage, John and Paul Oud!cy. The name John had been noted in se\·cral generations, and also borne by her father, ,vhile P2ul Dudley ,·->as that of her distinguished uncle Paul Dudley, the Chief Justice, and her great uncle, F>auI Dudley of Boston. Daniel Epes Jr., son of I\ fartha Epes Syn1onds by her first marriage, married 1st, his step sister Elizabeth

Syn1onds1 daughter of S2muel by his first ,vifc, and 2nd, Lucy, \\'idO\V of I~ev. Sirnon BradstrcetJ son of r\nn Dudley and Sirnon Bradstreet, \vho ,,:as a]so a Go\·ernor of l\,1assacht:setts, and brothcr-in-la\v to !\,fajor Grneral Daniel Dcni:-0n rrcvio'Js~:-.:rncnt:oncd. Lucy\,·astheyoting­ est daughter of Rev.John \\'oo:-!brid~e and his \\·ifc ~Jcrcy, youngest daughter of Governor 'Thon1as Dudley. E a r l y S a r g e n t s of 1\T e zv E n g l a n d

l\-1ary Ep~.s, sister to Ddniel Epes Jr., and niece of 1\1rs. John \\linthrop Jr., n1~rried Peter Duncan of Gloucester, and ,ve find fan1iliar n2!nes given to son1e of her children, as follov.·s:-1\·Jary, h~r O\'.TI nan1e; Elizabeth, the nan1e of her step sister and of her aunt lv1rs. \\:-inthrop; Dank:l, the nan1c of her f athcr and brother, Priscilla, the nn1ne of her step sister and l\1f 2rgarct, the name of her aunt J\Ars. Lake, \,·ho \\·as at various tirnes an inrn~te of the \\1inthrop household. l\,1ary Duncan, da~:ghter of lv1ary Epes and lJetcr Duncan, n1arried \Viiii2..1n Sargent 2nd, and here again ,ve find family kins hf p influencing the choice of nan1cs. Among thcii childr~n \\·e fiad, Peter, !\·1ary, Daniel, Epes, Ann, Sa1nucl: Fitz-John and \Vinthrop. · Ruth Syn1onds, davghtcr of San1uel Symonds and his wife Martha Reade Epes, half sister to l\1ary Epes Duncan, n1arried Re-.·. John En1crson of I ps\·vich, \\·ho received a call to Glo:.1:e.ster and settled there as pastor of the First Parish an.::! rcmafr1ed about forty years. Ruth En1erson, their daughter, married Samuel Sargent; son of \\ii!liarn Sargent. called Jr. son of \Villirun Sarg~nt called senior, as second \-::ife. \V.illian1 Sargent Sr. ,vas in Gloucester and recorded as a property holder in 16-19, ,vhile our ancestor, \V"iEiam Sargent, kno;\·n as 2nd, born in Bristol, does not appear in that to\:.·n until 1677 or 78, and aln1ost iinn1cdiatdy rn:1rrics !vfary Duncan, daughter of !v1ary Epes and Pctei Duncan. 1:-arnily tradition says that a \Villiarn Sarg(:.71:: father of \Villiarn 2nd, \Vas in Gloucester in earlier d.::ys, after years of absence f ron1 his En6Hsh ho:11c, \'.·here he inade a runa\;:ay rnatch \Vith !\-h:ry Epes, str2ng~ coincidcr:~c, v:ho disguised herself as a n1i!k-

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maid. \\1 hile in Gloucester he n1et one day on the t-each a ne\vcon1er, \\·hom he \\·elco1ncd and found _to be a younger brother, born in his absence, and to ,vhon1 the nan1e \\'il!iam had also been given. \\.'.illian1, the older brother, retur.1s to Engl2nd, and in later years his so~ \Villian1 2nd, 1nakcs his appearance in Gloucester. No­ ,vhere, so far as my· knoy.. .-Jedge go~s, is anything said as to the depzrture from Gloucester of the younger brother \Villian1, so in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, it is my belief that he ,vas the one ,vho is kno\vn as \\'il!iarn Sr. and \vas uncle to our a:1cestor \\'illia;n 2nd. San1uel Syrnonds took a third \vife, \vho ,vas Rebecca, he being her four th husband. She \\·as Rebecca 5'.•.:a in cf Salisburi, \\·ho n1arrie~ 1st, Henry Byley of Salisbury. John 1- Iall of Salisbury, and Rev. \\'illiarn \\!orcester of Salisbury, from ,vhon1 the \\:'orcesters of this country ar~ descended. In 1ny notes on the Dudley faznily, I · find that Rev. Samuel Dudley, \Yhose first ,vife \Vas daughter ..of John \\iinthrop Sr. took as his second \\·ife, i\'1ary Byley of Salisbury, \~:ho ,\·as either- ·brother or near of kin to Henry Bylcy, one of the h!.1sbar1ds of the n1uch married

Rebecca $\'•:~in-Bvlcv-H8II-\'/., ., orcestcr-S,J·1nonds . This data connects up the \\ii)liam Sargent branch of lv1alden, 1638 and the t;,·o \\'i1liam Sargent branches of Gloucester 16~9 and before 1678. E a r l y S a r g e n t s of J,; e u~ [: ,; g l a n d

),T P '{ .,, Er' (jl'"' -. rl ~ ~ ·:., '; r.=-- nt ~ 1":_..t 10 c..l~\...l u .. ~--.:--;,,_ ..,..:, In gathc-rin6 togcthsr these notes t ~-:~-:; \\Titer reached the conclusion that back in Engl~u1d th ..0 se n1any lines n1ay have been o:1c and the same f 21-:r.i:y. For instance: Take the n2n1e of\\' IN'fI-1ROP. In th~ gencao!ogy of the i psY-:ic h c--:- :\mesbury Sargents 1633, as prepBred by Ed\\'crd E";c-r·-~; t Sargent, there is recorded a \V"IN'fHRO? Sargc-n~, fc,,~~;-:h generation, born An1esbury 1711 and since that d~~te t::' to 1863 there have been n·1any \\.'inthrop Sargents i:, tl--:.:,: btanch. The l\1aldcn Sargents-1638-tl-:~ grnenlogy prepared by Aaron Sargent records \\iintl:rc-;.. E., bon1 1808, and since that date t~1ere arc a nurnl---~r c/ "-;/inthrops recorded. In the case of \\'illian1 Sargent, ~ :nior, of Gloucester 1 r. ·19 the fir~,- \ .• :n .. h ""'"'7"'\ ,, •r - ~ i\· "',-"\ ; -:- -. ' 1U-t • ~- ,"\- ii l..i.:.vr- '-C:> 0 A t.::1 :./ .:..~. 1 In the case of \\ il1iarn s~rgent 1 s;;cond, ,vho married l\1ary Duncan, June 21, 1677, they h3d a son ,vho \Vas named \\'inthrop, oom I\,f arch 11 . 1703. He ,vas so nan1ed after his great great u:1cle, J c-l-.:-i \\Tinthrop, Govern- • 1 '\I ·•·~ • 1 .. nr>ct'·"""'1 1t , •. I .. o'·'~- ·Jr-,,..••' 1 11--~e O .I. o [ Co l.... 1 l.., · 11.. ._ 1 ,•, .i. \"• -:> ! \· ::t , .' ;._,,•,,""\~~nsgr•·at • , ; 1•..., c:.t "' - !\.,, 1 John \\'inthrop having married I::I;: .:.:.beth Reade and her sister• 1v'-1 artna1 Reaoe ' hi....-(:1ng . ,;.\•lary'\. I 1...,:L1ncanr-.. • s gran d1not1 h er, thus the nan-:e of \\:"inthrop b-2cr:n~::: a fan1ily name, and the name \\·as further transn1i:ted ~,:.- direct descent in the marriage of Epes Sargent, s-~:1 of \\/ illiarn Sargent and Mary Duncan, to Catherine \Vinthre,;~, a direct de.~cendant of the \\'int.hrops, his third co,_1si:-: ~ : ..J second ,vife. This frequent occurrence of the nan1e L1 the four farnilies pre­ sents interesting qt~e;-ies.

The first \\-"illiarn Sn:-gent 163 3 l :~ J ~:oted in the forep2rt of these notes, c2rne o\·cr \;_·1~n : ~::- \\7inthrop Colony.

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There foIJo-..i:cd in 1638 the second \V.illian1. In 16--±9 the third \V'iJlia111, nnd in 1678 the fourth \\·!illiam. \'.' ere they no~ inore or less acquainted before con1ing to this country? Another point of cont2ct the \\Titer feels \vill be interest­ ing to the reader, namely the p~rseverance of the f a1nily type f ron1 generation to generation and this cannot be better iilustrated than by copying a letter fron1 General I-Iorace Binney s~rgcnt \VTit.ten in l\-1ay 1894.

Santa i\-1onica, California, 10th 1'..1ay, 189-t My Dear iv1rs. Dickinson, Youi- favor of the 26th April, addressed to me at Los Angeles, ,,.. ·as for\,·ardcd to me here, and can1e to 1ny hands yesterday. I am glad to hear f ron1 the daughter of my cousin, tl:1c Reverend John Turner Sargent, of \\·horn I ha\·e the most pleasant 1ncmorie.s. \\re n1ade a Noven1ber pass3ge. 0!1e

fron1 England1 in the Cunard stearnship ··Canada·· in con1pany \Vith G2orge Thon1pson, the English abolitionist; and though \':e struck a reef off No\·a Scotia, one Sunc!zy night, and carne r.ear go1ng to the bottorn, the rnanly cornposure of your father, next \\·ho!11 I v:as sitting ~t the table, is one of th~ pleasant n1crnories of his ahvays dc1ight- f ul con1par1ionship. · Your uncle, l--{enry J acksoa Sargent, \vas my f ricnd and intin1ate for 1nany years, in my oid quail-shooti~-:g days. n"'" JY b ro~ncr,, I.... ucl:...ts· "...... {ran 1·1us, 3un1or,· · \\·no' \\:as k· 111ea.. , ' 1n. a cavalry charge of 1ny rc-gimcnt in \'irgini2, 4-0 years ago, \\·as lx:ttrr acquainttd \\·ith your uncle }··Io,;·ard. Our generatic,n h8j)f='i!y rcnc~.,:cd the clan.ni5=h farnily rc6~rd

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that h~d been disturb-:d bv the ~ccond rnarri2ge of vo~1r ~ ...., ~ grandfathcr·s Uohn Turner Sargent) \\·idoY./s marriage ,vith Iv1r. R1chrr10~-1d. (/\ pencilled note by lv1rs. Dickin­ son says, ·· p'"ev. Ech,:ard Richn1ond from \\·horn di\·orced. ·· After ;,,fr. Rich.rnoncr s death, by ..\ct of Legis!ature !\,frs. Richmond rcsun1ed the nan1e of Sargcnt.-S. \V.) lv1y Father especially lo\~ed your father·s father, as a type of ali that ,vas brave and gcr:crous in 1n:n. Pron1ising so much, dear Cousin: to 1neet your genealogies half v;ay, I deeply regret to gh:c you Httl~ con1fort in your quest for pictures and records. · The pictures are scattered; and, being of large size, and much Yalued by the present possessors, could not, I suppose ~e easily obtained for copying. ?vfy son, Lucius ?v1anlius, the son-in-lrnv to our late minister to France, ~v1r. T. J cffcrson Coolidge, ,vas as you may possibly kno,v, so severely injured in a hunting field, last Auturnn, that he died on 14th of Noven1ber last. · The pictures of 1ny Father by He.aly and Alvin Clark the astronomer and of your great grandn1other, 1\·1ary Turner, by Copley, ar:d a copy of her father·s portrait. by Sn1ibert (John Tun1er·s), and a copy of the portrait of my great grandfathir Ep~ Sargent, \'-:ere in 1ny son·s house 184 Beacon St., and belong to his and 1ny descend­ ants. Professor Charles Sprague Sargent of Brookline, l\·fas.~., (the ron of Ignatius, rny Fathcr·s ncphc\\-') has sornc origi­ nals. J\,farriages ha\·e scattered theses relics. 1v1y fat her ,vrotc, b~t never pub1ished, a pri\·ate rcco:-d of the Sargent and Turner families 1~1 t~1s cou:1try. They \\·ere of EnJ­ lish origin. The I-Io:1. John Os::ornc Snrgent, brother of E}X's Sargrnt rn2dc S8rnc researches in En61and as to h~s

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branch of the family. His daughter Georgiana \\'elles Sargent, is I believe, residing in Madison Square, the for­ mer residence of her Father, ,vho ,vas a dear and honored friend of mine; ·· Cousin Georgy·· may be able to help you climb the tree? She \Vas a dear charming girl, loving her father with full devotion, and probably preserved mem­ oranda that he with the care that became so good a la\vyer, made in England. Our ancestor, William Sargent, ,vho ran a,vay with and married Miss Epes, came from Essex, in the county of Kent, England. . Confusion as to the Sargent·s name begins on the land­ ing. For one of the first persons to meet him or to be met by him. on the wharf and already resident, \Vas another William Sargent, who turned out to be his brother. One of these was supposed to be dead, and their parents had named a subsequently born child, .. \\tilliam, ·· Great confusion results. Sargents, with some family resem­ blance tum up in a hundred places, and on many occasions in America. The family resemblance is often striking. Henry \Vin­ throp, the son of your great uncle Henry, the artist, and your uncle Harry Jackson, bore a striking resemblance to my Father. Except that he ,vas a man of very striking and splendid appearance, I am often said to be evidently his son. A curious proof of family likeness occurred to me in London. I ,vas buying a hunting crop at a saddler· s in Regent Street, I think. The saddler addressed the bundle to ·· Colonel Sargent. · · I looked at him in surprise. This was forty years ago and I had given no name. He said,

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.. I beg your p3 rco:1, sir! I thought you ,vcre Co10:1el Sargent of Essex: I(,2nt, and I ought to kno\v him-I used to belong to his tro:,1). •• He then called his fore_rnan, and said, ·· \ \"hon1 \\·ou1J you take this gentleman to be? .. The n1an lo::->ked at rne, and snid, ·· I supposed it to be C0Ionel Sargent, Sit, is it not?·· I ,,-rote n1y father about it. ..f\n irninedi~te drparturc for the Continent prev·ent.ed 1ne fron1 hunting U_;) rny doubie. Soiry note! It occurs to me to say th:it ?\·f:. Shepard printed for the Ivfass. His­ torical or the Ivfa~. Genealogical Sxiety, an imperfect fan1ily record of 111y father. I have no copy; much error in it. And nO\\", n1y.dear Cousin, I release you from my tedious talk, :{ours affectionately, Horace Binney Sargent, aet. 73. In further corro!:-oration of this interesting family char­ acteristic, a story c~rrent in the family years ago, \-:.:as to the effect that a g~est at a dinner in London \\·as conYers­ ing ,vith a gentlcrr.an on her left \1:hose nan1c she did not catch. He sudcc:1Iy turned to her and said, ··l\1adam, you much rcscn1½Ic a person l kno\:.·. ··-she replied ·· ! ,vas about to make the san1e rcznark c!S to yourself.·· I-le sa1"d , .. I am a '"".nrg:~t.~ .. - . . So am I , . ' s.h e rep1 1e· d . Cunous · if true, interesting if not. Obser\·ation fro~~ portraits of other descendants cears testiznony to this ren1arkable fan1ily likeness-John Ser­ geant, Jonath2:1 D:ckinson Sergc2nt 1 l--Ienry B. Sargent of Ne\v J-Ia\·en, Gco:-ge ~,1yric Sargent, Charles Spragt;2 Sar-

,..nt.._. , jo'h.· ! •. .... 1 s=,'"',....1 • • L..... r ._,,,,.,...--;-.y;t ~ • 1 , l.,,,..,\.eJG. · ..,,~rona :.. • vu,--,raer1t • f• G.... ces· . g 0 0 \... 0 O ;\aron Sargent stat.cs in his co~,k publi:-hed in 1895. th2t th~ Co2t-of-:\rms used by the S2igents of Shro.;2-h;r:>,

Par,e Jc:rty-nir.e Early "Sargents of NeuJ England

Staffordshire, l(ent, Gloucestershire, and Northarnpton, \\'2S- Argcnt-a -chevron bet\\·een three dolphins, en1CO\\·ed, naiant, sable. The 1''1alden Sargents about ,vh0n1 he \\Tite3, \\·ere f ;-o!n Northarnpton, and the rnonumcnt erected by 1'hc:-nns Sargent for his \\·ife-D0rces and rrh•· "fS ·l.'1 "11 ,~ =·1tc·• r},., ·r~J1 '- Tor._~,..,,-r'"'DtOn c:-"t. ,., ·c- t}ic dau0 ,.Lt • ~-1~. '-~!! :. \_,.1\.,.,4 \... , .!~ .LJ;<.l • .:~ .:. , -...".:,.,.:_..·.,'-" ,.· Co3t-of-..-\n11s 2s noted above, and the earliest knO\\·n use of this Coat-of-.:\m1s ,,.-as in 1324 by 1\can1 Je s~rgent~ of Bridge\\·orth, in Shropshire. It ,vas used in Stafford~hire in 1639, and is fou:1d in ~ortharnpshire in 1729-1738 and 1747 on rnen1orial tablets 2s belonging to member.3 of the Sargent family. t~s far as kr~o\~TI, Peter Sergeant \\'ho carpe to Boston in· 1669 \•:as the first to use the Coat-of-.Arms in this co:;ntry, but the d'?lphins ,vcre haurient in place of naiant, en1- 00\ved- The book p!ate used by Ep~s Sargent (descendant of \\'i1Ii~n1 Sargent: 2nd, of Gioucester, I\.1nss., \\·ho carne fron1 Gloucestershire C'...ounty, Er.gland) used a sin1ilar des!gn

as referred to bv.. _;\aron Sargent>..... as found in his rcs~archcs made h1 England. This t-ook pk1te \Vas engra\-cd by P~u! Revere in l 765 2nd is the oidesr. bo~k plate k.!10\\·n in this country, corresponding \\"ith the arms a!1t:ded to by ::\aron Sargent. A sirnilar C\..'X}k p!at.e js used by the present descendants of Jonathan Sergeant of C..on:1ccticut- , ... 11. r ('\11 1 \ ,·/ 1..i1cnr1 .::-:11·gcnt. o, ~"'1a1acn. 1 '\;1· l 11· .., 0~.>~ r- 'l ( 1', ,., .. \ } ! - c....n" 1 S--·c...... 0 ·-. ' ~ o+.L I--,:;.,1- ..., •. .;ch.I <· trd• Jt\mr-s I....: '-" ~ .: • \\"iiliarn S2.?"gcnt, l st, Gloucester, I\,1ass. ';1•n1·~ 1i1 ~:::,n,r.,.11- 1 •-.r~ G10· 1 c,=,,rcr ~-1ac:c:: \ I \ •. v, L 4- '-'...... ,. • O '-.. .1 I..·) .., • ~ '"-"' 1 .I. t.,.l - - '-' I • ~"'-,.> •

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Fac-sin1ile of book plate of Epes Sargent., 4th generation. Engraved by Paul Revere before 1770-

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FRONf BURI(E'S GENER-\L ,.\l~!vfORY, OF l8-i3. Sargent or Sergeant, Dynton, County Bucks, Gulcs, a bend ncbulcc or; bct\vcen t,Yo dolphins, cmbc)\•:cd, or; crest, A Dolphin cmba,\·ed or, guttee, az. Sargent, Scrgc~nt, or Sergent, (Northun1berland). Gulcs, a bend i~cbu1ee or; bet,\·cen t\\'O dolphins ar. Sargent, Serge2nt, (Staffordshire) ,f\r. a chcv. bct•:.:ecn three dolphins cn1l"'D·-.ved, sa. Crest, a dolphin cn1bo,vcd sa bet\VC t\\"O \\:ines az. Sargent or Sargeant, the same am1s, crest, t,vo eagles ,vings co:1joines and in\·ested, ppr. Sargent> as rornc by the late John Sargent Esq. sor11e­ time Secretary of the Treasury and rvI. P. for QLlcens­ borough. (Second son of John S:1rgent Esq. of Halsted Place, County I.Zent, Esq. anns a chev. bet\v. three dol­ phins naient, sa. Sargeaunt, CvHchel Dean) county Glo~ccster) .,.\rms,- a chev. bet\V. three d0!phins, s..q. Early Sargents of Nev.,, England

The author ackno,\·lcdgcs his obligations to t\ 1r. Henry B. Sargent, of Nc\V Haven: Conth:cticut; Professor Charles Sprague Sargent, of BrookH11e, Iv1assachusetts; Professor \\1illiam Otis Sa\\·telle, of I-laverford, Pennsylvania; the l\-1isscs l-Iough, of }toxbury, 1v1assacl1usetts, and to- Bnbsons-History of Glouce~tcr, l'Vfass. Savage-I-Iistory of r:irsL Settlirs Ne\v England.

Drakes-Histoiv., of Bosto11 l 630-1770 . Rcn1iniscc;nces of L. ~vi. Sargent, Boston by Sheppard 1871. Ne,,; England I-listorical Society-Register \ 1ol. L \ 11I I, Oct. 1904 !'\Jo. 232. Historical Society of Penna. Genealogy by Aaron Sargent. Genealogy by Ed\\·ard Everett Sargent. History of Philadelphia farnilics by Frank \\'illing Leach,

filed in 1-Hstorical Societv., Roon1s at Phila .

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