l~EMINISCENUES
OF
L UC I lJ S ~I AN Ll l1S SA R(i EN 'I' :
WITH
AN APPENDIX CONTAINING
A GENEALOGY 0}' HIS }'AMILY, AND OTHER MATTERS.
BY ,JOHN H. SHEPPARD.
FROM THE ~:eminis:c.en:c:es o;£ tb:.e tat:e 1.ttoius mantius Sa~g.ent.
" Sal ye reternum mihi; maxime Palla ; JEternumque vnle ! "
REST! noble spirit! where thy worth they know, Where ministering Angels from their seats above,, Oft saw the tear. that fell for others' woe, Exhale like incense to the Throne of love.
What, though some frailties dimmed thy buoyant youth, Through a like ordeal Saints of old have passed ; Yet, when they heard the still small voice of Truth,. How pure and holy were their lives at last!
Bright was the robe thy manhood bravely wore, To temperance, virtue, classic culture given ; Till the rich fruit, "MY MOTHER'S GOLD RING" bore, To many an outcast oped the gates of Heaven,
The sunset lingering gilds the Scholar's shrine, And wakes a thousand memories in the breast. The past is past forever !* Be it. mine Beneath the shadow of the Cross to rest.
* ll pssssto e passato, e per sempre, AZELIO.
BOSTON, JULY, 1871.
REMINISCENCES
or
LUCIUS MANLIUS SARGENT:
WITH
AN APPENDIX CONTAINING
A GENEALOGY OF HIS FAMILY, AND OTHER MATTERS.
RY JOHN H. SHEPPARD.
BOSTON: PRINTED BY DAVID CLAPP & SON, I 8 71.
"Snlvc ~tern um mihi; maxime Palla; ..iEternumque vale ! "
R.EsT ! noble spirit! where thy worth they know, Where ministering Angels from their seats above, Oft saw the tear. that fell for others' woe, Exhale like incense to the Throne of love.
What, though some frailties dimmed thy buoyant youth, Through a like ordeal Saints of old have passed ; Yet, when they heard the still small voice of Truth, How pure and holy were their lives at last!
Bright was the robe thy manhood bravely wore, To temperance, virtue, classic culture given ; Till the rich fruit, "MY MoTHER's GoLD RING" bore, To many an outcast oped the gates of Heaven.
The sunset lingering gilds the Scholar's shrine, And wakes a thousand memories in the breast. The past is past forever!* Be it mine Beneath the shadow of the Cross to rest.
* 11 passato e passato, e per sempre. AZELIO.
PREJ•ACE.
THE RL•111i11i~(•e11ee8 of the lnte L1wins l\hnlins Sarge11t Wl"re preparen at the request of the Publishi11g Committee of the ~ew-E11gla1ul Historic,
(ienealogical Socictr, arnl appear;,,! i11 snhstance in the :-ilm1·-E11gland Historical :uad Genealogical HegistPr for ,July, 1871. In repri11ti11g them in a pamphlet, form, geuealogies of four families, from which lw was ,lescended i11 the paternal aml maternal line, have beeu adde,l, with a liEt of his classmat€s at college, and other matters of interest connected with his lift>.
l30H'fON, .MASS., JULY I, 1871.
LUCIUS ]lANLIUS SARGENT.
"WHEN wo reachc(l frame, surrounded by dressing-boxes of tho same, and looked arouud him with something of a disturbed expression of countenance. 'I am seldom in this apartment,' he said, 'without yielcling to a melancholy feeling-not, of course, on account of the childish nonsense that Grizel w,is telling you, but owing to circumstances of an early and unhappy attach ment. It is at such moments as these, Mr. Lovel, that we feel the changes of time. The same objects are before us-those inanimate things which we have gazed on in waywarHis father, ·william Sargent,' contrary to the wishes of his parents, was married to 1\-Iary Epes, "who," it is saicolonel in the militia, and, above all, a christian. He was highly spoken of in a Salem paper, after his decease. Ile Horace Binney and Lucius Jian lius, and erected a large slab of granite, 8 feet by 4, and one foot thick, without any inscription, over Col. Epes Sargent's tomb. But in 1861 he caused an inscription to be cut. LUCIUS MANLIUS SARGENT. 7
DANIEL,4 the 7th son, was married Feb. 3, 17G3, to Mary Turner, who , was the daughter of Hon. John Turner, of Salem, an eminent merchant, who was born May 20, 1709, and died Dec. rn, 178G. The children of Daniel were :-1. Daniel; born June 15, 17 G4, and was married to Mary Frazier, of Newburyport, Dec. 4, 1802, and died April 2, 1842; 2. Igna tius; born Nov. 1, l 7G5, died Jan. 18, 1821, aged 5G; 3. John Turner; born March 27, 17G!), died Feb. 10, 1813, aged 44; 4. Henry; born - - 1770, died Feb. 21, 1845, aged 7 4; 5. Mary Osborn,• born Sep. 30, 1780, died Sep. 12, 1781; G. Winthrop; born Jan. 31, 1783, died Jan. 11, 1808, aged 25; 7. Lucrus MANLIUS,° born June 25, 178G. Mr. Sargent,4 a merchant largely concerned in the fishery business in Gloucester, moved to Boston, between 1770 and 1780. Iie purchaseIle ,Ya, then sent to l\Iastcr L:\11c',; sclwul, in "rest nu~ton, which lie reached hy goi11g np IIancock f:ltr·cl't and roull(] by the Deacon mo11urnent, tn the sillcs of which \H'l'e fom· histol'ic talilds. Ue says that in 17!)3 it
\Y:ts •• a lonely spot to tr:nP!." The master ,Yas "harsh;" he did not like him. One morle of his pnni.,!11n0nt was to mnku a boy stawl on a very
11:l!TOW log, with ~ear<·Ply any foothoJ,l, with a large chip in his mouth, for :rn example; yet if any mehin lifted np Iii, •·yes to look at him, lw was ,·n11dl'llll1c·tl tu u simil:tr p1111i:;l11m·11t. LUCIUS MANLIUS SARGENT.
\Ve spon find the little fellow in Dorchester, under the care of the Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris, since distinguished in the Masonic Fraternity-a Doctor in Divinity, antiquary, and copious writer. He took charge of some children as a teacher, and had irr his family three French boarHarvard University. It was here the writer of these reminiscences first saw and became acquainted with him. Ile was then seventeen, tall, handsomely proportioned, very muscular, and with a fine Roman cast of countenance. He seemed to follow the advice of one of Homer's heroes.
A//;i, Ct!ftc:;d11i11', 1cu/ ,5,ulqo7.ov "i'(1,11EPrtt iJ.V.!o11•.-lliad. vi. 208. "Ever to bear myself like n brave mnn And lnhor to excel, nn01' military honors. He was a federalist of the 1Y ashi11gton school. He was belovetl by all who did business with him, for his sincerity, downright openness of mannor and the sacredness of his word. O1\e day in passing a group of mon, he founcl two truckmen quarrelling and coming to blows. He plunged into the crowd, laid his long hurricane, as he called it, on the shoulders of the combatants, ·who began to curse and swear, till they caught his eye, and then ceased and went off, as the spectators dispersed. The hour of his departure was near. At such a time we look upon a face which seems to be gazing into eternity. There is then something awfully sublime in the expression of the features of a good man, glowing like a departing sunset, as the eye lights up antl then closes forever! The circumstances attending the death of 1\Ir. Sargent were of a consoling kind, and were describe(! with tenderness and true filial love in a letter from his son-probably 1\Ianlius, for no name is giren-to 1Vinthrop, his brother, then at sea. lt was written not long after their father's decease. It LUCIUS l\IANLIUS SARGENT. , 15 describes his last moments, as he lay sick on his bed from a dropsy m the chest. Two eminent physicians attended him, Dr. Raml and Dr. Lloyd, ar,d there was some hope of recovery till pneumo11ia, with a burning fever, set in. Though restless in body, he was calm in mind, retaining his strong powers of intellect to the last. He professed in his conversations his firm faith in our blessed Lord and Redeemer. Ileing. asked by his wife, how he did, he said, " Going and sinking fast." On her saying to him, "I hope you are not afraid to die," "Pray," said he, "what have I to fear in death? I am mortal; it is not to be presumed that I have lived to this advanced age without committing some errors; but I can safely and sincere ly put my hand to my heart and declare, I have in my transactions endea vored to do what I thought was honest and upright." His remains were deposited in the tomb of the late Hon. ,John Osborne, and have since been removed to l\It. Auburn. His pall-holders were George Cabot and other prominent citizens. The stores on Long wharf were closed, and the vessels in the harbor were at half-mast during the obsequies. Mr. Daniel Sargent was stout, but not corpulent; five feet ten inches in height, erect, with a broad chest, and blessetl with a robust constitution, He never used profane or loose language in conversation, though in that day it was rather fashionable. His son beautifully says in his diary: " On his face was a calmness and air of dignified self-respect." If the ih rent's countenance was like that of his son Manlius, he must in earlier life have been [!, very handsome man. As a matter of historic curiosity, a brief notice of his costume may interest the reader. He wore a cue about twelve inches long, aml a toupee which was parted in curls about the ears, often powdered in the fashion of the day. His or jlinary dress was a grey broad-cloth coat, grey or blttck silk vest, grey ker seyrnere small clothes and grey silk stockings, with silver shoe and knee buckles; or in wet or cold weather, white top boots and a white neck stock, and a cocked hat, until late in life he changed it to a white broad brimmco. hat in summer or a black ono in winter. On the Sabbath or in company lw put on a blue coat with metal hnttons, a white vest mHl white Rtockin.~s. 8uch was the fashion of those limeR. Nor shonltl it he omittc(l, that. Ju, :it. tended llivi11e service in the Congregational First Chnrch, whirh l1clll its 16 LUCIUS MANLIUS SARGENT. meetings in the Old Brick Church, erected in 1713, where Joy's builuing now stands. Manlius liaving withdrawn from college, studied law with the celebrated Samuel Dexter, who stood at the head of his profession when New England had a constellation of great lawyers. After being in his office three years, he was admitted at the bar, but the inheritance of a fortune precluded the drudgery of practice. Ile was much attached to his learned master -a man of extraordinary talents, of whom Daniel Webster remarked, "His very statements were arguments,"-and in 1847 he published a little volume of "Reminiscences of Samuel Dexter." Mr. Sargent was twice married: first to l\Iary, daughter of Barnabas and l't:fary Binney of Philadelphia, April 3, 1816. She was the sister of the eminent Horace Binney, now 91, and remarkable for the vigor of his mind at such an age. J\Irs. Sargent died Feb. 4, 1824. They had three children: 1. l\Iary Turner, born in Quincy, :Mass., June 28, 1818, who died in Rox bury, August 2, 18-U. 2. Horace Binney, born in Quincy, June 30, 18:H. 3. l\Ianlius, born in Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 1824, and died in Dorchester, July 3, 1825. His second wife was Sarah Cutter, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Dunn of Boston, born June 2!J, li!J7. They were married July 14, 1826, :incl she died .August 7, 18G8. They had one child, Lucius J'iianlius. He speaks of his daughter l'tiary in his diary, as " rnry affectionate and very intelligent." After the death of her mother, which occurred in Phila delphia, while he wa8 on lmsiness in Natd1ez, 1\Iississippi, he removed to that city; but afterwards returned with his chiklren to Boston. In the ·' Dealings with the DeaCf'll, it stoprc1l. They asked-they LUCIUS MANLIUS SARGENT. 17 urged-they offered money to have it renewed ; but without avail. "No massa-b'lieve no sing any more.'' Neither Irving nor Hawthorne ever surpassed l\Ir. Sargent's beautiful description of the touching scene here referretl to. As the party rode on, his daughter asked her father why they would not sing again; he could not tell. "l.,erhaps," said she," they felt like those, who sat and wept by the waters of Babylon : they could not sing a song of Zion in a strange land.'' This beloved daughter only returned home to die. She took her flight to that blessed country where no sorrowful captives hang their harps on the willows. The life of a scholar seldom affords incidents and events for biograpliy, like the statesman or warrior, to create a sensation; yet if we can only get access to the interior of a literary man-the worltl of mind-the ideal is often the most fascinating of all narratives. As no two scholars are alike, there would be a perpetual variety. :Mr. Sargent was a man of fortune and of leisure-a deep thinker and observer of men. Few men had such rich powers of conversation, seasoned with humorous anecdotes, quick repar tees and frequent reminiscences of other days. He was never idle : rcalii Symposii JEnigmatica-a copy of which lte gave mc-tltcu a 18 LUCit;S MANLIUS SARGENT,
translation of the Culex of Virgil. In 1813 Hubert and Ellen was issued from the press, with some shorter effusions of his muse. His " "\Vreaths for the Chieftain," wns a magnificent ode; it touched the heart of the ,nation, and will always be a favorite. Many a waif and estray under many a nom de pl11me, were the offspring of his pen; and he was a frequent writer in the Anthology, published in 180-l: to 1811, by a club of literati, of which the late celebrated classic ,5clwlar, Rer. John S. J. Gardiner, D.D., was presi puh!i 8hed hy 1\Ir. Delcrnn, of the New-York Temperance Society. The LUCIUS MANLIUS SARGENT, l!)
author was urged to write more, and he did. The late lcamcd civilian, Prof. Simon Greenleaf, of Cambridge, laid aside his learned lectures for a time, t0 write to Mr. Sargent the material for another story, "Kitty Graf ton;" and John Marsh suggested that of" Margaret's Bridal." In his talc of the" Life Preserver," he interwove his old schoolmate, Captain John Slater, into the drama as Jack Slater. The good which they have done in the cause of temperance can neither bo weighed nor measnred. They have been republished in England, and translated into German and several other languages, even Hindostanee. These tales, so simple and natural, like the Vicar of "\Vakefield in their taste and beauty, will have an enduring reign. If the author was somewhat gay and wild in his youth, like one of England's noblest kings, Henry V., when he was prince and kept company with Falstaff~ surely he has redeemed his character by writings which have had so much influence; showing us that his genius, though veiled in clouds and vapors during the gaiety and wantonness of youth, has since shone out with meri dian splendor in a moral and intellectual :1trnosphere. He gave thirty years of his life and thousands of dollars to aid the cause of temperance. But these summary reminiscences must draw to a close. Our friend hnrl become a very oH man, yet with all the energy of his corporeal and mcu tal faculties-saving a deafness which was troublesome. And now sorrow and darkness are coming upon him, and the joy of his mansion is clouded. "\Vhen the late terrible rebellion broke out, the patriotic heart of his two brave sons was kindled to rush forward i1: defence of the Uuion. In 18G2, they entered the army, and one was taken and the other left, so awfully were the Scriptures fulfilled. Horace Ilinney Sargent wns distinguished by !,is bravery as Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Massachusetts Cavaky, al](l having been dangerously wounded in battle, was honorably t1isclmrgcd on account of his wounds, and was 11romoted for his good corulnct, and gallant ry by brevet to 13rigadier General, tJie appointment to date from March 21, 18G4. Gen. Sargent gra!luatcd with the highest honors of his class in 1843, at Harvard University. His father about that_ time recciYed a letter -which must have thrilled a parent's soul with delight-touching his son's exemplary conduct and excellent scholarship. It was from !'resident Quincy. He resumed his profession of the law, after his recovery from his wounds. "\Vithin two years aftC'r his return from the wn,r, he was doomed to mourn LUCIUS MANLIUS SARGENT.
the Jo,s of an affectionate ,rife, Elizabeth Little, only daughter of Tasker Hazard and Elizabeth Boyer Coolidge Swett, of Boston. They were mar ried March 31, 18JG, and she died at her mother's, Jan. 12, 18G6, leaving four children. In the diary often referred to, there is a memorandum of the deep sorrow his father felt at the death of this " dear, very dear daugh ter," in l\Ir. Sargent's own bnt trembling lrnnd. Lucius l\fonlins S,irgent, ,Jr., born in Tioston, Sept. 15, 182G, entered II. u. Augnst, 18JJ, withdrew his connectiou in 184G, and studied medicine. In 18J!.l, he rcceiYell the degree of }\faster of Arts from the College, and also that of Doctor in Medicine, and commcllced practice in Boston. He became a prominent physiciau. Sept. 22, 18-17, he was married to Letitia Sullirnn, daughter of Jonathan and Letitia Amory, of Boston. His chil dren were, 1. l\Iary Turner, born Aug. 2i>, 18-18. 2. Daniel, b. Sept. 24, 18.:i 1 ; die,l .March I 7, 18G0. 3. George Amory, born July 2G, 18fi-i. 4. Ellen Bacon, bo_rn Oct. 2!.l, 18,::iG. 5. Sullirnu Amory, born Jan. D, 18GI. His rcalling was cxtensi re, even from a boy iu his father's lilirnry. He loveAPPENDIX.
WILLIAM SARGENT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 1. WILLIAM1 SARGENT, of Exeter, in England; m. l\Iary Epes; went from Exeter to Bridgetown, Barba3 2 1 3. Col. En:s SAnGE:'· the Court of Common Pleas. He was the first post-master in Sullivan, anJ held the office till he resigned in favor of his son. :For above and other particulars, Mr. L. M. S. refers to a letter of June 2, 1845, from his grand daughter, Mrs. M. W. Wilkinson. He commantled a regiment in July, 1776, under Gen. Ward at Cambridge. [See Sparks's Washington, vol. iii. p. 456.J
4 2 1 4 ..EPES SARGENT ( Epes,9 William, Wiliiam ) m. Catherine, dau. of r ,m Osborne, of Boston. She died in 1788. The issue was : -· ., xi. 1. Epes, b. Nov. 8, 1748 ; d. April, 1822. 2. Catherine, d. in early lift'. 3. K~ther, d. in early life. xii. 4. John Osborne, b. Nov. 4, 1750. 5. Catherine.
3 2 1 5. EsTm;u• SARGENT ( Epes, William, William ) m. Col. Thomas Gold thwaite. The issue of this marriage was : I. I.!!;natiu~, b. d. 2. Ciitherinc, b. 1747 ; d. Feb. 24, 1830, uged 83. xiii. 3. Esther. 4. Thomas. Catherine; dau. of Esther and Col. Thomas Goldthwaite, who was the second dau. of Col. Epes" Sargent, was twice nrnrrierl, but left no chiluren. Her first husband was Dr. Sylvester Garuiuer, of Boston, who was born 1717, and died Aug. 8, 1786. He was the grandfather of tl1e Rev. ,John S. J. Gardiner, D.D., Rector of Trinity Church, Boston. She then m. '\Vil liam Powell, Esq., a man of fortune, living in. Boston. She lived at the corner of Court anJ Tremont Streets. Madam l'owell auopted a prett.y girl named ArchibalJ, who took her name as Catherine Powell. This girl, at the age of sixteen or seventeen, formed an unhappy connection with the valet, Stephen Caluwell, married him, lived in Gardiner, Me., nrul hatl several children. Mrs. Powell used to assist them. The ohlest, a daugh ter, m. Gen. Floyd, of , Virginia. Colville treated his wife brutally. Madam Powell's husband, l\lr. Powell, had two daughters. One m. Jon athan Mason, antl one Thomas Perkins, called " Short Tom." She was a very plain woman, of good talents, easy and graceful manners, and an ac complished musician. "My cousin Catherine possessed a vein of pleasant humor. I will give a single example of it. I was supping with her one night, in company with some twenty gentlemen anJ lauies, at the house of Madam lfopzibah Swan, when about 11 o'clock her son James entered, evidently rather rosy. Ile was then a man grown. The mother, vexed by his notorious extravagance and folly, and regartlless of the irvlecorum of assailing him before her guests, vented her anger in no measureJ terms, reproaching him severely with his misconduct, and specifying the amount she had paid for him within a short time. 'Ah, my dear,' said my cousin, ' all your geese are not Swans.' " [Diary, p. 8.J Esther," second dau. of Epes4 S., m. Timothy Rogers and had a son Tim othy6, b. --, who was a captain in the British navy. Iler second husband was Capt. Peter Doliver. By her last husband she had several chHdren. 28 APPENDIX.
4 2 1 G. WrNTilROP SARGENT (Epes,9 ITT'lliam, William ), b. l\farch G, 1727; rn. Judith, dau. ofThomas and Judith Saunders, April 5, 1750. She was b. Sept. 25, 1731 ; d. July 27, 1793. He d. same year, Dec. 3. They had eight children: xiv. I. Judith, b. l\lay 5, 1751; d. June 6, 1820, xv. 2. Winthrop, b. l\Iay 1, 1753; d. June 3, 1820. xvi. 3. Esther, b. May 1, 1755; d. NoY. 30, 1811. 4. Catherine, b ..March 24, 1757; d. April 24, 1758. 5. Catherine, h. July 5, 1758; d. here June 15, 1759. 6. Sarnh, h. ,July 12, 171l5; d. Sept. 6, 1766. xvii. 7. Fitz William, b. Aug. 14, 17fi8; d. Oct. 6, 1822. 8. Sarah, h. Dec. 3, 1771; d. Oct. 5, 1775. 1\Ir. vVinthrop 4 S. was an officer in a sloop of war at the taking of Cape Breton in 17 .J.ii, by Admiral ·warren and Gen. Pepperell; and afterwards was a merchant of note in Gloucester, and " much respected for general benevolence."
4 1 7. SARAH SARGEXT ( Epes,3 William,2 William ), m. Nathaniel Allen, Esq., of Gloucester. She was b. Aug. 6, 1729, d. 1792. They had : I. EpcB,> d. about 18 years old at Dover, N. II. 2. ,JoReph, b. 1757 ; d. Oct. 8, 1831, aged 74; grad. H. U., 1774. 3. Winthrop, d. about 30 ycnrs old. 4. Mary Sargent, b. l\Iarch IO, 1773 ; 1846 at Gloucester, aged 73. 5. Catherine, d. about 5 years old. 6. Daniel, d. about 5 or 6 years old. Joseph Sargent for several years was cashier of the bank in Gloucester. 1\Ir. L, M. Sargent states there was a fine portrait of his aunt Sarah4 Allen, by John Singleton Copley, in the possession of some of the family. She sat thirty-two times for the beautiful picture. None of the children were ever married. 4 3 1 8. DANIEL SARGE~T ( Epes, William,3 William ), b. l\farch 18, 1731; m. :Feb. 3, 17G3, by Rev. l\Ir. Barnard, to Mary, dau. of John and Mary Turner. They had seven children : XYiii. l. Daniel,5 h. June 15, li64; d. April 2, 1842, aged 78. xix. 2. Ignatius, h. NoY. I, 1765; d. Jan. 18, 1821, aged 56. xx. 3. John Turner, h. l\Iarch 27, 1769: d. Feb. 10, 1813, aged 44. xxi. 4. Henry, h. 1770; d. Feb. 21, 1845, aged 74. 5. l\Iary Osborne, b. Sept. 30, 1780; d. 1-::iept. 12, 1781, nged I. :x:xii. 0. Winthrop, h. Jan. 31, 1783; d. Jan. 11, Hl08, aged 25. xxiii. 7. Lucius Jl.lanlius, h. June 25, 1786 ; d, June 2, 1867. 9. PAUL Dum,EY4 SARGENT ( Epes,3 William/ William'), b. 1745; cl. Sept. 15, 18:28, aged 83, at Sullivan, l\Ie. Ile m. Lucy Saunders, of Glou cester, 1\Iass., daughter of Thomas ancl Lucy Saunders. She was b. 1752 ;' d. Oct. 1840, aged 88. They had twelve children: I. Lucy, h. in GlouceRter Sept., 1773; rn. HeY. John Turner, Sept. 30, 179:il; had nine children. I. Lucy, m. to David Hall. 2. Mary 'l'., n1. Hev. Joseph Searl. 3. l\Iartha Walker, m. 1st, Edward Dunning, 2d, Arthur W ilkineon. 4. John N., m. Harriot Dana. 5. Char lotte Saunders. Ii. Rebecca Vinton. 7. Martha Walker. 8. Samuel Hubbard. 9. Catherine Winthrop. 2. Catherine Winthrop, b. in Amherst, .N. II., April, 1775; m. Theodore APPENDIX. 29
,JoneR, Jun., 1793, had 12 children. I. Catherine Winthrop. 2. Theodore. 3. Ilenry Sargent. 4. Paul Dudley. 5. Sarah Brindley. 6. lliary .Elizabeth. 7. Ellen Cobb. 8. Ann Dudley. ·9. Lucy Sar gent. 10. Charlotte Parsons. II. John Winthrop. 12. Thomas Dudley. 3. Mary, b. in Bo~ton, Aug., 1777; livin(l', unmnrried. 4. Paul Dudley, b. in Salem, March, 1779; lust at sea, about 1800. 5. Sarah Allen, b. in Salem; m. Robert Gordtm, Oct., 1822. 6 Ghnrlottc SaunderR, b. in Boston, July, 1783; ru. Joseph Pars~ns, September, 1807. 7. John, h. in Boston, Jnn., 1785; m. Harriet Taft, Dec., 1813; had 10 children. I. Daniel. 2. Ignntins. 3. Lucy Saunders. 4. John. 5. Dudley. 0. Epe;. 7. Francis. 8. Henrietta. 9. Harriette. 10. Taft. 8. Jnlin, h. iu Boston, Ang., 1787; m. Ah:ier Johmvm, Opt., 1812; liad 8 children. I. Harriet Sargent. 2. Mary Sargent. :3. Clmrlotte F.Jiznbeth. 4. Snmucl Isaac. 5. Thomas S,urnders. (i~ Charles Fit,: Albert. i. Dudley. 8. Henry. Three died in infancy. 10. ,Jom, 4 SAIWEKT ( Epes," 1Villiam,2 William') b. Doc. 2 4-, 17 49; d. at Barrington, Nov,t Scotia, ,Ja11. 24, 182.J., his residence fur many ycarfl. He ~n. widow Margaret Barnanl, who d. same year, Aug. 2, 18:!-!. They had four children : 1. SJphia, b. Dec. 26, 1785; m. William Bennett, a l\Icthodist preucher; lmd 2 chili.Ircn, J\fargaret and John S,trgcnt. lJ. 1Yilliarn Brown, merchant, b. Aug. 12, 1787; m. Elizabeth Burbridge, July 22, IBHJ, who waR b. Jan. 2, 1799. Tht'ir is~ue was IO: viz., 1. l\Iary Ann, b. Api·il 8, 1820; m. William Glover, Sept. l, 1842; d. in Boston without issue, June 16, 1845. 2. Margaret, b. Nov. 18, 1821. :-1. Elimbcth, b. Jan. 8, 1824; ti. Jan. 19, J.844. 4. Isabella Macarty, b. Feb. 1, l82(i; d. June 14, 1844. 5. Sophia Dennett, b. 1\pril IO, 182H; d. April 11, 182!!. 0. Jane, b. Oct. 30, 1830; d. ,Tan. 8, 18,t,t. 7. Julia lllaria, h. April IO, 1833; d. April 27, 1845. 8. Wm. Browne, b. Aug. I, 1835; d. July 28, 1840. 9. Sophia Bennett, h. J\larch 11, 1838. IO. Winthrop, b. July 2, 1840. 3. John, b. April 0, 1792; a farmer; he rn. Sarah Doane, who wns horn June 3, 1793, and d. Aug. 5, 1835. They had 7 children. I. John Winthrop, h. Oct. 22, 1820; d. April 11, 1844. 2.. Sophia, h. Nov. 30, 1821; rl. !\lay W, 1845. 3. Abigail Collin, b. Jan. 12, 1824. 4. Daniel, b. Sept. 27, 1826. '5. Sarah Doane, b. Feb. 20, 182!l. 6. Eliza, h. !\Jay 3, 1832. 7. William Robinson, h. June 4, 1835. 4. Winthrop, h. June 6, 17!l4-merohant; July 27, 1819, m. Mary Jane Allieon. They bail 11 children. 1. Catherine Winthrop, b. J nne S, 1821. 2. Ann, b. l\larch 3, 1823. 3. Epes Winthrop, b. Sept. 17, 1824. 4. Mary Jane Allison, b. !\fay 14, 1826. 5. John Allison, b. ,\pril 0, 1828. 0. Elizabeth Whidden, b. l<'cb. 20, 1830. 7. Snmh llanlin,g, b. Jan. 30, 1832; d. July 6, 1838. 8. Margaret Sophia, h. April 13, 1834. 9. ClmrlesRathburn, b. June 17, 1836. 10. Francis, b. Sept. 4, 1838; an3. Esther, d. 1835; m. Dr. Dixwell, about 1808; d. leaving issue. 4. Charles Lenox, d. Jan. 13, 181D; he was a sea-captain, and m. Mary Turner, of Duxbury; issue all dead. He wrote the story, "The Life of Alexander Smith." 5. Arria, cl. of consumption, unm., aged 20; very pretty. 6. John James, d. a young man, unm. 7. Henrietta, living in 1845, unm. 8. Dorcas, m. Ahiel Chandler, 1828; cl. 1837; no children. !J. Anna, m. John Parker, who d. 1845, without i8sue.
4 1 12. Jorrn O~nor.NE' S.\ltGENT ( Rpes, Epes,3 William.2 William ) was h. Nov. 4, liiiG; rn. Ly,lia, tlau. of Col. ,Joseph Foster, of Gloucester. They had two daughters and ouc son: I. Amelia. ::l. Frances. xxiv. 3. Epes, b. in 1784; cl. 1853, in Roxbury, where he resided. 2 1 14. J IJDITII' S.\IWEXT ( Wintlirop,4 Epes,3 Willimn, William ), b. May 5, 17iil ; tl. Natd1ez, 1\Iiss., ,June G, 1820, aged G!J; m. first, John Stevens, aml Juul no issue; m, secornl. Rev. ,John l\Iurray, Univcrsalist, who died in Boston, Sept. :l, lSL"i, aged ,5. Of this marriage: I. A son.• who cl. in infnncv. 2. Julia l\laria, 111. to Adani Lewis Binp;aman ahout 1812, the year he grad. IL C. Tht'y hnd a dau. Charlutte,7 who d. at Natchez, and a son Allam Lewis7 whom. l\liss Livingston. When in Jan. 1824, Mr. L. M. Sargent waR at Natchez, he saw with melancholy feelings the three µ:raves on l\lr. Ilinµ:arnan's planmtion, ~ide by side-l\Irs. Judith l\lurray, clan. Julia l\Iaria B., and a grandllaughter Charlotte. l\!rs. l\Inrray was thirty-firn years oltlcr than L. l\L Sargent-he being 15 when she was 50. She "·as a most kind, affectionate, and excellent la,ly. " She wrote poetry by the acre. This was her stumbling-block." Her signatme was " IIonora l\fortesia." She. wrote two plnys. one of them " The Trnn·llcr's Hetnrn," of which Hobert Treat Paille said, " The tra veller ha,1 gone to that bonrne from which no traveller ever did return." She pnblishl'tl large tlnodeeirno Yo!tunes cnlle4 1 Hi. "\V 1;-;nmol'' S.\IWENT ( Wintlll'np, Epes} William," 1Vi[[i'am ), born 1\foy 1, li;"i:J, in Glonccst<'l'; 11. at New Orleans, June 3, 1820; m. first, l\liss Tnppc•r, by whom he hatl a chi!,1 who tlied ; m. second, Oct. 24, I 7!JS, l\frs. l\Iary 1\'illiams, whose maitlen name was .i\hckintosh, b. in Stafford, Conn., Jan. 20, liG-!, and died Jan. !J, 184-J.. Hy this marriage they had: I. William Fitz Winthrop, b. at Natchez, Dec. 6, Ii!J!J; grad. II. C. in 1817; d. Oct. 1822. No is~ue. xxv. 2. George '\Vaehington, b. at Natchez, July 2, 1802; grad. H. U. 1820; m. Dec. i, 182-1, Margaret J. Percy, who \\'a8 b. in London, Eng., June 4, 180:.l.
2 1 1 r,. EsTillm' S.uw E:-IT ( Wintlll'op,4 Epes/ 1Villiam, 1Villiam ) was b. nt Gloucester, 1\fay L lii\;j; <1. Nov. :10, 1811; m. John Stevens Ellery, of that plal'u. E~tlier a1ul John S. Ellery had two chiklren; APPENDIX. 31
1. John Stevens, b. at Gloucester. 2. Sarah Sargent, b. at Gloucester; d. in Boston, Sept. 1, 183!J. She was m. to Ignatius Sargent, Oct. 20, li!JJ, her second cousin, son uf Daniol.4
1 1 17. FITZ WrLLIHl& SARGENT ( TVinthrop,4 Rpes,3 William, William ), b. at Gloucester, Ang. I 4, 17 GS ; d. at Newton, Oct. G, 1822 ; m. Nancy Parsons, Sept. 3, 1789, who died Aug. 5, 18G0, aged 91. They had ei0 1 1 a. loN.\Tl us S.\IW ENT ( IJ//Jlld,4 fCpps,3 Wiflia11t" JJ'illil//11 ) W:18 h. Nov. 1, 17G5; d. at Glo11ccster, Jan. lH, 1H2I, :ige1l !,(i_ Ile m. l\fary, ,lau. of Thomas and Sarah Parsons, of Newburyport, April 2G, 17()1. Situ was b. June 25, 1771; d. of smallpox, Oct. 1, 17a2. Issue hy his first wifo: l. Mary Tnrncr,• h. Feh. :i, li92; m. San111d TtJney, rnerehant, of llo, ton, ilfay 31, IBB.!: They hnYc ha,I no ehild1·c11. October 20, 1795, Ignntins m. his secolHl wift', Rarah R., ilan. of ,Tohn Rtevens and Esther Ellery ( Esther RargPnt, third Phil,! of ,vi11throp Sar gent,• of Gloucester); Rhe fl. at their ma118im1-hn11s,•, Fra11kli11 ]'l:t1·1·, Rcpt. I, I HiJ9. The children were : API'ENDIX,
I. Daniel, 5 b. at Gloucester Jan. ~l, li07; d. April 21, 1814. xxvii. 2, Esther/ b. in Boston, March : 1798; m. Thomas 0. Amory, mercht. Bo~ton,.,fan. 1, 1820; d. Nov ' ;, 18•17, at No. 3 Franklin Place. xxviii. 3. Ignatius," b. at Gloucester, Jan. D, 1800; m. Sarah Charlotte Gray, Dec. 23, 1828; d. Jan. 17, 183 4. Elizabeth Turner/ b. Jan. 16, 1802; d. in Boston, 1819. 20. Jom, TcnXER' S.uwE~T ( Daniel,4 Epes3, 1Yilliam2 William'), b. in Gloucester, March 27, 1769; d. Feb. 10, 1813, aged 44, in his house, Chestnut Street, Boston. He m. Christiana Kcadie Swan, .dau. of Col. James and J\Irs. IJcpzilxth Swan, Oc.t. 12, 180G. They had three children: xxix. I. John Turner, b. in Boston, July 12, 1807; grad. II. C. 1827, and is a Unitarian minister. xxx. 2. Henry Jackson, b. Nov. U, 1808. xxxi. 3, Howard, b. Jan. 4, 1810. l\Ir. L. 1\L Sargent speaks with much admiration and much affection of his brother ,John Tnrner, and touches upon domestic matters, concerning which it is here unncr:cssa1·y to epeak. He ~ap in his Diary: "I was in the room when he <1ietl. 'William Sullivan, Esq., wl10 had married another danghter of Col. Swan, exdaime21. IIE:rny• S.\TTGEXT ( Dcmief,4 Epes.~ Willirnu: William') was bapt. Nov. 25, 1770 ; tlie4 22. "YIXTIITTOI'' S.\llCEXT ( /)((/!i'd. ,~/l<'S,0 1ri'l1/,u11,2 H'/fli',,111') wa~ h. Tan. ;n, 1,:-:;J; ,!, ,J,w. l l. 1:-:11:-:, agetl -J.,i, lllllll. 11<· :.:rad. IL lT. in mo:;, w,l was a member of the ,r,. II. !,., an el'i,lc11ee uf his scholarship. IJis 1rother L. ,peaks highly :llHl afferti111iatt•ly of liis 111<·111ory. He lia returned to die. Ile was brought from the ship to hi8 honse on a litter. lie lingered six mouths, and then fell a victim to consumption. Mr. L. 1\I. S. has given a very full and touching account of a 0 1 23. Lucrus 1\IANLrns S,\TWE:"!T ( Daniel,4 Epes/ William,• William ), b. June 25, 178G; d. ,June 2, 18G7; m. 1\lary Binnl'y, <1:tu. of Barnab:rn and Mary Binney, of l'hila., April ;,, 181 G, by whom he hall three cliihlrcu. ,She died Feb. 3, 1824. 1. Mary Turner, b. June 2R, 1818; d. Aug. 2, 1811. xxxiv. 2. Horace Binney, b. June 30, 1821. 3. Manlius, b. Jan. 27, 1824; d. July 3, 1825. He m. secollll, Sarah Cutler, tlan. of Samuel an6 2 2!. En:s SARGENT (John Osbornr,' Rpes,4 Rpt'R,3 JV,.'1liam, William') was b. 1784; wc,l. Ile m. second, in 1808, Ila11nal1 Da11c, (la11. of ,Villiam Collin, of Glo11- ccstcr. She lmrc the ,r,. 11. f(. ~ol'iety; liel'ame nn edittJr of sen•rnl n,•,rspapel'R, among which were the Boston Daily A,lvcrtiser, At:a~, in 18:li, 'l'rnJI S<'ript for several years, anti the New York Mirror; wrote a rn1111her of >lays, of which Rome met with ,!!;l'Cnt sueces~, and als J a. mnnher of !ivc~ of poets_ nrnl otlH'r> and p:trticul:t_rly of the ~rc,1t stat<·:s1un11, _lle11- ry Cby, winch ,vas h1,!!;hly ~puken of; preparetl a rnhmhle scncs of l,t1oks li,r scht1ols; and in 184!) puhliRhe,l "tl:lll,!!;R of tl,e tll•a. nnd otl1Pt' Poems." 'l'hc song," A Lile on the Oce:rn _Wnw,"' is n pearl ofmueli• beauty. Ile has rw childre11. 5. Mary ]\·anees, h. 1815. r,, \\'illia111 ()iffi11, Ii. 181i; d. 1818. 7. Geurge lkrnanl, Ii. l1'1tl; rn. ~lary Piere\'. lfo m. thir,1, i11 lK:!l, 1\Iary Otis, (1an. of Alm('r Lit:ctJli1, of Ili11~h:1111, a111I graucld:111ghter of Ge11. Bv11j:m1i11 Li11culn. Thl'}' l1:ul fin, .-ltildr,·11 : A. Ilannah Dane, 1,. 1822; m. Li Ut. Ucv. lliohop lluntingto11, of N. York. !l. James OtiR, Ii. 1823. JO. Catherirw Oshorne, Ii. 1825; m. 1\11stin S1:mncr, of B-_,ston. I I. Ania. h. 182i; tl. 1817. l"' Eliz:ilieth Lineoln, h. H2;;. GEORGE ,vAsIIINGTON 6 s.~RGF.NT ( TfTintl1rop," Winthrop,• Epes," William,• William'), l,. at Gloster Place, near Natchez, Mississippi, July 2, 1802 ; m. Margaret ,T. Percy, Dec. 7, H,24, who was born in Loudon, h. land, June 4, HW2. The issue was: I. Winthrop, b. in Philadelphia, Sc-pt. 23, 18:25; d. May 18, 18i0. 2. Robert Percy, b. in Phiht., May i, l82i. 3. rtfary, b. in Phila., Jan. 21, 18:W. 4. George, b. in l'hila., March 5, 1831. 5. Jane Percy, b. in Phila., Au.g. 25, 1833. 6. Annie, b. in PhiJa., Jan. 4, 1837; d. there Dec. 5, 1811. l\Ir. G. 1V. Sargent was shot in his house in Gloster Place, Natchez, l\Iay 10, 18G4, hs soldiers, and died the l:.lth of the same month. The sol diert were robhc1·s, who were convictcll anti execute,!. The tleccascd was a g1wl11ate of II. U. His father (sec the N. O. newspapers of that day) was a 'tlistingui,;hctl Hcrnlutionary otlit;cr, and the firnt governor of l\Iiss.
2G. iVI:'fTIIIWl'6 S.u:r;E'O' ( Fi:t::: Willirtm,' Wi11tlzrop,• Rpcs,3 William,= 1Vi'lliam') was h. at UltHlt;ester, Jan. 20, 17()2; 111. Emily Haskell, l\fay 17, 1814. The issue of the rnarri,1ge waH: l. Ann l\Iaria, b. l\Iarch G, 1815. 2. Emily, b. April :W, l81i; rn. Sept. 10, 1811, Dr. Pleasants, and had child ren: ~fary Haskell, b. Aug. 3, 1812, d. ::ie;>t. 15, 11:H3; Isciaa, b. Oct. 2, 18·13. 3. Fitz William, b ..fon. Ii, 18:20. ·L Winthrop, b. Jnly 8. 1822. 5. Henry, b. June :l, 1825. G. John llaskell, b. Feb. 8, lR:28. 7. Thomas Parnons, h. Jnly l!J, 18:10. 8. Gorham Pi1rsons, b. Dec. IO, 1831. 2 1 27. KiTmm' S.UlGE:-,"T ( I[;11ati11s," Dwiicl,¼ J;,'Jlcs,3 1Villia111, 1Villiam )• wife of Thomas C. Amory, of Boston, merch:rnt; b. l\Iarch l J, l 7!J8; 111• Jan. 1, 18;20; .l. No,·. lli, 18-!7. They Juul: 1. Elizabeth Turner, h. Oet. 2:2, 1820; m. J. Ivern Austin, Oct. 20, HHG. They ham bad five chil l. 8arnh Ellery, h. Oct. !J, I82!J; 111. Winthrop, Bon of Georp:e Washinp: tun Sargent; remored to Philadelphia, aud d. May 4, 1852, leaving one son, Ig;rnttius, IJ. April 18, 1852. He m. his s,;coud wife, llemfotta Grny, sister of the first, 1\Iay G, 1835. They had: . 2. f.gnatiu.s, h. in Joy Place, Boston, April 18, 183G; d. April 18, 18·11. '.!. Henrietta Uray, h. Jnnc 14, 1838; 111. ,famrs l'ucl1nan. 4. Charles Sprague, b. in llost:J11, April :14, ltHl. ln 1863 he ,ms nn aid to G,m. Bunks at New Orleon~. APPENDIX. 35
Mr. Ignatius Sargent was nearly twenty years president of the Globe Ilank, Boston.
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