Betty "Betsy" Sargent

Orlando married first at Bradford, on December 26, 1751, Sarah Balch, who died on December 10, 1753 in her 20th year. [1] [3] She was born on December 16, 1733, daughter or Rev. William and Rebecca (Stone) Balch. [4]

He married second Betsy Bernard on January 9, 1755. She was born at Amesbury on January 23, 1733, daughter of Jonathan and Tabitha Barnard.[1] [3]

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Betty (Barnard) Sargent (1733 - 1808)

Betty "Betsy" Sargent formerly Barnard

Born 23 Jan 1733 in Amesbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of Orlando Sargent — married 9 Jan 1755 in Amesbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Moses Sargent, Ichabod Barnard Sargent, Orlando Sargent Jr. and Rhoda (Sargent) Patten

Died 3 Nov 1808 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Barnard-686 created 4 Mar 2012 | Last modified 22 Nov 2019

Biography

Betty Barnard was born at Amesbury, Massachusetts on January 23, 1733, daughter of Jonathan and Tabitha (Colby) Barnard.[1] [2] [3] She married Orlando Sargent on January 9, 1755, as his second wife. Orlando was born at Amesbury on April 21, 1728, son of Moses and Sarah (Bagley) Sargent. [1] [4] [3] She passed away on 3 Nov 1808 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA[5]

In her father Capt. Jonathan Barnard's will, written in April, 1769, he left bequests to his three daughters, including Bettey Sargent, among others. [6]

Her mother, widow Tabitha Barnard died at Amesbury on May 19, 1787. [1] Her will was written on April 5, 178?5/6 and in it she names among her heirs, daughter Betty, wife of Orlando Sargent, and appointed her two daughters Betty Sargent and Ann Titcomb as executors. [7]

On July 5, 1791, her brother Timothy Barnard petitioned the court as the executor's of Tabitha's estate, being Oliver Titcomb and wife Anne, and Orlando Sargent and wife Bettey, had not acted on the settlement in four years. Also submitting a like petition and complaint were Cotton Kimball and wife Rhoda, and Elizabeth and Tabitha Sargent, both singlewomen, grandchildren of Tabitha Barnard, deceased (children of Rhoda (Barnard) Sargent). [7]

Orlando died at Amesbury on April 3, 1803. [1] [3] He is buried in the Lower Corner Cemetery, Merrimac, Massachusetts.

He wrote his will on March 20, 1801. In it he left bequests to:[8]

beloved wife Betty
heirs of my daughter Abigail Bayley, deceased
David Bayley, son of my grandson Jonathan Sargent Bayley, deceased
daughter Sarah Quinby, wife of Robert Quinby
daughter Tabitha Morse, wife of Joseph Morse
daughter Rhoda Sargent
grandson Orlando Sargent Morse
grandson Orlando Sargent, son of my son Moses
my son Orlando Sargent, sole executor
my son Moses Sargent
my son Ichabod Barnard Sargent
the west parish of Amesbury, a wood lot in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire [8]
Widow Betty Sargent died on November 3, 1808, in her 76th year. [1]

Children

Sarah born on December 14, 1755; died on August 20, 1812; married Robert Quinby, intentions published on December 25, 1777. [1]
Moses born on July 4, 1757; died February 13, 1836; married Dollie Sargent on June 1, 1780. [1]
Jonathan born on February 25, 1759; died on September 7, 1760. [1]
Betty born on January 19, 1761; died on August 16, 1761. [1]
Tabitha born on July 4, 1763; died on June 28, 1842; married Joseph Morse on February 8, 1785. [1]
Jonathan born on July 17, 1765; died on August 21, 1765. [1]
Nathan born in July, 1765; died on Aug. 20, 1765. [1]
Ichabod Barnard born on December 27, 1766; died on September 2, 1836; married Ruth Patten on June 24, 1790. [1]
Orlando born January 20, 1769; married Hannah Welch of Plaistow, New Hampshire in 1793 [1]; died on August 1, 1850. [9]
Betty baptized on May 5, 1771. [1]
Mollie born about May 2, 1773; died on July 21, 1781. [1]
Rhoda born on July 29, 1775; married Robert Patten on May 17, 1803 [1]; died on October 2, 1857. [10]
Research notes

Amesbury Births

Sargent, Orlando, 1st, s. Moses and Sarah, Apr. 21, 1728. ( p. 223)
Barnard, Betty, d. Jonathan and Tabothy, Jan. 23, 1733. (p. 21)
Sargent, Abigail, d. Orlando and Betsey [Sarah. dup.] Jan. 22, 1753. (p. 212) (by 1st wife Sarah)
Sargent, Sarah, d. Orlando and Betsey, Dec. 14, 1755. (p. 225)
Sargent, Moses, s. Orlando and Bette [Betsey. dup.], July 4, 1757. (p. 222)
Sargent, Jonathan, s. Orlando and Bety, Feb. 25, 1759. (p. 219)
Sargent, Bettey, d. Orlando and Bettey, Jan. 19, 1761. (p. 214)
Sargent, Tabetha, d. Orlando and Betsey, July 4, 1763. (p. 226)
Sargent, Jonathan, s. Orlando and Bettey, July 17, 1765. (p. 219)
Sargent, Ichabod Barnard, s. Orlando and Bettey, Dec. 27, 1766. (p. 218)
Sargent, Orlando, s. Orlando and Betsey, Jan. 20, 1769. (p. 223)
Sargeant, Betty, d. Orlando and Betty, bp. May 5, 1771. PR1 (p. 211)
Sargent, Molley, d. Orlando and Betey, May 2, 1773. [June 2. dup.; bp. May 9. PR1] (p. 222)
Sargent, Rhoda, d. Orlando and Bette, July 29, 1775. (p. 224)
Amesbury Marriages

Sargent, Orlando, and Betsy Barnard, Jan. 9, 1755. (p. 473)
Sargent, Moses, and Dolly [Moley. int.] Sargent, June 1, 1780. CR2 (p. 472)
Sargeant, Tabithy, and Joseph Morse, Feb. 8, 1785. (p. 466)
Sargent, Ichabod Barnard, and Ruth Patten, June 24, 1790. (p. 470)
Sargent, Sarah [Mrs. int.], and Robert Quinby, Dec. 25, 1777. C. R. 2. (p. 472)
Sargent, Orlando, and Hannah Welch of Plaistow, int. Aug. 16, 1793. (p. 473)
Patten, Robert, and Rhoda Sargent, May 17, 1803. (p. 444)
Amesbury Deaths

Bayley, Abigail, w. James, Nov. 11, 1800, a. 47 y. GR1 (p. 524)
Sargent, Orlando [Dea. CR2], Apr. 3, 1803. [a. 75 y. CR2] (p. 584)
Sargent, Betsy, wid. Orlando, Nov. 3, 1808. [in her 76th y. G. R. 2.] (p. 582)
Sargent, Sarah, w. Orlando, Dec. 10, 1753. [in her 20th y. GR2] (p. 585)
Sargent, Bettey, d. Orlando and Bettey, Aug. 16, 1761. [a. 6 m. 27 d. GR2] (p. 582)
Sargent, Jonathan, s. Orlando and Bety, Sept. 7, 1760. [a. 1 y. 6 m. 17 d. GR2] (p. 583)
Sargent, Jonathan, s. Orlando and Bettey, Aug. 21, 1765. (p. 583)
Sargent, Molly, d. Orlando and Bettey, July 21, 1781, a. 8 y. GR2 (p. 584)
Sargent, Ichabod B., Sept. 2, 1836. [a. 70 y. CR2] (p. 582)
Sargent, Moses [s. Orlando and Betsy. PR46], Feb. 13, 1836. [a. 79 y. CR2] (p. 584)
Sargent, Nathan, s. Orlando and Bettey, Aug. 20, 1765, a. 1 m. 5 d. GR2 (p. 584)
Morse, Tabitha, June 28, 1842. (p. 570)
Quniby, Sarah, w. Lt. Robert, Aug. 20, 1812. [a. 57 y. GR1] (p. 578) [1]
Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1913
↑ Perley, Sidney, editor. The Essex Antiquarian: A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Biography, Genealogy, History and Antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 6, Salem, Massachusetts, 1902 p. 122
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine, New England Historical Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903 p. 101
↑ Stearns, Ezra S. compiler, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1908 p. 1517
↑ Entered by Norman Dodge, Sunday, 6 Jan 2019.‘’Replace this citation if there is another source’’
↑ Case 1754: p. 1-24: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
↑ 7.0 7.1 Case 1783: p. 1-26: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
↑ 8.0 8.1 Case24673:p. 1-15: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N72B-C83 : 10 December 2014), Orlundo Sargent, 01 Aug 1850; citing Amesbury, Massachusetts, v 48 p 88, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 959,813
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. Volume 111 P. 161. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.)
Massachusetts Town Records for Amesbury Massachusetts