Capt. Epes Sargent

From Early Sargents of New England, by Winthrop Sargent, Harvard University, 1922, page 28-29

 * “His [Epes' 1721-1779] interest in John Murray, the Universalist clergyman, who was induced to come to Gloucester by him and his brother Winthrop, brought religious persecution to the Sargents, and Epes Sargent further suffered and was finally ruined financially by his loyalty to the Mother Country at the breaking out of the Revolution.”

From GENEALOGICAL and PERSONAL MEMOIRS Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Prepared under the editorial supervision of William Richard CUTTER, A. M. Vol New York; Lewis Historical Publishing Company; 1908. Pages 1206-1211

(IV) Epes Sargent eldest son of Colonel Epes Sargent, born in Gloucester, 1721, died of smallpox, 1779. He married, 1745, Catherine, daughter of Hon. John Osborn, of Boston. She died February 7, 1788, and in an obituary notice of her in a Salem paper she is described as "an elegant and accomplished woman." Early in life Epes Sargent engaged in mercantile pursuits, and only a few years before the beginning of the revolution he owned ten vessels which were employed in the fisheries and foreign commerce. His trade was very extensive, but the total suspension of business on account of the war with the mother country caused him heavy losses and the consequent impairment of his large fortune; and most unfortunately for himself Mr. Sargent had cast his political fortunes with Great Britain, and this alone meant financial disaster as well as personal unpopularity among the loyal Americans on Cape Ann. Finding himself at length an object of reproach among his townsmen of Gloucester, and having been summoned to appear before them in public to give account of himself, he quit that town and went to Boston, where even greater indignities were put upon him. He then determined to live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but soon changed his purpose and returned to his old home in Gloucester. Here again his misfortunes were increased by reason of his espousal of the then unpopular doctrines preached by Rev. John Murray, and the warm welcome he extended that noted divine. As Babson says: "His whole life had exhibited the proper fruits of the christian spirit and he had sat for many years at the table of the Lord in affectionate communion and entire unity of religious sentiment with his brethren of the christian faith; but these now coldly turned from him, and so, with fortune wasted and friendships broken up, he 'endured as seeing Him who is invisible,' and rich in faith and the memories of a just and pure life passed away to the tomb."

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Epes Sargent Jr.

Born 17 Feb 1721 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Epes Sargent and Esther (McCarty) Sargent

Brother of Esther (Sargent) Goldthwaite, Ignatius Sargent, Thomas Sargent, Winthrop Sargent Sr., Sarah Sargent, Daniel Sargent Sr, William Sargent, Benjamin Sargent, Mary Ann Sargent, Paul Dudley Sargent [half], Ann Sargent [half], Catherine Sargent [half], Mary Sargent [half] and John Sargent [half]

Husband of Catharine (Unknown) Osborne — married 20 May 1745 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay INTENTIONS ONLY

Father of John Osborne Sargent

Died Jan 1779 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Profile last modified 30 May 2019 | Created 29 Nov 2011

Biography

Epes was born in 17 February 1720-1721 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was the son of Epes Sargent and Esther McCarty. "Epps, s. Epps, Esq. and Esther, Feb. 17, 1720-21"[1]

Shipping merchant.

He married 20 May 1745 Mrs. Catherine Osborne.[2] Children:

Catherine 26 Jan 1746-1746 Epes 1748-1822 Catherine 1750-1750 Ester 1750-1750 baptized 30 Sep 1750 John Osborne 4 Nov 1750-1789 baptized 7 Nov 1756 He passed away in 1779 of smallpox in Gloucester.

Sources

↑ Vital records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849: Vol I - Births. p.625 ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHN2-R49 : 4 November 2017), Capt. Epis Sargent and Mrs. Catharine Osborne, 22 Feb 1745; citing Marriage Notice, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,081. Sargent, E. W., Sargent, C. S., Sargent, W., Worcester, S., Dana, M. D. B. D., & Johnson, J. M. (1923). Epes Sargent of Gloucester and his descendants. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p.10.

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Catharine (Unknown) Osborne Catharine (Unknown) Osborne (1722 - 1788)

Privacy Level: Open (White) Catharine Osborne formerly [surname unknown] Born 6 Nov 1722 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Wife of Unknown Osborne — married [date unknown] (to before 1745) [location unknown] Wife of Epes Sargent Jr. — married 20 May 1745 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay INTENTIONS ONLYmap DESCENDANTS descendants Mother of John Osborne Sargent Died 7 Feb 1788 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap Profile last modified 30 May 2019 | Created 29 Nov 2011 This page has been accessed 28 times. Biography

Catherine Unknown was born about 1722. She was from Boston.

She married first Unknown Osborne.

Catherine married second Capt. Epis Sargent.[1]

She passed away in 1788.

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHN2-R49 : 4 November 2017), Capt. Epis Sargent and Mrs. Catharine Osborne, 22 Feb 1745; citing Marriage Notice, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,081.

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Colonel Epes Sargent

Born 12 Jun 1690 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Son of William Sargent - 2nd and Mary (Duncan) Sargent

Brother of Fitz William Sargent, Peter Sargent, Mary Sargent, Andrew Sargent, Daniel Sargent, Jordan Sargent, Ann (Sargent) Ellery, Samuel Sargent, Fitz John Sargent, Machani Sargent, Jabez Sargent, Fitz William Sargent II and Winthrop Sargent

Husband of Esther (McCarty) Sargent — married 7 Apr 1720 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Catherine (Winthrop) Sargent — married 10 Aug 1744 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Father of Epes Sargent Jr., Esther (Sargent) Goldthwaite, Ignatius Sargent, Thomas Sargent, Winthrop Sargent Sr., Sarah Sargent, Daniel Sargent Sr, William Sargent, Benjamin Sargent, Mary Ann Sargent, Paul Dudley Sargent, Ann Sargent, Catherine Sargent, Mary Sargent and John Sargent

Died 6 Dec 1762 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 22 Mar 2017 | Created 29 Nov 2011

Biography

Epes Sargent was born in 1690 in Gloucester, Massachusetts to William Sargent "2nd" and Mary Duncan Sargent.

He married Esther McCarty 1 April 1720 in Gloucester. "Epps, and (Mrs). Esther Maccarty, Apr 1, 1720."

Epes was a prosperous man. He owned a considerable amount of land in Gloucester. A portrait painted by John Singleton Copley, in 1760, of Epes Sargent is owned by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. And the Boston Museum of Fine Arts owns a silver teapot designed by Zachariah Brigden that he gave to his daughter Mary. It is engraved: "The. Gift. of. Col : Epes. Sargent. to. his. daughter. Mary."

He and his second wife, Catherine Winthrop Brown Sargent, moved to Salem soon after their marriage. He was colonel of the Salem militia and a justice of the general sessions of the court.

Epes Sargent's date of death, as inscribed on a funeral ring: "E. Sargent Esq. Ob. 6 Decr. 1762. ae. 72."

Burial: First Parish Burial Ground Gloucester Essex County Massachusetts

Sources

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of ..., Volume 3 edited by William Richard Cutter, page 1207.

Portraits of Epes and Ann Sargent, children of William Sargent, 2nd, and their descendants in the Sargent-Murray-Gilman house, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1921.

Salem Massachusetts Deaths, page 207.

Find A Grave Memorial# 54996511

The Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record (The Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company. 1890-91)Vol. 1, No. 2, Oct. 1890, Page 49: "E. Sargent Esq. Ob. 6 Decr. 1762. ae. 72."

sources

1. Vital Records of Gloucester MA - Marriages Epes, jr., and Mary Pearson, Jan. 5, 1806.*
2. Vital Records of Gloucester MA - Marriages Epes, jr., Capt., and Hannah D[ane. int.] Coffin, Oct. 18, 1808.*
3. Sargent, Emma Worcester,. Epes Sargent of Gloucester and his descendants. Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. Page 28
4. Gatherings toward a genealogy of the Coffin family. Published 1896 by D. Clapp in Boston . Written in English. Page 30
5. History of the Town of Gloucester: Cape Ann (Google eBook) John James Babson. Procter Brothers, 1860

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