https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Amesbury/aBirthsS.shtml "(SARGENT (Sargant, Sargeant, Sargen, Sarjent, Sergant)) Chrestopher, 1st, s. Thomas and Mary, Aug. 4, 1704."

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill/aMarriagesS.shtml "(SARGENT (Sagent, Sargeant, Sarjent, Sergeant)) Christopher, of Methuen, and Susanna Peaslee, Jan. 22, 1729-30."

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Methuen/aDeathsS.shtml "(SARGENT (Sargant, Sargeant)) Christopher, Rev., Mar. 23, 1790, a. 86 y. GR1"

Sargent record : William Sargent of Ipswich, Newbury, Hampton, Salisbury and Amesbury, New England, U.S., with his descendants and their intermarriages, and other Sargent branches, pages 21 - 22, has his parents and his birth. <archive.org>

Sargent record : William Sargent of Ipswich, Newbury, Hampton, Salisbury and Amesbury, New England, U.S., with his descendants and their intermarriages, and other Sargent branches, page 24, has his marriage, death and lists his children. <archive.org>

Rev Christopher Sargent

• BIRTH 4 Aug 1704 Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 23 Mar 1790 (aged 85) Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Meeting House Hill Cemetery, Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 54510311

Parents
Thomas Sargent 1676–1719
Mary Stevens Webster 1680–1766

Spouse
Susanna Peaslee Sargeant 1712–1785 m. 1/22/1729 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts

Siblings
Moses Sargent 1707–1756
Stephen Sargent [1]

Children
Nathanael Peaslee Sargeant 1730–1731
Persis Sargeant 1744–1744
Christopher Sargeant 1748–1778
Thomas Sargeant 1753–1753
Abigail (Sargent) Hale,
Moses Sargent
Mary (Sargent) Bailey

Biography

Christopher Sargent was born on August 4, 1704, in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas and Mary Sargent.[2][3] He married Susanna Peaslee in 1729.[7] He was ordained as minister of the first church in Methuen later the same year.[8] He served in this position with this parish for 50 years.[9] Christopher was the first pastor of the Methuen Church. He was a Harvard Graduate.

He was a private in a militia under the command of Capt. Caleb Pilsberry, who marched from Medford to Cambridge, Mass., on April 19 and 20, 1775. He served for 4 days.[10] He would have been nearly 71 years old at that time. He died in 1790 and is buried in Methuen.[11] He died on March 23, 1790, in Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 86.[4][5] He is buried in Meeting House Hill Cemetery in Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts.[6]

References

[1] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sargeant-167

[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54510311/christopher-sargent

[3] http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joansovel... Familysearch DAR Patriot Index lists Ward Bailey as a Lieutenant for Vermont in Revolutionary War, and he was pensioned.

Sources== by Laura Lee Scott, Feb 2, 2014

[4] http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Amesbury/aBirthsS.shtml ↑

[5] http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Amesbury/Images/Amesbury_B214.s... ↑ http://ma-

[6] vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Methuen/aDeathsS.shtml ↑ http://ma-Aged 86 y.

[7] vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Methuen/Images/Methuen_D336.shtml ↑ Christopher's tombstone is on findagrave.com

[8] "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCT-XMB : 9 February 2018), Christopher Sargent and Susanna Peaslee, 22 Jan 1729 ↑ Methuen, Massachusetts, by Charles H. Oliphant, New England Magazine, Sept. 1900,

[9] http://www.methuenhistory.org/Methuen_Research/Oliphant.html ↑ Early Methuen History, MAGenWeg.org,

[10] http://magenweb.org/Essex/Methuen/Early_Methuen_Histories.html, accessed 18 Jul 2018

[11] "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-GFZG : 18 March 2018), Christopher Sargent, 1775.

[12] https://archive.org/details/sargentrecordwil00insarg

4 Chistopher4 * (Thomas3 , Thomas2 , William1 ) b. Amesbury, Mass.,Aug. 4, 1704, in. Jan. 22, 1730, Susannah Peaslee of Haverhill, there. She d. May 17, 1785; he d. March 20, 1790, both at Methuen, where they res. and are bur. He was a graduate of Harvard University, 1725, a Congregational minister and the first one settled, at M. in 1729, and his c. b. there.
i. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 28, 1730, d. y. 41' ii. Nathaniel P., b. Nov. 2. 1731. s. iii. Abigail, b. March 27. 1734, m. Jan. 22, 1755, Ezekiel Hale, a cloth dresser and miller of A., res. in Newburv and Dracnt; c. Abigail,b. 1756; Susannah. 1759; Hannah, 1761; Ezekiel, 1763; Moses, 1765; Persis, 1767; Hannah B.. 1769; Elizabeth, 1773; Lydia, 1775; Josiah, 1777. She m. 2d. Abel Plummet-, an Elder; res. Londonderry;she d. 1818; c. Elizabeth. iv. Susannah, b. March 27, 1736, m. Oct 9, 1759, Svmonds Baker of M.;c. Nathaniel, b. 1760; Simonds E., 1761; Susanna, 1763. 42 v. Moses, b. Mav 23, 1738 s. 43 vi. Elijah, b. June 22, 1739. s. vii. Persis, b. May 3. 1742, d. Dec. 22, 1744. viii. Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1743, m. Feb., 1765, Ward Railey of Bridgewater. 44 ix. Christopher, b. Oct. 4, 1746, d. Mav 29, 1778. x. Persis, b. Jan. 1, 1750, m. Oct. 7. 1769, Isaac Thorn, M. D., at.;res.L. ; c. Christopher, b. 1770; Persis, 1774; Persis, 1779; Susanna,1781; Isaac; James; Nathaniel; Eliza; George, xi. Thomas, b. May 20, 1753, d. Oct. 17, 1753. 45 xii. Thomas, b. July 22, 1756. s. 15 Moses4 (Thomas3 , Thomas2 , William Sargent record : William Sargent of Ipswich,Newbury, Hampton, Salisbury and Amesbury, New England, U.S., with his descendants and their intermarriages,and other Sargent branches (1899) [12]