Rev. William Sargent

Reverend William Sargent was born 20 Jun 1602 in Courteenhall, Northampton, England, christened 20 Jun 1602 in Courteenhall, Northampton, England, and died 16 Dec 1682 (Alternate: 4 April 1683) in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. His will was written on 9 March 1679/80 [9], proven on 3 March 1682/3 and devised to his wife and six children[13].

Parents: Roger Sargent (b. ca 1530-1595/6) and Ellen Makernes

Married:

1. abt 1627 in All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England to Hannah (-d. 1632). Her parents are not known. She was buried on 25 September 1632 in All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [6,14].
2. abt 1634 in All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England to Mary, also known as Marie (-d ca 1637). Her parents are not known. She died circa 1637 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England[6].
3. before 17 March 1638 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to Sarah. Her parents are not known. She was admitted to the church at Charlestown on 17 March 1638/9.

4 children of Hannah and William Sargent include:

1. Elizabeth bap. 3 July 1628; d. January 1628. Died young.
2. Hannah bap. 13 July 1629; came to New England with her father.
3. Elizabeth bap. 12 September 1630; came to New England with her father.
4. Mary bap. 2 Sept. 1632; probably died in infancy.

2 children of Marie and William Sargent include:

1. Sarah bap. 26 October 1635; probably died in infancy.
2. Marie bap. 22 January 1637 in All Saints, Northampton, Northampton, England. She died in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts on 30 November 1671. She married Allen Breed (1626-1707, son of Allen Breen and Elizabeth Wheeler.

3 children of Sarah and William Sargent include:

1. Sarah
2. John born in 1639 and baptized in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 8d:10m(December):1639.
3. Ruth born in 28d:8m(October):1642 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA
4. Samuel was born on 3d:1m(March):1644/5 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA

Brief Biography

William was first a haberdasher. When he migrated to New England, he became first a deacon and later a lay preacher at Malden, Middlesex co., MA and Barnstable, Plymouth co., MA[6,9]. Even though he was a lay preacher, he is commonly referred to as "Reverend William Sargent". He was admitted to the church in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 10 March 1638/9[9,13]. His migration from his English established life and subsequent occupation as a lay preacher seem to indicate that William became a rather staunch Puritan.

From the Sargent Genealogy (1895):

William Sargent, the ancestor of the family in America, came from Northhampton, in England, to Charlestown, in New England, with his third wife, Sarah, and two daughters by his forst wife, in the year 1638.
The plantation at Salem had been begun in 1628 by John Endicott and others, who came over from England to make preparations for the settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Several persons by his permission travelled in a westerly direction about twelve miles through the woods, and came to a neck of land between the Charles and Mystic Rivers, called by the natives Mishawum, which was 'full of Indians of the Aberginian tribe.' Having obtained consent of the Sagamore, they settled ther and agreed to call the new settlement "Charlestown." As early as 1629 Ralph Sprague and others, living in Charlestown, crossed the river to explore the country, and found an 'uncouth wilderness,' inhabited by the Pawtucket Indians. A settlement was afterwards made at "Mystic Side" -- that is, on the north side of Mystic River -- as part of Charlestown; and William Sargent and his family made their domicile there. He was admitted to the Church in Charlestown, March 10, 1638/39; and his wife was admitted the following Sunday. He was made a freeman of Massachesetts Bay Colony the same year.
...In 1649 a new town was set off from Charlestown, on Mystic Side, as a separate town, and named Malden, probably from Malden, in Essex County, England...William Sargent was lay preacher there (from1648 to 1650)....
William Sargent removed to Barnstable probably in 1656 or 1657; for he was in Malden in August, 1655, and in Barnstable the '29th of the 4th month 1658," as appears by a power of attorney given by him to Joseph Hills; and he was made a freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1657. He was a preacher in Barnstable.

Links

• http://www.archive.org/stream/sargentgenealog00unkngoog#page/n30/mo... Sargent, Aaron, and John S. Sargent. Sargent Genealogy: Hugh Sargent, of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire and His Descendants in England. Somerville, Mass: A. Sargent, 1895.] page 18, 19, 33
• http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Sargent/WilliamSargent.html
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=31689&id=... (non functioning URL 29 July 2011) - text at footnote 1 [fn1]

Sources

• Sargent, Aaron, and John S. Sargent. Sargent Genealogy: Hugh Sargent, of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire and His Descendants in England. Somerville, Mass: A. Sargent, 1895.
• www.familysearch.org LDS IGI Note: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 08 Aug 2004. Text: William Sargent; Male; Birth: 1602 , Old Rappahannock, Virginia; Death: 04 APR 1683; Spouse: William MRS. Sargent; Marriage: About 1632 Of, , Old Rappahannock, Virginia; No source information is available.
• NEHGS Vol 71 page 175
• NEGHS Vol 75 page 140

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• Sargent genealogy : Hugh Sargent, of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire and his descendants in England (1895)
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• Hugh Sargent (Sariant), the earliest known ancestor of the family, lived in Courteenhall, County of Northampton. Courteenhall was the inheritance of the Wake family, which traces its descent back to Hereward the Wake, to a time anterior to the Norman Conquest. It is five and a quarter miles southerly from the town of Northampton, and in 1831 contained one hundred and forty-four inhabitants. The church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
• Prefixed to the first volume of the parish register, which begins in the year 1538, and folded to its size, is a large piece of parchment, on which is very neatly transcribed many pedigrees. One of them is of the family of Sargent. There can be no doubt that this piece of work, which is both most useful and rare, was written by a former rector, who had at first hand the facts which he recorded.
• The rector of the church, Rev. Archibald Wake (1895), says, "The parchment shows that the family were in Courteenhall in 1554, and were of gentle blood; and possibly the Sargents were in the parish before a Wake entered it."
• Margaret, wife of Hugh Sargent, was daughter of Nicholas and Agnes (Masters) Gifford, of the Abbey of St. James, which was a western suburb of the town of Northampton. (See "Gifford Pedigree.") This abbey was a religious estate of considerable note, founded before the year 1112, by William Peverel, natural son of William
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• the Conqueror, and to which he (Peverel) gave forty acres of land. It is called St. James End.
• Hugh Sargent must have been born about the year 1530. He died Feb. 23, 1595/6, (buried 1st of March).
• That he heeded the Scripture injunction, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth," is evidenced by the fact that he was the father of fifteen children, the eldest having been born in 1556, and the youngest in 1579.
• His children, in their order of birth, were : —
  • I. Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 30, 1555/6 ; m. Sept. 16, 1576, Nicholas Edwards.
  • II. Anne, ---- .
  • III. Nicholas, bap. Aug. 1, 1559; m. Nov. 27, 1593, Elizabeth, widow of John Clarke.
  • IV. Roger, b. about 1562 ; m. Jan. 3, 1589/90, Ellen Makernes (d. October, 1645, buried the 21st). He died July, 1649 (buried the 16th).
  • Ellen, wife of Roger Sargent, was daughter of William Makernes, of Finedon, thirteen and a half miles north-easterly from Northampton. The will of William Makernes, dated March 10, 1612,. proved March 30, 1616, names sons, Richard, Edmund, George, and William, "son-in-law Roger Seargeant," and daughter, Margery Chapman.
  • Roger Sargent (probably named for his mother's brother, Roger Gilford, or his great-grandfather of the same name) was junior bailiff in 1616 and 16 17, and mayor of Northampton in 1626. The following is a copy of his will : — .... etc.
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  • V. Mary, bap. May 30, 1565 ; m. May 5, 1602, William Osborne, of Hansloppe.
  • VI. John, bap. April 25, 1566; m. Nov. 20, 1602, Joies, widow of Thomas Church.
  • VII. Jane, ---- ; m. Oct. 28, 1606, Arthur Clarke, alias Boterell.
  • VIII. Alice, ---- ; m. Oct. 6, 1597, George Coles.
  • IX. Richard, ---- ; m. Jan. 30, 1609/10, Jane Green (widow).
  • X. Thomas, ---- .
  • XI. George, bap. April 1, 1573.
  • XII. Magdeline, bap. July 9, 1574.
  • XIII. Robert, bap. Oct. 30, 1575.
  • XIV. Michael, bap. Dec. 27, 1576.
  • XV. Dorothy, bap. Feb. 8, 1578/9; d. Oct. 4, 1602.
• Children of Nicholas (son of Hugh). .... etc.
• Children of Roger (son of Hugh).
  • I. Daniel, bap. Sept. 18, 1590; d. Dec. 1590.
  • II. Sarah, bap. Oct. 4, 1591.
  • III. Anna, bap. Oct. 16, 1593.
  • IV. Samuel bap. Oct. 13, 1595; d. April, 1596.
  • V. Joseph, bap. June 25, 1598; m. Dorothy ----; d. April 11, 1678.
  • Joseph Sargent was made freeman April 16, 1625; was church warden of All Saints' Church, Northampton, 1631-32; junior bailiff, 1632-33; alderman; and mayor of Northampton 1644-45, 1656, and 1671.
  • VI. Dorothy, bap. March 6, 1599/1600; m. Nov. 30, 1634, Thomas Ball.
  • VII. William, bap. June 20, 1602; m. 1st Hannah ---- (d. September, 1632, buried 20th); 2d, Marie ---- (d. probably in 1637); 3d, Sarah, widow of William Minshall, of Whitchurch, county of Salop, Gent, and earlier of Bunbury, in Cheshire.
  • William Sargent was made freeman of Northampton July 20, 1626, and was senior bailiff, 1632-33. He came to New England in 1638. (See "American Lineage.")
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  • VIII. A son, ----; d. September, 1604.
  • IX. John, bap. Nov. 23, 1605; m. Nov. 7 1634, Anne Orpin. He was made freeman July 20, 1626.
  • X. Mary, ---- .
  • XI. Elizabeth, ---- ; m. 1st, Oct. 9, 1626, Robert Banks; 2d, Henry Sprigg; 3d, George Norwood; d. before 1680.
• Children of Joseph (son of Roger). .... etc.
• Children of William (son of Roger) and Hannah.
  • I. Elizabeth, bap. July 3, 1628; d. January, 1629/30.
  • II. Hannah, bap. July 13, 1629; came to New England with her father.
  • III. Elizabeth, bap. Sept. 12, 1630; came to New England with her father.
  • IV. Mary, bap. Sept. 2, 1632; probably d. in infancy
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• Children of William and Marie.
  • I. Sarah, bap. Oct. 26, 1635; probably d. in infancy.
  • II. Marie, bap. Jan. 22, 1636/7; probably d. in infancy.
• Children of William and Sarah. (See "American Lineage."
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• By the Barnstable records it appears that William died Dec. 16, 1682, and his wife Sarah, Jan. 12, 1688/9.
• Children of William and Hannah. (See "English Ancestry.")
  • 2. I. Hannah, b. in England; m. in 1649 Henry Felch, of Reading; d. Dec. 15, 1717. A
  • 3. II. Elizabeth, b. in England; m. about 1651 David Nichols; m. Jan. 14, 1652/3, Thomas Bill of Boston; d. March 5, 1657/8. A
• Children of William and Sarah, b. in Charlestown (Mystic Side).
  • 4. I. John, b. December, 1639 (bap. on the 8th); m. March 19, 1662, Deborah Hillier, of Barnstable (b. at Yarmouth, Oct. 30, 1643; d. April 20 1669; da. of Hugh); m. Sept 3, 1669, Mary Bense (d. February, 1670/1); m. 3d, Lydia Chipman, of Barnstable (b. at Barnstable, Dec. 25, 1654; d. March 2, 1730; dau. of John); d in Malden, Sept. 9, 1716. Ch. 7-21. P-P
  • John Sargent (born in Charlestown) went to Barnstable with his father, and was admitted to inhabit there between 1662 and 1666. He returned to Malden about 1669, .... etc.
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  • Like his transatlantic great-grandfather, he heeded the scripture injuction; and all his fifteen children are named in his will of May 20, 1708. .... etc.
  • 5. II. Ruth, b. Oct. 25, 1642; m. about 1663 Jonathan Winslow, of Marshfield (son of Josiah and a nephew of Governor Edward Winslow); m. July, 1677, Richard Bourne, of Sandwich (b. in England; m. in 1694 John Chipman, of Sandwich; d. Oct. 4, 1711. A-P
  • 6. III. Samuel, b. March 3, 1644/5; made freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1684; d. Sept. 22, 1710, um.
  • His slate gravestone is near that of his brother. ____________
• The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 75 By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic Genealogical Society
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• [EXPLANATORY NOTE.--The parish registers of Courteenhall, co. Northampton, begin in 1538. In the back of the first volume a parchment chart has been pasted, on which the pedigrees of many Courteenhall families, including the Sargent family, have been written. These prdigrees were probably entered by the vicar of the paris, the handwriting and ink showing that the work was done about 1590. The vicar evidently asked the various families in the parish for information
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• about the events in their histories that had occurred outside the parish of Courteenhall, and thus he secured for the chart the records of the older children of Hugh Sargent, who were born probably before the Sargent family moved to Courteenhall. The first Sargent entry in the Courteenhall registers is the record of the baptism of George, son of Mr. Hugh Sargent, Gent., 2 Apr. 1573. Later the vicar added records of some of the children of Roger Sargent, son of Hugh, which show that Roger Sargent of Courteenhall was identical with the Roger Sargent who family records are found in the registers of the parish of All Saints, Northampton(*) Below are give the statements about the Sargent family found on the parchment chart, and discrepancies between the statements of the chart and the entries in the parish registers proper are indicated in footnotes.]
• Hugh Sargent gent & Margaret Gyfford he died 28 february: 1595 ch:
  • 1 Elizabeth 30 Januarij 1555 esp: to Nichas Edwards 16 Septeb: 1576(f)
  • 2 Anne
  • 3 Nicholas baptised 1 August 1559 esp: Elizabeth Clarke 27 Novebr: 1593 vid Joh' Clarcke
  • 4 Roger {esq: Ellen'r Macharnes of Thyndon 3 Junij} 1589 ch: Daniel 18 Septbr: 1590(+) died an p'rdict; Sarah 4 Octob. 1591; Anna 16 Octob: 1593($); Samuel 1595 dead; Joseph; Dorothie
  • 5 Marye 30 May 1565 esq to W: Osb. 5 May 1602
  • 6 John 25 Apr: 1566 esq: Joes Church 20 Noveb: 1602 {Spuria 4 Januarij 1602 buried 5 Januarij 1602} vid: Tho: church (||)
  • 7 Jane esq: to Arthur Clarcke alias Boterell (|f) 28 Octob: 1606
  • 8 Alce esp: to George Coles of Northampton
  • 9 Richarde
  • 10 Thomas
  • 11 George 2 Aprilis 1573
  • 12 Magddalen 9 Julij 1574
  • 13 Robert 30 Octob: 1575
  • 14 Michaell 27 Dec: 1576
  • 15 Dorothey 8 Febr: 1578 died 4 Octob: 1602 being delivered of a bd 9 daies before
• In the "Sargent Genealogy," published in 1895 by the late Aaron Sargent of Somerville, Mass., the ancestry of William Sargent, on of the early settlers of Malden, Mass., is carried back to his grandfather, Hugh Sargent of Courteenhall, co. Northampton, England;
  • (*) Vide supra, vol. 74. pp. 281, 183.
  • (f) According to the parish registers Elizabeth Sargent married 25 June 1576 Thoms Flynte.
  • (+) Probably the date of birth, as he was baptized 20 September 1560 (vide supra, vol. 74, p. 281).
  • ($) Probably the date of birth, as she was baptized 21 Oct. 1593 (ib.).
  • (||) According to the parish registers John Sargent was buried 10 December 1614. His wife is recorded as daughter of Henry Church and Marie his wife, and she was baptized as such 21 December 1574. As Joyce Sargent, "a poore woman." she was buried 14 May 1643. The children of John and Joyce Sargent were: 1. Spuria, baptized 4 January 1602/3; buried 9 [5, according to the chart] January 1602/3. 2. Marie, baptized 7 December 1604. 3. Jane, baptized 5 September 1606; married 4 November 1633 John Locky. 4. Alice, baptized 19 May 1609. 5. Henry, baptized 23 March 1611 [1611/12]. 6. Edward, baptized 4 March 1613 [1613/14]; he and his wife Alice had John, baptized 7 Janurary 1641/2, and Anne, baptized 26 March 1643. [Edwaqrd Sargent, son of John and Joyce, seems to have been the only male Sargent who remained in the parish.]
  • (|f) He was of Stony Stratford.
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• but the statements about the English Sargents printed in this book contain several errors, the documentary evidence on which these statements are based is omitted, and comparatively little information is give about the ancestry of Margaret Gifford, wife of Hugh Sargent and grandmother of the New England immigrant. .... etc.
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• 1. HUGH SARGENT, of East Haddon and later of Courteenhall, co. Northampton, Gent., born probably about 1530, died 28 Feb. 1595/6, and was buried at Courteenhall 1 Mar. 1595/6. He married, about 1554(f) MARGARET GIFFORD, born about 1535, daughter
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• of Nicholas, Gent., and Agnes (Maister) of St. James near Northampton. (Vide supra, 19.) Children: (*)
  • i. ELIZABETH, bapt. 30 Jan. 1555/6; m. 25 June 1576 THOMAS FLYNTE.
  • ii. ANNE.
  • iii. NICHOLAS, bapt. 1 Aug. 1559; m. 27 Nov. 1593 ELIZABETH (----) CLARKE, widow of John.
  • 2. iv. ROGER, b. about 1560.
  • v. MARY, bapt. 30 May 1565; m. 5 May 1602 W. OSBORN of Hanslope, co. Bucks.
  • vi. JOHN, bapt. 25 Apr. 1566; bur. at Courteenhall 10 Dec. 1614; m. 20 Nov. 1602 JOYCE CHURCH, bapt. at Courteenhall 21 Dec. 1574, bur. there, "a poore woman," 14 May 1643, dau. of Henry and Marie. Six children, for whom vide supra, p. 58, footnote.
  • vii. JANE, bapt. at East Haddon 16 June 1567; m. 28 Oct. 1606 ARTHUR CLARKE, alias BOTERELL, of Stony Stratford, co. Bucks.
  • viii. ALICE, bapt. at East Haddon 8 May 1569; m. at Northampton, 6 Oct. 1597, GEORGE COLES of Northampton.
  • ix. RICHARD.
  • x. THOMAS.
  • xi. GEORGE, bapt. at Courteenhall 2 Apr. 1573.
  • xii. MAGDALEN, bapt. at Courteenhall 9 July 1574.
  • xiii. ROBERT, bapt. at Courteenhall 30 Oct. 1575.
  • xiv. MICHAEL, bapt. at Courteenhall 27 Dec. 1576.
  • xv. DOROTHY, bapt. at Courteenhall 8 Feb. 1578/9; d. 4 Oct. 1602, "being delivered of a bd 9 daies before."
• 2. ROGER SARGENT (Hugh), of the town of Northampton, mercer, born about 1560, was buried in the parish of All Saints, Northampton, in July (perhaps 5 July) 1649. He married, 3 June 1589, ELLEN (or ELEANOR MAKERNES (or MACHARNES), baptized at Finedon, co. Northampton, 24 Nov. 1564, buried at Northampton 20 Oct. 1645, daughter of William and Agnes (Harrgat) of Finedon.(t)
• Roger Sargent was an alderman of Northampton in 1616, senior bailiff the following year, and mayor in 1626. his will dated 12 Apr. 1649 and proved 22 Feb. 1649/50, is printed in Aaron Sargent's "Sargent Genealogy," 1695, pages 16-17.
• Children, recorded in the parish of All Saints, Northampton:(+)
  • i. DANIEL, bapt. 20 Sept. 1590; buried 9 Dec. 1590.
  • ii. SARA, bapt. 4 Oct. 1591 (according to chart in the Courteenhall register).
  • iii. ANNA, bapt. 21 Oct. 1593; probably the Agnes, dau. of Roger Sargeant, who was buried at All Saints 30 Oct. 1599.
  • iv. SAMUEL, bapt. 13 Oct. 1595; bur. 27 Apr. 1596.
  • v. MARY, bapt. 6 Mar. 1596/7; bur. 17 Aug. 1597.
  • vi. JOSEPH,($) linen draper and mercer, bapt. 25 June 1598; bur. at All
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  • Saints 11 Apr. 1678; m. about 1624 DOROTHY ___, who was bur. at All Saints 9 Oct. 1681. He was executor of his father's will, church warden of All Saints' Church in 1631-2, junior bailiff on Northamton in 1632-3, alderman, and mayor of Northampton in 1644-5, 1656, and 1671. Children, recorded at All Saints, Northampton: 1. Samuel, bapt. 9 Oct. 1625; bur. 28 Feb. 1625/6. 2 Samuel, bapt. 20 May 1527. 3. Elizabeth, bapt. 15 mar. 1628/9; m. Robert Pickmer. 4. Dorothy, bapt. 7 Aug. 1631; m. at All Saints, 9 Nov. 1648, George Billton of London, Gent. 5. Thomas, draper, bapt. 9 Mar. 1633/4; bur. 6 May 1689; m. about 1657 Dorcas ___, b. in the parish of All Saints, d. there 20 Aug. 1729, in her 93d year; he was junior bailiff in 1659-60, church warden in 1666, and an alderman of Northampton; eight children, recorded in the registers of All Saints. 6. Martha, bapt. 10 Dec. 1637; bur. 18 Feb. 1638/9. 7. Anne, bapt. 13 Sept. 1640. 8. Infan child, bur. 26 Sept. 1646.
  • vii. DOROTHY, bapt. 6 Mar. 1599/1600; living 12 Apr. 1649; m. at All Saints, 30 Nov. 1634, THOMAS BALL, who d. before 12 Apr. 1549. In his will, dated 12 Apr. 1649, Roger Sargent, after making other bequests to Dorothy and others, gives "all the rest of my goods household stuffe wearinge apparell gowns cattell and chattells whatsoever to my daught'r Ball w'ch hath most neede of my helpe by reason of the want and poverty wherein she was left by her husband Thomas Ball late deceased."
  • 3.viii. WILLIAM, bapt. 30 June 1602.
  • ix. INFANT SON [puerulus], bur. 3 Sept. 1604.
  • x. JOHN, mercer and linen draper, bapt. 24 Nov. 1605; m. at All Saints, 4 Nov. 16334, ANNE ORPYN of Northampton. Children: 1. John, not recorded in the register of All Saints, but mentioned in his grandfather's will, 1649, as his father's eldest son. 2. Joseph, bur. 12 Mar. 1636/7. 3. Joseph, not recorded in the register of All Saints, bur mentioned in his grandfather's will in 1649. 4. Samuel, bapt. 18 Oct. 1860; bur. 14 Dec. 1640. 5. Samuel, bapt. 6 Jan. 1741/2; bur. 3 Aug. 1644. 6. Elizabeth, bapt. 28 Jan. 1643/4; probably d. in infancy. 7. Elizabeth, bapt. 6 Sept. 1646. 8. Mary, bapt. 10 Sept. 1648.
  • xi. ELIZABETH, bapt. 26 Feb 1608/9; living 12 Apr. 1649, when her father in his will refers to her as "my daughter Sprigge;" d. before 1680; m. (1) 9 Oct. 1626 ROBERT BANKS; m. (2) before 12 Apr. 1649 HENRY SPRIGG; m. (3) after 12 Apr. 1649 GEORGE NORWOOD.
• 3. WILLIAM SARGENT (Roger, Hugh), of Northampton, haberdasher, and of New England, baptized in the parish of All Saints, Northampton, 20 June 1602, died at Barnstable, in the Plymouth Colony in New England, 16 Dec. 1682. he married first, probably about 1627, HANNAH ----, who was buried at All Saints 25 Sept. 1632; secondly, probably about 1634, MARY ---- , who died probably in 1637; and thirdly, probably in 1638, SARAH (----) MINSHALL, who died at Barnstable in the Plymouth Colony 12 Jan. 1688/9, widow of William Minshall of Whitchurch, co Salop, Gent.
• William Sargent, like his father, resided in the parish of All Saints, Northampton. He was made a freeman of Northampton 20 July 1626, being then called son of Roger Sargent. He was senior bailiff in 1632-3. His name appears for the last time in the register of All Saints in the entry of the baptism of his daughter Mary, 22 Jan. 1636/7, and his is
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• next found at Charlestown, Mass., where he was admitted to the church on 10 Mar. 1638/9. .... etc.
• William Sargent was admitted a freeman in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639. He removed to Malden, Mass., where he was a deacon and lay preacher in the church. His farm was in that part of Malden which was set off in 1870 as the town (now the city) of Everett. He removed to Barnstable, probably in 1656 or 1657, was made a freeman of the Plymouth Colony in 1657, and was a preacher also at Barnstable. His will, dated 9 Mar. 1679/80, is printed in Aaron Sargent's "Sargent Genealogy," where also further details of his life in New England and a genealogy of his descendants may be found.
• Children by first wife, baptized at All Saints, Northampton:
  • i. ELIZABETH, bapt. 3 July 1628; bur. at All Saints 5 Jan. 1629/30.
  • ii. HANNAH, bapt. 13 July 1629; came to New England; d. at Reading, Mass., 15 Dec. 1717, "being near a 100 years old"; m. in 1649 HENRY FELCH of Reading, who d. there 11 Nov. 1699. Eleven children.
  • iii. ELIZABETH, bapt. 12 Sept. 1630; came to New England; d. 5 Mar. 1657/8; m. (1) about 1651 DAVID NICHOLS of Boston, who d. 13 Mar. 1652/3; m. (2) 14 June 1653 THOMAS BILL of Boston, who m. (2) Abigail Willis, dau. of Michael, and d. 29 Oct. 1696. Two sons by second husband.
  • iv. MARY, bapt. 2 Sept. 1632; bur. at All Saints 9 Feb. 1635/6.
• Children by second wife, baptized at All Saints, Northampton:
  • v. SARAH, bapt. 22 Oct. 1635; probably d. young.
  • vi. MARY, bapt. 22 Jan. 1636/7; probably d. young.
• Children by third wife:
  • vii. JOHN, of Barnstable and of Malden, Mass., bapt. at Chrlestown, Mass., 8 Dec. 1639; d. at Malden 9 Sept. 1716, aged 76 years, 9 months; m. (1) 19 Mar. 1662/3 DEBORAH HILLIER of Barnstable, b. at Yarmouth in the Plymouth Colony 30 Oct. 1643, d. 20 Apr. 1669, dau. of Hugh; m. (2) 3 Sept. 1669 MARY BENSE, who d. s.p. in Feb. 1670/1; m. (3) LYDIA CHIPMAN of Barnstable, b. at Barnstable 25 Dec. 1654, d. 2 Mar. 1729/30, dau. of Elder John and Hope (Howland). Four children by first wife and eleven children by third wife.
  • viii. RUTH, b. at Charlestown, Mass., 25 Oct. 1642; d. 4 Oct. 1711; m. (1) about 1663 JONATHAN WINSLOW of Marshfield in the Plym-
  • Pg.142
  • outh Colony, b. in 1638, bur. 8 Sept. 1676, s. of Josiah and Margaret and newphew of Gov. Edward Winslow; m. (2) in July 1677, as his second wife, RICHARD BOURNE of Sandwich in the Plymouth Colony; m. (3) in 1684, as his second wife, ELDER JOHN CHIPMAN of Sandwich. One son by first husband.
  • ix. SAMUEL, b. at Charlestown, Mass., 3 Mar. 1644/5; d. unm. at Malden 22 Sept. 1710, in his 66th year. ______________

   From "Sargent Genealogy" Aaron Sargent 1891:

Father: Roger Sargent b: ABT 1562 in Northhamptonshire, England Mother: <Living>

Father: Roger Sargent b: ABT 1562 in Northhamptonshire, England Mother: Ellen Makerness b: BEF 24 NOV 1564 in Northhamptonshire, England

Marriage 1 <Living>

Marriage 2 <Living>

Marriage 3 <Living>

Children

  1. Has No Children <Living>

  2. Has Children John Sargent b: DEC 1639 in Charlestown, Mass. c: 08 DEC 1639 in baptised

  3. Has No Children <Living>

Marriage 4 Sarah Minshall b: ABT 1609 in Whitchurch, Salop, England

   * Married: ABT 1638

Children

  1. Has Children John Sargent b: DEC 1639 in Charlestown, Mass. c: 08 DEC 1639 in baptised

Sources:

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GEDCOM Source

@R450171231@ Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,9198::0

GEDCOM Source

Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 223p/1 1,9198::151522462

A different William Sargent, born in 1611, died at Amesbury after 24 Feb 1673/4 and before 8 April 1675. He married 1) Elizabeth Perkins, 2) Joanna (Pinder) Rowell.[2]

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Rev William Sargent

Born before 20 Jun 1602 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England

Son of Roger Sargent and Eleanor (MacKernes) Sargent

Brother of John Sargent

Husband of Hannah (UNKNOWN) Sargent — married 1626 (to 20 Sep 1632) in Northampton, Nhmptnsh, Eng

Husband of Marie (Unknown) Sargent — married 1634 [location unknown]

Husband of Sarah Jane (Unknown) Sargent — married about 1638 [location unknown]

Father of Susanna (Sargent) Haddon, Hannah (Sargent) Felch, Elizabeth (Sargent) Bill, Sarah Sargent, Mary (Sargent) Breed, John Sargent I, Ruth (Sargent) Chipman, Samuel Sargent and Peter Sargent

Died 16 Dec 1682 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

William Sargent migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

William Sargent AKA Sergeant[1]

Caution, Two William Sargents

A different William Sargent, born in 1611, died at Amesbury after 24 Feb 1673/4 and before 8 April 1675. He married 1) Elizabeth Perkins, 2) Joanna (Pinder) Rowell.[2]

Origin

William was baptized on 20 January 1602 at the parish of All Saints at Northamptonshire, England.[1] He was a son of Roger Sargent.[1]

William Sargent was made freeman in Northampton July 20, 1626, and was senior bailiff, 1632-33. He was still in England for the baptism of his daughter, Mary, 22 Jan 1636/7.[1] William had been a "haberdasher of Hatts" at Northamptonshire.[1]

Immigration

William immigrated and he was admitted to the Charlestown church on 10 March 1638/9. Sarah was admitted the 17th.[1]

Winthrop's certification

"John Winthrop Esqr Governor of the Jurisdiccon of the Mattachusetts bay in New England to all manner of persons whome it may concerne greeting These are to certify you that William Sargeant late of Northampton haberdasher of Hatts and now of Charlestown in New England planter & Sarah his wife late the wife of William Minshall of Whitchurch in the County of Salop gent. Deceased are both blessed be God in full life & good health at the time of the making herof In testimony whereof I have caused the publicke seale of our Colony to be hereto affixed the fourteenth day of November in the fifteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles now King of England &c Annoq Dni 1639."[3]

Massachusetts

22 May 1639. Mr. Will: Sergent was admitted freeman to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.[4][1] Anderson assigned this date to the other William Sergent in his featured article[5]

He left Charleston, going to Malden, Massachusetts where he was a deacon and lay preacher.[1]

"William Sargent and his family made their domicile [at "Mystic Side" - that is, on the north side of Mystic River - as a part of Charlestown]. William's farm was in the southerly part of Mystic Side, or Malden, on the southerly slope of a hill (afterwards called Belmont Hill), about one and a third miles north-east from the river. The farm was owned by him as early as 1640, with the exception of eight acres southwest of and adjoining the original farm, which he purchased in 1654. It was on both sides of what was afterwards the Newburyport Turnpike, which, having been abandoned as a turnpike, became a town highway, called Broadway. This part of the town was set off from Malden in 1870, and named Everett in honor of Edward Everett, the distinguished statesman and orator."[6]

About 1656, he went to Barnstable, where he was made a freeman of the Plymouth Colony in 1657. He was a preacher in Barnstable also.[1][6] There are further details of Williams life in the Sargent Genealogy.[6]

Offices and Positions

Mr. William Sergent was admitted as freeman at Massachusetts Bay Colony 22 May 1639.[7] He removed to Malden where he had a farm (area later became part of Everett). There he served as a Lay-Preacher and a Deacon.[1]

Death and Legacy

William died 16 December 1682 at Barnstable, Massachusetts.[6] His will was dated 9 March 1679/80.[1] In it he names his wife Sarah, sons John and Samuel, daughter Hannah Feech and Ruth Bourne, grandson Samuel Bill. An inventory valued at £309.14.9 was taken 3 March 1682/3[6]

Will[6]

Willm Seargeant ffrom Barnstab 4th mo. 61. 29th day William Sargent's will, of which the following is a copy, is recorded in the Plymouth Colony Records at Plymouth:

"The last Will and Testament of Mr. William Serjant of Barnstable in the Gov'ment of New Plymouth, exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth aforsaid on the oathes of Mr. Thomas Hinckley assistant and John Chipman Elder as followeth;

I Willliam Sarjeant of Barnstable in the Govrment of New Plymouth being weak of body but by the Mercye of God of disposing mind and memory; and calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory life, and not knowing how soone it may please God to call mee hence, do therefore make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament, heerby revoakeing and adnulling all former and other will or wills heereterfore by mee made either by word or writing; and this only to be accoumpted and accepted as my last will and Testament as followeth Imps, I will and bequeath my soule to God in Jesus Christ my Deare Saviour and onely redeemer and my body to decent buriall: and as to my Temporall estate which God hath bin pleased far above my deserts, to bestow upon mee; my will is that first of all thatt all my just debts which I owe to any prson or prsons in right or consience shall be first discharged and satisfyed out of my estate by my executors heerafter named, within convenient time after my decease Item - I will and bequeath to Sarah my loveing wife all my household stuffe and two of my Cowes to be wholy att her dispose, and the use of the new end of my now dwelling house, or the use of one such Room of my house att Maulden, as shee shall chuse in case shee there desire to live during her natural life, and for the further support and stay of liveing I will unto her eight pounds pr annum in current Country pay, to be payed out of the proffitts of my lands by my two sons John and Samuell during her naturall life, vid; my son John to pay six pounds therof and my son Samuel forty shillings therof yeerly, and every yeer during her naturall life. Item I will and bequeath unto my son John Sargent my house with all my lands att Maulden. To him and his heirs forever so as hee my said son his heires or assigns, doe well and trely pay or cause to be payed unto Sarah his mother the sume of six pounds or annum as above mensioned, and after his said mothers decease, the sum of five pounds as a leganse which I will to be payed to my Daughter Hannah Feech within one full yeer after his mothers my said wife her decease; and five pounds as a legacse I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ruth Bourn within three yeers after her my said wifes decease. These Legacses to be payed in currant countrye pay at price currant; as they shall grow due and payable; Item I will and bequeath unto my son Samuell Serjeant my now Dwelling house with all my land in Barnstable to him and his heirs forever, so as hee the said Samuell his heires or assigns doe well and truely pay or cause tobe payed unto the said Sarah his mother forty shillings pr annum in Currant Country pay during her naturall life, as aforesaid; also I will and bequeath to him the said Samuell my two oxen 2 cowes and a horse with my cart plow and other Tackling thereunto belonging, Item I will to Samuell Bill, my Grandson one heiffer or young horse, and my will is to leave all the rest of my estate in whatsoever it is unto my executors for the payment of my debts, and discharge of my funerall expences, and I doe hereby appoint and declare Sarah my said loveing wife and my Son John Serjeant aforsaid to be my executors of this my last Will and Testament; and my loveing friends Elder John Chipman and Deacon William Crocker to be ouerseers to see this my last Will and Testament be prformed, according to the true intent therof; in witness wherof I have heerunto sett my hand and seal this ninth day of Mach Anno Dom 1679/80

William Serjeant - Seal

Signed sealed and declared In presence of Thomas Hinckley John Chipman Marriages

William married three times.[1]

He married in 1626, as his 1st, to Hannah (Unknown). She was buried on 25 September 1632. He married in 1634, as his 2nd, to Mary/Marie (Unknown). She died in 1637. He married in 1638, as his 3rd, to Sarah (Unknown) Minshall, widow of William Minshall of Whitechurch. She died 12 January 1688/9 at Barnstable. Children

Children of William and Hannah bpt at All Saints, Northampton:

Elizabeth bpt 3 July 1628; bur All ?Saints 5 Jan 1629/30[1] Hannah bpt 13 July 1629; d. at Reading, Massachusetts 15 Dec 1717; m. 1649 Henry Felch[1] Elizabeth bpt 12 Sep 1630; d. 5 Mar 1657/8; m. (1) David Nichols; m. (2) Thomas Bill[1] Mary bpt 2 Sep 1632; but All Saints 9 Feb 1635/6[1] Children of William and Mary bpt at All Saints:

Sarah bpt 22 Oct 1635; prob died young[1] Mary bpt Jan 22, 1636/7; prob. died young[1] Children of William and Sarah:

John bpt Charlestown 8 Dec 1639; d 1716; married [1] Ruth b. Charlestown 25 Oct 1642; d. 4 Oct 1711; married[1] Samuel b. Charlestown 3 Mar 1644/5 d. 22 Sep 1710; unmarried.[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 1.18 1.19 1.20 Moriarty, G. Andrews, (1921) "Genealogical Research in England: Gifford - Sargent Concluded." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org (Vol 75 1921, Page 141). ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, "William Sargent," Featured name. The Great Migration Begins. (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1995): vol III, pp. 1630-33. Ancestry.com AmericanAncestors.org. Note this reference is to the other William Sargent. ↑ Hale, Edward Everett. (editor) Note-Book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq. Vol VII Archaeologia Americana: Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. (John Wilson and Son, University Press, Cambridge, 1885) p. 224 ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Vol 1 1628-1641 (William White, Boston, 1853-) p. 375 ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1995) p. 1630+ William Sergent (-1675) ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Sargent, John S. Sargent genealogy : Hugh Sargent, of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire and his descendants in England. Somerville, Mass. : A. Sargent, 1895 pp 26, at Google Books ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Vol. 1 1628-1641. (William White, Boston, 1853-) p. 375 See also:

Brandon, John C., The 1638 Emigration of William1 Sargent And George1 Curwen, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2009) Vol. 163, WN 651, Page 192-3. Find A Grave Burial Unknown - no photo of stone. Helensgenes.com this is a different William Sargent I find this biographical information to be well researched and have a high level of verifiability. - [ Cummins line] (RC) broken link

NEHGS- Jan 1921

Rev William Sargent

BIRTH 20 Jun 1602 England

DEATH 16 Dec 1682 (aged 80) Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

BURIAL Unknown

MEMORIAL ID 16661371

Rev William Sargent was my 8th great-grandfather. He was born in Courtanhall, Northampton, England, and died in Barnstable, MA. He was the son of Roger Sargent and Elenore Mac Kernes of England. He was married three times. To Hannah, Marie, and to Sarah Minshall, widow of William Minshall and my 8th great-grandmother who immigrated with him to America.

Family Members

Parents

Roger Maxwell Sargent 1504–1549

Ellen Makerness Sargent 1508–1545

Spouse
Sarah Jane Sargent 1609–1689 (m. 1638)

Children

Mary Sargent Breed 1636–1671

John Sargent 1639–1716

Ruth Sargent Chipman 1642–1713