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(VI) John (2) Lawton, Esq., of Lawton, son of William and Katherine (Bellot) Lawton, was in en- joyment of the manor of Lawton in 1580. He married (first) Anne Corbet, widow of Robert Corbet, Esq., of Hatherton, and by her had no issue. He married (second) Margaret Dutton, daughter of Fulke Dutton, Esq., and by her had issue :
(VII) John (3) Lawton, of Church Lawton, Che- shire, youngest son and fourth child of John (2) and Margaret (Dutton) Lawton, born about 1582, married and left issue among others :
(VIII) John (4) Lawton, probable son of John (3) Lawton, of Church Lawton, Cheshire, the American settler, of whom below.
(The Family in America).
(I) John Lawton, founder of the family in America, probably born in Cheshire, traditional son of John Law- ton, of that country, and descendant of the ancient Lawtons of Lawton, was an early pioneer of the Amer- ican colonies. It is declared that he had two brothers, George and Thomas, and that all three removed to America and settled there. John Lawton was admitted among the inhabitants of Newport, Rhode Island, on or after May 20, 1638, and in the same year George Lawton was admitted at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and Thomas Lawton then or soon thereafter. Of the founder, John Lawton, no further record than his ad- mission as an inhabitant appears at Newport, and it is probable that he soon removed and became resident at Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he appears as early as 1648, and where he had a house and land in 1663. His marriage probably occurred in Ipswich, and in 1677, with his family, he removed to Suffield, then consid- ered a part of Massachusetts, but later within the bounds of Connecticut, and on April 4, 1677, it is re- corded that the Committee for Suffield having met, granted to "John Lawton sixty acres, the lot which was intended for Edward Chapman." He died in Suffield, December 17, 1690. He married Benedicta -, who died November 18, 1692. Issue: 1. James Lawton, of whom below. 2. Benedicta Lawton. 3. Mary Lawton. (Probably other daughters).
(II) James Lawton, son of John and Benedicta Lawton, was born in Suffield, Connecticut (then Massa- chusetts), and has been called the "only son" of the founder, John Lawton. He resided throughout his life in Suffield, where he was of high standing and re- sponsibility, and to his sons he afforded an excellent education. He died respected and esteemed by his fellow-townsmen, leaving eight children surviving him, among whom was Jacob (Christopher Jacob), men- tioned below.
(III) Christopher Jacob Lawton, son of James Law- ton, was born in Suffield, Connecticut, July 20, 1701. He was christened "Jacob," but states an historian "from caprice adopted in his business as a lawyer the name of Christopher Jacob." His youth was passed in Suffield, and there he received his education, early manifesting an inclination for the legal profession, in which he began studies when still a boy, and his en- trance to the bar was probably made soon after he at- tained his majority. He is found in practice at Suffield before 1726. At the period when he began practicing there, the town, together with Enfield, Somers, and Woodstock, was considered under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. In 1726 Mr. Lawton was admitted to the bar of Hampshire county, Massachusetts, though he still continued to reside and practice in Suffield. In 1734 he received the appointment of coroner for the county of Hampshire, and the following year, 1735, left Suffield, and established himself in Leicester, Mas- sachusetts.
Mr. Lawton brought with him a distinguished reputa- tion for his work at the Connecticut bar, and he has been called one of the "noted lawyers" in Connecticut, who "gave early and honorable character" to that pro- vincial bar. In 1735 he purchased a farm in the west- erly part of Leicester, the land lying upon both sides of the Great road, the former owners from whom he acquired it having been Josiah Converse, Sr., and his son, Josiah Converse. He made his home upon this farm until 1753, when he conveyed it to his son Pliny. Mr. Lawton was as notably prominent in Leicester as he had been in Suffield; in 1736, 1740, and 1741, he was representative to the General Court, and continued in the practice of his -profession until 1751, after which he retired from all active pursuits. He was at one time the owner of the town of Blandford, Massa- chusetts, and was a man of considerable property, ac- cording to the valuations of that period.
Mr. Lawton died in Leicester, not long after 1753.
(IV) Dr. Pliny Lawton, son of Jacob (Christopher Jacob) Lawton, was born in Suffield, Connecticut. He removed with his father in 1735 to Leicester, Massa- chusetts, and there completed his studies for entrance to the medical profession. He attained his degree be- fore 1748, although it is apparent that he did not be- gin active practice until later, for he was engaged for some fifteen months, during 1748 and 1749, in teaching school in Leicester, although at that time called "Doc- tor." In 1753 he received from his father a convey- ance of the latter's farm in Leicester, lying beside the Great road, and there took up his residence with his wife. Later, however, they removed to the mansion built by Judge Steele, a prominent townsman, at the corner of Flip Lane, and here Dr. Lawton continued to live until his death, which occurred in Leicester in
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1761 from smallpox. The terror of this dreaded dis- ease was such at the time that he was not allowed burial in the general cemetery, but his body was in- terred in his own field on the east side of Flip Lane about twenty rods from the Great road. There his tombstone was standing until within a few years ago, but is now completely obliterated.
Dr. Pliny Lawton married, June 18, 1750, Lucretia Sargent, daughter of Jonathan Sargent, of Leicester. (See Sargent V). Issue: 1. James. 2. William, men- tioned below.
(V) Dr. William Lawton, son of Dr. Pliny and Lucretia (Sargent) Lawton, was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, April 9, 1759. Following the profession of his father, he studied medicine, and entering upon its practice in Leicester, became there a contemporary of the noted Dr. Larned, of that place. After some years he left Leicester, and was later in Newport, Rhode Island, but afterwards was stationed in West Point, as surgeon in the service of the United States. There he continued until 1795, and probably after that date. He made occasional visits to Leicester, however, being there in 1788 and 1792, but never permanently returned to reside there.
Dr. William Lawton married Abigail Farrington, born in Flushing, Long Island, December 12, 1763. (See Farrington). Issue (among others) : Phebe, mentioned below.
(VI) Phebe Lawton, daughter of Dr. William and Abigail (Farrington) Lawton, was born in New- port, Rhode Island, August 21, 1871. She died in Somerset, Massachusetts, March 18, 1874. She mar- ried William Slade, born in Swansea, Massachu- setts, June 4, 1780, died in Somerset, September 7, 1852, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chase) Slade. (See Slade V).
(The Sargent Line).
The derivation of the surname Sargent finds its basis in the Latin phrase servientes armorum; that is, men discharging a military service and hence soldiers; and from the ancient term serviens ad legem (i. e., "serjeant of the law"), in very early and widespread use, and thus is derived the name of Sargent of the present day. Until about the reigns of Henry III. or Edward I., the surname kept its Latin form, but prior thereto we find many representations of the name cited in the Maegu Rotul Scaccaru Normannie, in Rotuli Curiae Regis, and in Rotulus Cancellaru. The Norman origin of the name is indicated by the presence, in 1180-1195, of Malger and Gislebert Serviens in Normandy, and in 1198 Gislebert, Horsel and Roger Serviens are found in the same country. In the latter year, 1198, Robert Serviens appears in England; in 1202 are discovered Henry, Herbert, Simon and Walter Ser- viens; in 1272, Walter le Seriant in Yorkshire, William Le Serjiant in Hertfordshire, and William Le Serjaunt, Theobald le Seriant and Peter le Seriant of Buckinghamshire; in 1275, Henry le Serjant was of Lincolnshire, and Roger le Ser- jant was of the same county, and another Roger le Serjaunt appears in Oxfordshire; in 1277, William le Serjaunt was in Staffordshire; and in 1324, Adam
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Of all the families of Sargent to become estab- lished in England, that of the County of Northamp- ton was among the earliest. It is from this ancient house that the American family of Sargent de- scends; its arms were procured as early as the year 1324, and the records of the family disclose the surname appearing as Serjaunt, Sergaunt, and Sari- ant. Of this Northamptonshire family is found, in the year 1275, Walter le Serjaunt or Sergaunt, of that county, and then in residence there, and two years later, in 1277, is found Thomas Serjaunt in the same county. In 1503 Dominus Thomas Sergeaunt was of Huxlow Hundred, northeast from the town of Northampton; in 1512 Dominus Thomas Sergeaunt was of St. Giles Church, Spelho Hundred, not far from the town of Northampton; and of Huxlow Hundred, also, was William Ser- jaunt in 1545. Thomas le Serjaunt, of Wimersley Hundred, De la Pre, situated a few miles southeast from the town of Northampton, was living about 1545; he was a large landowner, and made a gift of land and rents in Hardingstone and Cotes to the historic Abbey of St. Mary de Pratis or De la Pre Abbey, located one and a half miles out from Northampton, and founded in the reign of King Stephen by Simon de St. Liz.
(The Ancient Lineage).
(I) Hugh Sargent (whose surname appears in many instances as Sariant) was of Courteenhall, County Northampton, England, where he was born about 1530. Courteenhall, the place of his birth, is situated somewhat more than five miles from the town of Northampton. Hugh Sargent married Mar- garet Gifford, daughter of Nicholas and Agnes (Masters) Gifford, of the Abbey of St. James, a western suburb of Northampton, and a descendant of the distinguished Gifford family of England. (See Gifford). Hugh Sargent died February 23, 1595-96, and was buried from Courteenhall Church on the 1st of March following. He had issue fif- teen children, among whom was Roger, mentioned below.
(II) Roger Sargent, son of Hugh and Margaret (Gifford) Sargent, was born about 1562. He was junior bailiff at Northampton in 1616 and 1617, and became mayor of Northampton in 1626. He made his will, April 12, 1649, and it was proved February 22, 1649-50. He died in Northampton in July, 1649, and was buried July 16, 1649.
He married, January 3, 1589-90, Ellen Makernes, who died in October, 1645, and was buried on the 21st of the month. She was the daughter of Wil- liam Makernes, of Finedon, who made his will March 10, 1612. Issue eleven children, of whom the seventh was William, mentioned below.
(The Family in America).
(I) William Sargent, founder of the family in America, son of Roger and Ellen (Makernes)
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Sargent, was born in Courteenhall, County North- ampton, England, and baptized June 20, 1602. He spent the first thirty-six years of his life in North- ampton, and was thrice married before his removal to America. When twenty-four years of age, on July 20, 1626, he was made a freeman in North- anipton, England. He was prominent in the city, and became senior bailiff in 1632-33. For six years longer he continued in Northampton and about 1637-38 married, as his third wife, Sarah Minshall, widow of William Minshall, and not long after, in 1638, began preparations for his voyage to the New World.
In 1638, with his third wife Sarah, and two daughters by his first wife, William Sargent left Northampton and embarked for Charlestown, New England, settling in that part of the town called "Mystic Side." On March 10, 1638-39, he was admitted to the church in Charlestown, and his wife was admitted the following Sunday. In 1638- 39 he became a freeman. There was then no reg- ular church at Mystic Side, and there being no pastor, William Sargent was chosen as lay preacher, and officiated from 1648 to 1650. He was a man well calculated and accustomed by his previous standing in England for the office, and Johnson, in his "Wonder-working Providence," states: "The people gathered into a church some distance of time before they could attain to any church officer to administer the Seals unto them, yet in the mean- time at their Sabbath assemblies they had a godly Christian named Mr. Sargent who did preach the Word to them till 1650."
His lands were situated in the southerly part of Mystic Side (or, as it was named in 1649, Malden), on the southerly slope of a hill (later called Bel- mont Hill), and about one and one-third miles northeast from the river. This land he held as early as 1640 (with the exception of three acres adjoining it, which he purchased in 1654), and it was in that part of Malden, which was afterwards set off, and in 1870 named "Everett" in honor of the distinguished Edward Everett. Upon this land stood the old homestead of the founder, a typical colonial residence, sturdily timbered, built to en- dure, and long an historic landmark of Massachu- setts in the age of the pioneers. This homestead William Sargent bequeathed to his eldest son, John, who in turn divided its use between his sons, Jonathan and Ebenezer, "with all the Land ad- joining thereunton That was his (John's) ffather William Sargeants."
Still retaining his property at Malden, William Sargent, about the year 1656 or 1657, left that town- ship and established his domicile in Barnstable, and on the 29th of the 4th month, 1658, gave power of attorney to Joseph Hills, a prominent resident of Malden, concerning his property at that place. In 1657 he was made a freeman of Plymouth Colony. In Barnstable, as in Malden, he was a lay preacher, and officiated in the pulpit formerly occupied by the Rev. Dr. Lathrop, deceased, in 1653. It is evi- dent that he leased or rented his Malden property on his removal to Barnstable, for in 1661 he appears
as plaintiff in a suit to recover his rent, and a lengthy document in the case, called "Articles of Agreement had, made and concluded on the first day of the 5th month, 1658, Betwixt William Ser- geant of Barnstable in the Jurisdiccion of New Plymouth, on the one partie; and James Lane of Malden in the Massachusetts, on the other partie," sets forth under eleven "Items" the conditions of the contract.
He died in Barnstable, December 16, 1682. He married (first) in England, Hannah -, who died in September, 1632. He married (second) in England, Marie -, who died about 1637. He married (third) in England, Sarah Minshall, widow of William Minshall, of Whitchurch, County Salop, Gentleman, and theretofore of Bunbury, Cheshire. She died in Barnstable, January 12, 1688-89. Issue by first wife, two daughters: 1. Hannah. 2. Eliz- abeth. Issue by third wife, three children, as fol- lows: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Ruth, born October 25, 1642, died October 4, 1711; married (first), about 1663, Jonathan Winslow, of Marsh- field, son of Josiah Winslow and nephew of Gov- ernor Edward Winslow; married (second) in July, 1677, Richard Bourne, of Sandwick; married (third) in 1684, John Chipman. (See Chipman). 3. Sam- uel Sargent, born March 3, 1644-45.
(II) John Sargent, son of William and Sarah (Minshall) Sargent, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in December, 1639, and baptized December 8th following. He accompanied his father to Barnstable, 1656-57, and was admitted an inhabitant there between 1662 and 1666, but he returned, about 1669, to Malden. He was selectman six years, and in May, 1695, when the town of Malden made a division of two thousand acres of its common lands, his name appeared, with that of his son John, among the distributees. This dis- tribution was by lot to all freeholders in the town in proportion to their ratable estates, and made an average of about thirty acres to each person in- cluded. The high esteem in which he was held by his fellow-townsmen is indicated by the record: "John Sargent, Sen'r is the man to draw the lots." John Sargent had a large estate in Malden.
He died in Malden, Massachusetts, September 9, 1716. He was buried in Bell Rock Cemetery, for- merly the Old Malden Burial Ground. There his slate gravestone may still be seen.
He married (first), March 19, 1662, Deborah Hillier, of Barnstable, daughter of Hugh Hillier. She was born in Yarmouth, October 30, 1643, and died April 20, 1669. He married (second), Septem- ber 3, 1669, Mary Bense. She died February, 1670- 71. He married (third) Lydia Chipman, of Barn- stable, daughter of John and Hope (Howland) Chipman. (See Chipman. See Howland). Issue fifteen children, of whom his eldest son by his third wife was Jonathan, mentioned below.
(III) Jonathan Sargent, son of John and Lydia (Chipman) Sargent, was born April 17, 1677. He was long a resident of Malden, and was selectman of that town for three years, and chosen as its representative for seven years. In 1735 he gave
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a quarter acre of land "in the southerly part of Malden,' * *
* "being part of my homestead whereon now I dwell," together with a road twenty- six feet wide as a passage to the highways, to the "Inhabitants of the southerly part of Malden for a Meeting House." His worldly abundance and h generosity are thus alike shown, as well as the Christian spirit which survived undiminished in this third generation of the Puritan and the Pilgrim. Later he resided for a time in Maxfield in the Con- necticut Colony. He died October 27, 1754.
He married (first), March 13, 1699, Mary Lynde, daughter of John Lynde. She was born July 5, 1678, and died November 19, 1716. He married (second), November 26, 1717, Mary Sprague, daugh- ter of Jonathan Sprague. She was born May 25, 1696, and died March 14, 1787. Issue by first wife among others, Jonathan, mentioned below.
(IV) Jonathan (2) Sargent, son of Jonathan (1) and Mary (Lynde) Sargent, was born February 20, 1700-01. After some years in Malden, he removed to Leicester, Massachusetts, and was prominent in its affairs. He died in 1777. He married, September 29, 1726, Deborah Richardson, daughter of Nathaniel (2) and Abigail (Reed) Richardson. (See Richard- son IV. See Reed III). Issue, among others, Lucretia, mentioned below.
(V) Lucretia Sargent, daughter of Jonathan (2) and Deborah (Richardson) Sargent, was born Oc- tober 10, 1734. She married (first), June 18, 1750, Dr. Pliny Lawton, son of Jacob (Christopher Jacob) Lawton. (See Lawton IV). She married (second), intentions June 3, 1769, Rev. Benjamin Conklin.
NICHOLAS GIFFORD-The Gifford ancestry, with which the Sargent lineage, is allied,' not only draws descent from Normandy for several cen- turies before William the Conqueror overthrew the Saxons in A. D. 1066, but is also allied with the family of Washington, from whom George Wash- ington, first President of the United States, was descended, and also with the Pargiters, to whom the Washingtons were related, and the Samwells, an- other family from whom the Washingtons of Eng- land and America drew their lineage.
The spelling of the name was originally Giffard, and the arms of Giffard or Gifford, as borne at Hastings and in the Crusades, and which were ac- corded to the descendants of the house in Buck- inghamshire were: Gules, three lions passant, ar- gent, arms which by their simple form indicate their great age. These arms were borne by the Gifford family of Twyford, Buckinghamshire, in the fifteenth century, and in the Visitation of 1681-82, Northamptonshire, the Gifford family are authorita- tively declared to be lineally descended from the ancient Giffords, and the arms of that noble house, identical in form, are there accredited to them.
Gifford or Giffard Arms-Gules, three lions passant, argent.
(The Ancient Lineage).
The records of Normandy disclose the presence of the noble family of Gifford in the eighth cen-
tury. They were then feudal nobles of high station and wealth at Honfleur, and continued lords of the locality down to the reign of William, Duke of Normandy, afterwards styled the "Conqueror." Among the nobles who accompanied William on his memorable voyage to England was Sire Randolph de Gifford; he was one of the Conqueror's standard bearers and took part in the epochal battle of Hastings on which turned the fortunes of the Saxons. This Gifford was related in blood to the Royal William, and another of the lineage who took part at. Hastings, Walter de Gifford, a cousin of the Conqueror, was, for gallant services rendered on that occasion, created by King William, Earl of Buckingham, and endowed with large estates.
The Giffords were represented in England by sev- eral distinct lines-that of the Giffords, Earls of Buckingham, who afterwards became extinct in that title; that of the Giffords, Lords of Brims- field; that of the Giffords of Chillington, County Stafford, and that of the Giffords of Twyford, County Buckingham, who intermarried with the Sargents, the Washingtons, the Pargiters and the Samwells, and became the ancestors of the Ameri- can pioneers.
(Gifford: Earls of Buckingham)
(I) Osborne de Bolebec, a noble of Normandy, living temp, Richard Sans Peur (eighth century), Duke of Normandy, married Avelina, sister of Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy, and had issue two sons: 1. Walter, mentioned below. 2. Osborne, younger son, ancestor of the Giffords, Lords of Gifford of Brimsfield, and of the Giffords of Chil- lington, County Stafford.
(II) Walter Gifford, Earl of Longueville in Nor- mandy, accompanied William the Conqueror to England, and for gallant service at the battle of Hastings was granted the title of Earl of Bucking- ham A. D. 1070. At the time of the General Sur- vey, this nobleman was sent, with Remigius, Bishop of Lincoln, and others, into Worcestershire, and various other counties of England, to value the lands belonging to the Crown, as well as those be- longing to private individuals in those parts. He himself possessed at that time two lordships in Berkshire, one in Wiltshire, one in Somersetshire, one in Huntingdonshire, five in Cambridgeshire, nine in Oxfordshire, nine in Bedfordshire, three in Suffolk, twenty-eight in Norfolk, forty-eight in Buckinghamshire, making one hundred and seven lordships in all. In A. D. 1089, his Lordship, ad- hering to William Rufus, fortified his mansions in Normandy for that King, and became the chief general of his army there. Some years afterward, however, (1102) he sided with Robert Courthose, against King Henry I. His Lordship died in 1102, having married Agnes Flaitell, daughter of Gerard Flaitell and sister of William, Bishop of Eureux, and had, with other issue, the following: 1. Walter, mentioned below. 2. Rohaise, married Richard Fitz Gilbert, feudal lord of Clare, County Suffold. 3. Isabel, married to Richard Granville or Grenville, progenitor of the noble house of Grenville.
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