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(IV) William Albert Warden, son of John Warden (3), was born in Worcester, Massachu- setts, March 2, 1852, and was educated in the pub- lic schools of his native city. He left school at the age of sixteen and learned the cabinet maker's trade. In 1872, at the age of twenty, he went into the busi- ness of manufacturing picture frames in company with George Nolan. This partnership lasted until 1877 when, in company with his brother, John D. Warden, he opened a wholesale and retail crockery and glassware establishment under the firm name of Warden Bros. This business was sold out in 1884, when he went into the real estate business with Willis F. Phelps, the firm name being Warden & Phelps, this business being more congenial. This firm had under their management several large es- tates, and in 1889 began to develop suburban prop- erty in Worcester. Columbus Park and some of the other new sections of this city have been built up through the efforts of this firm. Mr. Warden has often been called as an expert in cases requiring testimony to the value of real estate. He has been justice of the peace and notary public for many years.
He has always been a Republican in politics. He has served on the ward and city committees and as inspector of election several terms. His interest in politics led him to attend the Republican national conventions of 1888-92. He joined the Sunday school of the Park Street Methodist Church in 1837, and when that church was sold in 1870 he went with the others to Trinity Methodist Church. He joined the church in 1877 and was an active member of all the young people's societies and was president of the literary society. He was a mem- ber of the official board for many years, holding office as steward and trustee, and was on the finance committee and assistant treasurer. In 1896, when the alterations were made in the church, he was chairman of the decoration committee. He was elected in 1900 by the lay electoral conference as a reserve delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Church at Chicago, Illinois. He was secretary for several years of the Worcester City Mission and Church Extension Society. He was secretary of the Twentieth Century Thank Offering Commission in 1899-1900 and secretary of the Meth- odist Social Union in 1897-98.
He was connected with the Knights of Pythias and Knights of Malta. He is a member of Monta- cute Lodge of Free Masons, Eureka Chapter, Hiram
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County Commandery, Knights Templar. He was for four years secretary of the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of Cen- tral Massachusetts. He was a director of the Young Men's Christian Association. For many years Mr. Warden spent the winters traveling in the south, in California and in visiting all parts of the United States and Canada. He wrote the War- den genealogy from which this sketch is largely derived, also Dexter Genealogy.
He married Ella M. Durfee, daughter of Ben- jamin and Betsie C. Durfee, of Fall River, Massa- chusetts, in April, 1876. She was born in Fall River, April 23, 1854. (See Warden Genealogy for pedigree of wife and mother of Mr. Warden.) Children of William Albert and Ella M. (Durfee) Warden were: I. Florence Durfee, born Decem- ber 30, 1876, married Miles W. Taber, June 16, 1903; she died March 22, 1906. 2. William Vincent, born November 2, 1883, died at Victoria, British Colum- bia, May 12, 1894. 3. Charles Franklin, born De- cember II, 1886. 4. John Emerson, born September 25, 1897.
DAVID HILLMAN BARNES. John Barnes (1), the immigrant ancestor of David Hillman Barnes, late of Winchendon, Massachusetts, was born in England, near the town of Barnes, now in the suburbs of London, England. He was given the title of "Master" in the records and called Gentle- man, indicating gentle birth and some social stand- ing. The name was spelled also Barrens. He was a merchant by occupation, and also a yeoman. He was admitted a freeman at Plymouth, where he had settled in 1633. He gave a bond that is still on the records, dated October 9, 1640. He bought a house and land in Roxbury, Massachu- setts, and sold it June 17, 1656. He signed his name up to 1649 and made his mark when his signa- ture was required in 1651, showing loss of health or some injury. He was a volunteer in the first colonial war, that against the Pequot Indians, in 1637. He was accidentally killed by a bull on his own farm, 1671. His will dated March 6, 1667-68, was proved October 29, 1671. He be- queathed to his wife Jone, son Jonathan, grandson John Marshall, cousin, the wife of Henry Samp- son, kinswoman Esther Ricket and mentioned his daughter Esther, deceased.
He married, 1633, Mary Plummer, who died June 2, 1651. Jone or Jane was his second wife. He gave cattle to his children: Jonathan, Mary, Han- nah and Lydia, August 24, 1651. The children : Esther, married John Richard; John, born 1639, died December 25, 1648; Jonathan, born June 3, 1643, see forward; Lydia, born April 24, 1647; Han- nah; Mary, married, 1659, Robert Marshall.
(II) Jonathan Barnes, son of John Barnes (I), was born in Plymouth, in New England, in 1643. He settled at Plymouth and married there, January 4, 1666, Elizabeth Hedge, daughter of William Hedge, of Yarmouth, in Plymouth colony. Their children, all born at Plymouth, were: Mary, born August 14, 1667, married John Carver; John, born March 5, 1669, see forward; William, born Febru- ary 14, 1670; Hannah, born November II, 1672, mar- ried Benjamin Rider; Lydia, born July 4, 1674. married Abiel Shurtlieff; Elizabeth, born August 16, 1677, married Isaac Lathrop; Sarah, born Feb- ruary 28, 1680, married Benjamin Bartlett : Esther, born February 18, 1682, married Elkanah Cushman ; Jonathan, born August 27, 1684. Two more daugh- ters, according to Savage.
(III) John Barnes, son of Jonathan Barnes (2), was born in Plymouth, New England, March
5. 1669. He settled there, was a farmer, mar- ried, 1693, Mary Bartlett. Their children, all born at Plymouth, were John, born 1694; Hannah, born 1696, married Lemuel Drew; William, born 1697; Seth, born 1699, see forward; Mary, born 1701 ; Jonathan, born 1703; Thankful, born 1705, married Jonathan Bartlett; Elizabeth, born 1707, married Francis Curtis; Lydia, born 1713, married Lemuel Barnes.
(IV) Seth Barnes, son of John Barnes (3), was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1699, and settled there. He married, 1722, Sarah Wooden and their children, all born in Plymouth, were: Eliza- beth, born 1722; Sarah, born 1724, married John Jones ; Seth, Jr., born 1726, married, 1751, Hannah Williams and (second) Elizabeth Rider; James, born 1728; Mary, born 1730; William, born 1732; Joseph, born 1737; Benjamin, born 1737, see for- ward; Peter Wooden, born 1742; Lucy, born 1745, married Ephraim Holmes.
(V) Benjamin Barnes, son of Seth Barnes (4), was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1737, died July 12, 1799. According to the revolutionary rolls Benjamin Barnes of the West Parish of Pembroke, Plymouth colony, was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Josiah Quincy's company, Colonel John Cushing's regiment, in the Rhode Island campaign 1776. And again in Captain Thomas Turner's com- pany, Colonel Anthony Thomas's regiment on the Lexington Alarm in 1775 and in Colonel Freedom Chamberlain's regiment 1776, and he was corporal in Captain Amos Turner's company. Colonel Tit- comb's regiment in the Rhode Island campaign 1777. He married Elizabeth Holmes and they had two children: Elizabeth, born at Plymouth, 1762; Benjamin, see forward.
(VI) Benjamin Barnes, Jr., son of Benjamin Barnes (5), was born in Plymouth or Pembroke, 1764. He married Ruth -- and they settled in Boston and Roxbury, Massachusetts. Their chil- dren: Ruth, born 1784; Betsey, born September I, 1787, died September, 1788; Betsey 2d, born Octo- ber 3, 1789, died November 3, 1835; Polly, born No- vember 19, 1791, died March 19, 1792; Polly, born January 12, 1793, died March 27, 1849; Harriet born September 12, 1794; Benjamin, born February 25, 1799, see forward; David Watts and Seth Hill- man (twins), born December 13, 1802. "These beautiful babes were not blessed with the maternal care of a mother, whose invaluable life was on the 28th of December, 1802, taken to the realms of bliss by the author who gave it." The above is copied from the old family bible and was in the handwriting of Benjamin Barnes, father of the children. The. child of Benjamin and his second wife Deborah James was: General James H., born March 6, 1806, settled in Springfield, Massachusetts. (See Davis landmarks of Plymouth.)
(VII) Benjamin Barnes, Jr., son of Benjamin Barnes (6), was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, February 25, 1799. He received his early education in the public schools of that town, and later fitted himself for a bookkeeper. He was a constant student and became a well educated man through his own efforts and study. Ile became the head bookkeeper in charge of the counting room of the Cocheco Mills at Dover, New Hampshire. He was employed by that company for a period of' forty years. During the sixties he retired from business, living in Dover until his death, September 16, 1878. He was a very prominent member of the Dover Unitarian Church. He was for many years leader of the choir. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston for a number of years.
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He married, October 20, 1825, at Dover, New Hampshire, Pamclia Hanson, born March 23, 1801. He married (second), April 3, 1834, Martha Knight Knapp, born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, January 4. 1808, daughter of William and Fannie (Grossman) Knapp. His children were all born in Dover. The only child of Benjamin and Pamelia Barnes was: Mary Elizabeth, born September 16, 1826, died No- vember 29, 1862, married Samuel Fisher, of Dover. The children of Benjamin and Martha Barnes were: David Hillman, see forward ; James Burditt. born November 23, 1836, married Harriet Ella Per- kins, of Dover, and they had two children-Maria Louise, married Francis Douglass, of Dover, New Hampshire, and James Hillman, now deceased ; Ben- jamin Barnes, Jr., born April 16, 1838, married Mary Meader, of Dover, and they have two children : Mary Elizabeth, and Bertha Estelle, who is now living at Boston, Massachusetts.
(VIII) David Hillman Barnes, son of Benja- min Barnes, Jr. (7), was born in Dover, New Hampshire, May 12, 1835. He attended the public schools and the Dover Academy. Before he came of age he removed to Boston where he accepted a position as bookkeeper for a leather manufacturing company, remaining with that concern for several years. He had to resign his position on account of sickness. After he recovered from a long and tedious illness he went to Winchendon, Massachu- setts. 1862, where he entered the employ of E. Murdock, Jr., as bookkeeper. In 1869 he resigned to enter the life and fire insurance business, which he carried on with success in Winchendon until he removed to Portland, Maine, in August, 1874, where he entered into partnership with his brother, Ben- jamin Barnes, Jr., in the insurance business under the firm name of Barnes Brothers. After five years the firm was dissolved and David Barnes returned to Winchendon and re-opened his insurance office. In addition to insurance, he bought and sold rail- road stocks extensively. He gave up his business in 1882 to accept a position at the head of the count- ing room of Morton E. Converse, manufacturer of toys (see sketch elsewhere), a position that he filled for a period of twenty-two years, until his death, September 12, 1903.
He was a member of the Church of the Unity, superintendent of its Sunday school, member of the music committee and leading tenor of the choir for many years. In politics he was a Republican, was often elected delegate to conventions, was town clerk of Winchendon four years, assessor for a number of years, secretary of the board of trade. He was a member of Artisan Lodge of Free Masons, of which he was worshipful master in 1879-84-85 and secretary in 1867-68-69. He was a member of North Star Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; of Hiram Council of Royal and Select Masters of Worcester; of Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar, of Fitchburg. He was for a time member of Watatic Tribe of Red Men.
He married, May 27, 1868, Martha Sweetser. born August 25, 1847, daughter of John and Lavinia ( Phillips ) Sweetser, of Winchendon. She was one of five children: Joseph, who was in the civil war and died in Saulsbury prison ; Martha ; Frances Sophia; John, Jr., died an infant; Ida, a half sister, died at fourteen years of age. Her father was for many years foreman for E. Mur- dock, Jr., manufacturer of wooden ware; he is now living with Mr. Barnes, aged eighty-six. The only child of David Hillman and Martha Barnes was : Martha Frances, born at Winchendon, January 4. 1871, married Edison G. Smith, of Winchendon, a foreman at Baxter D. Whitney's machine shop.
BUTTRICK FAMILY. William Buttrick (I), the immigrant ancestor of the family of this sur- name in Lancaster and vicinity, was born in England in 1616. His English home was in Kings- ton-on-the-Thames. He was entered apparently on the passenger lists of the ship "Planter," but came instead on the ship "Susan and Ellen," in April, 1635, with the Rev. Peter Bulkcley and Thomas Brooks. He settled among the first at Concord, Massachusetts, and his original farm is now or lately was owned by lineal descendants, having remained all the time in the family. He was admitted a freeman, May 26, 1647. He became a sergeant in the military company of the town. He was excused at the age of sixty-five from further military serv- ice. His home in Concord was in the west parish on the Concord river, about a quarter of a mile from the famous North Bridge. He removed to Chelmsford and was one of the committee to invite the pastor and Church of Wenham to remove to Chelmsford in 1654. He deposed March 28, 1659, that his age was about forty-three years. He was a son-in-law (possibly step-son, as the word was then used) of John Hastings. His will was dated March I, 1687, when his age was seventy-one years. It was probated June 28, 1698. He bequeathed to his eldest son John a house he built in Stow; to son Samuel lands at Concord; to daughter Sarah Barritt; to the children of all three. He signed the will spell- ing his name Butterick.
He married (first) Mary (second) Sarah Bateman, 1646. She died, 1664. He married (third), February 21, 1667, Jane Goodnow, of Sud- bury. Children of William and Sarah Buttrick were: Mary, born September 19, 1648, died Novem- ber 1, 1648; William John, married, September 21, 1653, Sarah Blood, and settled in Stow; Samuel, of whom later; Edward, born January 6, 1656-7, died January 15, 1656-57; Joseph, born October 29, 1657, killed by the Indians April 21, 1726, at Sudbury ; Sarah, born July 27, 1662, married Barnett ; Mary, born June, 1664, died April 21, 1665.
(II) Samuel Buttrick, fourth child of William Buttrick (1), was born at Concord, Massachusetts, January 12, 1654-5. He died there, August 8, 1726. He settled in Concord and married there, 1677, Eliz- abeth Blood, of Concord. Their children, all born at Concord, were: Elizabeth, born August 25, 1679; Samuel, of whom later; William, born April 15, 1683, died September 16, 1711; Sarah, born Novem- ber 7, 1684; Abigail, born November 21, 1687. died October 7, 1746; married John Flint; Deacon Jona- than, born April 4, 1690, died May 23, 1767; married, December 19, 1718, Elizabeth Wooley; settled in Templeton; had fourteen children; American sol- diers formed April 19 at his home in Concord.
(III) Samuel Buttrick, son of Samuel Buttrick (2), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, January 31, 1681-82. His children were: Francis, married Hannah Gilson, of Lunenburg, November 9, 1744, and had daughter Hannah, born January 14, 1745-46, settled in Lancaster and Sterling; Samuel, Jr., of whom later.
(IV) Samuel Buttrick, son of Samuel Buttrick (3), was born in Lancaster or Concord, about 1715. He settled in Concord. He married (first) Mary Parker, of Concord, February 3. 1731-32. She died February 17, 1748. He married (second), August 25, 1748, Dorothy Flint, who died April 7, 1750. He married (third), October 2, 1750, Elizabeth Blood. Children of Samuel and Mary Buttrick were: Mary, born December 31, 1732, died young; Mary, born June 1, 1734; Samuel, born about 1735, removed to Ashburnham and Lancaster; Jonathan, of whom later. Child of Samuel and Dorothy Buttrick.
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were: Rebecca, born September 1, 1749. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Buttrick were: Abel, born June 21, 1751 ; William, born October 30, 1752.
( V) Jonathan Buttrick, son of Samuel Buttrick (4), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, about 1740. He removed to Dunstable and later settled in Lancaster. He was of Dunstable when he married, July 2, 1772, Hannah Wilder Sawyer. He and his wife sold land at Lancaster to Aaron Sawyer Janu- ary 28, 1773. They were then of Dunstable. He bought land at Sterling in Lancaster November 3, 1778, of Tilly Moore and Joseph Moore. He was in Concord in 1767, when he bought land in Aslı- burnham with his brother Samuel and others from David Clark (Lot 41. first division). He was a housewright by trade. He sold a farm of eighty acres in the south part of Sterling September 28, 1791. He sold the place where he lived to Silas How, Jr., of Boylston, September 28, 1791. He was constable of Sterling in 1792-93. One of the last sales of real estate that he made was October 15, 1801, to James and Joseph Seavor, Jr., of land in the north part of Sterling, forty acres. He died at Sterl- ing, 1809. Children of Jonathan and Hannah Wilder Buttrick were: Jonathan, Jr., of whom later ; Francis.
(VI) Jonathan Buttrick, son of Jonathan Butt- rick (5), was born in Lancaster, 1781, and died April 15, 1825, aged forty-four years. He bought land in 1806 with his brother Francis of Philemon Parker, one hundred acres in Princeton. In another deed, May 15, 1810, Francis Buttrick was called of Sterling, Jonathan of Lancaster. They sold the Princeton land to Jonas Wilder. December 19, 1822, Jonathan and his wife Jane deeded to his "brother Francis of Sterling their rights in the farm where "our father Jonathan lived in Sterling" taken by Jonathan and Francis as their share of the estate. Jonathan Buttrick made his will April 13. 1825, two days before his death. It was proved May 14. 1825, and it calls his home farm in Lancaster the Fairbanks place and speaks of a new house near the Carter Mill and a pew in the Lancaster Church.
Children of Jonathan and Jane Buttrick were: Jane. born November 5, ISII; Jonathan, of whom later ; John Whitman, born December 10, 1815; Han- nah Elizabeth, baptized at First Church, November 15, 1818; Thomas Porter, mentioned in will.
(VII) Jonathan Buttrick, son of Jonathan Butt- rick (6), was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, August 7, 1813. He settled in Lancaster and mar- ried. November 29, 1838, Charlotte Howard. Their children were: George Thomas, of whom later ; Sarah Jane, born February 15, 1844: Ann Eliza- beth, born December 8, 1846, died November 3, 1847; Edward Whitman, born January 24, 1848.
(VIII) George T. Buttrick, son of Jonathan Buttrick (7)). was born in Lancaster, April IS42. died
August 29. 1897. He married Ellen M. He was a prosperous farmer of Lancaster. Having no children of their own, Mr. Buttrick adopted Allan Gordon Wood. son of Daniel W. and Sarah P. Wood, of Fitchburg. Mrs. Wood died October, 1878, and the child was adopted formally May 24. 18SI. He was born March 16, 1876, at Fitchburg.
(IX) Hon Allan Gordon Buttrick, adopted son of George T. Buttrick, son of Daniel W. Wood, of Fitchburg, was born in Fitchburg, March 16, 1876, and adopted May 24, 1881. He attended the Lan- caster public schools and entered the Boston Uni- versity Law School, from which he was graduated in 1897, one of the honor men of his class. He was admitted to the Worcester county bar and he- gan the practice of his profession at once. He
formed a law partnership with Orra L. Stone, of Clinton, one of the brightest young lawyers in the county, under the firmn name of Buttrick & Stone, with offices at Clinton. Both Mr. Buttrick and Mr. Stone are lawyers of more than ordinary ability, as shown by their achievements in their practicc. Mr. Stone is one of the most active and prominent political leaders of his section. He is a Republican. Mr. Buttrick has also a liking for politics and has accepted the call to public service frequently. He resides in Lancaster and has been chairman of the school board for a number of years. He is at present on the board of health. In 1904 he repre- sented the twelfth Worcester representative dis- trict in the general court. This district includes the towns of Bolton, Harvard, Lancaster and Lunen- burg and the sixth ward of the city of Fitchburg. He was elected in 1905 senator for the second dis- trict after a very active campaign for the nomina- tion. The district comprises Berlin, Bolton, Boyls- ton, Clinton, Harvard, Holden, Lancaster, Sterling, WVest Boylston, and Wards one, two and three of the city of Worcester. Mr. Buttrick is one of the youngest men in the state senate. Mr. Buttrick is a prominent Free Mason, being past master of Trinity Lodge in Clinton and of the various Ma- sonic bodies up to that of the thirty-second de- gree, Clinton Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 199, Knights of Pythias, Clinton Lodge, Scottish Clans, Clan Forbes. Clinton.
SARGENT FAMILY. Hugh Sargent (1), the earliest known ancestor of the family, lived in Courteenhall, county of Northampton, England. Courteenhall was the inheritance of the Wake - family, which traces its descent back to Hereward the Wake, to a time prior to the Norman conquest. It is five miles and a quarter southerly from the town of Northampton. Prefixed to the first volume of the parish register, which begins in the year 1638, is a piece of parchment containing a Sargent pedigree among others. The parchment shows that the family was in Courteenhall in 1554 and were of gentle blood. 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. This Abbey was a religious estate of considerable note, founded hefore the year 1112 by William Peverel. natural son of William, the Conqueror. It is called St. James End. Hugh Sargent must have been born about 1530. He died February 23, 1595-6, and was buried March I. His children were: I. Eliza- beth, born at Courteenhall, baptized January 30, 1555-6, married, September 16, 1576, Nicholas Ed- wards. 2. Anne. 3. Nicholas, baptized August 1, 1559, married, November 27. 1593, Elizabeth, widow of John Clarke. 4. Roger, of whom later. 5. Mary, baptized May 30, 1565, married, May 5, 1602, Will- iam Osborne, of Hansloppe. 6. John, baptized April 25, 1566, married, November 20, 1602, Joies, widow of Thomas Church. 7. Jane, married, October 28, 1606, Arthur Clarke, alias Boterell. 8. Alice, mar- ried, October 6, 1597, George Coles. 9. Richard, married, January 30, 1609-10. Jane Green, widow. IO. Thomas. II. George, baptized April 1, 1573. 12. Magdeline, baptized July 9, 1574. 13. Robert, bap- tized October 30, 1575. 14. Michael, baptized De- cember 27, 1576. 15. Dorothy, baptized February 8, 1578-9, died October 4, 1602.
(II) Roger Sargent, son of Hugh Sargent (1), was born about 1562, died July. 1649. He married, January 3, 1589-90, Ellen Makernes, who died Octo- ber, 1645. She was daughter of William Makernes,
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of Fincdon, thirteen miles and a half north of Northampton. His will, proved March 30, 1616, mentions son-in-law, Roger Sargent, and some of his children. Roger Sargent, probably named for his mother's brother Roger, or his great-grandfather of the same name, was junior bailiff in 1616 and 1617 and mayor of Northampton in 1626. The chil- dren of Roger and Ellen were: 1. Daniel, baptized September 18, 1590, died December, 1590. 2. Sarah, baptized October 4, 1591. 3. Anna, baptized Octo- ber 16, 1593. 4. Samuel, baptized October 13, 1595, died April, 1596. 5. Joseph, baptized June 25, 1598, married Dorothy - -, died April II, 1678, made freeman April 26, 1025, at Northampton, warned of All Saints Church, Northampton, 1631-2; junior bailiff 1632 and 1633; alderman; mayor of North- ampton 1644-45-56-71. 6. Dorothy, baptized March 0, 1599-1600, married, November 30, 1634, Thomas Ball. 7. William, of whom later. 8. A son, died September, 1604. 9. John, baptized November 23, 1005; married, November 7, 1034, Anne Orpin; he was made freeman July 20, 1626. 10. Mary. II. Elizabethi married, October 9, 1626, Robert Banks; ( second) Henry Spring; (third) George Norwood.
(III) William Sargent, son of Roger Sargent (2), was baptized June 20, 1602. He married (first ) Hannah -, who died September, 1632. He mar- ried (second) Marie - -, who died probably in 1637. He married (third) Sarah Minshall, widow of William Minshall, of Whitchurch, Gent. earlier of Bunbury in Cheshire. William Sargent was ad- mitted a freeman in Northampton, July 20, 1626, and was senior bailiff 1632 and 1633. He came with his third wife, Sarah, and two daughters by his hrst wife, and settled in Charleston in 1638 on the . Mystic side. He joined the Charleston Church March 10, 1638-9. He was admitted a freeman in 1639. The town of Malden was set off in 1649. ( See sketch of Joseph Hills and Richardson Family for founders of the town of Malden.) William Sar- gent was a lay preacher in Malden from 1648 to 1650. His farm was in the south part of Malden on the southerly slope of what is now called Bel- mont hill. This part of the town was set off from Malden in 1870 as the town of Everett and it be- came a city in 1893. Part of his house stood until 1890. William Sargent removed to Barnstable probably in 1656 or 1657, for he was in Malden in 1655 and in Barnstable in 1658. He was admitted a freeman in the Plymouth colony in 1657. He was a preacher at Barnstable and became prominent there. He died at Barnstable, December 16, 1682, and his wife Sarah died January 12, 1688-9. He left a will made March 9, 1679-80.
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