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PATTEE, ZEPHANIAH .- At the annual March meeting, 1782, it was voted "to abate Zepheniah Pattes New Emition & highway tax for last year." Pattee disappeared before 1800, and there is no mention of him or his family on the town's record of vital statistics.
PHILBRICK, JAMES .- Among the early settlers in the north- east district (now Wilmot) was James Philbrick of Deerfield, who served as highway surveyor in 1798 and 1800. It was at his house that the first town meeting of Wilmot (incorporated 1807) was held, on the second Tuesday in March, 1808. He m., Aug. 3, 1794, Betsey, dau. of Micah and Abigail (Brown) Prescott of Epping, b. March 2, 1770 (a sister of Samuel Prescott of N. L. and Wilmot). Of their two children, the older m. her cousin, Josiah Brown, and res. at Wilmot; the younger, James, m. and removed to Maine.
PIKE BROOK, SOO-NIPI PARK, THE NURSERY OF THE YOUNG TROUT AND OUANANICHE. (The fry are taken from the hatchery in May and early June, and planted in this stream.)
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PIKE, LIEUT. THOMAS .- Among the Revolutionary soldiers who settled in N. L. at the close of the war, was Lieut. Thomas Pike, from whom Pike's shore on Sunapee lake takes its name. He was a man of considerable influence in the town, one of the early Masons, and held several public offices. Lieut. Thomas Pike d. Dec. 23, 1824, aged 83 years. His wife, Phebe (Brocklebank) Pike (sister of Capt. Sam- uel Brocklebank), d. April 28, 1832, aged 90 years. Chil- dren :
I. Capt. John, m. Eunice, dau. of Ruel and Polly (Hurd) Keith of Newport, b. May 6, 1770. Two daus., the youngest of his ten children, m. N. L. men : Mary H., b. Sept. 4, 1833, m Claude Goings; Nancy, b. March 17, 1835, m. Austin Goings. Captain Pike res. in N. L. and Newport.
2. Betsey, m. Samuel, son of Robert Knowlton, and res. in N. L.
3. Joseph, m., April 10, 1808, Dillah, dau. of Lieut. Benjamin and Zillah Woodbury, b. Aug. 13, 1787 ; was a storekeeper at North Sutton about 1810, and res. there several years.
PINGREE, JEREMIAH .- The Pingrees of N. L. are descended from Moses Pengry, who in 1641 was at Ipswich, Mass., hav- ing come to America probably from London, Eng., or its vicinity. At Ipswich he set up salt works in 1652, was deputy to the general court in 1665, served as selectman, and was a deacon in the first church. He d. Jan. 2, 1696, aged 86 years. His wife was Abigail, dau. of the Robert Clement who is thought to have come from London, Eng., to Haverhill, Mass. Jeremiah and Abigail had a son, Aaron, b. 1652, who m. Ann Pickard of Rowley, Mass., and d. Sept. 14, 1714. Their son, Job Pengry, b. at Ipswich Oct. 17, 1688, m. three times, and d. April 25, 1785, aged 96 years, 6 months, 8 days. Job had a son, Asa, b. April 6, 1732, who also m. three times and lived to a good old age, having passed away Oct. II, 18II. Among this Asa's children were two who became residents of N. L. in her early history,-Molly, who m. John Dole and res. on Morgan hill in 1788, and Jeremiah Pingree, the common ancestor of some of the town's most reliable citi- zens. Jeremiah was b. at Rowley, Mass., Feb. 1, 1761, and m., about 1784, Elizabeth R. Kimball. He came to N. L. in 1792, and settled on the 75-acre farm which, with 20 acres subsequently purchased by his grandsons, Nathan D. and
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Charles C., constitutes the John D. Pingree farm to-day. The original Pingree dwelling was just southwest of the present homestead, and was on the extreme northeasterly side of the 75-acre farm. Jeremiah d. Feb. 27, 1835 ; Elizabeth d. June 4, 1830, aged 72 years. Children :
I. Jeremiah, b. Ipswich, Dec. 19, 1784; m., Dec. 30, 1813, his cousin Sally, dau. of John and Molly (Pingree) Dole, b. April 7, 1789, and res. in N. L.
2. Sally, b. Cape Ann, Mass., April 10, 1786 ; d. Aug. 27, 1787.
3. Asa, b. Cape Ann, Aug. 17, 1787 ; m., Dec. 17, 1812, Rebekah Fiske, probably of Hopkinton, and res. in N. L.
4. Betsey, b. Ipswich, Sept. 6, 1789; m., June 9, 1814, Dea. Dexter Everett, son of Lieut. Levi and Lucy (Titus) Everett, b. March 30, 1790, and res. in N. L.
5. Polly, b. Ipswich, Sept. 19, 1791 ; m., Oct. 11, 1814, Dea. Nathan Jones of Wilmot ; d. Oct. 5, 1841. Five children.
6. Lucy, b. N. L., Oct. 25, 1793 ; is said to have been unmarried, and res. with her sister Betsey.
7. Mehitable, b. Feb. 18, 1795 ; m. Aaron Smith of Salem, Mass .; d. July 31, 1876. Children : Mehitable, Eunice, Elizabeth, Aaron, Augustus, Lucy Ann.
8. Dolly, b. Oct. 14, 1796; m., Nov. 25, 1821, Mariner P. East- man of Hopkinton, and had one child, Winslow.
9. Phebe, b. April 29, 1798 ; d. April 27, 1833.
IO. Moses K., b. March 8, 1800 ; m., April 1, 1833, Julia Stanley of Hopkinton, an aunt of Benton M. Stanley of N. L. They res. in Wilmot, and had four children, all of whom are d. except Horace S., b. June 14, 1834, who has been twice m. and now res. in his native town. Moses K. d. June 14, 1878.
II. John, b. April 14, 1802 ; m. and had nine children; res. at Ipswich, Mass., and afterwards at Lewiston, Me., where he d. Aug. 3, 1884.
PRESCOTT, SAMUEL .- In 1800 Samuel Prescott, great- grandfather of James D. Prescott, was living in the northeast district (afterwards Wilmot), about a mile northwest of the present Wilmot Centre. He was b. Nov. 24, 1764, at Epping, the son of Micah and Abigail (Brown) Prescott and the fourth in descent from James Prescott of Dryby, Lincolnshire, Eng., who settled in Hampton, then of the old county of Norfolk, Mass., in 1665 (see " The Prescott Memorial," p. 229, et seq.). Samuel m. Dolly Brown of Raymond, and res. and d. in
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Wilmot. His sister Betsey m. James Philbrick, who also res. in the northeast district. Children of Samuel and Dolly (Brown) Prescott :
I. Obadiah, b. July 25, 1791 ; m. Abigail Towle, b. June 5, 1795, and res. at Wilmot. Eight children.
2. Jonathan, b. May 15, 1793; m. Sarah Scribner, b. Dec. 27, 1789 ; res. in Wilmot ; d. Feb. 1, 1869. Children :
(1). Sewell B., b. Feb. 19, 1816 ; m. Olive Dickey, b. Feb. 28, 1816, and res. in Wilmot and N. L.
(2). John T., b. June 12, 1817 ; m. Dolly Emerson, b. Sept. 17, 1815.
(3). Silas B., b. Aug. 6, 1818 ; m. Fidelia J. Piper, b. Dec. I, 1820. Silas d. March, 1847.
(4). Sarah A., b. Aug. 1, 1820; m. Harrison Emerson, b. July 19, 1813. Two children, Jonathan P., Harry G.
(5). Joseph B., b. Aug. 15, 1823 ; m. Elvira T. Robinson, b. March, 1828; res. Ogden, N. Y.
(6). George W., b. Sept. 30, 1828 ; m. (1), Aug. 11, 1848, Lydia A. Upton, b. June 5, 1828 ; m. (2), Nov. 24, 1859, Hattie J., sister of Lydia A., res. Wilmot.
3. Abigail, b. March 20, 1795 ; never m.
4. Sally, b. Dec. 9, 1797 ; m. Benjamin Cross, and res. in Spring- field.
5. Josiah, b. March 21, 1799; m. (1) Nancy Heath, b. March, 1806; m. (2) Eunice Messer, b. April 16, 1810. Nine chil- dren.
6. Greenleaf, b. Sept. 17, 1802; m. Harriet Heath, b. April 7, 1808.
7. Daniel, b. April 13, 1806 ; m. Betsey Rowell, b. July 23, 1811. No children.
8. William, b. May 7, 1809 ; m. Mary Brown, b. 1811. No chil- dren.
9. Mary (twin to William) ; m. Moses Ray, b. Feb. 27, 1807, and res. in Wilmot.
RUSSELL, JOHN .- In the list of highway surveyors for 1792 and 1796 is found the name of John Russell, who in 1800 was a resident of the northeast district. The children of John and Molly Russell recorded in the N. L. vital statistics were,-
I. Molly, b. Oct. 27, 1791.
2. Achsah, b. Dec. 14, 1793.
3. Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1795.
4. Betsey, b. July 3, 1797.
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5. Nabby, b. April 8, 1799.
6. Fanny, b. Feb. 14, 1804.
7. Sophronia, b. Feb. 12, 1806.
SARGENT, CAPT. AMASA .- The fourth son of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent, b. March 6, 1770, was named Amasa, and gained his title in the early militia. He m., Jan. 5, 1796, Susanna, dau. of Jonathan Shepard, and settled on the Ransom F. Sargent place. After his father had removed with his third son, Ebenezer, to the Charles D. Sargent place in the centre of the town, Capt. Amasa res. on the old home- stead at the West Part till 1812, when he removed to a farm at Goose Hole, in what was then Wendall. Here he built a saw- and grist-mill over the brook through which the water flows from Goose Hole to Otter pond, and erected a dwelling near the site of the present Sanford Fisher house. When his dau., Sylvia, who had m. Amos Woodward, removed to Hanover, Amasa and his family went with them, he having sold the mill privilege at Goose Hole to Jesse Blake in 1815. He d. Dec. 8, 1868. Children :
I. Sylvia, b. Nov. 24, 1796; m. Amos, son of Eliphalet and Martha (Gage) Woodward, b. Sutton, May 31, 1792, and res. at Hanover.
2. Susanna, b. Feb. 13, 1799.
3. Jonathan Shepard, b. June 27, 1802.
4. Eunice, b. Jan. 14, 1804.
5. Amasa, b. Feb. 6, 1806.
SARGENT, ANTHONY .- Anthony, the eldest son of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent, was b. in Amesbury, Mass., Feb., 1760, and removed to N. L. with his father in the winter of 1781. Though young to serve as a soldier, he had been with Stark at Bennington and had suffered with the scurvy. In N. L. he made a clearing near the present Frank Jewett house, and lived there for more than 40 years. His first wife, Miriam, bore him two children, and d. Sept. 29, 1792, aged 31 years. Anthony m. (2), Jan. 12, 1794, Mrs. Dilly (Delia) Fletcher, widow of Joel Fletcher the elder, who was drowned in Lake Sunapee in 1792. Anthony d. March 12, 1825 ; Delia d. May 14, 1823, aged 56 years. Children :
I. Nathan, b. Dec. 10, 1784; never m. ; d. Jan. 21, 1858.
2. Jacob, b. June 1, 1790 ; never m. ; d. June 6, 1828.
EBENEZER SARGENT.
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3. Miram, b. June 26, 1800; m. Dec. 16, 1823, John, son of John and Mehitable Page, b. Salem, Dec. 25, 1800, and res. in N. L.
SARGENT, EBENEZER (1) .- Peter Sargent, the ancestor of most of the Sargents in N. L., was a great-great-grandson of William Sargent the immigrant, who had two sons, Thomas and William. Peter's great-grandfather was Thomas, whose brother William also had a great-grandson in N. L. before 1800. William's great-grandson was Ebenezer, the son of Philip and Hannah (Hadley) Sargent of Kingston. He settled in the West Part, and took great interest in town affairs, serving as constable and collector and as selectman. His first wife was Esther Quimby, by whom he had seven children, Esther d. Oct. 28, 1789, and Elder Seamans, who attended her funeral, has this note in his diary : "N. B. This was the first member of this little Chh who died since its constitution." Ebenezer m. (2) Phebe Flanders, and in 1800 removed to Orange, Vt., where he res. for several years, going thence to Chautauqua, N. Y., where he d. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and received a pension. Children :
I. Philip, b. March 13, 1778.
2. Betty, b. March 2, 1780.
3. Moses, b. Feb. 21, 1782.
4. Aaron, twin to Moses ; d. Aug. 1, 1782.
5. Ebenezer, b. March 11, 1784.
6. Aaron, b. April 4, 1786.
7. Enoch, b. May 11, 1788.
8. Esther, b. Sept. 20, 1790.
9. Levi, b. May 1, 1792.
IO. Joseph, b. Sept. 9, 1794.
II. Robert, b. April 14, 1796.
12. Thomas Currier, b. April 12, 1798.
13. Comfort, b. Feb. 27, 1800.
SARGENT, EBENEZER (2) .- Ebenezer was the third son of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent, b. Hopkinton, April 16, 1768, and was, therefore, thirteen years old when his father removed from that town to N. L. On attaining his majority he settled on the Charles D. Sargent farm, northwest of the Four Corners, and some time later moved to the farm at Davis's corner. Nov. 25, 1792, he was joined in marriage to Pru-
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dence, dau. of John and Ruth (Hills) Chase of Wendall. Ten children were born to them, nine of whom lived to mature age. Both parents had only a very limited education, the schools of those early times confining instruction to the arts of reading and writing ; but they were hard workers, and not only reared their large family, giving to each his or her " portion" on coming of age or at marriage, but acquired what was looked upon in those days as a considerable competence for their old age, for they were spared to live together more than 65 years. Ebene- zer d. July 3, 1859; Prudence d. March 17, 1858, aged 83 years. Children :
I. Anna, b. Oct. 31, 1793 ; m. Joseph Putney, July 22, 1810, and res. in N. L.
2. Rebekah, b. June 10, 1795 ; m., Dec. 29, 1818, Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel S. and Sarah Messer, b. Oct. 22, 1789, and res. in N. L.
3. Ruth, b. April 30, 1797 ; m., Sept. 28, 1830, Amos Parker “ of Sutton " (his second wife), and res. in N. L.
4. Seth Freeman, b. June 16, 1799 ; m., Nov. 16, 1823, Polly, dau. of John and Molly (Brocklebank) Adams, b. Aug. 29, 1799, and res. in N. L.
5. Aaron Leland, b. April 22, 1802 ; m., Nov. 6, 1827, Jane Addi- son of Springfield, and res. in N. L.
6. Sylvanus Thayer, b. Feb. 12, 1805 ; m. (1) Emmeline, dau. of Elder Crockett of Danbury and sister of Charles Crockett of N. L .; m. (2) Azubah, dau. of "Doctor" Roby of Sutton, and res. in N. L.
7. Lois, b. April 28, 1807 ; m., Nov. 6, 1827, Charles Messer of Danbury, son of Nathaniel S. and Sarah Messer of N. L., b. June 5, 1803. They res. in Danbury, and had three children.
8. Laura, b. March 28, 1809; m. Adam, son of Jonathan and Lucy (Parker) Davis of Sutton, b. Nov. 10, 1793, and res. in N. L.
9. Jonathan Kittredge, b. Oct. 9, 1814; d. at the age of two years.
10. Jonathan Everett, b. Oct. 23, 1816; lived at home, with limited advantages in the way of schooling, until he was seventeen, when his father "gave him his freedom" instead of the sum of money his elder brothers had received on attaining their majority. He worked in a saddler's shop, and taught school, for two years, then spent a year at Kimball Union academy in Meriden, entering Dartmouth college in 1836. With the
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exception of two hundred dollars loaned him by his father, young Sargent earned his way through college, graduating among the first in his class in 1840. He was admitted to the bar in the courts of the District of Columbia in 1842, and the New Hampshire superior court of judicature in 1843. For a quarter-century he was a prominent figure in legislative circles, and as judge of the different courts and chief-justice of the state held terms of court in every shire-town and half shire-town in the state. The architect of his own fortune, the humble farmer boy by his energy and perseverance reached the highest post of honor in his chosen profession that his native state could bestow.
Judge Sargent m. (1), Nov. 29, 1843, Maria C., dau. of John Jones, Esq., of Enfield, by whom he had two children : John Jones Sargent, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1866, and d. in Oshkosh, Wis., Oct. 3, 1870, just as he was ready to commence practice as a lawyer; the second son, Everett Foster, d. young. He m. (2), Sept. 5, 1853, Louisa Jennie, dau. of Dea. James K. Paige of Wentworth, by whom he had three children :
(1). Marie Louise, b. Sept. 8, 1856 ; m., July 25, 1882, Harry Masterton, and had Mildred, b. Jan. 4, 1888 ; Marie Louise d. at Concord, Sept. 19, 1894.
(2). Annie Lawrie, b. July 9, 1862 ; d. April 13, 1865.
(3). George Lincoln, b. Aug. 10, 1868 ; m. Inez W. Ranney in 1893 ; was killed in a coasting accident at Concord, Jan. 19, 1894.
At the centennial celebration of his native town, June 25, 1879, Judge Sargent delivered a most scholarly address before probably the largest assembly of people the town has ever witnessed. In September of that year he retired from the practice of law, and from that time until his death, Jan. 6, 1890, enjoyed life with his family, his friends, and his books, as only the man who has thoroughly earned his success can. After entering practice in this state in 1843, Judge Sargent lived four years in Canaan, twenty-two in Wentworth, and twenty-one in Concord, where he had one of the finest resi- dences in the city, and where he passed peacefully away, full of years and honors,-a man whom New London is proud to claim as one of her most distinguished sons.
SARGENT, EZEKIEL .- Ezekiel was the sixth son of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent, b. Hopkinton, November, 1773,
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and, therefore, eight years old when his father removed to N. L. In the earlier years of his manhood he possessed con- siderable property, and was influential in town affairs. He built an imposing residence on Colby hill, which for many years was known as " The Elms" from the noble trees that shaded and adorned the dooryard, but is to-day Hotel Sargent under its present owner, Walter P. Sargent. This property Ezekiel afterwards sold, with the exception of a small piece of land on which he built the Luther McCutchins house, and the roomy dwelling was none too large for the fourteen children who blessed his hearthstone. His first wife, Sarah Page, was the mother of eight children, and d. March 1, 1817, aged 44 years. Ezekiel m. (2), April 6, 1818, Emily, dau. of Solo- mon and Molly (Bancroft) Adams, who d. Nov. 27, 1864, aged 70 years. Ezekiel d. July 29, 1855. Children :
I. Sophronia, b. Aug. 20, 1799 ; m., Sept. 19, 1820, Hezekiah, son of Nathaniel S. and Sarah Messer, b. March 21, 1795, and res. in N. L.
2. Plooma, b. Jan. 10, 1802 ; went to Corinth, Me., where she m. Dea. Stephen Dexter.
3. Gilman, b. Dec. 31, 1804; d. Dec. 20, 1805.
4. Polly, b. Feb. 12, 1807 ; never m .; d. at Matthew H. Sargent's about 1837.
5. Gilman, b. May 6, 1809 ; went to Corinth, Me., where he m. three times, and d.
6. Sally, b. July 15, 1811 ; went to Corinth, Me., where she m. William Mills, and res. in Levant.
7. Ezekiel, b. Jan. 2, 1814.
8. Emily, b. Feb. 23, 1817 ; d. March 13, 1817.
9. William H. H., b. May 2, 1819 ; never m .; was in business at the Four Corners for a time, then started for California in 1849, but d. in Oregon before reaching the mines.
10. Emily Maria, b. March 19, 1821 ; m., Nov. 24, 1846, J. Q. A. Wood of Tecumseh, Mich., a native of Loudon, N. H. They res. at New Ipswich and Ann Arbor, Mich. At the latter place Mrs. Wood established a young ladies' seminary, which she conducted successfully for many years. Later she re- turned to N. L., where she d., Dec. 27, 1854, leaving one son, Harry S., now a lawyer at Steele, N. D.
II. Edwin Ruthven, b. March 19, 1823 ; m. Eliza, dau. of Joseph G. and Betsey Woodward, and had,-Charles M. (res. in
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Henniker), Frank (res. in Warner), Byron, and three others. Edwin enlisted in a Vermont regiment during the Rebellion, and was never heard of afterwards.
12. Julia Amanda, b. April 13, 1825; m. William H. H. Wood (brother of J. Q. A. Wood, above), lawyer and school-teacher, and res. in Kentucky and Sauk Rapids, Minn. A son, Harry P., edits the Free Press at Sauk Rapids.
13. Lois Adams, b. July 12, 1829 ; m. Archibald M., son of John Hayes, and moved to Pittsfield. Mr. Hayes was a lawyer, and later located at Hastings, Minn., where Lois d. Jan I, 1896.
14. Andrew Jackson, b. Nov. 12, 1833 ; m., April 29, 1861, Juliette Dewey of Barnet, Vt., and res. in N. L.
SARGENT, JOHN .- The fifth of the eight sons of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent was John, b. Hopkinton, Oct. II, 1771. Oct. 22, 1795, he m. Susanna Johnson, and leaving the shelter of the paternal roof established his own household a little southeast of Pleasant street, on a spot between the present residence of George R. McFarland and that of Bay N. McFar- land. Later he built the homestead now occupied by his youngest son, George W. Sargent. Susanna (Johnson) Sar- gent d. Dec. 25, 1840, aged 64 years. John m. (2) Jane Eaton, widow of Jonathan Eaton of Sutton, and dau. of Philip and Hannah (Hadley) Sargent of Kingston, b. 1773. Both d. the same day, March 26, 1864, he being 93 years of age, and his wife 91. Children of John and Susanna (Johnson) Sar- gent :
I. Stephen, b. Sept. 20, 1796; m., Oct. 12, 1819, Mary Eaton, dau. of Eliphalet and Martha (Gage) Woodward, b. March 27, 1799, and res. in N. L.
2. Rhapsyma, b. Nov. 20, 1797; m., July 13, 1819, Richard Fiske of Hopkinton ; d. Dec. 14, 1838.
3. John Johnson, b. May 19, 1799; m. Rachel, dau. of Ezekiel and Ednah (Wilkins) Davis of Sutton, b. Aug. 22, 1803, and res. in N. L.
4. Mehitable K., b. March 14, 1801 ; m., Aug. 8, 1820, John K., son of Eliphalet and Martha (Gage) Woodward, b. July 9, 1795, and res. in N. L.
5. Hannah, b. Oct. 28, 1802 ; m., Feb. 6, 1827, Isaac, son of Eliphalet and Martha (Gage) Woodward, b. March 15, 1797, and res. in N. L.
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6. Sally, b. March 1, 1804 ; m., Jan. 21, 1834, John D., son of Joseph and Polly (Dole) Woodward, b. Aug. 22, 1808, and res. in N. L.
7. Daniel, b. March 25, 1806 ; d. 1807.
S. Dolly, b. Aug. 16, 1807 ; m., Jan. 21, 1834, John D. Wood- ward (his second wife), and res. in N. L.
9. Susan, b. Feb. 28, 1809; m. Richard Fiske of Hopkinton (his second wife).
IO. Perley, b. Nov. 12, 1810; m., Sept. 11, 1838, Mary J., dau. of Elbridge and Mary (Dearborn) King of Sutton, b. Nov. 29, 1819. He res. for a short time in N. L. and was in business here ; then went to North Sutton, where he was postmaster for several years and kept store in connection with his brother James. Later he removed to Ripon, Wis., and d. there Feb. 14, 1864. His family returned to Sut- ton, and his widow m., May 5, 1874, Philip N. Little. Chil- dren :
(1). Albert, b. July 8, 1840 ; m., Feb. 19, 1866, Alice Savage, and had eleven children ; d. Montreal, Oct. 25, 1887.
(2). Emoroa, b. May 24, 1842 ; m., Dec. 29, 1869, John W. Ven, and had Charles F., b. Blair, Neb., Dec. 11, 1870.
(3). Emily, b. Nov. 9, 1843 ; m., Dec. 14, 1865, W. J. Mc- Lean, and had Bert E., b. Parkersburg, Ia., Sept. 23, 1883.
(4). Alma, b. April 14, 1848; d. Sutton, Jan. 31, 1870.
(5). Walter P., b. June 7, 1850 ; m., July 26, 1874, Mary Frances, dau. of Benjamin P. and Adeline (Felch) Sar- gent, and res. in Sutton and N. L.
(6). Frederic G., b. Jan. 2, 1852 ; d. Ripon, Wis., May 28, 1863.
II. Hiram, b. July 26, 1812 ; d. Jan. 15, 1830.
12. Emily, b. March 17, 1816 ; d. Aug. 4, 1818.
13. James M., b. Feb. 13, 1818; m., Feb. 23, 1843, Catherine. Jackman, b. May 17, 1819; no children. Was a merchant in North Sutton with his brother Perley, and later in con- nection with his wife. Both were highly esteemed, and Mr. Sargent held several important offices and was deacon of the Baptist church for many years. Both are d., James having passed away April 26, 1895.
14. George W., b. July 9, 1820; m., Oct. 31, 1848, Emily G., dau. of Isaac and Sally (Richardson) Bunker, b. March 9, 1825, and res. in N. L.
SARGENT, PETER .- The large and influential family of Sar -. gents in New England find a common ancestor in William
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Sargent, the emigrant, b. in England, 1602, the son of Richard Sargent, an officer in the royal navy. William came to Amer- ica in 1633, and d. in Amesbury, Mass., about 1675. He had two sons, Thomas and William, and descendants from both these branches were numbered among the early settlers of N. L., viz., Ebenezer Sargent, great-grandson of William, and Peter Sargent, great-grandson of Thomas. Peter was the son of Dea. Stephen and Judith (Ordway) Sargent, b. Nov. 2, 1736. He removed from Amesbury to Hopkinton in 1763, coming from thence to N. L., in the winter of 1781, and locating on a knoll a short distance west of the present West Part burying-ground. In 1800 Peter was living with his son Ebenezer, on the Charles D. Sargent farm near the Four Cor- ners, leaving his son Amasa on the original homestead in the West Part. Later Ebenezer removed to Davis's corner, and Peter then lived in a small house nearly opposite him. Peter's first wife was Ruth Nichols of Amesbury, a relative of the mother of Esquire Josiah Brown of N. L. Twelve of their thirteen children m. and res. in N. L., and they have more descendants in the town than any other one family of the pio- neers. Ruth (Nichols) Sargent d. Nov. 5, 1808, aged 69 years, and Peter m. (2) Abigail Homans, who d. March 22, 1813, aged 75 years. His third wife was the widow of John Chase of Sunapee, mother of his son Ebenezer's wife. He d. March 8, 1816, aged 80 years. The family record of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent is,-
I. Anthony, b. Amesbury, Mass., February, 1760; m. (1) Mir- iam -; m. (2), Jan. 12, 1794, Mrs. Delia Fletcher, and res. in N. L.
2. Abigail, b. January, 1761 ; m., Jan. 11, 1783, Abner Whit- tier, and res. in N. L.
3. Ruth, b. Hopkinton, Feb. 11, 1763 ; m. Mr. Nichols.
4. Judith, b. November, 1764 ; m., about 1788, Abner Whittier (his second wife), and res. in N. L.
5. Peter, b. August, 1766; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Philip and Hannah (Hadley) Sargent of Kingston, and res. in N. L.
6. Ebenezer, b. April 16, 1768; m., Nov. 25, 1792, Prudence, dau. of John and Ruth (Hills) Chase of Wendall, and res. in N. L.
7. Amasa, b. March 6, 1770; m., Jan. 5, 1796, Susanna, dau. of Jonathan Shepard, and res. in N. L.
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HISTORY OF NEW LONDON.
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