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(VIII) William Forrest. second son and sixth child of Samuel (2) and Betsey (Stevens) Sar- gent, was born July 4, 1817, in Canterbury, where he resided throughout his life, engaged in farming, and died November 17, 1878. He was married, April 19, 1847, to Aphiah A. Young, of Canterbury. She was born February 10, 1823, and still survives him. Mr. Sargent was a man of domestic tastes and took no part in public affairs. He was fond of his home and family, and paid no attention to religious matters in a public way. He was a Democrat in politics, and was an honest and upright citizen. His family included two sons, William Young and Charles John.
(IX) William Young, elder son of William F. and Aphiah (Young) Sargent, was born April 19, 1851, in Canterbury, where he now resides and is engaged in farming. He was married October 29, 1878, to Alinira J. Ayers, of Canterbury, who was born in that town August 2, 1855, daughter of Charles and Helen (Garrish) Ayres, and have no living children.
(IX) Charles John, younger son of William F. and Aphial (Young) Sargent, was born October 7. 1858. on his father's farm in Canterbury, and re- sides on the paternal homestead of his grandfather and great grandfather. Mr. Sargent's health has never been very robust and he has confined his at- tention to the affairs of the home farm, which re- quires all of his strength. Like his forefathers, he adheres to the Democratic party in politics, but he has taken no part in public affairs and has never sought or desired any office. He is engaged chiefly in dairy farming, and is moderately successful. He was never married.
(IV) Jonathan, third son and child of Philip and Mary (Tewksbury) Sargent, was born March IS, 1698, in Amesbury, where he grew up and passed his life, being a farmer. His will was probated at Salem in 1755, which indicates that as the year of his death. The Christian name of his wife was Jemima. and their children were : Susanna, Jon- athan, Philip, Sterling and Hannah.
(V) Sterling, third son and fourth child of Jon- athan and Jemima Sargent, was born May 25, 1731, in Amesbury, and lived until after his children were born in . Plaistow, New Hampshire He was an early resident of Allenstown, New Hampshire, where he died about 1700, his will being probated at Exeter in that year. Ile was a successful farmer. and his progeny is still numerous in the vicinity of
his last home. He was married (first), to Lydia Coffin, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, who was born August 6, 1729, and died before 1785. His sec- ond marriage occurred September 24, 1785, the bride being Mehitable Davis, of Amesbury. His third mar- riage took place at Pembroke, New Hampshire, February 14, 1788, to Mary Andrews. His children, all born of the first marriage, were : Simeon, Jon- athan, Molly, Jemima and Philip. (Mention of Jonathan and Philip with descendants appears later in this article).
(VI) Simeon, eldest child of Sterling and Lydia (Coffin) Sargent, was born October 16, 1752. in Plaistow, New Hampshire, and settled in Bow, same state, where he had a large farm, and built the house now occupied by liis great-grandson. He was an industrious and prosperous farmer, and cleared land on one of the highest elevations of the town. He was married in Pembroke, February 5, 1782, to Martha Buntin, of Allenstown. She was born November 15, 1759, in Amesbury, and died 1854, in Bow, having survived her husband about twenty-seven years He passed away March 30, 1827. Of their children two were born in Ames- bury, and the others in Bow, namely: Jane, Anna, James. Jemima, Philip, Andrew B., Simeon C., William, Sally (died at two years), Martha and Sally. (Mention of Andrew appears in this ar- ticle.)
(VII) James, eldest son and third child of Simeon and Martha (Buntin) Sargent, was born De- cemher 10, 1786, in Bow, and died January 9, 1871, at Solon, Iowa. He was a farmer in Bow until 1854. when he retired and removed to Solon, Iowa. He married Betsey Sewart, of Dunbarton, who was born January 1797, in that town and died October 15, 1854, at Solon, Iowa, where both she and hier husband were buried. His children were: Cyrus, Larkin, Mary, Martha A. and James.
(VIII) Mary, eldest daughter and third child of James and Betsey (Stewart) Sargent, was born May 25, 1820, and was married in 1837, to Benjamin Page. (See Page VIII).
( VII) Andrew Buntin, third son and sixth child of Simeon and Martha ( Buntin) Sargent, was born January 31, 1793, in Bow, and succeeded his father on the homestead, where he lived all his life, a successful farmer. He was married in Bow, Sep- tember 30, 1819, to Betsey Alexander, daughter of Samuel Alexander, of that town. where she was born November 2, 1798, and died August 9, 1872, in her seventy-fourth year. Mr. Sargent passed away well along in his seventy-sixth year, September 28, 1868. Their children were: Elvina, Sarah, Emeline, Samuel A., Simeon, Enoch A., Lucy J., Sewell, Philip J. and Charlotte F.
(VIII) Samuel Alexander, eldest son and fourth child of Andrew B. and Betsey (Alexander) Sar- gent, was born September 1, 1826, on the family homestead in Bow, where he made his home through life. He attended the local district school, and learned the trade of stonemason when a young man. He spent most of the summer months during his active life in building operations or in the quar- ries at Concord and Suncock. In the meantime his younger brother cultivated the homestead farm, which Samuel owned. The latter was a supporter of the gospel, embracing the faith of the Methodist Church, and was a Democrat in politics. For many years he served as selectman of the town. He was married April 30, 1863. to Adeline B. Holt, who was born April 4. 1835, in Wilton, New Hampshire, a daughter of Abner Holt of that town. She died February 27, 1880, and was survived seven years by
Harry & Sargent.
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her husband, who passed away March 8, 1887. The location of their children is shown as follows : Mary, born March 30. 1865, is the wife of Gardner AV. Flagg, residing in Melrose, Massachusetts ; Fred, April 16, 1867, resides in Concord, this state: Samuel is the subject of the following paragraph ; Addie, November 13, 1873, makes her home on the homestead.
(1X) Samuel. second son and third child of Samuel A. and Adeline B. (Holt) Sargent, was born March 2, 1869, on the homestead of his great- grandfather in Bow, where he continues to reside. He continued in the local schools and at Pembroke Academy until he was eighteen years old, and sub- sequently spent six years as a stone cutter on gran- ite in Concord. Since 1805 he has cultivated the home farm, producing large quantities of fruit. He has grown in a single season four hundred bushels of peaches, and also produces cherries, plums and apples in quantity. Among the benefits received from his progenitors is the use of a fine farm barn, forty by one hundred and four feet in ground di- mension, with basement under all. In days past the farm was largely devoted to the production of hay and the keeping of cattle, making this barn neces- sary, and it was finished in the time of his grand- father. Mr. Sargent is industrious, like his prede- cessors on the farm, and aims to keep in touch with the forces of modern progress. He is a member of Bow Grange, and of Friendship Lodge, No. 9. Independent Order Odd Fellows, of Hooksett, in which he has passed the principal chairs. Besides the farm, he is the owner of several tenements in Concord. Ile adheres to the political teachings of his father, but keeps aloof from the public service, preferring the quiet of his own fireside to the broils of political life. Mr. Sargent was married June 5. 1895, to Miss Florence Maria Wheeler, of Bow, who was born February 24. 1873, in Concord. She is a daughter of Cyrus Colby Wheeler of Bow. ( See Wheeler, second family, III). Her children were born as follows: Florence Marguerite, Octo- ber 6 1896; Philip James, December 25, 1898; Mary Faustina, March 3, 1900; and Arthur Wheeler, De- cember 29. 1903.
(VI) Jonathan, second son and child of Ster- ling and Lydia ( Coffin) Sargent, was born probably at Allenstown about 1755, and died at Chichester in 1839. He was engaged in farming. He married. ( first), Molly, daughter of Daniel Lucas, one of the first settlers of Buckstreet, and (second), Mary Bryant. The children all by the first marriage were: Thomas, Sterling, Lydia, Jonathan, Mehit- able and Eliza.
(VII) Thomas, eldest child of Jonathan and Polly (Lucas) Sargent, was born in Pembroke, October 9, 1780, and died in Pembroke. November 15, 1847. He was a carpenter by trade. He mar- ried, October, 1816, at Saratoga, New York. Abigail Hutchins, of New London, born February 26, 1793, lied January 30, 1887. Their children were: Mar- tha A., Belinda, Lucy, Isaac C., Thomas L. and Catherine L.
( VIII) Catherine Lucretia, sixth child and fourth daughter of Thomas and Abigail ( Hutch- ins ) Sargent. was born in Saratoga. New York, May 3, 1827, and died November 15, 1902, in Pem- broke. She married, August 20, 1847, Trueworthy Ladd Fowler, of Pembroke, and they had five chil- dren as follows: Martin, Charles MI., Henry T .. Adin G. and Blanche L.
(1X) Blanche Lilla Fowler, daughter of True- worthy I .. and Catherine L. (Sargent) Fowler, was iv-18
born in Pembroke, February 29, 1860, and married David F. Dudley. (See Dudley IX.)
(IV) Philip, fifth chikl of Philip and Mary ( Tewksbury) Sargent, was born at Amesbury, April 7. 1703. He married, July 23. 1724, Martha Had- ley. Their children were : Martha, Margaret. Philip, Abel, Samuel, Dorothy, Noah, Sarah and Jesse.
(V) Abel, second son of Philip and Martha ( Hadley ) Sargent, was born at Amesbury, Massa- chusetts. September 10, 1734. He married Sarah Hadley, who died July, 1829, at Thornton. New Hampshire. He was a farmer and resided at Dun- barton. They had ten children: Sarah, Margaret, Polly, Martha, Betsey, Dorothy, Philip, Susan, Jo- seph and Samuel.
(VI) Joseph, second sen and ninth child of Abel and Sarah ( Hadley) Sargent. was born at Dunbarton, New Hampshire, May 2, 1782. He mar- ried. (first), Mary Miller, who died in 1827, at Thornton. In the following year, May 28, he mar- ried, (second ), Fanny A. Merrill ( whose maiden name was Bancroft). She was born at Amesbury, Massachusetts. June 30, 1780, and died April 7, 1878. Mr. Sargent was a farmer at Thornton, where he spent most of his life. He was buried there, as was all his children but the first. The names of his children were: Susan, John M., Joseph, Martha P., Robert M., Mark P., Mary M., Samuel M. and Charles R.
(VII) Samuel Merrill, fifth son of Joseph and Fanny ( Merrill) Sargent, was born at Thornton, March 11, 1831. He married, June 14, 1857, at Law- renee, Massachusetts, Cyrene M. Mitchell, a native of Charlestown, born February 10, 1837. He resided at Pittsfield, New Hampshire, until 1861, resided at Hooksett for a time, and then moved to Concord. He was engaged as a locomotive engineer and in farming for many years, and then went into the ex- press business. He died September 3, 1899. His wife died February 26, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent were the parents of four children, of whom three are now living: Harry G., further mentioned be- low : William Page ( died October 27, 1900) ; Eliza A., who married Perley O. Farrar : and Mary G., married William H. Reed.
(VIII) Harry Gene, son of Samuel Merrill and Cyrene M. ( Mitchell) Sargent, was born at Pitts- field, New Hampshire. September 30, 1859. He married, December 14. 18SI, Elizabeth Dudley, a native of Concord, born April 5. 1857. (See Dud- ley VIII. ) Of this marriage there is one daughter, Margaret D., born June 10, 1883.
Mr. Sargent received his public school educa- tion in the schools of Concord, graduating from the high school in 1878. and then entered the office of W. T. and 11. F. Norris as a law student. He next attended the Boston University Law School a year. and then returned to Concord and completed his legal education under the direction of the late Hon. John Y. Mugridge, and was admitted to the bar in August, ISSr. For twelve years he practiced alone, and laid the foundation for that professional suc- cess which has since attended him and the firm with which he has been identified. In 1893 he formed a partnership with Henry F. Hollis under the firm name of Sargent & Hollis, and three years later Edward C. Niles became a member of the firm, known as Sargent, Hollis & Niles, In 1898 Mr. Hollis withdrew, and in 1900 A. P. Morrill, Esq., was admitted, the firm then being Sargent, Niles & Morrill. January 1. 1904. James WV. Remick. at that time a member of the supreme court of New
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Hampshire, resigned from the bench, and the firm of Sargent, Remick & Niles was formed, which con- tinued until August 1, 1907, when Mr. Remick with- drew. Robert W. Upton then became associated with the present firm of Sargent & Niles.
Mr. Sargent was elected county solicitor for Merrimack county in 1885, and served two years. In 1887 he was city solicitor of Concord, and held that position hy successive re-elections until 1901. Mr. Sargent's ability as an attorney has brought him an extensive practice, reaching beyond the courts of the state, into various jurisdictions of the federal courts, and before legislative committees and tribunals. In IS91 he was associated with Wayne McVeigh, late attorney general of the United States, as counsel for Austin Corbin in an important railroad controversy before the legislature of New Hampshire, and his arguments both be- fore the legislative committees and later before the full bench of the supreme court, to which the legis- lature had referred the matter, were powerful. In the litigation involving the title to the summit of Mount Washington, Mr. Sargent was of counsel for Coe and Pingree, and appeared before the legis- lature of New Hampshire, and also before the state and United States courts with great success.
In the fall of 1900 Mr. Sargent, much against his desire, accepted his party's nomination for mayor of Concord. The city then being in the hands of his political opponents, the campaign was an ardu- ous and spirited one. Mr. Sargent was elected, and assumed the duties of his office in January, 1901, serving two years As chief magistrate of the city he was exceptionally powerful and progressive. Under his vigorous guidance the city undertook its greatest public work since the institution of the mu- nicipal water works, in the erection of a new city building. This enterprise. although meeting a want long felt and widely recognized, was vigorously opposed by many of the most substantial and influ- ential men of the city, and had. a weaker hand than Mr Sargent's guided the project, it probably would have failed. P'ut with quiet persistence he met the argument of the opponents of the im- provement, both before the city government and be- fore the courts, where the questions were carried upon legal grounds, and won substantial recogni- tion of the justice and legality of his position. The present handsome municipal building is a monu- ment to his able and persistent work for a much needed public improvement. Mr. Sargent served as judge advocate general with the rank of brigadier- general on the staff of Governor Bachelder, 1903-04. He is a trustee of the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, and of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the diocese of New Hampshire. He was for- merly president of the Snowshoe and Wonolancet Clubs. Upon the occasion of the celebration of the Webster Centennial ( 1001), Dartmouth College con- ferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts in recognition of his standing as a lawyer and a citi- zen.
(VI) Philip (See New Hampshire state papers, Vol. 13. p. 64-166, for war record), fifth son and youngest child of Stedling and Lydia ( Coffin) Sar- gent, was born at Plaistow, March 21, 1765, and died at Allenstown. February 21, 1820. He was a farmer. He married, September 22, 1793. Sally Perrin, born in Pembroke. April 2, 1773, died May 18, 1840. They had one child, Sterling.
(VII) Sterling, only child of Philip and Sally (Perrin) Sargent, was born March 20, 1794, in Al- lenstown, New Hampshire, and died June 4. 1868, in Allenstown, where he was a prosperous farmer
and brickmaker. Among the improvements he made was the erection in 1843 of a substantial dwelling house in Allenstown, (village of Sun- cook). He was a Democrat, and represented Al- lenstown two terms in the legislature, and also served as selectman. He was a drum major in the war of 1812, and served at Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a member of Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons. December 29. 1814, he married Sally, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Buntin) Gault. (See Gault III. ) She was born May 7, 1796, and died May 10, 1863. Following is a brief account of their children: Hiram, the eldest, died of yellow fever in Texas. Matthew died at the age of thirty years in Pembroke. Philip is mentioned at length in this article. Sally married, (first), Francis George Hirsch, and (second ), Rev. Henry H. Hartwell, and died May 19, 1897, in Allenstown. William Gault died when two years old, and a second of the same name lived to the age of five months. Elsie Kim- ball became the wife of Henry W. Furbush, of Westborough, Massachusetts, and died at Heading Camp Ground, September 1, 1886. Mary Haseltine is the widow of William F. Head (See Head VI), residing in Hooksett. Warren is mentioned below. Abbie married Natt Bartlett Emery, of Pembroke. (VIII) Philip, third son and child of Sterling and Sally (Gault ) Sargent, was born in Allenstown, August 16, 1822, and died in the same town, April 15, 1898. He began bis education in the common schools and completed his studies at the Pembroke Gymnasium. He assisted his father for a time, later becoming a partner in the business and be- ing associated with him for a number of years. For a time he carried on brickmaking alone; and later in partnership with his brother Watren, he con- ducted a thriving and profitable business for thirty years. In 1891 he retired from active pursuits He was a man of substance and intelligence, and had influence for good among the people of his com- munity. He was a Democrat, but not active in poli- tics or desirous of office. He was persuaded to ac- cept the nomination for representative to the legis- lature in 1878, and, being elected, served with abil- ity one term. He married, December 31, 1849, Phebe A. Williams, daughter of Charles K. and Ab- bie ( Emery) Williams. She was born in Pem- broke, June 1, 1829, and died February 26, 1903. They had one child, Ellen F., born in Allenstown, October 5, 1850, who married April 26, 1900, Charles H. Ames, of Rockland, Maine. She lives at AAllenstown, and occupies the homestead of her parents.
(VHID) Warren, sixth son of Sterling and Sally ( Gault ) Sargent, was born in Allenstown, Septem- her 1. 1837, and was educated in the town schools and at Pembroke Academy. He is the owner of the eighty acre farm his father settled on, and oc- cupies the house on the main street in Allenstown. which his father built in 1843. He has been a tiller of the soil and a brickmaker all his life; but of late years has been less active than formerly in botb vo- cati ins. Mr. Sargent is a Democrat. and filled the office of selectman in 1860. and representative in the legislature in 1892. He is a member of Pembroke Grange, No. ITT, Patrons of Husbandry, Pembroke. He married, (first), April 2, 1868, Fannie E. Knowls, born in Dover in 1847, who died in Al- lenstown January o. 1806, and. (second), June 9, 1806, Florence L. ( Staples), widow of George W. Brown, daughter of James and Julia A. (Stone) Staples, born in Danversport, Massachusetts, No- vember 13, 1852. Both of Mrs. Sargent's parents
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were born in Champlin, Maine, the father in 1821, died in Danversport, in 1864; and the mother in May, 1825, is now living in Allenstown, aged eighty years.
(III) Charles, third son and child of William (2) and Mary (Colby) Sargent, born at Ames- bury, January 31, 1674, died August 6, 1737, at Amesbury, was a farmer. and resided in the "West Parish" of his native town. He married Hannah Foot, and they had six children: Elizabeth, Tim- othy, Hannah, Samuel, Elias and Bethsheba. ( Men- tion of Elias follows in this article ).
(IV) Timothy, second child and oldest son of Charles and Hannah ( Foot) Sargent, born at Amesbury, March UI, 1698, died 1769. at Amesbury, where he was a farmer and had always resided. He married, November 12, 1720, Mary Williams, of Newbury, and they were the parents of nine children: Enoch, Henry, Timothy, Mary. Sarah, Charles, Thomas, Eliphalet and Samuel. (Timothy and descendants receive extended notice in this ar- ticle ).
(V) Enoch, eldest son and child of Timothy and Mary ( Williams) Sargent, was born at Ames- bury. June 18, 1721. He was a farmer, and settled about 1776, at Sunapee. New Hampshire, where he died and was buried. He married, February 6, 1746, Sarah Hoyt, of Amesbury, born August 26, 1725. They had these children: Mary, Eliphalet, Sarah (died young), Enoch, Sarah. Michael, Charles ( died young ), Timothy, Winthrop, Moses and Charles. ( Moses and descendants receive men- tion in this article).
(VI) Enoch (2), fourth child and second son of Enoch (1) and Sarah ( Hoyt) Sargent, born at Amesbury, Massachusetts, December II. 1751, was a farmer. and lived at Dunbarton, New Hampshire, and is named as a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He married Molly Wells, of Londonderry. Their seven children were: Wells, died young; Enoch, died at the age of thirty unmarried ; Wells, Moses, Polly, Deborah and Abigail.
(VID) Wells, third son and child of Enoch (2) and Molly ( Wells) Sargent, was born in Dunbar- ton. July 13, 1793, and died January 16, 1860, in Springfield, New Hampshire. He was a farmer and resided at different times at Dunbarton, Lebanon and Springfield. He married Naomi P. Hammond, of Dunbarton, born September 18, 1802, died Sep- tember 27, 1884. They were the parents of nine children : Hulla H., Enoch, Mary J., Hannah E., Wells, David IL .. Eli IL., Naomi P. and Elmira A.
(VIII) Hannah E, fourth child and third daughter of Wells and Naomi P. ( Hammond) Sar- gent. was born at Dunbarton, June 14, 1830. She married January 6, 1853, Mathew II. Johnson, a me- chanic, and resides at Concord. Their children are : Wells H. Jessie F .. Rose E .. Alpheus, Elsie L. and Henry H.
(IX) Rose E. Johnson, third child and second daughter of Mathew IL. and Hannah E. Johnson, was born in Cons rd. 1858 She married Fales P. Virgin. (See Virgin VD).
(VD) Moses, seventh som and tenth child of Enoch (1) and Sarah ( Hoyt) Sargent, was born September 28, 1770, in Amesbury, Massachusetts. lived in Sunapee New Hampshire, from early child- hood, and died there April 26, 1854. He was a farmer hy occupation, and lived a quiet and (xem- plary life. He married Betsey Sargent. of Salis- bury, fifth child and daughter of Abel and Sarah (Hadley) Sargent. (See Sargent V). She was horn May 20, 1773, probably in Dunbarton, and died May 4, 1843, at her home in Sunapee Their chil-
dren were: Judith, Betsey, Dorothy, Moses, Aaron, Charles, Iliram, Rebecca, Winthrop, Philip, Calister and Elbridge.
(VII) Hiram, fourth son and seventh child of Moses and Betsey (Sargent) Sargent, was born November 23, 1803, in Sunapee, New Hampshire. and died in that town November 13. 1881. He was a farmer and representative citizen of the town and filled various local offices ; and lived nearly all his life in Sunapee. Ife was married in 1834, to Sarah Elliott, of Boscawen, who was born November 22, 1812, in that town, and diced February 20. 1892, in Sunapee. All their children except the first were born in Sunapee, namely: Edward P., Sylvester B., Sophronia, Rebecca, Sumner H., Ellen M., Emma C., Abbie Arthur E., Sullivan P. and Lewis P.
( VIII) Sophronia A., second daughter and fourth child of Hiram and Sarah ( Elliott) Sargent, was born May 13, 1839, in Sunapee, and was mar- ried November 23, 1858, to John Z. Bartlett. (See Bartlett VIII).
(V) Captain Timothy (2), third son and child of Timothy ( 1) and Mary ( Williams) Sargent, was born in Amesbury. March 26, 1725. He served as an officer in the Colonial militia, holding the rank of captain, and was accidentally drowned in the Bay of Fundy during the French and Indian war, which resulted in the capture of Louisburg and other im- portant points by the British and Colonial forces. On January 26, 1740, he married Hannah Sargent, born in Amesbury, July 9, 1732, daughter of Thomas and Priscilla (Weed) Sargent, and life her husband a lineal descendant of William Sargent. the immi- grant. Hannah died December 22, 1802. Of this minion there were four sons, namely: Phineas, Sam- ucl. Valentine and Timothy.
(VI) Valentine, third son of Captain Timothy and Hannah ( Sargent) Sargent, was born in Ames- bury, March II, 1754. When a young man he went 10 Dover, New Hampshire, where he enlisted in Colonel Reed's regiment for service in the Revolu- tionary war and he was detailed to the personal service of the commander. He afterward engaged in farming at Londonderry, whence he removed to Ilill, later to Farmington and still later to Tufts- boro. His death occurred in Dover, June 4, 1829. Il( married, first), in 1787, llannah Clendeming. Married, (second), Mrs. Temperance Mason (nve Brown. His children were: Robert, Hannah. Hosea, Jonathan, John B., Abigail, Mary, Sarah and Eben. The first child was born in Londonderry and the others were born in Ilill, Farmington and Tuftsboro.
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