Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 139

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876

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(VII) Hosea, second son and third child of Val- entine Sargent, was born in either Hill or Tufts- boro, May 12 1706. Prior to his majority he served a year in the United States navy and participated in the engagement at Plattsburgh during the War of 1812 15. lle subsequently engaged in farming at Hill, and his death, which was untimely, occurred at Dunbarton, January 17. 1834. In 1817 he married His cousin, Roxanna Sargent, born December 21. 1700, daughter of Phineas (previously mentioned ) and Hannah ( Colby) Sargent, of Hill and there fore a descendant in the seventh generation of Wil- linm Sargent, the immigrant. Phineas Sargent, who erected the third dwelling-house in Hill, married for his first wife Rebecca Wills, and for his second wife Ilannah Colby, and is said to have been the father of twenty-five children. Hosea and Roxanna (Sar- gent ) Sargent, were the parents of four children, namely : Phineas, George W., Franklin and Al- bert.

(VIII) Albert, youngest son of Hosea and Rox-

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anna (Sargent) Sargent. was born in Hill, June 9. 1825. For many years he was engaged in farm- ing and lumbering, and at one time resided in Mer- rimack. The greater part of his life, however, has been spent in Nashua, and he is still a resident of that city. His first wife was before marriage An- geline Colman, and his second wife, whom he mar- ried in 1883, was Abby Fenderson. His children, all of his first union, are: Laura E., who became the wife of John McClure. of Nashua; Allice, died in childhood: Henry, died when a young man ; Arthur E., who will be again referred to; and Alice, wife of Olin P. Lucier, of Nashua.

(IX) Arthur Edward, second son and fourth child of Albert and Angeline (Colman) Sargent, was born in Nashua, July 13, 1864. He was edu- cated in the public schools, and at the age of sev- enteen years entered the employ of the Nashua Manufacturing Company as an apprentice in the cloth room. He has ever since continued in the service of that corporation, having attained the re- sponsible position of an overseer, and is therefore well acquainted with the textile industry. In poli- tics he supports the Republican party. but confines his interest solely to the exercise of his elective privileges. never having aspired to public office. His fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Malta. Mr. Sargent married Alice Blake, daughter of James and Rosella ( Pelkey) Blake, of Peru, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent have two children, James II. and Alena U.

(IV) Elias, third son and fifth child of Charles and Hannah (Foot) Sargent, was born August IO, 1707, in Amesbury, where he resided through life. He was married there September 21, 1727. to Anna Hadley, of Amesbury. His children were: Elias, Trueworthy, Hannah, Anna, Sarah, Elizabeth, Charles, Mary, Basheba and John.

(V) Trueworthy, second son and child of Elias and Anna (Hadley) Sargent. was born September 14, 1729, in Amesbury, and resided in Londonderry and Goffstown, New Hampshire. He was in Lon- donderry in 1776, at which time he signed the asso- ciation test there. In 1812 he was a resident of Goffstown. He was married November 22, 1750, in Amesbury, to Hopestill Weed, of that town, where she was born March II, 1732.

(VI) Susanna, second daughter and fifth child of Trueworthy and Hopestill (Weed) Sargent, was born May 2, 1750, in Amesbury, and was married November 15. 1702. in Goffstown by Rev. Cornelius Waters to William Leach. ( Sce Leach VII).

( H1) Jacob, fifth son and child of William (2) and Mary ( Colby ) Sargent, born in Amesbury, March 13. 1687, died April 6 1749, in Chester, New Hampshire, moved to Chester in 1726, and was one of the first settlers there. He was a farmer, held office and was an officer in the state militia. He married December 7, 1710. Judith Harvey, of Ames- bury, who died in Chester. June, 1740. Their chil- dren were : Winthrop. Jacob, Judith. Sarah, Theophilus, Elizabeth. Tabitha and John (the last named is further mentioned in this article).

(IV) Winthrop, eldest child of Jacob and Judith ( Harvey) Sargent, born in Amesbury, October 28, 1711, died December 7, 1787, in Chester, where he was a farmer and held office. He married, June 13 1738, Phebe Healey, of Chester, born 1716, died November 4. 1806. Their children were: Jessie. Moses, John, Abraham, Phehe, Judith and Sarah.

(V) Abraham, third . son and fourth child of Winthrop and Phebe ( Hcaley) Sargent, born in Chester. February 28, 1748, died in Chester. March 1822. Like his father before him he was a farmer.

He married. July 4, 1769, Lydia Richardson, of Chester, born 1750, died February 6, 1840. Their children were named: Mary, Lydia. Abraham, Margaret, Susanna, Hulda, Benjamin, Betsey, Thomas. Martha and John L., who is next men- tioned.

( VI) John L., fourth son and youngest child of Abraham and Lydia ( Richardson) Sargent, was born January 6, 1793, in Chester, and died May 17. 1840. He was educated for a physician, and be- came a highly skilled healer, practicing in London and Tamworth, this state. He was married, De- cember 31. 1815. to Sarah Wilkins, daughter of Deacon Jonathan Wilkins, of Concord. (See Wil- kins, IV). Their children were: Sarah Hall, Charles Woodman and Frances A. B. The elder daughter became the wife of Parker Pillsbury, and died in Concord. The son was many years en- ployed in mercantile business, was cashier of the Pawtuckaway Bank of Epping, this state, and later an officer of the New Hampshire Savings Bank, of Concord. The younger daughter is the widow of George A. Blanchard, residing in Concord. (See Blanchard, VII).

(IV) John, youngest child of Jacob and Judith ( Harvey) Sargent, was born about 1727, in Ames- bury, Massachusetts, and died November 14, 1797, in Candia. He settled in Chester, in that part which was subsequently set off as the town of Can- dia, and was an active citizen, filling several town offices, and a successful farmer. His will was pro- bated in 1797 at Exeter. He was married in Ches- ter, April 29 1753, to Susannah Harriman, of that town. She died February 13, 1807, having survived her husband more than five years. The births of part of his children are recorded in Chester and others in Candia and it is probable that all were born in the same house. They were: Dorothy. Hannah, John. Jacob, Sarah and James.

( V) Dorothy, eldest child of John and Susan- nah ( Harriman ) Sargent, was born March 22, 1754. in Candia, and became the wife of Thomas Emery, of Loudon, and died in that town, March 15. 1838. (See Emery, VI).

( Second Family.)

The name of Sargent may have SARGENT been derived from the ancient Latin term servientes armorom, a military application, or perhaps from serviens ad legen-ser- geant of the law. The English equivalent for serviens ( sergent, or sergeant ) first appeared in the reign of Henry the Third. The first of the name in England probably accompanied William the Con- queror from Normandy, and it has since undergone many changes in its orthography, some thirty-two in all. commencing with Sariant and ending with Sar- gent. Ten or eleven of this name immigrated from England between the years 1633 and 1684.

(I) Hugh Sargent (Sariant in the records), of Courteenhall, in the county of Northampton, born about the year 1530 and died in 1596, married Mar- garet Gifford, daughter of Nicholas and Agnes ( MMasters) Gifford, of the Abbey of St. James, which was a western suburb of the town of Northampton. The Giffords were also of . Norman origin. Elis children were: Elizabeth, Anne, Nich- olas Roger, Mary, John, Jane, Alice, Richard, The mas, George, Magdeline, Robert, Michael and Dorothy.

(II) Roger, fourth child and second son of Hugh and Margaret (Gifford) Sargent, was born in Cour- teenhall, about 1562. He was junior bailiff in 1016 17, and mayor of Northampton in 1626. 1lis death occurred in 1640, and his will, which is char-

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acteristic of that period, denoted him to have been a gentleman of noble instincts and a zealous Chris- tian. January 3. 1589-90, he married Ellen Maker- nes, who died in October, 1645, and they were the parents of Daniel, Sarah, Anna, Samuel, Joseph, Dorothy, William, a son who died in infancy, John, Mary and Elizabeth.

( 111) William, fourth son and seventh child of Roger and Ellen ( Makernes) Sargent, was baptized June 20, 1602. He was made a freeman in North- ampton, July 20, 1626, and was senior bailiff in 1632-33. The christian name of his first wife was Hannah; she died in 1632. The christian name of his second wife was Marie; she probably died in 1637. For his third wife he married Sarah Min- shall, widow of William Minshall, of Whit Church. county of Salop, gent., and earlier of Bunroy in Cheshire. With his third wife and two daughters by his first marriage he came to New England in 1638, was admitted to the church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, March 10, 1639, and his wife joined the following Sunday. He became a freeman of the Massachusetts colony in 1639, and went to reside at Mystic side (now Malden), where he was a lay preacher from 1648 to 1650, and in 1657 removed to Barnstable. In 1658 he was made a freeman of the Plymouth colony and is said to have succeeded the Rev. John L. Lothrop as pastor in Barnstable, but his succession was probably not immediate. He died in Barnstable, December 16, 1682, and his wife died January 12, 1688-89. His children were Elizabeth and Hannah (of his first union) John, Ruth and Samuel, who were of his third marriage and were born on this side of the ocean.

(IV) John, eldest child of William and Sarah Sargent, was baptized in Charlestown, December 8, 1638. He accompanied his parents to Barnstable, but returned to Malden about the year 1669. and subsequently served as a selectman there for six years. He died in Malden, September 9, 1716, and his gravestone is still standing in Bell Rock ceme- tery. His first wife, whom he married March 19. 1662, was Deborah Hillier, born in Yarmouth, Octo- ber 30, 1643, died April 20, 1669, daughter of Hugh Hillier. September 3, 1669, he married Mary Bense, who died in February. 1671. His third wife was Lydia Chipman, born in Barnstable, December 25, 1654, daughter of John Chipman, and she died March 2, 1730. The children of his first marriage were: Joseph, John, Mary and Jabez, all of whom were born in Barnstable. Those of his third mar- riage were: Hannah, Jonathan, William, Lydia. Deborah, Ruth, Samuel, Ebenezer, Hope, Mehitable and Sarah, all of whom were born in Malden. (N. B. At this point a break occurs in the line of de- scent now being traced, and although every avail- able record relative to the Sargent family has been carefully examined, the writer is unable to deter- mine with accuracy the connecting generations be- tween John and Jonathan, the father of Benjamin, the Revolutionary soldier, who was undoubtedly John's great grandson).

(VI) Jonathan Sargent went from Bradford, Massachusetts, to Hillsboro, New Hampshire, about the year 1,70. The dates of his birth and death are unknown to the writer, as is also the maiden name of his wife.

(VII) Benjamin, son of Jonathan Sargent, was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, March 27, 1760. and when ten years old went to Hillsboro with his parents, who died shortly afterwards. In 1775 he enlisted as a private in the Continental army and devoted six years of his life to the cause of na- tional independence, serving a greater part of that

time under General Washington, and surviving the memorable winter encampment at Valley Forge. According to the Revolutionary Rolls he first en- listed in Captain Huckin's Hopkinton company of Colonel Stickney's regiment ; was later in the fourth company of the Third Regiment; was from January I. 1780, to January 1, 1781, in Captain Daniel Liver- more's company of the Third New Hampshire Regi- ment under Coloned Scammel: and later in 1781 was a corporal in Captain Nathaniel Head's com- pany of Colonel Reynold's regiment. It also ap- pears in these records that he lost the sum of one hundred and seventy-two dollars and sixty cents by the depreciation of his pay prior to January 1, 1780.

After the close of the war Benjamin Sargent set- tled in Hopkinton with a view of following some of the ordinary occupations in life. but destiny ruled it otherwise, as he subsequently experienced one of those singular spiritual metamorphoses which are generally conceded to be the direct result of a divine inspiration, and receiving the rite of baptism by immersion when about thirty-one years old, he united with the Baptist Church. Deciding to enter the ministry, he availed himself of every opportunity within his reach to prepare himself for the work, and was approbated to preach the gospel in accord- ance with the Calvinistic doctrine. Having labored in different places for a few years, he was on Octo- ber II, 1797. ordained an itinerant in Bow, where he collected in the short space of three and one-half years a sufficient number of converts to establish a well-organized church. March 10, 1801, he removed to Pittsfield where he began his lahors in the Con- gregational Church, but an unusually earnest relig- ious revival, which took place a few months later, enabled him to organize a Baptist society, and being in full fellowship with both churches he subse- quently induced them to worship as one body. Al- though decidedly Calvinistic in his doctrine, he suc- ceeded admirably in avoiding all factional or con- troversial discords, and for the remainder of his life continued to perform the duties of a pastor for both denominations with perfect harmony and un- abated zeal. The church in which he preached oc- cupied the site of the present Pittsfield town hall, and within its sanctuary many souls that had hitli- erto walked aimlessly in the darkness were led from their wanderings into the perpetual light of a spirit- ual transformation through his unceasing labors in their behalf. On Sunday, March 15. 1818, he arose in his usual good health and conducted the morning worship with his accustomed vigor and earnestness. Proceeding with the afternoon service, he read the fifth portion of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm. after which he addressed the Throne of Grace with great freedom, and then read the sixty- first hymn from the first book. He had just begun his sermon when the final summons came in the form of an apoplectic stroke which proved fatal, and although he left unfinished his last discourse on varth, it may be truthfully said in the language ex- pressed by St. Paul in his parting letter to his friend and co-laborer, Timothy, that he had fought a good fight, finished his course and kept the faith. At the age of about twenty-five years he married Eunice Lindell, who bore him seven children, three of whom, two sons and a daughter, survived him. The latter lesame the wife of Frederick Sanborn, and her son. Maier General John B. Sanborn com- manded all of the federal forces west of the Mis- sissinoi river during the Civil war.

(VIII) Moses 1, son of Rev. Benjamin and Eunice ( Lindell) Sargent. was born in Bow. May 12, 1703. He was a cabinetmaker and resided in

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Pittsfield for the greater part of his life, which ter- minated at the age of seventy-six. Their children were: Mary Thorndike, Martha and Charles H. Sargent.

(IX) Charles H., son of Moses L. and Sarah ( Thorndike) Sargent, was born in Pittsfield, Sep- tember 15, 1825. Learning the trade of shoemaker he followed it for some years in connection with farming and at one time was overseer of a depart- ment in the Pittsfield cotton mill. As a Republi- can he figured quite conspicuously in local civic af- fairs, and was a member of the board of selectmen at the time of his death. which occurred February 1, 1872, at the age of forty-seven years. He was highly esteemed for the interest he had manifested in all matters relative to the town, and his citizenship was of a type well worthy of emulation. He married Almira Ring, daughter of Theodore and Betsey (Maxfield) Ring, of Loudon, New Hampshire, the former of whom died September 1, 1873. Her grandfather, John Maxfield, who was a Revolti- tionary soldier, married Rhoda French. and Betsey, mother of Mrs. Sargent, was their third child. Theodore and Betsey ( Maxfield) Ring were the parents of two children: Betsey, who married Ben- jamin Foss; and Almira, who is now the widow of Charles H. Sargent. Mrs. Sargent, who is still re- siding at the homstead in Pittsfield, and is now eighty-three years old, retains perfect control of her mental faculties, including an excellent memory, and she is a devout member of the Free Will Bap- tist Church. She has had six children, namely : Sarah. deceased: Lena A., residing at the home- stead: Charles E., Ph. D. (Yale), married Nettie Shepherd (now deceased), of Toronto, Ontario, and he is now a teacher in the high school in New Haven, Connecticut; Anna M., wife of Henry F. Davis, of Haverhill, Massachusetts; Clara I., died in infancy; Frank H., referred to at length in the succeeding paragraph.

(X) Frank H. Sargent, M. D., sixth child and youngest son of Charles H. and Almira ( Ring) Sargent, was born in Pittsfield, October 31, 1861. The untimely death of his father, which occurred when young Sargent was but ten years old, made it absolutely necessary for him to forego the pleas- ures and amusements of boyhood in order to take charge of the home farin under the guidance of his mother, and he accomplished his difficult task in a most creditable manner. He acquired his early education in the public schools and at the Pittsfield Academy. His professional preparations were be- gun at the Maine Medical School, (a department of Bowdoin College), continued at Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in medicine in 1889. and completed at the Post-Graduate Medical School, New York City. Inaugurating his professional ca- reer in Pittsfield. he readily secured the confidence and support of his fellow-townsmen, and in addition to a large and profitable general practice he is spe- cializing with gratifying success in the treatment of patients suffering from the effects of an over indul- gence in the use of liquor, tobacco and narcotic drugs, having made a special study of treatment ap- plicable to their needs during his collegiate course.

Sargent Hall, a sanitarium conducted by Dr. Sargent for patients suffering from the above named diseases, is the property formerly known as "Mountain View Farm." It is delightfully situated on elevated ground, amid beautiful scenery, in the town of Pittsfield, which ranks among the most cn- terprising and thrifty towns in the state. Its ele- vated position, clear. pure air and admirable water supply render it noteworthy as a health resort.

From Catamount Mountain, one mile distant, look- ing east, one can see ships in Portsmouth harbor and to the north Mount Washington looms into view. Location and environments, it is claimed by Dr. Sargent, play a very important part in the treat- ment and cure of inebriety, and these were consid- ered in the selection of "Mountain View Farm" for a sanitarium. Dr. Sargent claims his treatment to be thoroughly scientific in principle. It is based on the fact that alcoholic and narcotic inebriety are the results of a discased condition of the nervous sys- tem, rather than the outgrowth of vicious habit. The wholesome influence of associations and sur- roundings is depended upon to contribute, along with the special medical treatment pursued, to a thorough and complete recovery, which in most cases as shown by the records of his treatment, may be assured.

Dr. Sargent is also engaged quite extensively in agricultural pursuits at the homestead, which he has greatly enlarged by purchasing many acres of adjacent land and he is now the owner of one of the most productive farms in the Suncook Valley. In 1894 he purchased the Hill property, at the cor- ner of Carroll and Depot streets, in the center of the village, which he remodeled for business pur- poses, and in the following year he erected another business block upon the adjoining land. Dr. Sar- gent is fully cognizant of the fact that large cities offer a much broader field for professional advance- ment, and his long-cherished desire to take advant- age of it still continues unabated, but feeling the necessity of personally providing for the comfort and happiness of his aged mother, he willingly holds his professional ambitions in abeyance. In politics he acts as an independent Republican, following no "boss." His fraternal affiliations are confined to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he has oc- cupied all of the important chairs in Suncook Lodge, No. 10.

Dr. Sargent married, July 25, 1897, Miss Nellie Winslow, daughter of S. J. and Margaret (Denni- son) Winslow, the former of whom is a prominent financier and business man of Pittsfield. New Hamp- shire.

BREWSTER The ancestry of the Brewster family in America dates from the life and time of Elder William Brewster, the organizer and head of the Plymouth Pilgrims of 1620.

The name of Brewster appears among the old families in the reign of Edward III, as ranking among the "English landed gentry." John Brewster was witness to a deed in the parish of Henstead, in Suffolk, in the year 1375, and not long after, in the reign of Richard II, a John Brewster was presented to the rectory of Godwich, in the county of Nor- folk. This Norfolk branch became connected by marriage with the distinguished houses of DeNar- burgh, Spelman. Gleane and Coke. of Nolkham : and, in the county of Suffolk. Robert Brewster, of Mutford, possessed also lands in Henstead, and it is stated that William Brewster, of Henstead, and Robert Brewster, of Rushmore. died possessed of these estates prior to 1482.

From this Suffolk connection a branch became established at Castle Hedingham, in Essex, and formed connection with several knightly families. Our William Brewster was probably of this con- nection, but of his immediate ancestry and place of birth no record has been discovered. It is sup- posed that Scrooby, a Nottinghamshire village, was his birthplace, whither he went after leaving a re-

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sponsible position in the service of Mr. William Da- vision, who was one of Queen Elizabeth's ambassa- dors. and afterwards one of her principal secre- taries of state.

(I) William Brewster was born about the year 1560, and was well educated at Cambridge. from whence he entered the public service as above men- tioned. He lived at Scrooby some fifteen or twenty years, and held the office of post of Scrooby for about fourteen years, occupying the manor house pertain- ing to the Archbishop of York, and associating with "the good gentlemen of those parts." Here was gathered the little band that afterwards constituted the Plymouth Pilgrims. Mr. Brewster became a non-conformist, and in 1607 was imprisoned at Bos- ton, Lincolnshire. He was liberated with great ex- pense and difficulty, and went to Leyden with a company of sympathizers, and, sharing their trou- bles. After losing most of his possessions, including valuable and choice books, through the treachery of a ship's captain who had engaged to transport the company from England, he supported himself by teaching English, and in 1620 was with them on their pilgrimage in the "Mayflower" and continued with them as their Elder, preaching frequently, but not administering the sacraments. He was loyal to the home government, and reluctantly accepted the fact that his conscientious scruples required his separation from the established church. Until his death, April 16, 1644, he was the acknowledged leader of the Plymouth dispensation, and was greatly venerated. He had, by his wife Mary. three sons: Jonathan, Love and Wrestling; and two daughters: Patience, who married Thomas Prince, in 1624, afterwards governor of Plymouth ; and Fear, who married Isaac Allerton, first assistant to the governor. (Mention of Wrestling and de- scendants follows in this article).

(II) Jonathan, eldest son of Elder William Brewster, was born at Scrooby in the county of Notts. on the road to Doncaster in Yorkshire, from which it is only twelve or thirteen iniles distant, in a manor belonging to the Archbishop of York, under which his grandfather was tenant under a long lease. His education was obtained only from his father, either in England or in the twelve years' residence in Holland, where he was left by his father to take care of two sisters with his own family. He came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. without his sisters. In June, 1636, he had command of the Plymouth trading house on the Connecticut river, and gave notice to John Win- throp. governor of the fort at Saybrook, of the evil designs of the Pequots. He removed to Dux- bury, which in 1639 he represented in the general court, the earliest assembly of deputies in that col- ony. From Duxbury he removed to New London, Connecticut, before 1649, where he was selectman. In 1656 he formed the design of returning with his family to England, but remained in New London, where he died before September, 1659. By his wife Lucretia he had William. Mary, Jonathan, Benja- min, Grace, Ruth. Hannab, and perhaps Elizabeth.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 139

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 876

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876