Daniel Sargent

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• Alternate death: 18 Feb 1806, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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He was a Massachusetts legislator, a Federalist, and a first captain in the Boston light infantry.

His half-brothers were Revolutionary war hero Paul Dudley Sargent (1745–1828) and the Loyalist John Sargent (1750–1824). Through one of his full brothers, Winthrop Sargent (1727–1793), he was an uncle of Judith Sargent Murray (1751–1820), the poet and advocate for women's rights, and Winthrop Sargent (1753–1820), Governor of Mississippi Territory.

He was a successful merchant in both fishing and foreign trade. In Boston his offices were at 25 Long Wharf, then 40 Long Wharf. He also owned Sargent's Wharf, which still bears his name.

Daniel married Mary Turner on 3 Feb 1763 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Turner and Mary Osborne) was born in Jan 1743 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 12 Nov 1813 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ignatius Sargent was born on 1 Nov 1765 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jan 1821 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

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From Wikipedia:

Sargent was one of the largest landholders in Gloucester. He served as a colonel of militia before the Revolutionary War and was a justice of the general session court for more than thirty years.

In 1744, he was Gloucester's representative in the General Court of Massachusetts.

In 1760, two years before his death, he had his portrait painted by John Singleton Copley. It's now in the National Gallery in Washington, DC.

Epes married Esther Maccarty on 1 Apr 1720 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. Esther (daughter of Florence Maccarty and Sarah Nework) was born on 21 Jul 1701 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 1 Jul 1743 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He should not be confused with the William Sargent of Gloucester who died there in 1716 or 1717 and who is an ancestor of DK, although it would seem plausible that they were in some way related.

A third nearby William Sargent was the one who died in 1674 or 1675 in Amesbury, about 25 miles from Gloucester, an ancestor of LDN.

William married Mary Duncan on 21 Jun 1678 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Peter Duncan and Mary Epes) was born before 12 Nov 1659 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 12 Nov 1659 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 28 Feb 1725 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a prominent merchant in Boston, Roxbury, and Salem whose name, under an extravagant variety of spellings, appears in many records from 1686 on. Among his enterprises appears to have been one or more slaughterhouses. He was also one of the founders of the first society for Episcopal worship in Boston. Nothing is known of his parents, but he is believe to have come from Ireland.

Florence married Sarah Nework on 24 Aug 1697. Sarah died before 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• Alternate birth: Bef 10 Sep 1629, Exeter, Devon, England

Peter married Mary Epes before 1655. Mary (daughter of Daniel Epes and Martha Reade) was born before 8 Oct 1629; was christened on 8 Oct 1629 in St. Olave, Hart Street, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]