Nathan Sargent 1718–1799 - ClanLore Family Tree

Nathan SargentAge: 801718–1799

Name: Nathan Sargent

Given names: Nathan

Surname: Sargent

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Birth	27 August 1718 Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
Marriage	Mary Sargent - View family 24 June 1742 (Age 23)
Death of a wife	28 May 1750 (Age 31) wife - Mary Sargent
Marriage	Mary Denny - View family 12 February 1751 (Age 32)
Birth of a son #1	7 January 1754 (Age 35) son - Samuel Sargent
Marriage of a son	Samuel Sargent - View family 11 October 1781 (Age 63) Leicester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts son - Samuel Sargent daughter-in-law - Mary Washburn
Death	15 June 1799 (Age 80)

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himself	Nathan Sargent Birth 27 August 1718 Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Death 15 June 1799 (Age 80) Loading...
9 years wife	Mary Denny Birth 22 April 1727 Death 8 August 1822 (Age 95) Loading...
	Marriage: 12 February 1751
3 years #1 son	Samuel Sargent Birth 7 January 1754 35 26 Death 11 July 1825 (Age 71) Loading...

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himself	Nathan Sargent Birth 27 August 1718 Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Death 15 June 1799 (Age 80) Loading...
3 years wife	Mary Sargent Birth 18 November 1721 Death 28 May 1750 (Age 28) Loading...
	Marriage: 24 June 1742

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FROM: HANDBOOK OF HISTORICAL DATA CONCERNING LEICESTER. MASSACHUSETTS (ADOPTED MARCH 5' iQOo) ILLUSTRATED MISS ADELINE MAY, Regent of Col. Henshaw Chapter, D. A. R. DEDICATED TO ADELINE MAY REGENT OF COL. HENSHAW CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AT ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY I9I2 --- Pages 29&30 In May, 1770, a company of forty-six men was formed and was drilled, to be ready for war at a minute's notice. Late in the afternoon of the nineteenth of April, 1775, the alarm was given by a messenger, riding hard, and that same afternoon, under the leadership of <b>Captain Seth Washburn</b>, the blacksmith, the company of Leicester's minute men were marching to battle. They halted at the house of <b>Nathan Sargent</b> in Cherry Valley (still standing near the top of the hill on Sargent Street), and obtained a supply of bullets which had been melted and molded from Mr. Sargent's clock weights. They arrived in time to take part in the battle of Bunker Hill, though delayed by the traitor, Dr. Church. The negro, Peter Salem, who shot Major Pitcairn, was, for many years after the war, a familiar figure in Leicester. The site of his home, on Peter Salem Street, has been marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution. He was buried in Framingham. From page 393 "HISTORY OF LEICESTER" by Emory Washburn Sargent, Nathan, brother of Jonathan, 1st, came from Malden ; settled on Chestnut Hill, so called, adjoining the town of Worcester, where his grandson Sewall Sargent lives. His first wife was Mary, dan. of Joseph, and grand-niece of Jonathan, 1st, 1742. Their children were Lydia, 1743 ; m., 1st, J. Watson; 2d, N. Kellog. Nathan, 2d, 1746; re- moved to New Braintree. Mary, 1749 ; d. same year. His second wife was Mary, dau. of Daniel Denny, 1751. They had Mercy, 1751; m. Micah Reed of Westmoreland, N.H., 1796. Samuel, 1754. Mary, 1755; m. David Henshaw, Esq. Rebekah, 1758 ; d. 1785. John, 1759.Sarah,1763 ; m. William Sprague of Leicester. Anna, 1767; m. John Hay- ward, 1795. Mr. Sargent was a stanch patriot. He is mentioned, in connection with the march of the Leicester troops, as having melted his clock-weights to provide bullets for the soldiers. He d. 1799, aged eighty-one. His wife, a very intelligent lady, survived till 1822, ninety-five years of age.

Nathan SargentAge: 801718–1799

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