James was born in 1828. James Sargent ... He passed away in 1885. [1]
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James and Susan Sargent came from Ramsgate, Kent Co, England with 16 children. They landed in New York, in 1839/1840 took the Erie Canal to Lake Erie and to Fort Wayne. The youngest child Charlotte, was 10 years old the day they landed in N.Y. In 1848 she married Jackson Swain and lived in Fort Wayne for eighty years where died in 1920. The oldest child was William, born 1817. Another child mentioned, a James born in 1828.
Records from Lindenwood Cemetery listing 13 Sargent ancestors, including James and Susan Sargent (ggggrand parents of Harold F. Purcell, Jr.), were buried there. The interesting thing is they both were buried the same day, Oct. 26, 1885.
James and Susan Sargent d. date of interment Oct. 26, 1885 James E. Sargent d. July 6. 1906 Anna Sargent d. Feb. 4, 1925 Charles R. Sargent d. Mar.15, 1947 Dorotha Sargent d. Apr. 3, 1939 Hester Richard Sargent d. June 27, 1861 Howard C. Sargent d. Apr. 6, 1931 Lillian Sargent d. May 4, 1972 Thomas Sargent d. May 12, 1927 William Sargent d. Mar. 23, 1929
Francis E Swain d. July, 6, 1862
Jackson Swain d. Jan. 20, 1870
Maud Swain d. Jun. 22, 1874
William Sargent d. Oct. 10, 1898
Inez F. Swain d. June 18, 1899
Glenn Pence d. Mar. 27, 1904
Sarah Pence d. May 6, 1904
Maude Whetstone d Jan. 2, 1921
Robert M Pence d. Apr. 9, 1926
Frank C. Pence d. Mar. 4, 1944 (Franklin.)
Deborah Pence d. Nov. 6, 1945
John F. Pence d. Apr. 18, 1947
Marguerite Bruner Pence d. Nov. 8, 1971
Burial: Lindenwood Cemetery Fort Wayne Allen County Indiana, USA Plot: sec B lot 102.
James Sargent mentioned in the record of John Sargent Name: James Sargent Gender: Male Wife: Susan Son: John Sargent
Other information in the record of John Sargent from England Births and Christenings.
Name: John Sargent Gender: Male Christening Date: 13 Mar 1825 Christening Place: Beyton, Suffolk, England Father's Name: James Sargent Mother's Name: Susan
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02143-1 , System Origin: England-EASy , GS Film number: 989539 Citing this Record "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1GJ-NMK : accessed 4 May 2015), James Sargent in entry for John Sargent, 13 Mar 1825; citing England, reference ; FHL microfilm 989,539.
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