William
Sargent
- 2nd
Born about in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Duncan) Sargent
— married
21 Jun 1678 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Fitz William Sargent, Peter Sargent, Mary Sargent, Andrew Sargent, Daniel Sargent, Jordan Sargent, Epes Sargent, Ann (Sargent) Ellery, Samuel Sargent, Fitz John Sargent, Machani Sargent, Jabez Sargent, Fitz William Sargent II and Winthrop Sargent
Died after
after about age 55
in At sea [uncertain]
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Biography
William Sargent was probably born in southern England (perhaps Exeter or Bristol) sometime in the 1640s -1650s.
He first appeared in Massachusetts records in Gloucester, in 1678, when he built a home on Eastern Point. William was usually named as William Sargent "2nd" in documents to distinguish him from William Sargent Sr. and William Sargent Jr., who were early settlers in town (and no relation to him.)
Mary Duncan, daughter of Peter and Mary Epes Duncan, married William Sargent "2nd" June 21, 1678 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.[1] The Deputy Governor, Samuel Symonds, performed the marriage. (Nathaniel Duncan, Mary's grandfather, had served the Colony for decades as Auditor General.) The couple had 14 children, although not all of them reached adulthood: Fitz William, Peter, Mary, Andrew, Daniel, Jordan, Epes, Ann, Samuel, Fitz John, Machani, Jabez, Fitz William, and Winthrop Sargent.
William Sargent "2nd" received a six-acre grant of land from the town - along with the other two William Sargents - as "natives" of Gloucester in 1688.
William was likely a mariner. He owned a sloop - which was taxed by the town in 1693. He died sometime after 1704 - 1705; his name no longer appeared in town records and descendants believe he drowned at sea.
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21068/365/1426558270
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Gloucester Marriages, page 482.
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for William Sargaint
- Gloucester, Births, Marriages and Death page 257 lists the marriage and the names and birth dates of 14 children.
- History of the town and city of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts by Pringle, James R. (James Robert), 1892, pages 30, 50.
- GENEALOGICAL and PERSONAL MEMOIRS Relating to the Families of Boston ..ed, William Richard CUTTER, A. M., Volume 3, p 1206.
- New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS), New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, "Nathaniel Duncan", Volume 1, A-F, page 595.
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Which, if any, of the two (senior) Williams is related to Hugh Sargent-77?
How many other Sargent family groups are running around, at the same time? Note intermarriages with Story and Perkins families pre-dates emigration; and these three families all (later) end up in Essex county. Where they still live today. Seems unlikely there is NO relation between the disconnected Sargent family groups, no?