Orlando Sargent Jr. was born on July 11, 1804 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA., the son of Orlando Sargent and Hannah Welch Welsh. [1]
He married Abigail Patten on December 1, 1831 at Amesbury. She was born there on September 30, 1806, daughter of Robert and Rhoda (Sargent) Patten. [1]
He and his brother Richard W. were co-executors of his father Orlando Sr.'s will written on March 10, 1836, and submitted to the courts on September 3, 1850. [2]
Deacon Orlando Sargent died at Merrimac, Massachusetts on May 22, 1876. [3] He is buried in at Lower Corner Cemetery, Merrimac, Massachusetts. with wife Abigail and daughter Rhoda. [4]
Children
Robert Patten born on January 7, 1833 [1]; died on September 15, 1897 at Merrimac, Massachusetts. [5]; married first, Mahala Cutter of Auburn, Maine, daughter of David and Lucy Cutter who died on April 3, 1871[6] ; married second, Clara A. Currier of Kingstown, New Hampshire, daughter of Gilman and Adaline Crane at Amesbury on February 12, 1873, as her second husband. [7]
Edwin born on November 5, 1834 or 1835 [1]; died on July 27, 1898 at Farmington, New Hampshire. [8] ; married Adeline E. Merrill, daughter of Isaac and Hannah Merrill at Farmington on September 17, 1862. [9]
Rhoda Patten born on March 20, 1837; died on July 27, 1838. [1]
Rhoda Patten born January 26, 1839 [1]; married Joseph H. Steckman of Newburyport, son of Henry and Harriet Steckman, at Amesbury on October 18, 1871. [10]
Betsey Patten born on May 9, 1841 [1]; died at Derry, New Hampshire on April 6, 1912 [11]; married Alden E. Pilsbury of Hampstead, New Hampshire, son of Lyman and Clarissa Pilsbury, at Amesbury on February 1, 1871. [12]
Ralph Hopkins born on December 5, 1848 [1]; died in 1936; married Elizabeth/Lizzie E. Morris, born July 12, 1848, daughter of John S. Morris, who died February 12, 1918 at Merrimac. [13]
Research notes
Amesbury Births
SARGENT, Orlando, s. Orlando and Hannah, July 11, 1804. (p. 223)
Patten, Abigail [Sargent. PR66], d. Robert and Rhoda, Sept. 30, 1806. (p. 188)
Sargent, Robert Patten, s. Orlando [Jr. CR2] and Abigail, Jan. 7, 1833. (p. 224)
Sargent, Edwin s. Orlando [Jr. CR2] and Abigail, Nov. 5, 1834 [ 1835 PR 40] (p. 216)
Sargent, Rhoda Patten, d. Orlando and Abigail, Mar. 30, 1837. PR40 (p. 224)
Sargent, Rhoda Patten, d. Orlando [jr. CR2] and Abigail, Jan. 26, 1839. [Jan. 23. PR40] (p. 224)
Sargent, Betsy Patten, d. Orlando [jr. CR2] and Abigail, May 9, 1841. (p. 214)
Sargent, Ralph Hopkins, s. Orlando, jr., farmer, and Abigail, at Pond Plain, Dec. 5, 1848. (P. 224)
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.8 Vital Records of Amesbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1913
↑ Case 52598: p. 1-10: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
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