Some Descendants of William Sargeant (William) and Mary Colby (Anthony)

  1. William Sargeant was born on 19 Apr 1669 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 11] He was living in 1720. [CFA, p. 32] He married Mary Beedle on 6 Apr 1689 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 32] Mary, the daughter of Robert and Martha Beedle, was born on 31 Jul 1665 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 32]
  2. Philip Sargeant was born on 12 Aug 1672 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 11] He was living in 1720. [CFA, p. 32] He married Mary Tuxbury on 7 Dec 1693 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 32] Mary, the daughter of Henry and Martha (Copp) (Harvey) Tuxbury was born on 23 Jan 1670/1 in Amesbury and baptised on 18 Jun 1671 in Boston. [CFA, p. 32]
  3. Charles Sargeant was born on 21 Jan 1674 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 11] He died before 19 Sep 1737, when his estate was administered. [CFA, p. 33] He married Hannah Foot about 1695. [CFA, p. 33] Hannah was the daughter of Capt. Samuel and Hannah (Currier) Foot. [CFA, p. 33]
    Charles was a "snoeshoe" man. [CFA, p. 33]
    1. (conjectured son) Timothy Sargeant
      1. (conjectured daughter) Mary Sargeant married Moses Colby on 24 Feb 1742/3 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 102]
  4. Elizabeth Sargeant was born about 1676 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 11] She was baptised on 5 Nov 1710 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 34] She died on 21 Apr 1731. [CFA, p. 34] She married Sgt. Abraham Morrill on 2 Jan 1695/6 in Salisbury. [CFA, p. 34] Abraham, the son of Isaac and Phebe (Gill) Morrill, was bon on 22 Aug 1671 in Salisbury and died on 15 Apr 1731. [CFA, p. 34]
    Abraham was a founder of the Second Church of Salisbury in Nov 1718. [CFA, p. 34] Elizabeth was admitted to full communion in the First Church in 1718/9. [CFA, p. 34]
  5. Unknown Son Sargeant was born between 1678 and 1685 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 11] He probably died young. [CFA, p. 11]
  6. Ens. Jacob Sargeant was born on 13 Mar 1687/8 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 11] He died on 6 Apr 1749 in Chester, New Hampshire. [CFA, p. 35] He married Judith Harvey on 7 Dec 1710 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 35]
    Jacob and Judith moved to Chester, New Hampshire. [CFA, p. 35] He was selectman there in 1728 and ensign on 1730. [CFA, p. 35] Administration on his estate was granted to Judith on 24 Jun 1749. [CFA, p. 35]
    1. Sarah Sargeant was born on 8 Mar 1702 in Amesbury. [CFA, p. 54] She was living in 1727. [CFA, p. 54] She married as his second wife [her double second cousin] Ens. Enoch Colby on 15 Dec 1748 in Chester, New Hampshire. [CFA, p. 54][HOC, p. 584-5]

References

HOC Chase, Benjamin, History of Old Chester: From 1719 to 1869, Auburn, NH, The author, 1869.
CFA Weis, Frederik Lewis, The Colby Family in Early America: Early Generations of Descendants of Anthony Colby of Boston, Cambridge, Salisbury, Massachusetts 1595-1661, Colonial Press, Concord, 1970.