I have been researching the family of Digory Sargent. His sons Thomas and John first came to Fort Dummer (Brattleboro) Vermont. They both served in the Revolutionary War. The early descendants of these Sargents settled primarily in Brattleboro and Dummerston, Windham Co., VT. They are related to many of the early names in this county, ie. Kathan, Wells, Gorton, Frost, French and others. If you would like any information on this family or wish to ask about someone who might be connected, please E-mail me at jmhowe@sover.net. I live in Williamsville (Newfane), VT and would be also willing to look up anything in our Town clerk's office. Marge Howe

Greetings, Marge,

I just came across your Sargent posts, and I do hope your email address is still valid.
I had struggled for a number of years to unravel my husband's Sargent ancestry. However, it was only a few days ago that I discovered that my husband's very great grandfather, Albert Sargent - was the son of Roswell Sargent and Phebe Allen (see biography, attached below). And, with this new information, I then came across the name of Digory Sargent.

I would love to learn more about this family, and would be very appreciative of any guidance you could offer.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Peace & blessings,
Cathy Porter-Maynard (in Minnesota)
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My husband is the great grandson of William Sayles and Irenia Albina Sargent. We do have pictures of William and Irenia, if you would be interested.

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HISTORY OF MEDINA COUNTY AND OHIO.
By William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, Weston Arthur Goodspeed. Publisher: Baskin & Battey, 1881. (922 pages).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Harrisville Township.

ALFRED SARGEANT, retired farmer; Post Office, Lodi [Medina County, Ohio]. Among the old residents of this township, who was born on British soil, is the above-named gentleman, whose birth occurred May 5, 1805, in the district of Montreal, in Shefford Co., Lower Canada. *His parents were Roswell and Phoebe (Allen) Sargeant, both of them born in Brattleboro, Vermont. To them were born nine children, Alfred, the third in order, and was reared to agricultural pursuits, afterward learning the carpenter's trade, which he worked at the greater portion of his life. March 3, 1830, he was married to Irene Brill, who was born April 23, 1807, at St. Armand, Lower Canada; daughter of William and Eunice (Chapman) Brill, who were born in Dutchess Co., New York, at Fishkill, in the year 1777, and Connecticut, respectively. Mr. Sargeant, like many others, in order to better his condition, emigrated West, and cast his lot with the rugged frontiersmen who had preceded him, he reaching this State upward of fifty years ago, and, since 1838, he has been a resident of this township. His first purchase was 50 acres, for which he paid $8 per acre; afterward added to it until he now has 110 acres, situated in the north part of the township. Has now retired from active business, his farm being carried on by his son. Mr. Sargeant has been a man of good information, having been considerable of a reader and close observer. Eight children have been born to him, five of the number living, who are Elnathan S. Sargeant; Freedom E. Sargeant, now Mrs. John N. Ward; Harry A. Sargeant, in Iowa; Alfred A. Sargeant, and Irene A. Sargeant, Mrs. William Sayles. Politically, he is on the side of Republicanism and its principles.

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I am interested in your Wells family. I have some in Athens and Guilford, eminating from Thomas Wells, I think of Deerfield, and wife Olive.

Any connection?

Margie Bridges in Calif.

Source: Sargent Record, by Edwin Everett Sargent (1899)

pg 14

William 2d at Gloucester, Mass., before 1678, who had sons Andrew b. 1683, Daniel b. 1686, Jordon b. 1688, Epes b. 1690, Fitz William b. 1704. From this branch is Paul Dudley the ancestor of Epes the author. Diggory at Boston, 1675, and then at Worcester, Mass., where he was killed by the Indians about 1703, and his family taken to Canada. His son Daniel lived and died there; his son Thomas resided in Boston, Mass. in 1715; and his son John, who was killed at Fort Dummer by the Indians , had sons Daniel, John, Thomas, and Rufus, and the progenitor of what is known as the Brattleboro, Vt., branch.

I am a Sargent descendant, but not through this line.

Source: Gazetteer of Windham County, VT, 1724-1884, by Hamilton Childs

pg 111 - 112 Town of Brattleboro

John Sargent, erroneously called "David" in Thompson's Gazetteer, was one of the earliest settlers in Vermont. His home for a time was at Fort Dummer, where he arrived about 1730 or 1731. His family at this time consisted of a wife and two children, Daniel and Abigail. In after time, say up to 1742, there were born to them John, Thomas, Abigail, (her namesake having died) Rufus and Mary. In March (here the record is not legible, but probably 1742 or 1743) while he and his son Daniel were a short distance from the fort, looking for timber to make paddles, they were ambushed by Indians, the father killed and scalped and the son carried into captivity. This son, Daniel remained for quite a time with the Indians, adopting their habits and manners; but finally he returned, and, in company with the youngest son, Rufus, bought a section of land on the Connecticut river, lying in the southeastern corner of Dummerston, where each made a home and reared a family.

John Sargent Jr., generally known as Col. John Sargent, was born December 4, 1732, at Fort Dummer, and, so far as is known, was the first white child born within the present limits of this State. He, with his brother Thomas, bought a tract of land comprising 460 acres, lying in the northeast corner of Brattleboro. The deed of this land, now in possession of G. P. Sargent, residing on road 11, is legible in every respect, being dated as follows: "Brattleboro, April twentieth, Seventeen hundred and seventy, County of Cumberland, Province of New York." The consideration , "Two Hundred & Eighty Six Pounds Lawful Money of New York." On the site now owned and occupied by J. H. Sargent, a lineal descendant, Col. John erected a commodious dwelling, wherein he, for many years, dispensed a generous hospitality to the weary traveler, and elevated the spirits and patriotism of his friends with liberal potations of the fluids of the time. Here, also, he reared two sons and two daughters. Col. John was noted as a thorough farmer, a genial landlord, and a spirited and efficient colonel of the State militia. He died July 30, 1798, in his sixty-eight year.


Thomas Sargent, or "Lieutenant Tom," as he was usually designated, was also born at Fort Dummer, Feb. 23, 1734. As previously stated, he bought land with Col. John, and selected for a home a situation about seventy-five rods north of the Colonel, where he built a substantial farm dwelling and other necessary structures. Here the forest melted before his sturdy axe, and he soon had sufficient arable land to meet the necessities of an increasing household, but in the midst of usefulness and near the meridian of the allotted time, when all seemed fair, bright and hopeful before and around him, death knocked at his door, April 19, 1783. At his death his family consisted of his wife (formerly Miss Anna Lee), eight sons, Elisha, Thomas, Calvin, Luther, Erastus, Roswell and Harry W., and four daughters, Anna, Lecta, Susannah, and Roxanna. Elisha, his son, who married Molly Kathan, and ultimately possessed the homestead, clearing from it the remaining surplus of wood and timber, besides adding to its acres and otherwise improving it. He died December 1, 1833. To him was born Elisha, Molly, Caressa, Thomas, Alexander, Chester and George. Of these none attained any special note, excepting Thomas, who was a famous pedagogue of the times, and George, who stood at the head as a bass drummer. Such was the latter's skill with the "padded stick," that he and his favorite tenor, W. M. Knapp of Dummerston, were often employed in the adjoining States of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He married Roxanna Pratt, succeeded to the estate of his father, and died January 25, 1859. His widow still survives him, aged eighty-five years, and resides on the old place. To him were born George W. George B. Sargent married Miss M. A. French, and now owns and occupies a portion of the original farm. He has two children now living, Mrs. Lodema A. Sargent, Prescott, and George H.