Jonathan Sargent

ID #516, (1677-1754)
Jonathan Sargent|b. 17 Apr 1677\nd. 27 Oct 1754|p516.htm|John Sargent|b. Dec 1639\nd. 9 Sep 1716|p504.htm|Lydia Chipman|b. 25 Dec 1654\nd. 2 Mar 1729/30|p520.htm|William Sargent|b. 20 Jun 1602\nd. 16 Dec 1682|p508.htm|Mrs Sarah (Unknown) Minshall|b. s 1615\nd. 12 Jan 1688/89|p509.htm|John Chipman|b. c 1614\nd. 27 Apr 1708|p2528.htm|Hope Howland|b. 30 Aug 1629\nd. 8 Jan 1683/84|p521.htm|
FatherJohn Sargent b. Dec 1639, d. 9 Sep 1716
MotherLydia Chipman b. 25 Dec 1654, d. 2 Mar 1729/30
Relationship7th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent.
     Jonathan Sargent was born on 17 April 1677, in Malden, MA. He married Mary Lynde, daughter of John Lynde and Mary Pierce, on Saturday, 13 March 1699/0 in Malden, MA.1 Jonathan Sargent married Mary Sprague, daughter of Jonathan Sprague and Mary Bunker, on Friday, 26 November 1717. Jonathan was selectman in Malden for three years.2 He was a representative to the Massachusetts General Court from 1725-1730. When Jonathan was in the Legislature he voted with many leaders against the Explanatory Charter of 1725.2 In 1735 he gave a quarter of an acre of land "in the southerly part of Malden," "being part of my homestead whereon now I dwell" with a road twenty-six feet wide to the highway, to the "Inhabitants of the southerly part of Malden for a Meeting House." Jonathan Sargent died on 27 October 1754 in Mansfield, CT, at age 77.1

Family 1

Mary Lynde b. 5 Jul 1678, d. 19 Nov 1716
Children

Family 2

Mary Sprague b. 25 May 1696, d. 14 Mar 1787
Children
ChartsDescendants of William Sargent, Immigrant

Sources of Information

  1. Debbie Hart, family tree titled "Gregg and Debbie Hart", RootsWeb World Connect, www.rootsweb.com, from database named angelstar, updated Sep 2002 viewed Dec 2007.
  2. Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691-1780, online index database, digitized by New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002 www.americanancestors.org. Original publication: John A Schultz Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary, Northeastern University Press: Boston, MA .

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