Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Mass. Vol. 3 pages 284,85,86,87 Hugh SARGENT (I) , the earliest known ancestor of the family, lived in Courteenhall, county of Northampton, England. Courteenhall was the inheritance of the WAKE family, which traces its descent back to " Hereward the Wake", to a time prior to the Norman Conquest. It is 5 miles and a quarter southerly from the town of Northampton. Prefixed to the first volume of the parish register, which begins in he year 1638, is a piece of parchment containing a SARGENT pedigree among others. The parchment shows that the family was in Courteenhall in 1554 and were of gentle blood. Margaret, wife of Hugh SARGENT, was the daughter of Nichoas and Agnes ( MASTERS) GIFFORD, of the Abbey of St. James, which was a western suburb of the town of Northampton. This Abbey was a religious estate of considerable note, founded before the year 1112 by William PEVEREL, natural son of William the Conqueror. It is called St. James End. Hugh SARGENT must have been born about 1530. He died Feb. 23, 1595-6, and was buried March 1. His children were: #1 Elizabeth, born at Courteenhall, bapt. Jan. 30, 1555-6, married Sept. 16, 1576 to Nicholas EDWARDS; #2 Annie; #3 Nicholas, bapt. Aug.1, 1559, married Nov. 27, 1593 to Elizabeth, widow of John CLARKE; #4 Roger, of whom later; #5 Mary, bapt. May 30, 1565,married May 5, 1602 to William OSBORNE of Hansloppe; #6 John, bapt. April 25, 1566, married Nov. 20, 1602 to Joies, widow of Thomas CHURCH; #7 Jane, married Oct. 28, 1606 to Arthur CLARKE, alias BOTERALL; #8 Alice,married Oct. 6, 1597 to George COLES; #9 Richard, married Jan. 30, 1609-10 to Jane GREEN, widow; #10 Thomas; #11 George, bapt. April 1, 1573; #12 Magdeline, bapt. July 9, 1574; #13 Robert, bapt. Oct. 30, 1575; #14 Michael bapt. Dec. 27, 1576; #15 Dorothy, bapt. Feb. 8, 1578-9, died Oct. 4, 1602. (II) Roger SARGENT, son of Hugh SARGENT (I) was born about 1562, died July 1649. He married Jan. 3, 1589-90 to Ellen MAKERNES, who died Oct. 1645. She was the daughter of William MAKERNES of Finedon, 13 miles and a half North of Northampton. His will, proved March 30, 1616, mentions son-in-law, Roger SARGENT, and some of his children. Roger SARGENT, probably named for his mother's brother Roger, or his great-grandfather of the same name, and was junior bailiff in 1616 and 1617 and Mayor of Northampton in 1626. The children of Roger and Ellen were: #1 Daniel, bapt. Sept. 18, 1590, died Dec. 1590; #2 Sarah, bapt. Oct. 4, 1591; #3 Anna, bapt. Oct. 16, 1593; #4 Samuel, bapt. Oct. 13, 1595, died April 1596; #5 Joseph, bapt. June 25, 1598, married Dorothy (?), and died April 11, 1678, he made freeman on April 26, 1625 at Northampton, warned of All Saint's Church, Northampton 1631-32, was junior bailiff 1632 and 1633, Alderman and Mayor of Northampton 1644-45-56-71; #6 Dorothy, bapt. March 6, 1599-1600, married Nov. 30, 1634 to Thomas BALL; #7 William, of whom later; #8 Ason died Sept. 1604; #9 John, bapt. Nov. 23, 1605, married Nov. 7, 1634 to Anne ARPIN, he was made freeman on July 20, 1626; #10 Mary #11 Elizabeth, married Oct. 9, 1626 to Robert BANKS, (2nd) to Henry SPRING (3rd marriage) to George NORWOOD End of Part 1