ELIZABETH PERKINS

(1611-1700) - Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; Boston, Suffolk co., MA; Ipswich, Essex co., MA; Newbury, Essex co., MA; Hampton, Rockingham co., NH; Salisbury, Essex co., MA; Amesbury, Essex co., MA

(Twelfth Generation - Perkins Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
JOHN PERKINS
JUDITH GATER


BIRTH & BAPTISM Elizabeth was born in 1611 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England[10] and was baptized in there on 25 March 1611/12[2,8].
DEATH & BURIAL Elizabeth died in Ipswich, Essex co., MA circa 1700; she was 89.
MIGRATION Elizabeth came to America with her family aboard the Lyon, William Pierce, master on 1 December 1630 for its first trip to the New World. They embarked in Bristol, England and arrived in Nantasket, Suffolk co., MA on 5 February 1631[9].
RESIDENCE/i> The Sargent family were some of the original settlers of the Agawam section of Ipswich, Essex co., MA, with William receiving 12 acres in the 1634 Ipswich Land Grant[65,79]. The family later moved to Newbury, Essex co., MA; Hampton, Rockingham co., NH; Salisbury, Essex co., MA and finally Amesbury, Essex co., MA. Remember that NH & ME were all part of MA at the time. The family moved from Newbury to Hampton because "...'Willli[am] Sergant' was amongst the list of petitioners mostly Newbury men who were headed by Stephen Bachiler, who were on 6 September 1638 granted 'liberty to begin a plantation at Winnacunnet [what is now Hampton, Rockingham co., NH]...[65,80]" And "Will[iam] Sargent" is listed as one of the married men in the list of first comers to Hampton[65,81].
LEGAL MENTION The Sargents found themselves in court over disputes with their neighbors on many occasions. Given the fact that this pattern of contentiousness continued after Eliabeth's death, I contend that William was the fractious party in the area. On 26 December 1643, William "Sargeant" sued Mr. William Hook of Salisbury for 56s. in corn[67,68]. William acknowledged the court's judgment in favor of Mr. Jonathan Wade on 26 September 1648[67,69]. Michael Spencer sued him for detaining corn and other goods on 2 January 1650[67,70].

But the biggest battles were reserved for their near neighbors, the Martins. Either William or his namesake son was sued for slander on 13 April 1669, because the Sargent in question had called Martin's wife "a witch"[71]. The bad blood transcended generations, for Martin later sued William's son Thomas Sargent "...for saying that his son George Martin was a bastard and that Richard Martin was Goodwife Martin's imp...[67,71]"

In 1672, William Sargent and Joanna his second wife sued Christopher Osgood for debt due part of the estate of Joanna's late husband, Valentine Rowell[72]. However, Joanna was curiously not mentioned in his will, although she had married him a few months earlier. To contemporary credible researchers, this strongly suggests that there was a pre-nuptial agreement between them which left Joanna nothing[78].

MARRIAGE Circa 1635 or 1636 when Elizabeth was 25, she married William SARGENT, in Salisbury, Essex co., MA[10,53,29,54,41,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65]. William was born in 1602 or 1611, depending upon whether you believe Torrey or Anderson[10,65]. Torrey says 1602 and Anderson says 1611, basing his estimate on Williams' age at the estimated date of his marriage. William died in Amesbury, Essex co., MA sometime after 24 February 1673/4, when his name appeared on a Norfolk Land Deed, and 8 April 1675, when inventory was taken on his estate[10,65]; he was 73. William was a educated man who could read & write[65] and was made Freeman on 22 May 1639[65,66]. He migrated to America in 1632[65] and was often referred to as a "seaman", "mariner" or sometimes "yeoman" in legal documents.

CHILDREN - [surnamed SARGENT] i. Mary SARGENT
ii. Elizabeth1 SARGENT
iii. Thomas SARGENT Please see his own page.
iv. William SARGENT
v. [probably Lydia] SARGENT
vi. Elizabeth2 SARGENT
vii. Sarah1 SARGENT
viii. Sarah2 SARGENT
ix. Elizabeth3 SARGENT




GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G9) Grandmother
FAMILY NUMBER 4076
SOURCES 1. Placeholder, This Is, A Title Of No Consequence Because It Does Not Exist., (NeverNeverLand: Spoof Publications), [PlaceHold], III:1432.


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