MATHEWS Katherine

Katherine married AXFORD Henry on 13 Aug 1605. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SARGENT John. John was born about 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Digory came from England to Boston and was a carpenter there. He was a soldier in King Philip's War and then settled in Worcester MA. The settlers there were warned of Indian attacks and were encouraged to leave their homes. Digory, who had lived there for a ten years, flatly refused. They were fine for a time, but the day came in the winter of 1703/04 when the Indians attacked. During the attack, Digory was killed and his wife and children were "carried" off by the Indians to Canada. Not too far away from their home, the Indians killed Digory's wife who was weak and probably unable to continue for the long journey. It was reported that a baby was killed too.

The children were taken to Canada and held there. Martha, John, and Thomas were eventually ransomed from the Indians and were returned to Massachusetts. Martha married and had a family that lived in southern Vermont and New Hampshire. John married and lived in southern Vermont and it is through him that most of the "Sargent's" of today are descended. There is no record of a marriage or children for Thomas. Daniel and Mary stayed in Canada with the Indians and the French. No one has known what happened to Mary, although she is recorded as being with the Indians. Recently we have found some evidence indicating who she may have been; this is currently being investigated. The story of Daniel has for a long time been a silent one as well. In recent years, however, it has been discovered that he was the man known as Louis-Philippe Serien dit Langlais of Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska Co., PQ and his "Langlais" descendants in number probably far surpass that of his brother, John.

Birth:
Digory SARGENT was christened 22 Jun 1651 at Saint Germans, Co. Cornwall, England

Died:
Digory died in the winter of 1703/1704 in Worcester MA. He was scalped and killed by the Indians and buried somewhere on his land at the foot of an oak tree by his belated rescuers.

Digory married JAMES Constance on 13 Oct 1693 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. Constance was born about 1673; died in Worcester, Worcester Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Digory married OBEN Marie in 1698. Marie died in 1703 in near Worcester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married SHATTUCK Capt. Daniel on 06 Apr 1719 in Westborough, Middlesex Co., MA. Capt. was born in 1692; died in 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
or 1697

Lt. married JONES Abigail on 04 Jul 1727 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. Abigail was born in 1702; died after 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH-BAPTISM-ORIGIN-COMMENT: Page 645.28
He appeared to be of English descent. His letters of naturalization
were in May 1710. He was a native of "Barbade" ? "natif de la Barbe,
...rachete des Abenaquis qui
l'avaient pris en guerre." On the naturalization papers, his name
was listed as Louis Philippe Sargent. His French name then became
L'Anglais, and or simply Langlais,
and sometimes confused with Langlois. His dit name reveals the clues
to his origin however; "dit Serien" or Sargent.

MARRIAGE: Page 645. 28
Marriage contract signed with notary - Janneau on 14 Jan 1718.


p. 645, 1re colonne
LANGLAIS dit SÁRIEN ou SARGENT, Louis-Philippe né Daniel (...)
(Digory
SERJENT & Mary OBEN) n 1685 b 18-01-1700 Lauzon; Anglais, "natif de
la Barbade, racheté des Abénakis qui l'avaient pris en guerre [n 08-
1699 b 06-11-1707
Montréal, d avant 03-08-1728]
* m 1718
LAVOIE, Marguerite

[Ajout: Ascendance de Louis-Philippe Langlais:
2. Digory SERJENT, b 22-06-1651 St.German's comté Cornwall (sud
ouest), Angleterre, habitant Worcester, Massachussetts, m 13-10-1693
Constance JAMES, m 1696
Mary PARMENTER (soeur de George) ou OBEN
3. Mary PARMENTER ou OBEN
4. John SEARGENT, m 23-11-1640 St..Germans
5. Martha AXFORD
10. Henry AXFORD, m 13?-08-1605 St.German's
11. Katherine MATHEWS]

Sources: MSGCF, vol 27 no 4 p. 237-242, vol 28 no 1 p. 32-43, par
Antonio L'anglais, qui discute de ce personnage; The Genealogist
(ACGS), vol. 12 no 4 (30),
automne 1986, p. 126-129, par Rose Brodeur Freeman et James Freeman;
vol 13 no 4 (34) automne 1987, p. 156, par James H. Mero, vol 14 no
2, été 1988, p. 47, par
James H. Mero; Parchemin, notaire Jeanneau 14-01-1718 "natif des
côtes de Boston"; PRDH, vol 11, p. 233, section 301 (b de Lauzon),
vol. 13 p. 62 section 391 (b de
Montréal) [diagnostic] possible, documentation suffisante


Daniel Sargent was carried away by the Indians and was probably about 4 years old at the time. He lived for a while with the Abenaki [Abenaquis] Indians. It is said that they "gave" him to the governor, Philippe de RIGAULT VAUDREUIL (or was perhaps "redeemed" by the him). Daniel was baptized on 6 Nov 1707, at the age of 8 and given the name Louis-Philippe Sargeant. This became corrupted to Serien, which is how it would have been pronounced. He had been given by this time, by the governor, to Robert POITIER to raise and he grew up in Poitier's household

Louis married DELAVOYE Marie Marguerite on 22 Jan 1718 in Riviere-Quelle, PQ, Canada. Marie (daughter of DELAVOYE Jean and BOUCHER Marie Madeleine) was born on 22 Oct 1693 in Riviere-Quelle, PQ, Canada; died on 04 Feb 1773 in Riviere-Quelle, PQ, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
or 1702

Notes:

Birth:
or 1704

Died:
or 1704. Taken captive by Indians 1704 and killed by them.