by Thomason, I in unknown year
Sister of Sarah Sawyer Parsons who was the mother-in-law of Fitzwilliam Sargent
Unknown donor and donation date
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Sister of Sarah Sawyer Parsons who was the mother-in-law of Fitzwilliam Sargent
Photograph of silhoutte of Rev Moses Parsons and Susanna Parsons
Paul Dudley Sargent's wife
son of Epes Sargent IV and Dorcas Sargent
"The Patriot" - Married to Dorcas Babson in 1772 - SHM has portrai of his nephew Epes VI (1813-1880) painted by Charles Osgood.
This Bosun's Call came to us with a sailor’s bag belonging to an early seagoing Sargent in Gloucester. Engraved G.P. Sargent
English
English
Thought to have been made by a sailor. Made from corner post from the First Church. Loaned by Mrs. Albert P. Babson.
Belonged to William Ellery, the signer. Given to my father, Harrison Ellery in 1890 by Misses Ellery of Newport.
A poem in Boston Weekly Magazine "ON BLENDING SPIRIT WITH MATTER." written by JSM using the penname of Honoria Martesia.
A poem in Boston Weekly Magazine "Expiring Amity" written by JSM using the penname of Honoria Martesia.
A poem in Boston Weekly Magazine "Hypothesis." written by JSM using the penname of Honoria Martesia.
A poem in Boston Weekly Magazine "Lines - upon the death of her eldest son" written by JSM using the penname of Honoria Martesia.
Hough Family Bible; 1803
On flyleaf: This Bible was the property of BK Hough Jr (1805-1875) of Gloucester & Boston. On his death it went to his daughters and came to me (B Kent Hough) from a survivor in 1928
no family records in this Bible
Story of the Sargent Industrial School; index card # 371; 3 copies
a 3 x 5 leather-bound book titled The Oeconomy of Human Life. In 1767, at the age of 16, Judith Sargent Murray wrote her name and the year on the title page, including the comment, "the best book that ever was written."
Holy Bible 1611 Owned by David Plumer
The oldest Bible in The Sargent House Museum collection was published in London in 1677. It had an intimate connection with the Battle of the Bayne, which was fought in Ireland in 1690, a war which sent James Il fleeing to France, ended hope of Catholic rule in England forever, and ensured religious and political strife between Ireland and England up to modern times. Here is the whole story: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z3-etN659xtXS2OtbdpbQXraZvOP0MFqBCkG6Q1QJpI/edit?tab=t.0
Mary Sargent Johnson was from the Paul Dudley Sargent side of the family., Paul Dudley was Judith's uncle via her grandfather's second wife. Mary Sargent Johnson lived in New Brunswick and Maine. (Paul Dudley died in Maine)
Section 5 of the series titled 'Cape Ann in Story, Legend and Song'. Describes the location in Gloucester of the property and mansions owned by Col. Epes Sargent and his descendents.
A book of typewritten letters transcribed from the original letters of Epes (1784-1853) to his grandson