'Sergeant1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Sergeant of Cotes, Serjeant of Melton Mowbray, Sergiant of Stone
| Visitation identifies the arms of the following family as "Argent, a chevron between three dolphins embowed sable". | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Sergeant of Cotes, Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Collier (d of James Collier of Darlaston) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Sergeant of Cotes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Boughey of Colton | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Sergeant (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Prichard (dau of Walter Prichard of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Sergeant of Millmees, Staffordshire (b c1618, a 04.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joyce Boughey (dau of Sampson Boughey of Colton) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 04.1663) - John (b c1648), Catherine (b c1661) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Sergeant | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Keane of London | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Sergeant | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Wirley of Eccleshall | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Ursula Sergeant | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Sutton of Millmeese | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Francis of London, James of London, George of London, Alice, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| B. | James Sergeant of Uttoxeter (b c1597, a 04.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Sleigh (dau of John Sleigh of Biggin Grange) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Mary Sergeant | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Stubbings of Somershall Herbert, Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Richard, Sergeant | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Francis Sergeant | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gertrude Prichard (dau of Walter Prichard of London) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Anne Sergeant | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Smith of Heath End | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Margaret Sergeant | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Watson of Ashwell | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Ursula Sergeant | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fletcher of Linnell | |||||||||||||||
| G.+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas, Philip | ||||||||||||||
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| Nichols identifies the arms of the following family as "Argent, a chevron Or, between three dolphins naiant and embowed Sable" and reports that hte following Philip "descended from the Serjeants of Cotes, co. Stafford". | |||||||||||||||
| Philip Serjeant of London (d 1607) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (07.08.1602) Margaret Lacy (dau of William Lacy of Melton (by Anne, dau of John Digby of Welby), sister/heir of Henry) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Serjeant of Melton (b 1602-3, d 09.1643) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Noyes (dau of Peter Noyes of Andover) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Peter Serjeant of Melton (b c1628, a 1683, Captain-Lieutenant) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Coxon (dau of Thomas Coxon of Okeley, widow of Robert Ledgingham of Okeley) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Ellen Serjeant (d 1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1683) Edward Hudson (son/heir of Sir Henry Hudson, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Serjeant | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1683) John Warburton of Leicester | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Thomas (d young), William (b c1661, a 1683), Sherard (b c1664, a 1683), Peter (b c1668, a 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Serjeant | ||||||||||||||
| m1. James Walton of Melton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Farren of Melton | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Lucy Serjeant (a 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Flanders of Rotherby (d by 1683) | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Thomas (d unm by 1683), Barbara (a 1683), Elizabeth (a 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - William (d unm 1642), Samuel (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
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| William Sergiant of Stone (Stane), Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Sergiant of Stone | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Barnesdale of Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Sergiant of Stone | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Trie (dau of John Trie of Hardwick) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Nicholas Sergiant of tivichall near Coventry (b c1571, a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Bagnall (dau of Edward Bagnall of Fennye Bentley) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1619) - Thomas (b c1613), Nicholas (b c1615), Johanna (b c1611), Francisca (b c1617) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - John of London, Euina | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Staffordshire, 1614 & 1663-4, 'Sergeant of Uttoxegter and Millmeese')
(2) For middle section : 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 2, part 1, 1795, 'Pedigree of Serjeant of Melton Mowbray', p262*)
(3) For lower section : Visitation (Warwickshire, 1619, 'Sergeant')
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