Joseph, sixth son and ninth child of Thomas and Rachel (Barnes) Sargent, born in Amesbury, June 2, 1687, died May 16, 1733, and was buried at Amesbury. He resided on Bear Hill and was a farmer by occupation. He married (first), November 17, 1715, Elizabeth Carr, of Newbury, born 1693. She died December 28, 1729, and he married (second), April 8, 1731, Widow Sarah Currier, who survived him and administered on his estate.
