Peter Sargent's first wife was Ruth Nichols of Amesbury, a relative of the mother of Esquire Josiah Brown of N.L. ... Ruth (Nichols) Sargent d. Nov. 5, 1808, aged 69 years."
[Note: no birth record for Ruth Sargent found in Amesbury. An article in Source:Granite Monthly, Vol. 2, p. 341, written by a grandson, says she was "of Amesbury or Newbury".]