Colonel Epes Sargent (July 12, 1690 – December 6, 1762) was an American landowner, militia officer, judge, and politician from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Early life and family
Sargent was born on July 12, 1690, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was the seventh of fifteen children born to William Sargent II (1659–1707), who came to Gloucester before 1678, and Mary Duncan (died 1724), daughter of Peter Duncan and step-granddaughter of Samuel Symonds, deputy Governor.
His maternal grandparents were Mary Eppes (1629–1692) and Peter Duncan (1629–1716), who emigrated from England to Massachusetts. His paternal grandfather was William Sargent (born c. 1610) from Exeter, England.
Career
Sargent was one of the largest landholders in Gloucester. He served as a colonel in the Massachusetts militia before the Revolutionary War and was a justice of the general session court for more than thirty years.
In 1744, he was selected as Gloucester's representative in the General Court of Massachusetts.