The Sergeant family came to Delaware Township well before the Revolution. Outsiders can easily be identified by the way they pronounce the name—Sar-gent. It’s Sir-gent to those in the know.
Like all the other family trees published here, this is a work in progress. There are many members of this family that I do not have information about, especially those that left Hunterdon County. And some links to other family trees do not work because those trees have not yet been published.
Please add additions and/or corrections to the comments section, and I will take those into account.
First Generation:
(1) Joseph Sergeant (c.1735 – 1807) & Mary Marie Loman (c.1737 – after 1770)
Second Generation:
| (2) Charles Sergeant (1760 – 1833)
. . m. 1) Sarah Green (1766 – 1835), d/o Samuel Green & Elizabeth Waterhouse
. . m. 2) Mary Lake (1773 – 1851), d/o John Lake & Sarah Ann Robins
| (2) Loman Sergeant (1763 – 1852) & Lydia Wolverton (c.1766 – ?)
| (2) Mary Sergeant (1765 – 1813) & Cornelius Lake (1762 – 1842)
| (2) John Sergeant (c.1766 – after 1829) & Sarah Sally Kugler (c.1788 – ?)
| (2) Joseph Sergeant (1769 – 1843) & Jane Quick (1770 – 1851)
Third Generation:
| (2) Charles Sergeant & 1) Sarah Green
| | (3) Elizabeth Sergeant (1793 – 1873) & William Reading (1787 – 1831)
| | (3) Richard Green Sergeant Esq. (1795 – 1878) & Margaret Besson (1802 – 1876)
| | (3) Mary Ann Sergeant (1798 – 1853) & James P. Wolverton (1791 – 1871)
| | (3) Permelia Sergeant (1800 – 1839) & Joseph Wood (1801 – 1860)
| | (3) Emma Sergeant (1803 – 1856) & James Larison (1807 – 1855)
| (2) Charles Sergeant & 2) Mary Lake
| | (3) Hon. William Sergeant (1794 – 1865) & Elizabeth Trimmer (1799 – 1882)
| (2) Loman Sergeant & Lydia Wolverton
| | (3) Charles Sergeant (1785 – 1863, not HC) & Sarah Reading (1791 – 1842, not HC)
| | (3) Martha Sergeant (1790 – 1883) & John Reading (1789 – 1871) see Reading Family Tree
| | (3) Urania Sergeant (1788 – 1872) & William Johnson (1782 – 1869)
| | (3) Amos Sergeant (c.1798 – c.1881, not HC) & Elizabeth Cherry (c.1798 – c.1860)
| | (3) Jane Sergeant (c.1795 – ?) & John Able (c.1790 – ?)
| | (3) Joseph Sergeant (c.1799 – c.1854) & Margaret Thatcher (c.1801 – ?)
| | (3) George Sergeant (c.1803 – 1889) & Ann (Hannah?) Cherry (c.1803 – 1885)
| | (3) John Sergeant (1809 – 1876) & Susan Bray (1809 – 1901)
| (2) Mary Sergeant & Cornelius Lake ß see Lake Family Tree
| | (3) Anna Nancy Lake (1792 – 1835) & Jonas Thatcher Jr. (1791 – 1852)
| | (3) Sergeant Lake (c.1797 – 1879) & Letitia West (c.1804 – after 1880)
| | (3) Charles Lake (1806 – 1830)
| (2) Joseph Sergeant & Jane Quick
| | (3) William Quick Sergeant (abt 1805 – bef. 1902)
| | (3) Gershom Craven Sergeant (1807 – 1881) & Charity Anne Howell (1813 – 1890)
| | (3) Mary Catharine Sergeant (1808 – ?)
| | (3) Tunis Sergeant (1809 – 1887) & Catharine Choyce (1809 – 1894)
| | (3) John Philips Sergeant (1813 – 1903) & Mary Young (1818 – 1903)
Fourth Generation:
| (2) Charles Sergeant & 2) Sarah Green
| | (3) Elizabeth Sergeant & William Reading
| | | (4) Charles Sergeant Reading (1814 – 1890)
. . . . m. 1) Hannah S. Reading (1819 – 1845)
. . . . m. 2) Rebecca E. Young (1823 – 1912)
| | | (4) Joseph Reading (1817 – 1887) & Sarah Fox (1819 – 1869)
| | | (4) Sarah Reading (1819 – 1884)
. . . . m. 1) Joseph Reading Opdycke (1815 – 1870)
. . . . m. 2) Ogden Robinson (1812 – 1888)
| | | (4) Amelia Permelia Reading (1822 – 1890) & Edward Knowles (c.1810 – 1892)
| | | (4) Emma Sergeant Reading (1825 – 1887)
. . . . m. 1) Nathaniel Higgins (c.1821 – 1846)
. . . . m. 2) Asher Hill (1796 – 1879)
. . . . m. 3) William Conover (c.1829 – ?)
| | | (4) Theresa Reading (1828 – ?) & Amos Golden
| | | (4) Asher Reading (1830 – ?) & Lucy
| | (3) Richard Green Sergeant Esq. & Margaret Besson
| | | (4) Sarah Sergeant (c.1826 – 1881) & George S. Johnson Jr. (1818 – 1905)
| | | (4) George Sergeant (1829 – 1906) & Lillie English
| | | (4) Charles Sergeant (c.1830 – 1868) & Elizabeth Juliana Watson (c.1840 – ?)
| | (3) Mary Ann Sergeant & James P. Wolverton ß see Wolverton Family Tree
| | | (4) Sarah Wolverton (1819 – 1896) & Elias S. Johnson (1810 – 1892)
| | | (4) Rachel Wolverton (1820 – 1912) & Henry R. Fell (1814 – 1904)
| | | (4) Jane Elizabeth Wolverton (1822 – 1902) & George H. Hoppock (1820 – 1905)
| | | (4) John Wolverton (1825 – 1888) & Emma Van Cleve (1832 – 1856)
| | | (4) Mary S. Wolverton (1828 – 1923) & Charles P. Jones (1824 – 1893)
| | | (4) Permelia Wolverton (1833 – 1922) & Gardner Bowne Johnson (1831 – 1912)
| | | (4) James Wolverton M.D. (1834 – 1861)
| | | (4) Joseph Wood Wolverton (1836 – 1887) & Anna Maria Sims (1841 – 1881)
| | | (4) Charles Sergeant Wolverton (1838 – 1908) & Elizabeth B. Fell (1843 – 1929)
| | | (4) Samuel Wolverton (1843 – 1888) & Susanna Paul Lukens (1843 – 1919)
| | (3) Permelia Sergeant & Joseph Wood
| | | (4) Josephine Louisa Wood (1825 – 1836)
| | | (4) Permelia S. Wood (c.1839 – ?)
| | (3) Emma Sergeant & James Larison
| | | (4) George Larison (c.1831 – ?)
| | | (4) Charles Larison
| | | (4) Mary Larison
| | | (4) Josephine Larison (1840 – 1864) & George Agnew (1836 – 1916)
| (2) Charles Sergeant & 2) Mary Lake
| | (3) Hon. William Sergeant & Elizabeth Trimmer
| | | (4) John Trimmer Sergeant (1828 – 1865) & Mary Jane LaRoche (1830 – 1904)
| (2) Loman Sergeant & Lydia Wolverton
| | (3) Martha Sergeant & John Reading ß see Reading Family Tree
| | | (4) Mary Ann Reading (1809 – 1881) & Asher Johnson (1803 – 1884)
| | | (4) Lucy Reading (1810 – 1845)
| | | (4) Lorania Reading (c.1814 – 1894) & George W. Gaddis (1806 – 1886)
| | | (4) Clarissa Reading (1817 – 1865) & Charles Romine (1811 – 1890)
| | | (4) Hannah S. Reading (1819 – 1845) & Charles Sergeant Reading (1814 – 1890)
| | | (4) Joseph H. Reading (1823 – 1874) & Maria Wilson (1825 – 1891)
| | | (4) Jane Reading (1824 – after 1910) & Daniel B. Roberson (1821 – 1896)
| | | (4) George Lohman Reading (1829 – 1893) & Harriet Eisenbrey (1837 – 1932)
| | | (4) Theodosia Stryker Reading (1832 – ?) & Arthur Wellington Lundy (1816 – ?)
| | (3) Urania Sergeant & William Johnson ß see Johnson Family Tree
| | | (4) George S. Johnson Jr. (1818 – 1905) & Sarah Sergeant (c.1826 – 1881)
| | | (4) Elias S. Johnson (1810 – 1892) & Sarah Wolverton (1819 – 1896)
| | | (4) Anna Johnson (1815 – 1878) & Henry Hearl Fisher (1801 – 1881)
| | | (4) Harriet Johnson (1821 – ?) & Rev. Israel J. Poulson Jr. (1821 – 1896)
| | | (4) Gardner Bowne Johnson (1831 – 1912) & Permelia Wolverton (1833 – 1922)
| | (3) Amos Sergeant & Elizabeth Cherry
| | | (4) Amos Kugler Sergeant Jr. (c.1820 – c.1842) & Sarah Rachel Beans
| | (3) Joseph Sergeant & Margaret Thatcher
| | | (4) Bartholomew T. Sergeant (c.1815 – ?) & Celestia (c.1821 – ?)
| | | (4) Mary Ann Sergeant (1821 – 1906) & Jacob A. Woolery Jr. (c.1816 – 1904)
| | | (4) John Sergeant (c.1827 – ?)
| | | (4) Elias Sergeant (c.1839 – ?)
| | (3) George Sergeant & Ann Hannah Cherry
| | | (4) Harrison Sergeant (c.1832 – ?)
. . . . m. 1) Silome Holcombe (c.1840 – ?)
. . . . m. 2) Unknown
| | | (4) Mary Sergeant (c.1832 – ?)
| | | (4) Margaret Sergeant (c.1833 – ?)
| | | (4) James Sergeant (1842 – 1922) & Lucinda A. Sine (1847 – 1910)
| | | (4) John P. Sergeant (c.1847 – ?) & Caroline Holcombe (c.1842 – ?)
| | (3) John Sergeant & Susan Bray
| | | (4) Lydia A. Sergeant (c.1831 – ?) & Richard Hoagland ?
| | | (4) Elizabeth B. Sergeant (c.1832 – ?)
| | | (4) Martha R. Sergeant (c.1835 – ?)
| | | (4) George W. Sergeant (c.1840 – ?)
| | | (4) John P. Sergeant (c.1844 – ?)
| (2) Joseph Sergeant & Jane Quick
| | (3) Gershom Craven Sergeant & Charity Anne Howell
| | | (4) Benjamin H. Sergeant (c.1835 – 1842)
| | | (4) Mary Jane Howell Sergeant (1837 – 1917) & Cornelius W. Larison M.D. (1837 – 1910)
| | | (4) Lambert H. Sergeant, Esq. (1842 – 1935) & Sarah P. Scarborough (1852 – 1942)
| | | (4) Emma Sergeant (1842 – 1842)
| | | (4) Joseph Sergeant (1843 – 1904)
| | | (4) Letitia Sergeant (1845 – 1923)
| | | (4) Garitha Sergeant (1848 – 1930) & George M. Van Sinderen
| | | (4) Emeline Sergeant (1850 – 1850)
| | (3) Tunis Sergeant & Catharine Choyce
| | | (4) William Sergeant (1833 – 1908)
| | | (4) Mary E. Sergeant (1838 – 1912) & John Webster
| | | (4) Alexander Sergeant (1840 – 1917) & Esther Frazee
| | | (4) Anna T. Sergeant (1843 – 1921) & John H. Clark
| | | (4) Caroline Sergeant (~1846 – )
| | | (4) John C. Sergeant (1849 – 1928) & Deborah P. Kinney
| | (3) John Philips Sergeant & Mary Young
| | | (4) Cornelia Sergeant (1843 – 1925) & John Wellwood Scott Carrell (1840 – 1910)
| | | (4) George W. Sergeant (1844 – 1908, unmarried)
| | | (4) William Henry Sergeant (1847 – 1922, unmarried)
| | | (4) Gertrude Maria Sergeant (1852 – 1854 unmarried)
| | | (4) Katherine Sergeant (1854 – 1938) & Sherwood (divorced)
Fifth & Sixth Generations:
| | (3) Richard Green Sergeant Esq. & Margaret Besson
| | | (4) Sarah Sergeant & George S. Johnson Jr.
| | | | (5) Richard Green Johnson (1861 – 1942) & Carrie M. Wood (1866 – c.1925)
| | | | | (6) Chester Wood Johnson (1889 – 1984) & Mary Williamson (1891 – 1978)
| | | | | (6) Sarah Sergeant Johnson (1893 – 1993) & Henry Hearl Fisher (1881 – 1955)
| | | | | (6) Ruth C. Johnson (1897 – 1964) & John L. Manners (1898 – 1956)
| (2) Charles Sergeant & Mary Lake
| | (3) Hon. William Sergeant & Elizabeth Trimmer
| | | (4) John Trimmer Sergeant & Mary Jane LaRoche
| | | | (5) William T. Sergeant (1851 – 1918) & Mary Manning (1856 – 1933)
| | | | | (6) Jennie Manning Sergeant (1879 – 1963) & Philip Kaffitz (1871 – 1918)
| | | | (5) Ann Elizabeth Sergeant (c.1856 – after 1880)
| | | | (5) Emma G. Sergeant (1858 – 1944) & Lewis Case (1855 – 1929)
| | | | | (6) Laura V. Case (~1882 – ~1882)
| | | | | (6) Lizzie E. Case (1884 – 1884)
| | | | | (6) Dayton Sergeant Case (1899 – 1967)
. . . . . . m. 1) Jenness May Shepherd (1908 – 1942)
. . . . . . m. 2) Estelle Diehl
| (2) Joseph Sergeant & Jane Quick
| | (3) Gershom Craven Sergeant & Charity Anne Howell
| | | (4) Mary Jane Howell Sergeant & Cornelius Wilson Larison M.D.
| | | | (5) Mary Polly Larison (1871 – 1954) & Harry S. Blackwell (1869 – 1945)
| | | | | (6) Gershom V. S. Blackwell (1897 – 1942) & Elsie M. Smith (1903 – 1986)
| | | | | (6) Candace W. Blackwell (1898 – 1898)
| | | | | (6) W. Edgar Blackwell (1908 – 1956) & Florence S. Servis (1913 – 2007)
Additions/Corrections:
9/18/18: Linda Lyons provided the death dates for Permelia Reading and Edward Knowles.
Stuart Wisse
Henry Fisher once told me that his wife, Harriet was related to the Sergeant/Green clan. I am not sure how she fits into the family tree. I believe that Harriet came from North Jersey and married Henry. Perhaps someone knows the connection for these fine people.
Marfy Goodspeed
Stuart, Henry Fisher’s mother was Sarah Sergeant Johnson, daughter of Richard Green Johnson and Carrie M. Wood, who do show up on the family tree I published. Maybe I should take those generations one or two steps further, at least for local families.
Rob Kugler
According to the Application for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution filed by Armand London Fell in 1965, the father of “your” First Generation Joseph Sergeant was Joseph Sergeant (10 Aug 1651 – 25 May 1747). His references include the family Bible. That said, his entries show dates for “your” First Generation Joseph Sergeant as (1737 – 1765) – dates not compatible with the birth dates of child #4 or #5 of the Second Generation, and he shows as this Joseph’s wife Mary Opdyck, not Mary Marie Loman – even though child #2 in “your” Second Generation is one Loman Sergeant. So, take this information for what it may be worth – and, of course, Mary Opdyck may be Mary Marie Loman by a later married name.
Marfy Goodspeed
Whew! Thanks for providing that info. I think I’ll leave things as they are for now.
Linda Lyons
In generation 2/3/4 you have Permelia Reading and Edward Knowles. She died in 1890 (will probated in February) and he died in 1882 (indexed death record). I was interested to see the name Permelia throughout the Sergeant family (her mother was one). From 1880 they either lived with their son Edward and his family or he lived with them in Stockton per census.