Background
Sargent, Winthrop was born on May 1, 1753 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Winthrop and Judith (Saunders) Sargent.
Sargent, Winthrop was born on May 1, 1753 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Winthrop and Judith (Saunders) Sargent.
Graduated from Harvard, 1771.
3 sons. Joined Continental Army, 1775. Brevetted major, 1781. Surveyor on Seven Ranges in Ohio, 1786.
An original member Ohio Company, 1786, elected secretary, 1787.
A founder Marietta (O.), 1788. Appointed by Congress as secretary Territory North.W. of River Ohio, 1787-1798.
Adjutant general to General Arthur Saint Clair’s expedition against the Indians. Acting governor Territory North.W. of River Ohio, organized militia to repel anticipated Indian attacks, 1791.
1st governor Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801.
Member American Philosophical Society, Society of Cincinnati, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts History Society. Published (with Benjamin Smith) Papers Relative to Certain American Antiquities. Wrote poem entitled Boston, 1803.
Name possibly Sargeant.
Member American Philosophical Society, Society of Cincinnati, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts History Society.
Married Rowena Tupper, February 9, 1789. Married second, Mary (McIntosh) Williams, October 24, 1798.