Thomas Sergeant (1782-1860)

Supreme Court Justice, Secretary of State & Attorney-General for Pennsylvania

He married Sarah Bache, grand-daughter of the Founding Father and polymath Benjamin Franklin. They were the parents of four children of whom three (listed above) survived to adulthood. Their two sons died without children and their line is continued through their daughter who married Brigadier-General Christopher Grant Perry, son of the hero of the War of 1812, Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S.N.

Parents (2)

Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant

Continental Congressman & Attorney General for the State of Pennsylvania

1746-1793

Margaret (Spencer) Sergeant

Mrs Margaret (Spencer) Sergeant

1759-1787

Spouse (1)

Sarah (Bache) Sergeant

Mrs Sarah Franklin (Bache) Sergeant

1788-1863

Children (3)

Henry Jonathan Sergeant

Lawyer of Philadelphia & Publisher of "Watt's & Sergeant's Reports"

1815-1858

Frances (Sergeant) Perry

Mrs "Fanny" Frances (Sergeant) Perry

1817-1903

Thomas Sergeant

Thomas Sergeant, Jr., of Philadelphia; died unmarried

1819-1878