DATA BASE REF: I/T 1040
From: The Revd William Burke
The Benefice of Castor with Sutton and Upton with Marholm
The Rectory
5 Church Hill
Castor
Peterborough
PE5 7AU
Tel: 01733-380244
24 September, 2002
Thank you for your letter. We happen to have the 1537 – 1740 register in the church at the moment. Usually it is kept at Wooton Park the Northamptonshire County Records Office.
I suggest that if you want to look at the entries at some length (the hand writing is not easy to read) that your son should look at the records there. We will only have the record books with us for another fortnight. I have scanned through the marriages and found the following that may be of interest and relevant. Clearly Sergeant is a very old name in Castor and here-abouts.
All of Castor unless otherwise stated.
10th Nov 1552 Robert Sargeant married Cislee Curtis
17th Oct 1555 Isobell Sargeant married John Hill
15th Jan 1562 James Sargeant married Joannna Killims
30th Apr 1582 James Sargeant married Emma Bate
5th Jun 1592 Jeremy Yewle married Joane Sergean
23rd Jun 1606 William Brook married Elizabeth Sergeant
9th Oct 1606 Christopher Sergeant married Elizabeth Typlady
1st Aug 1611 John Sargeant married Mary Brooks
10th July 1618 Graham Clarke married Eme Sergant
17th Nov 1636 Frances Pollard married …atus Sargeant
10th Feb 1641 Thomas Osborne married Agnes Sergeant
12th July 1655 John Sergent married Judith Raman
9th Jan 1672 Richard Hullock married Elizabeth Sargent
19th Nov 1673 Joseph Sergeant married Grace Garner
4th Aug 1707 Jobias Sergeant married Ann Campion (both of Ailsworth)
14th Nov 1714 Edward Charter married Mary Sergeant
11th May 1723 Joseph Sergeant married Alice Brackin (both of Ailsworth)
13th Mar 1741 William..in Rutland married Mary Sergeant
9th Jun 1748 Thomas Sergeant (Ailsworth) Sarah Deckson of G Ferry (Gunwade)
26 May 1750 Wright Sergeant (Castor) Mary Dove of Upton
26th June 1750 Matthew Borland married Ann Sergeant
28th Jun 1753 John Sergeant (Ailsworth) Ann Chambers
11th Jan 1766 Henry Rokesby (Ringstead) Rebecca Sergeant
31st Mar 1766 Christopher Sergeant (Castor) Prudence Kingston of Elton
18th Jan 1770 Thomas Sergeant (widower of Ailsworth) Elizabeth Mitchell (widow)
26th Nov 1771 Richard Almon married Elizabeth Sargeant
25th Mar 1776 George Savage married Sarah Sargeant
3rd Oct 1776 William Sergeant (widower) Frances English (both of Ailsworth)
9th Aug 1794 George Smith married Frances Sergeant (both of Ailsworth)
8th Dec 1795 Caleb Wright married Charlotte Sergeant
27th July 1802 William Sergeant (Ailsworth) Ann Sergeant
18th Oct 1803 William Newborn married Mary Sergeant (both of Ailsworth)
9th June 1806 John Sergeant (Castor) Catherine Green of St John’s Peterborough
17th Oct 1811 Edward Sergeant (Ailsworth) Sarah Brian
Looking at the year gaps, I would say there is a good chance these are all the same family, appearing generation after generation. You could look through the Baptisms and Deaths as well to compare names. The only William Sergeant who would fit the Churchwarden of 1752, is the one who married as a widower on 3rd Oct 1776 to Frances English