An American Family History

Iva Fox Sargeant was born on June 17, 1774. Her parents were Absalom Fox and Christian Bonham.

She married Samson (Sampson) Sargeant . Sampson was born on December 25, 1767 in Frederick County, Virginia.

Iva and Samson's children included:
Harvey Sargent,
David Sargent, (October 3, 1794), and
John Sargent (February 15, 1797).

Sampson Sargeant appeared in the 1790 census in Washington County Pennsylvania. The family consisted of two boys and a man and a woman. Iva was only 16 at this time so she either married very young or he had a wife before her.

Iva died before the family moved to Ohio. She may have died in childbirth. She was only 23 or 24 years old. After her death, he married Rebecca Squier Morton, the widow of Thomas Morton and daughter of Meeker Squier and Rebecca Meeker. Rebecca already had three children with Thomas Morton:

Rachel Morton Fox (1795, married Charles Fox),
Samuel Morton (1797), and
Meeker Morton (1800).

Sampson and Rebecca's children together included:

Thomas Sargeant (1808),
Ivy Sargeant Randolph (1805, married Benjamin Randolph),
Eliza Sargeant (1810),
Rebecca Sargeant (1819), and
Phebe Anne Sargeant.

In 1809 and 1810 Sampson was in Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio.

On February 13, 1816 Sampson Sargeant was appointed guardian of Meeker Squire Morton who was 15 years old.

Sampson died on May 5, 1847. He was buried in Fellowship Cemetery with his second wife and children and his in-laws, David and Sarah (Sutton) Fox.

Children of Absalom Fox and Christian Bonham Captain Charles Fox Bonham Fox Mary Fox Frazee David Fox Anchor Fox Sutton Iva Fox Sargeant Jonathan Fox Rebecca Fox Dearth