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Daniel Sargent Sr (1730–1806) was a merchant in Gloucester, Massachusetts and then Boston.
Sargent was born in Gloucester, MA (Mar 18 1730-Feb 18 1806) to Col Epes Sargent and Ester McCarty daughter of Florence McCarty. He was a very successful merchant who was referred to as the "merchant prince". He was engaged in the fishing business and foreign trade he moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts then to Boston where he had his offices at 25 and then 40 Long Wharf and owned Sargent's Wharf, Boston, MA. His brothers's were Revolutionary war hero Paul Dudley Sargent and John Sargent (Loyalist), nephews John Singer Sargent, Gov Winthrop Sargent. Daniel's wife Mary was extremely close to his niece Judith Sargent Murray and many of their correspondence were kept by Judith and now at the Sargent House Museum.
He married Mary Turner (1744–1813) daughter of Dr. John Turner III House of the Seven Gables. They had six son's Daniel Sargent, Ignatius Sargent, John Turner Sargent, Henry Sargent, Winthrop Sargent and Lucius Manlius Sargent.
John Singleton Copley portrait of Mary Turner Sargent is at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.