Thomas Sergeant

Thomas Sergeant (January 14, 1782 – May 8, 1860) was an American politician and judge.

He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University) in 1798 in the same class as his twin brother.

[2] He read law under Jared Ingersoll, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1802.

Their children were Henry Jonathan, Emma, Frances, Thomas Jr., and William, who died in infancy.

[4][5] His grandson, by Frances, was the scholar and linguist Thomas Sergeant Perry.