Mary was born to John and Mary Osborne Turner of Salem, Massachusetts. Her great-grandfather John Turner of Salem built what would become known as "The House of the Seven Gables," he died 09 Oct 1680 and is buried in Charter Street Burying-Ground, Salem. John Singleton Copley captured Mary's beauty in her portrait painted in 1763 now at the deYoung Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco; the Ray and Dagmar Dolby gallery 2nd floor. Mary married Daniel Sargent of Gloucester on 3 Feb 1763; they had seven children: Daniel Sargent, b: 15 June 1764 and d: 1 April 1842(Memorial # 21703395) ; Ignatius Sargent, b: 1 Nov 1765 and d: 18 Jan 1821; John Turner Sargent, b: 27 Mar 1769 and d: 10 Feb 1813; Henry Sargent, b:25 Nov 1770 and d:21 Feb 1845; Mary Osborn Sargent, b:30 Sept 1780 and d: 12 Sept 1781; Winthrop Sargent, b: 31 Jan 1783 and d: 11 Jan 1808; Lucius Manlius Sargent, b: 25 June 1786 and d: 2 June 1867.