Daniel's father was Digory Sargent. Very well known man in their town. I guess Digory and his family were th elast remaining people to remain in their home after threats of attack by the indians. Most fled. in Feb 1703, Abenaki indians attacked the Sargent home, scalped Digory and killed him inside the home. They then took Digory's wife and their 6 kids captive to canada. supposedly the wife was to weak to travel and just outside town they scalped and killed her as well as the infant of the children. the 5 remaining siblings (John, Daniel, Martha, Mary, Thomas) were taken back to canada. John, Thomas and Martha were ransomed back to the colony, while Daniel and Mary remained in Canada. Daniel ended up in the hands of the Governor General of New France who had him baptised as Louis-Philippe Serien. Serien they think may be a corrupted form of Sargent. he was then given to his godfather to be raised in their home (Poitier). it is thought that Mary remained with the indians but know one knows for sure i think. later in time he begain using a "dit" name of Langlais which is french for "The Englishman" and thats the name he passed on to his children.