Anna Sackett
| Father | Samuel Sackett MD (1754-1833) |
| Mother | Sarah Manning (c 1760-1813) |
Anna (Sackett) Sharpless
(1790–1873)
(Src: Find a Grave, H Stutsman)
(1790–1873)
(Src: Find a Grave, H Stutsman)
Anna Sackett, daughter of Samuel Sackett MD and Sarah Manning, was born at George's Creek, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG, on 9 November 1790.1,2 She died aged 82 in 1873 and was buried at Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson County, IowaG.5 She married in Concord, Lake County, OhioG, on 28 March 1820, George Sharpless, son of Thomas Sharpless and Martha Preston.3,4 George was born, probably in Chester, Delaware County, PennsylvaniaG, in say 1780.3 He died in Belmont County, OhioG, in 1827.3,6
Anna (Sackett) Sharpless (1790–1873), Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa
(Src: Find a Grave, Ken Wright)
(Src: Find a Grave, Ken Wright)
Anna (Sackett) Sharpless (1790–1873), Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa
(Src: Find a Grave, Ken Wright)
(Src: Find a Grave, Ken Wright)
George Sharpless (–1827), Concord Quaker Cemetery, Colerain, Ohio
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(Src: Find a Grave, CathyAnnCarr)
Children of Anna Sackett and George Sharpless
- Edward Sharpless
- Samuel Sharpless b. 1 Nov 1822, d. 5 Jun 1901
- Martha Jane Sharpless+ b. Jan 1825, d. Sep 1865
380. George Sharpless, son of Thomas and Martha (Preston) Sharples (sic) was born probably in Chester Twp. and died in Belmont Co., O., in 1828, his will being proved there on March 20, 1828. At Concord Friends Mtg. (Ohio) on 3 mo. 28, 1820 he married Ann Sackett, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Manning) Sackett. She was born 11 mo. 9, 1790.
Issue:
1036. Edward died in childbirth.
1037. Samuel married Priscilla F. (Crain) Smith.
1038. Martha Jane married Hiram M. Smith.
George Sharpless went to Wilmington, Del., 1802, to learn the trade of a potter. In the division of his father's estate he was awarded a tract of 18 acres, 16 perches, in Chester Twp., and a lot with buildings in the borough. The first he conveyed 9, 30, 1806, to his uncle, Daniel Sharpless, and the other to his brother, Jonas, 9, 28, 1807; in both deeds being styled of Chester, potter. He removed to Ohio soon after the last date and settled in Belmont Co., where his children were born.
—Bart Anderson, The Sharples-Sharpless Family, West Chester, PA (1966)
Notes & Citations
- Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "1540. Anne Sacket, b. Nov. 9, 1790."
- John W Jordan, Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1912), digital image, Ancestry.com, citing Dr Samuel Sackett's own handwritten record, "We set out from New England to come to Redstone township, and arrived at Beesontown, or Uniontown, on October 16, 1781. The following children were born at Beesonstone: Betsey, April 4, 1782; Lucinda, March 5, 1784; Alexander, January 10, 1786; Mary Anna, September 3, 1788. On November 10, 1788, we moved to Georges creek, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where the following children were born: Annie, November 9, 1790; Lydia, November 22, 1792; Samuel, September 21, 1795; Sarah, October 20, 1797; married Dr. Louis Marchant, of Huguenot descent."
- Bart Anderson, The Sharples-Sharpless Family, West Chester, PA (1966), digital image, Ancestry.com, 79.
- "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935" (Ancestry image), Marriage, "28 Mar 1820, Concord Meeting House, George Sharpless, father Thomas Sharpless, mother Martha Sharpless; and Ann Sacket, father Samuel Sacket, mother Sarah Sacket. Witnesses: Lucinda Thomas, Samuel Sharpless, Rebecca Y Sharpless, Robert Thomas, Hannah Sharpless, Thomas Stokes, Wm Vickers, Joseph Steer, Edward G Potts, Nathan Newport, Sarah Bartan, Jemima Alexander."
- Find a Grave.
- Gravestone.
| Sackett line | 6th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet |
| Charts | Line 3a (American) |
| Generation.Tree | 7O.3 |
| Last Edited | 12 Apr 2024 |
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English line of Thomas Sackett the elder & other English lines
American line of Thomas Sackett the elder through Simon Sackett the colonist
Line of John Sackett of New Haven