Israel Sacket
(1745/46-1786)
| Father | Daniel Sacket (1693-1776) |
| Mother | Mary Weller (c 1707-1789) |
Israel Sacket, son of Daniel Sacket and Mary Weller, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, on 10 February 1745/461,2,3 and baptized at the Church of Christ, WestfieldG, on 23 February 1746.4 He died aged 40 in WestfieldG on 26 June 1786.1,5 He married at the First Church, WestfieldG, on 25 December 1782, Eunice Sacket, his first cousin, daughter of Eliakim Sacket and Bethesda Fowler.1,6,7,8
Israel served as an Ensign in the American Revolutionary War in the 3rd Regiment, Continental Troops.9
Israel served as an Ensign in the American Revolutionary War in the 3rd Regiment, Continental Troops.9
Child of Israel Sacket and Eunice Sacket
- Cynthia Sackett+ b. 11 Aug 1784, d. 14 Sep 1862
170. Ensign Israel Sacket, 1746–1786, of Westfield, Mass., son of (35) Daniel and Mary Weller Sacket, was married in 1782 to (193) Eunice Sacket, daughter of (42) Eliakim Sacket and his wife Bethesda Fowler. His military service in War of Revolution, as given in volume of Massachusetts State Records, published in 1905 reads as follows:
Sacket, Israel, Westfield, Corporal in Westfield Co. of Minute Men commanded by Lieut. John Shepard, which marched to the Alarm of April 19, 1775, service 1 week, 1 day, reported enlisted into the Army Apr. 28, 1775. Also, Sacket, Israel, Westfield, Sergeant Capt. Warham Parks Co., Col. Timothy Danielson's Regt., muster roll dated Aug., 1775, engaged Apr. 28, 1775, service 3 mos. 10 days, also Company return dated Roxbury (probably Oct. 27, 1775). Also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp at Roxbury Dec. 23, 1775. Also Lieut. Col. Nathan Tyler's Regt. list of Officers of a regiment ordered to be detached to serve at Rhode Island until Jan. 1, 1780, agreeable to resolve of June 8, 1778, Commissioned Aug. 4, 1779. Also Lieut. Joshua L. Woodridges Co., Col. Nathan Tyler's Regt., Engaged July 25, 1779, service 5 mos. 6 days at Rhode Island, roll sworn to Newport. Also service Co. and Regt. payable for Dec. 1779, sworn at Newport, allowed 1 mo. 5 days services at Rhode Island, including travel (110 miles) home.
Child.
508. Cynthia Sacket.
Notes & Citations
- Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "170. Israel Sacket, b. Feb. 10, 1746, d. in year 1786; m. (193) Eunice Sacket."
- Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, A:206.
- "Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "Sacket, Israel, s. Daniel & Mary (Weller) b. Feb. 10, 1745/6."
- "Baptisms performed in the Church of Christ, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1679–1836" (American Ancestors transcript), "1746 Sacket, Israel s. Daniel & Mary, Feb. 23."
- "Westfield, MA: Deaths in the First Church, 1728–1836" (American Ancestors image), "1786 June 26 Israel Sacket 40 years."
- Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, B:246.
- "Westfield, Massachusetts, Marriage Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "Israel Sacket of W. and Eunice Sacket of W; m. Dec. 25, 1782."
- "Westfield, MA: Marriage Records of the First Church, 1781–1835" (American Ancestors transcript), "1782 Israel Sacket of Westfield & Eunice Sacket of Westfield."
- "U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783" (Ancestry transcript), "Sackett, Israel, [no date], military place Massachusetts, unit Massachusetts, rank Ensign."; "Sacket, Israel, military place USA, unit 3rd Regiment, Artillery, Continental Troops, rank Ensign."
| Appears in | Sacketts in the Military |
| Sackett line | 4th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet |
| Generation.Tree | 5M.3 |
| Last Edited | 17 May 2023 |
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