Lucretia Shepard
(1758-)
Father | Lieut John Shepard1 (c 1733-) |
Mother | Elisabeth Sacket (1734-) |
Lucretia Shepard, daughter of Lieut John Shepard and Elisabeth Sacket, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, on 16 February 1758.2 At the age of fifteen, Lucretia married in WestfieldG on 23 April 1773, Lieutenant David Sacket, son of Isaac Sacket and Elizabeth Shepard.3,4,5,6,7 Lucretia and Lieut David were second cousins once removed.
Children of Lucretia Shepard and Lieutenant David Sacket
- Lucretia Sackett+ b. say 1775
- David Sackett+ b. c 1776, d. 2 Feb 1829
- Lydia Sackett+ b. 10 Aug 1778, d. 27 Jan 1873
- Miriam Sackett+ b. say 1780
- John Sackett+ b. say 1784, d. 1 Sep 1847
- Mark Sackett+ b. c 1791, d. after 1850
- Polly Sackett+ b. 18 Jan 1795, d. 25 Aug 1872
Notes & Citations
- Emails from Patty Chrisman to Chris Sackett, August 1998.
- "Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "Shepard, Lucretia, d. John Jr. & Elizabeth (Sacket) b. Feb. 16, 1758."
- Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "182. David Sacket, b. Aug. 19, 1743, d. 1838; m. Lucretia Shepard."
- Sacketts of America, Lucretia Shepard is recorded in The Sacketts of America as the wife of David Sacket but is not recorded as a Sackett descendant in her own right.
- Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, B:210.
- "Westfield, Massachusetts, Marriage Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "David Sacket of W. and Lucretia Shepard of W; m. Apr. 23, 1773."
- John (Rev) Lockwood, Westfield and Its Historic Influences 1669-1919, published by the author (1922), “22 [Apr 1773]. Was at Deacon Shepards, at his son Johns, Married his daughter Lucretia to David Sacket. Lucretia has just entered her 16th year. Received 6/-.” [Entry from journal of the Third Minister of the Congregational Church in Westfield, Rev John Ballantine.] [Note: Westfield VRs show 23 Apr 1773].
Sackett line | 5th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet |
Charts | Line 3a (American) (#1) Line 3a (American) (#2) Lieut David Sackett & Lucretia Shepard relationship chart |
Generation.Tree | 6N.3 |
Last Edited | 10 Dec 2019 |