3244. George Henry Sackett, 1826–, of Providence, R. I., and Brooklyn, N. Y., son of (1282) Isaac and Mary Johnson Sackett, was married at Providence, R. I., July 27, 1857, to Sarah Sweetser Sheldon, daughter of Nicholas Sheldon and his wife Harriet Sweetser. He was, from 1855 to 1878, a member of the firm of Sackett, Davis & Co., jewelry manufacturers, of Providence, R. I., and is the inventor of the Sackett fountain pen.
Children.
6015. Harriet Sweetster Sackett, b. May 19, 1858; m. Stanley M. Dewey.
6016. Edith S. Sackett, b. Nov. 29, 1861; artist, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
6017. George O. Sackett, b. Nov. 12, 1863; m. Anna J. Benson.
6018. Herbert S. Sackett, b. May 30, 1865; m. Jane Van Hook Bergen.
6019. Mary Johnson Sackett, b. Dec. 17, 1868; graduate of Bryn Mawr College.
6020. Sarah S. Sackett, b. Mar. 6, 1871, d. Feb. 6, 1873.
—Weygant, The Sacketts of America