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298. John Sackett, 17__–1811, of Cornwall, Orange County, N. Y., son of (90) John and Phebe Burling Sackett, purchased on Mar. 12, 1770, from Jonathan Ketcham, for the sum of £600. 13s, a farm in the town of Cornwall, which, nearly a hundred years later, was owned and occupied by Congressman Lewis Beach. His name appears as one of the signers of the Revolutionary Pledge, and is given in State records as that of a resident of Orange County who was entitled to bounty land, by reason of service rendered his country in war of Revolution. His will is dated Sept. 25, 1810, and was recorded in Orange County records the following year. By it he conveys to his sons Nathaniel, Benjamin, Justus, and John, Jr., his farm, bounded on the north by lands of Joseph Ketcham, on the west by Schunemunk Mountains, on the south by lands of the said Joseph Ketcham and Samuel Simons, and on the east by the highway. To his wife Jane he leaves a horse, saddle and bridle, a cow, and certain household goods, and directs his sons to pay her $50 a year. To each of his daughters, whom he designates as Elisabeth, the wife of Robert Wigham, Jr; Mary, wife of William Ketcham; Anne Sackett, Julia Ann Sackett, and Charity Sackett, he bequeaths specified sums, which he directs be paid by his sons. His personal property other than that given to his wife he sets apart for the payment of his debts and his funeral expenses.