Samuel Sackett MD

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FatherReuben Sackett (1732-1803)
MotherMercy Finney (1729/30-1805)
Birth1 April 1754, Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG,1,2
Death13 February 1833, Georges Township, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG,2
Marriage10 February 1777, Sharon, Litchfield CountyGSarah Manning2,3,4,5
Marriage10 January 1819, Fayette CountyGEve Stentz5
Samuel Sackett MD, son of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, was born in Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 1 April 1754.1,2 He died aged 78 in Georges Township, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG, on 13 February 18332 and was buried at Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Fayette CountyG.6,7 He married first in Sharon, Litchfield CountyG, on 10 February 1777, Sarah Manning.2,3,4,5 She died in 1813.2 He married second in Fayette CountyG on 10 January 1819, Eve Stentz, daughter of Philip Daniel Stentz and Catharine Elizabeth Hertzog.5 Eve was born in 1765.7 She died aged about 81 in 1846 and was buried at Mount Moriah Baptist CemeteryG.7
     Samuel was an army surgeon during the American Revolutionary War, serving in Adjutant John Minten's 2nd Regiment from 1778 to 1781.8,6
     Samuel was an inhabitant and taxpayer of Menallen, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG, in 1783.9 He bought a plot of land in Union Township, Fayette CountyG, on 22 June 178610 and was a taxpayer there in 1786 and 1788.11
     In 1790 Samuel was living in Springhill Township, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG. In his household were one man, three boys, and four females.12
     In 1798 Samuel owned and occupied a log-built house in Springhill TownshipG. The house measured 26 feet by 30 feet on a plot of 40 perches (a quarter of an acre). The value of the property was assessed at $140 on which he paid a tax of 28 cents. He was also the tenant of 67 acres of land in Springhill. He also owned unoccupied land comprising 216 acres in Wharton Township, Fayette County.13,14,15,16
     Samuel was listed in the 1800 census as a householder in SpringhillG.17
     Samuel was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in Warren, Connecticut, on 19 March 1800. He was then living away and would receive his inheritance if he returned and made claim within ten years. He was to receive £10 from his brother Alexander, the only son still living in Warren, who would then inherit their father's estate.18
     Samuel was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made in Warren, ConnecticutG, on 16 October 1804. He was living some way away and would receive his inheritance if he returned and made claim within five years.
     Samuel was listed in the 1810 census as a householder in German Township, Fayette CountyG.19
     Samuel and his second wife, Eve, were among the original members who met at Dr Sackett's house, a mile south of Smithfield, to organize the Smithfield Methodist Episcopal Church in about 1819.20 In 1820 he was listed in SpringhillG.21 In 1830 he was living in Georges Township, Fayette CountyG.22
     Dr Samuel evidently had a sense of history and carefully kept his personal papers. Family letters have been preserved and images and transcriptions are at Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection.
Dr Samuel Sackett (1754–1833), Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, PA
(Src: Find a Grave, Joe)

Children of Samuel Sackett MD and Sarah Manning


662. Samuel Sacket, M. D., 1754–1833, of East Greenwich, Conn., and Fayette County, Penn., son of (204) Reuben and Mercy Finney Sacket, was married Feb. 10, 1777, to Sarah Manning, 17_ –1813. Dr. Sacket began the practice of his profession as a physician and surgeon in the Revolutionary Army. In 1781 he was at Uniontown, Fayette County, Penn., and seven years later settled permanently at Morgantown, in same county. He was a farmer as well as a physician, and the farm he then lived on was at a recent date in the possession of one of his descendants.
Children.
1534. Reuben T. Sacket, b. Jan. 16, 1778, d. in year 1823.
1535. David Filer Sacket, M. D., b. Jan. 18, 1780, d. in 1864; m. Martha Milliken.
1536. Betsey Sacket, b. Apr. 4, 1782.
1537. Lucinda Sacket, b. Mar. 5, 1784.
1538. Alexander Sacket, M. D., b. Jan. 10, 1786, d. in year 1814.
1539. Mary A. Sacket, b. Sept. 3, 1788.
1540. Anne Sacket, b. Nov. 9, 1790.
1541. Lydia Sacket, b. Nov. 22, 1792.
1542. Samuel Sacket, b. Sept. 20, 1795, d. Apr. 27, 1860; m. Priscilla Caldwell.
1543. Sarah Sacket, b. Oct. 20, 1797.


Dr. Samuel Sackett, son of Reuben Sackett, was born April 5, 1754, died February 13, 1833. In his diary, still preserved, he says he was born at East Greenwich, Kent, Litchfield county, Connecticut. On August 2, 1774, he was living in Spencertown, Connecticut. He studied medicine, and during the revolutionary war served in the Continental army as surgeon. On February 10, 1777, he was married, and in 1780, in company with his brother Aaron, he came to Western Pennsylvania. In a letter still preserved, dated Shistee Settlement, Youghiogheny county, October 27, 1780, he writes to friends in Connecticut: "I do not think I can cross the mountains back home until spring. There are no doctors here between Pittsburgh and Wheeling, and all the way is thickly settled. It is a healthy looking country. I do not think I will get much to do until I get acquainted with the people. Tell Jonathan Hamilton I think this is the best place for land jobbing in the thirteen states, and in case of invasion by Indians it is supposed that fifteen hundred men would rid them out." In the family record, under date of September 15, 1781, he writes: "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." These entries are in the doctor's handwriting. His eldest son, Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, studied medicine with his father and served as surgeon in the war of 1812. He was attached to General Harrison's command and died of fever at Fort Meigs, aged twenty-seven years. His first born son Reuben (not name previously) learned the printer's trade in Pittsburgh in 1802 at the Gazette office. In 1803 he went to Alexandria, on the Red river, Louisiana, where he was thrown from his horse and killed, being then aged forty-nine years. His second son, David (not mentioned previously), learned the saddler's trade in Pittsburgh and later studied medicine with his father. He located in Centerville, Indiana, where he died, aged eighty-four years. His children: Guiliema, Elizabeth, James, Alexander, Emily, Mary, Martha, David, Margaret and Agnes.
     Dr. Sackett was probably the first physician to practice in Fayette county. He was skilful, successful in his practice and held in highest esteem. He moved in 1788 from Uniontown to the fame [farm] yet known as the old Sackett homestead on Georges Creek, one mile south of Smithfield. He continued his practice and cultivated his farm until his death in 1833. Dr. Sackett's wife was Sarah Manning, to whom he was married in Sharon, Connecticut, by Rev. Smith, February 10, 1777. Children (not previously mentioned): Reuben, born January 16, 1778, died 1823; David Filer, January 18, 1780, died 1864, married Martha Milliken. They were born at Kent, East Greenwich, Litchfield.
     The Sacketts have in their possession many souvenirs of the good doctor, dating back into the eighteenth century. There are nineteen copies of the Pittsburgh Gazette to which paper he was a subscriber, and on which his son was a compositor, dates 1794, 1795 and 1796. There are fourteen letters over one hundred years old written him from friends in Connecticut. There are $700 in Continental money, the largest note being for $80, the smallest two shillings. Probably this money represents his pay as surgeon in the army. There is a doctor's account book printed in London in 1603, and an account book of Dr. Sackett's in which the oldest date is 1774.

—John W Jordan, Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1912)

See also
Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection

 Notes & Citations

  1. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sacket, Samuel, Jr., s. Ruben & Marcy, b. Apr. 1, 1754. Kent Vital Records, LR1:12."
  2. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "662. Samuel Sacket, b. Apr. 5, 1754, d. Feb. 13, 1833; m. Sarah Manning."
  3. Barbour Collection, "Sackett, Samuel, m. Sarah Maning, Jan. 10, 1777, by Rev. Cotton Mather Smith. Kent Vital Records, 2:139."
  4. "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630–1920" (Ancestry transcript), Sharon, First Church of Christ (Congregational), "Sackett, Samuel of Spencertown, m. Sarah Manning, of Sharon, 10 Feb 1777."
  5. Copies of records of marriages of Dr Samuel, apparently copied from his personal papers by his son Samuel Jr, submitted in support of a Revolutionary War pension claim in 1856, "Feby 10 AD 1777 there I was married to Sarah Manning at Sharon at Mr. Mays by Mr. Smith P.M. s/s."; "10 January 1819 Sunday, This day in the Evening perhaps between 7 & 8 oclock I Samuel Sackett was married to Eve Stanz by Richard Patton Esquire at her Mothers House."
  6. "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–1999" (Ancestry image), "Fayette County. Sackett, Dr Samuel, [b. blank], [d. blank], veteran of Revolutionary War, Army, service 1778 to 1781, Adj John Minten's 2nd Regt, rank Surgeon, Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Pa, section left front, 2 ft Stone G A R Marker, info from Miss Jane Brownfield, 7/2/34."
  7. Find a Grave.
  8. Website National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, "Sackett, Samuel
    Service: Connecticut - Pennsylvania
    Rank: Physician or Surgeon
    Birth: 4-5-1754, East Greenwich, Connecticut
    Death: 2-13-1833, Fayette Co, Pennsylvania
    Pension Number: *S4811
    Service Description: Surgeon Physician, Surgeon's Mate
    Residence: Connecticut
    Spouse: Sarah Manning."
  9. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801" (Ancestry image), "Menallen, Westmoreland County, 1783, Saml Sackett, state 5s 9d, county 2s."; "Menallen, Westmoreland County, 1783, Saml Sacket, state 7s 8d, county 2s 7d."; "Menallen, Westmoreland County, 1783, Inhabitants' Names of Manallen Township 1783, Saml Sacket."
  10. Sackett Letters & other papers, Museum at Yuma Territorial Prison State Park, Giss Parkway & Prison Hill Road, Yuma, Arizona, Indenture 22 Jun 1786, Henry Beeson, yeoman, vendor, Samuel Sackett, physician, purchaser, Lot of Ground at Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, consideration £5, "Breadth Eastward and Westward on the front or North End of Said lot on a line Forty five feet wide Called Elbow Street Seventy two feet and a half Southward on Medow Alley being in Wedth on said Alley Twenty five feet Bounded on the West by Peter Hooks lot and the East by on Medow Alley Together with all and singular the Buildings whatever on the Said Lot of Ground erected."
  11. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801", (Ancestry image), "Union, Fayette County, 1786, Samuel Sacket, tax 5s."; "Union, Fayette County, 1786, Samuel Sackett, state tax 3s 5d."; "Union, Fayette County, 1788, Samuel Sackett, tax 5s."
  12. 1790 United States census, Samuel Sackett. Springhill, Fayette, PA. 1 white male (16+), 3 white males under 16, and 4 white females.
  13. "Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798" (Ancestry image), Springhill, Fayette County, PA, "Sacket, Samuel, owner & occupant, 1 dwelling house, 26 x 30 feet, log built, 2 stories, 3, 4 windows, 12, no lights, 40 perches, value $140."
  14. "Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798", (Ancestry image), Springhill, Fayette County, PA, "Sacket, Saml, occupant, Andw Oliphant, owner, 1 dwelling house, 40 perches, value $140, assessment 28 cents."
  15. "Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798", (Ancestry image), Springhill, Fayette County, PA, "Sacket, Samuel, occupant, Roger Starling, owner, 67 acres, value $402, assessment 76 cents."
  16. "Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798", (Ancestry image), Wharton, Fayette County, PA, "Sacket, Samuel, owner, land unoccupied, 216 acres, 80 perches, assessed value $72."
  17. 1800 United States census, "Samuel Sackit, Springhill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1 male under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 3 females under 10, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 16-25, 1 female 26-44, total 11."
  18. "Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999" (Ancestry image).
  19. 1810 United States census, "Samuel Sackett, German, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 2 males 26-44, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 10-15, 3 females 16-25, 3 females 26-44, 1 female 45 and over, total 13."
  20. Franklin Ellis, Editor, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L H Everts & Co, 1882), 576-577.
  21. 1820 United States census, "Samuel Sakett, Springhill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 45 and over, total 3."
  22. 1830 United States census, "Samuel Sackett, Georges, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1 male 70-79, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 50-59, total 3."
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3rd great-grandson of Simon Sackett the colonist
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Sharon Allen, Carroll M Lawson, Debra Leffler Streeter, Rachel Ann (Foster) Stella, Carrie Sackett Riddick, Carolyn Kramer, Patrick Kelly, Jessie Kelly and Judy Oliphant.
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3803 Samuel Sackett MD

Alexander Sackett

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FatherReuben Sackett (1732-1803)
MotherMercy Finney (1729/30-1805)
Birth6 March 1758, Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG,1,2
Death17 March 1829, Warren, Litchfield CountyG,2,3,4
MarriagePatience Fuller2
Alexander Sackett, son of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, was born in Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 6 March 1758.1,2 He died aged 71 in Warren, Litchfield CountyG, on 17 March 18292,3,4 and was buried at the Old Cemetery, WarrenG.3 He married Patience Fuller, daughter of Amos Fuller.2 Patience was born about 1761.5 She died aged 68 in WarrenG on 8 May 18296 and was buried at the Old CemeteryG.7
     Alexander served in the American Revolutionary War, first as a fifer in 1776 in the 13th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, and later as a sergeant in 1778 in Enos' Regiment, Connecticut State Troops.2,8,9
     In 1790 Alexander was living in Warren, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG. In his household were one man, one boy, and two females.10
     Alexander was admitted to the Congregational Church of Christ, WarrenG, on 22 December 1799. His wife Patience was admitted on 1 January 1801. Both were members on 11 May 1825.11
     Alexander was listed in the census in 1800 and 1810 as a householder in WarrenG.12,13
     Alexander was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in Warren, Connecticut, on 19 March 1800. He was the only one of the four sons still living in Warren. He was to inherit their father's estate subject to paying monetary amounts to each of his three brothers.14
     Alexander was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made in Warren, ConnecticutG, on 16 October 1804.
     A letter written on 11 August 1814 by Alexander in Warren, Connecticut, to his brother Dr Samuel Sackett in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, survives in the Museum at Yuma Territorial State Park, Arizona. Alexander gives news of their recently widowed sister Aner who, although well provided for, is "rather lonely, living in her house with only one little boy about 13 years old." (Aner did not have children, so it is assumed that the boy would have been a servant.) Their sister Lucinda's health had also "not been well this summer." The children of their sister Violitty (who had died in 1807) were being well cared for by their father and stepmother. Their uncle Justus Sackett, then 83, had had a fall, breaking a thigh.
     Other remarks in his letter show Alexander to have been a God-fearing man and to have had a strong public conscience, expressing anger "to hear of so much blood wantonly shed" (in the War of 1812, then still continuing), which had begun "as I beleave under the influence and directions of Buonapart".
     Alexander was a pew holder in the Congregational Church of Christ, WarrenG, in 1816 and in 1822.15
     Alexander made his will in WarrenG on 19 November 1827. Alexander and his wife Patience did not have children. Under the will, Patience was to have the use of the house and home farm during her lifetime. After her death, half the farm was to go to Amzi Gaylor who, it appears, cared for Alexander and Patience, the inheritance being subject to the care continuing to be provided during their lifetimes. The rest of the farm would also go to Amzi Gaylor and to Robert Gaylor, subject to the latter returning to work the farm, and subject to payment of $250 in various proportions to Alexander's sister Mercy Fuller's sons, Cyrus & William Fuller, and to Alexander's deceased sister Violitty's sons, Bennet, Reuben, & John Bates. Alexander also owned a separate lot of land, the Townhill lot, and a half share of a grist mill, which he left, subject to certain conditions, to Isaac Hazen, Amzi Hazen, Alexander S Hazen, and Amzi Hazen's two daughters. These were probably Patience's nephews and grand-nieces, the sons and granddaughters of Patience's sister Hannah who had married Eleazer Hazen.

Alexander's will
Will of Alexander Sackett of Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Abstract
Date: 19 Nov 1827.
Proved: probably 12 Dec 1829 when further items of inventory of estate were received by Court.
Testator: Alexander Sackett of Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Beneficiaries:
Wife Patience, dwelling house during lifetime, movables inc. cattle, sheep, horses, & swine, household furniture, farming utensils.
Isaac Hazen, Amzi Hazen, Alexander S Hazen, Amzi Hazen's two daughters, conditional use of Mill if not needed to be sold to pay debts, use of Townhill lot.
Amzi H Gaylor, Robert Gaylor, half of home farm after wife's decease, subject to Amzi Gaylor continuing to care for Alexander and Patience during their lifetimes; remainder of home farm, subject to Robert Gaylor returning and working the farm, and paying $50 to each of Alexander's brothers, Samuel, Aaron, & Cyrus, and $20 to each of Alexander's sister Mercy Fuller's sons, Cyrus & William Fuller, and to each of Alexander's deceased sister Violitty's sons, Bennet, Reuben, & John Bates.
Executors: Joseph A Tanner, wife Patience.
Witnesses: Benjamin, Ancil, & Chloe Fuller.

Inventory dated Warren, 5 Apr 1829, total $6,544, incl. home lot with 2 dwelling houses, cider still, 3 barns & other outhouses $3,360, Swan meadow $320, Town Hill lot $675, half share of grist mill $400. Signed Homer Curtiss, Aaron Sackett. Further inventory & lists of debts were added up to 12 Dec 1829.
Alexander Sackett (1758–1828), Old Cemetery, Warren, Connecticut
(Src: Find a Grave, Carman DM)

663. Alexander Sacket, 1758–1829, of Hebron, East Greenwich, and Warren, in Conn., son of (204) Reuben and Mercy Finney Sacket, was married to Patience ___, 1761–1829. He was a Revolutionary soldier. The records of Connecticut troops show that he was a fifer in Capt. Joseph Carter's Company of the 13th Connecticut Regiment, in August and September, 1776; that he was a sergeant in Capt. Olmstead's Company, of Col. Enos' Regiment, from June to September in 1778, serving at Fort Montgomery and West Point, and was also a sergeant in Capt. Mix's Company attached to regiment commanded by Col. Increase Moseley.

See also
Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection

 Notes & Citations

  1. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sackett, Alexander, s. Reuben & Mercy, b. Mar. 6, 1758. Kent Vital Records, 1:8."
  2. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "663. Alexander Sacket, b. Mar. 6, 1758, d. May 7, 1829; m. Patience."
  3. "Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629–1934" (Ancestry image), 51:12, Inscription, Old Cemetery, Warren, Litchfield County, "Sackett, Alexander, died Mar 17, 1829, age 71 yrs."
    Litchfield Enquirer, 9 Apr 1829, "Sacket, Alexander, Warren, age 70."
  4. "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630–1920" (Ancestry image), Church of Christ, Warren, "Sackett, Alexander, d. 17 Mar 1829, age 71. 2:55a."
  5. Date of birth based on age at death.
  6. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, Church of Christ, Warren, "Sackett, Patience, d. 8 May 1829, age 68. 2:55a."
  7. Hale Collection, 51:12, Inscription, Old Cemetery, Warren, Litchfield County, "Sackett, Patience, relict of Alexander, died May 8, 1829, age 68 yrs."
  8. "U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783" (Ancestry transcript), "Sackett, Alexander, military date 14 Sep 1776, military place Connecticut, unit 13th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, rank Fifer."
  9. "U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783", "Sacket, Alexander, military date 3 Jun 1778, military place Connecticut, unit Enos' Regiment, Connecticut State Troops, rank Sergeant."
  10. 1790 United States census, Alexander Sacket. Warren, Litchfield, CT. 1 white male (16+), 1 white male under 16, and 2 white females.
  11. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, Church of Christ, Warren, "Sackett, Alexander, adm. ch. 22 Dec 1799. 2:21."; "Sackett, Alexander, adm. ch. 22 Dec 1799, on profession; d. ( ) 1829, age 71. 5: 68-9."; "Sackett, Alexander & w. Patience, adm. ch. 1 Jan 1801. 2:25."; "Sackett, Alexander & w. Patience, ch. mems. 11 May 1825. 2:37."
  12. 1800 United States census, "Alexr Sacket, Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44, total 6."
  13. 1810 United States census, "Alexander Sacket, Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1 male under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 16-25, 1 other free person, total 5."
  14. "Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999" (Ancestry image).
  15. Lucy Sackett Curtiss, The Congregational Church, Warren, Connecticut, 1756–1956, Brewer-Borg Corp (1956), digital image, Internet Archive (archive.org), 19–20, "List of Pew Holders in Old Meeting House, 1816 [included] Justus Sackett, Moses Sackett, Benjamin Sackett, Homer Sackett, Alexander Sackett, Aaron Sackett."
    21, "Adjustments to the seating were often necessary, perhaps to satisfy the complaints of disgruntled parishioners. For example: "Voted to move ... Esq. Sackett and Capt. Carter to the East side of the Great Door ... Alexander Sackett and Sylvester Finney to the South East Piller Pue ...."
    39–40, "List of Pew Holders in New Meeting House, 1822 [included] Benjamin Sackett, Homer Sackett, Justus Sackett, Aaron Sackett, Moses Sackett, Alexander Sackett."
Appears inSacketts in the Military
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3rd great-grandson of Simon Sackett the colonist
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4080 Alexander Sackett

Aaron Sackett

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FatherReuben Sackett (1732-1803)
MotherMercy Finney (1729/30-1805)
Birth26 December 1760, Kent, ConnecticutG,1,2
Death1827, Hanover Township, Butler County, OhioG
Marriage1785, PennsylvaniaGDorcas Clark3,4
Aaron Sackett, son of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, was born in Kent, ConnecticutG, on 26 December 1760.1,2 He died aged about 67 in Hanover Township, Butler County, OhioG, in 1827. He married in PennsylvaniaG in 1785, Dorcas Clark.3,4
     Aaron was an inhabitant and taxpayer of Menallen, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG, in 1783.5 In 1786 he was a taxpayer in Union, Fayette CountyG.6 In 1788 he paid tax on a horse and a cow in Fallowfield, Washington County, PennsylvaniaG.7
     In 1790 Aaron was living in Spring Hill, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG. In his household were one man, one boy, and three females.8
     Aaron was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in Warren, Connecticut, on 19 March 1800. He was then living away and would receive his inheritance if he returned and made claim within ten years. He was to receive £20 from his brother Alexander, the only son still living in Warren, who would then inherit their father's estate.9
     Aaron was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made in Warren, ConnecticutG, on 16 October 1804. He was living some way away and would receive his inheritance if he returned and made claim within five years.
     Aaron was a pew holder in the Congregational Church of Christ, WarrenG, in 1816 and in 1822.10
     Aaron was listed in the 1820 census as a householder in Hanover, Butler County, OhioG.11

Children of Aaron Sackett and Dorcas Clark

See also
Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection

 Notes & Citations

  1. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "664. Aaron Sacket, b. Dec. 26, 1760."
  2. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "[Sackett], Aaron, s. [Reuben & Marcy], b. Dec. 26, 1760. Kent Vital Records, 1:8."
  3. Email from S Howard Dreelan to Sackett Discussion List.
  4. "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" (Ancestry transcript), "1785, PA, Aaron Sackett, b. CT, 1760, & Dorcas [no surname], b. MD."
  5. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801" (Ancestry image), "Menallen, Westmoreland County, 1783, Aaron Sacket, single, state £1 8s, county £—."; "Menallen, Westmoreland County, 1783, Inhabitants' Names of Manallen Township 1783, Aaron Sacket."
  6. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801", (Ancestry image), "Union, Fayette County, 1786, Aaron Sacket, tax 2s 6d."
  7. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801", (Ancestry image), "Fallowfield, Washington County, 1788, Aaron Sackett, 1 horse 1 cow, rates £8, total £8."
  8. 1790 United States census, Aron Sackett. Springhill, Fayette, PA. 1 white male (16+), 1 white male under 16, and 3 white females.
  9. "Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999" (Ancestry image).
  10. Lucy Sackett Curtiss, The Congregational Church, Warren, Connecticut, 1756–1956, Brewer-Borg Corp (1956), digital image, Internet Archive (archive.org), 19–20, "List of Pew Holders in Old Meeting House, 1816 [included] Justus Sackett, Moses Sackett, Benjamin Sackett, Homer Sackett, Alexander Sackett, Aaron Sackett."
    39–40, "List of Pew Holders in New Meeting House, 1822 [included] Benjamin Sackett, Homer Sackett, Justus Sackett, Aaron Sackett, Moses Sackett, Alexander Sackett."
  11. 1820 United States census, "Aaron Sacket, Hanover, Butler County, Ohio, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 45 and over, total 3."
Sackett line5th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
3rd great-grandson of Simon Sackett the colonist
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Sackett Family Association descendants
Alyce Elaine (Antle) Beggs, Sheryll Howard Dreelan, Louella Sexsmith, Terry Sackett, Christina Sackett, Mike Fisher, Ron Ruberstell, Lisa Owens, Debbie Hill, Craig Behrens, Gay Wernett, Byra G Sackett, Shannon Watts Michael, Carolyn Sturdy, Nina J Rhys, Phyllis Johnson, Polly Thomas, Kelly Mercer, Alexis Dunham, Tami Bailey, Michael Ann Sackett, Amanda Winebrenner, Scott L Nelson, Shep Glennon, Gary King and Jayson King.
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See also Sackett Database
4083 Aaron Sackett

Cyrus Sackett

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FatherReuben Sackett (1732-1803)
MotherMercy Finney (1729/30-1805)
Birth5 January 1764, Kent, ConnecticutG,1,2
Death13 October 1846, Bellbrook, Greene County, OhioG,3
Marriage7 January 1792, Bourbon County, KentuckyGNancy Anne Stapleton4
Cyrus Sackett, son of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, was born in Kent, ConnecticutG, on 5 January 1764.1,2 He died aged 82 in Bellbrook, Greene County, OhioG, on 13 October 18463 and was buried at Fairview Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bellbrook, Greene County, OhioG.5,6,7 He married in Bourbon County, KentuckyG, on 7 January 1792, Nancy Anne Stapleton, daughter of Joseph Stapleton and Sarah Lewis.4 Nancy was born in MarylandG on 6 March 1767. She died aged 88 in BellbrookG on 18 September 18558 and was buried at the Fairview Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, BellbrookG.8,5,9
     Cyrus Sacket served in the American Revolutionary War.2
     Cyrus was a taxpayer in Union, Fayette CountyG, in 1786.10
     Cyrus was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in Warren, Connecticut, on 19 March 1800. He was then living away and would receive his inheritance if he returned and made claim within ten years. He was to receive £35 from his brother Alexander, the only son still living in Warren, who would then inherit their father's estate.11
     Cyrus was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made in Warren, ConnecticutG, on 16 October 1804. He was living some way away and would receive his inheritance if he returned and made claim within five years.
     Cyrus was listed in the census in 1820 and 1830 as a householder in Sugar Creek, Greene County, OhioG.12,13
     In 1850 Cyrus's widow was living in Sugar Creek, Greene County, OhioG, and was recorded in the census as Nancy Sackett, aged 84 and born in Maryland. She was living next door to her son Alexander.14
Cyrus Sackett (1764–1846), Fairview Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bellbrook, Ohio
(Src: Find a Grave, M Marolis)
Nancy Anne (Stapleton) Sackett (1767–1855), Fairview Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bellbrook, Ohio
(Src: Find a Grave, M Marolis)

Children of Cyrus Sackett and Nancy Anne Stapleton


665. Cyrus Sackett, 1764–__, of East Greenwich, Conn., son of (204) Reuben and Mercy Finney Sackett, was married about 1792 to Nancy Stapleton. Cyrus Sackett was a Revolutionary soldier, and served in St. Clair's disastrous campaign against the Indians of the Northwest in 1791.
Children.
12590. Joseph Sackett, b. Mar. 30, 1794; m. Anna Vandolar.
12591. Sarah Sackett, b. May 24, 1795; m. Benjamin Hand.
12592. Mercy Sackett, b. Feb. 26, 1797; m. Charles Thomas.
12593. Reuben Sackett, b. May 17, 1798.
12594. Samuel Sackett, b. Dec. 5, 1799; m. Isabell Moore.
12595. Anna Sackett, b. Oct. 8, 1801; m. Merritt Hablit.
12596. Cyrus Sackett, b. Jan. 26, 1803; m. Nancy Jaffries.
12597. Aner Sackett, b. Jan. 24, 1807; m. Preston Pogue.
12598. Alexander Sackett, b. April 3, 1808, d. Apr. 10, 1893.

See also
Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection

 Notes & Citations

  1. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "[Sackett], Cyrus, s. [Reuben & Marcy], b. Jan. 5, 1764. Kent Vital Records, 1:8."
  2. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "665. Cyrus Sacket, b. Jan. 5, 1764."
  3. "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854–1997" (FamilySearch transcript), Cyrus Sackett, d. 1846. LDS database citing film 182772.
  4. "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965" (Ancestry image), "7 Jan 1792, Bourbon County, KY, Cyrus Sackett & Anne Steepleton, bondsman Wm Mooris."
  5. Find a Grave.
  6. Gravestone, "In/ Memory of/ Cyrus Sackett/ Who departed this life/ Oct 13, 1846, Aged/ 83 Years."
  7. "Ohio, U.S., Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958" (Ancestry transcript), "Sackett, Cyrus, b. 1763, d. 1846, bur. Sugar Creek, Sugar Crk., Greene, Ohio."
  8. Greene County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Greene County, Ohio, Cemetery Inscriptions (, 1985).
  9. Gravestone, "In Memory of/ Nancy, Wife of/ Cyrus Sackett,/ who departed this life/ Sept. the 18th 1855,/ Aged 88 yrs, 6 mo/ & 12 dys."
  10. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801" (Ancestry image), "Union, Fayette County, 1786, Syrus Sacket, tax 10s."
  11. "Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999" (Ancestry image).
  12. 1820 United States census, "Sirus [Cyrus] Sackett, Sugar Creek, Greene County, Ohio, 1 male under 10, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 45 and over, total 7."
  13. 1830 United States census, "Cyrus Sackett, Sugar Creek, Greene County, Ohio, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 60-69, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 60-69, total 4."
  14. 1850 United States Federal Census, Roll: M432_683; Page: 116B; Image: 531
    Sugar Creek, Greene County, Ohio, 26 Sep 1850
    Sackett, Nancy, 84, b. MD
    Jonas?, Elizabeth, 38, b. OH.
Appears inSacketts in the Military
Sackett line5th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
3rd great-grandson of Simon Sackett the colonist
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Sackett Family Association descendants
Rev Thurmon Eugene King, Marie Reid, Cindy Torres Owens, Ida Ruth Elzey, Steve & Debbie Barbee, Ted Smith, Charles Crain, Catrina Kohl, Jane Kirkendall, Jean Carpenter, Michelle Marolis, Dennis Gottier, Wanda Phillips, Michael Leroy Trickey, Pamela Fletcher, Joe Hart, Kathy Stinson, Amy Crooks, Donna Grote, Ann Parmenter, Katie Menon, Mildred Irene "Millie" (Mason) Smith, Lyle Brelsford, Walter Pogue, Aleta Pogue, Debra Curry, Teggy Peterson, Ronald Ty "Ron" Sackett, Kristin Burt Cooper, Theresa Lincoln, Teresa Smith, Karen J Wisener, Colleen Andrews, Sally Maly, Aaron Reed, Lynn Bumbalough, Evelyn Alden and Chuck Pegg.
Generation.Tree6N.3
Last Edited19 Nov 2023
Research StatusPartly researched 
See also Sackett Database
4442 Cyrus Sackett

Aner Sackett

Family Explorer
FatherReuben Sackett (1732-1803)
MotherMercy Finney (1729/30-1805)
Birth10 April 1766, Kent, ConnecticutG,1,2
Deathafter 1814
Marriagebefore 1804Reuben Williams
Aner Sackett, daughter of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, was born in Kent, ConnecticutG, on 10 April 1766.1,2 She died after 1814. She married before 1804, Reuben Williams. He was born about 1761.3 He died aged 51 in Warren, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 11 March 18134,5 and was buried at the Old Cemetery, Warren, ConnecticutG.6
     Aner was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made in Warren, Connecticut, on 19 March 1800. She was to inherit a 26-acre woodland lot known as Johnson's Pitch.7
     Aner, listed as Anar Williams, was named as a beneficiary in her mother's will made in Warren, ConnecticutG, on 16 October 1804.
     Reuben made his will in WarrenG on 6 March 1813, appointing Homer Sacket (Aner's first cousin) as executor. Reuben's estate was valued at some $2,000, including his 32-acre farm with dwelling house and barn, valued at $700. Homer compiled a most thorough inventory of Reuben's assets and effects, including crops, livestock (gray mare $40), and personal clothing (1 yellow silk handkerchief 60 cents). Reuben was apparently a man of some means and his inventory included loans (with accumulated interest) made to various family members and others. There were outstanding loans of $12 to Benjamin Sacket and $5 to Alexander Sacket. The extent and complexity of the inventory are reflected in Homer's statement of expenses which included an item "to ten days taking inventory & examining accounts $17.00."
     Reuben left the use of all his real and personal estate to his wife Aner during her lifetime, after which his brothers Sturges and Jesse and sister Betty Arsbourn were to inherit.7
     Aner's brother Alexander, writing from Warren to their brother Samuel in Pennsylvania on 11 August 1814, reported that "Sister Aner lives in her house with only one little boy about 13 years old. her situation is rather lonely tho she has property so she can support her self comfortably. She keeps one horse and one cow and that is all she pretends to winter. She is not very healthy but has a feble Constitution."8
     It is clear from Reuben's will that he and Aner did not have children, and it would appear that the 13-year-old boy would have been a servant. In the 1810 census Reuben's household in Warren comprised one male aged 45+ and one female aged 26 to 44, with no children.
See also
Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection

 Notes & Citations

  1. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "666. Anne Sacket, b. Apr. 10, 1766."
  2. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "[Sackett], Aner, d. Reuben & Mercy, b. Apr. 10, 1766. Kent Vital Records, 1:8."
  3. Date of birth based on age at death.
  4. "Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650–1934" (Ancestry transcript), "Williams, Reuben, d. Connecticut, 11 Mar 1813, age 51, bur. Old Cemetery, Connecticut."
  5. "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630–1920" (Ancestry image), Warren, "Williams, Reuben, adm. ch. July 1, 1802 by letter from Greenfield; d. Mar 11, 1813, age 52."
  6. "Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629–1934" (Ancestry image), Old Cemetery, Warren, Connecticut, "Williams, Reuben, died Mar 11, 1813, age 51 yrs."
  7. "Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999" (Ancestry image).
  8. Sackett Letters & other papers, Museum at Yuma Territorial Prison State Park, Giss Parkway & Prison Hill Road, Yuma, Arizona.
Sackett line5th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
3rd great-granddaughter of Simon Sackett the colonist
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Generation.Tree6N.3
Last Edited18 Jan 2025
Research StatusCompleted 
See also Sackett Database
4478 Aner Sackett

Mercy Lucinda Sackett

Family Explorer
FatherReuben Sackett (1732-1803)
MotherMercy Finney (1729/30-1805)
Birth23 January 1769, Kent, ConnecticutG,1,2
Death16 September 1832, Sharon, Litchfield CountyG
Marriageabout 1785Capt John Fuller
Mercy Lucinda Sackett, known as Lucinda, daughter of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, was born in Kent, ConnecticutG, on 23 January 1769.1,2 She died aged 63 in Sharon, Litchfield CountyG, on 16 September 1832 and was buried at Hillside Cemetery, Sharon, Litchfield CountyG.3,4 She married about 1785, Capt John Fuller, son of Benjamin Fuller and Parthena Hubbard. John was born in Sharon, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 10 July 1764.3 He died aged 76 in SharonG on 14 March 1841 and was buried at Hillside Cemetery, SharonG.3
     Mercy Lucinda was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made in Warren, Connecticut, on 19 March 1800. She was left a sum of ten shillings.5
     Mercy, listed as Lucinda Fuller, was named as a beneficiary in her mother's will made in Warren, ConnecticutG, on 16 October 1804.

Children of Mercy Lucinda Sackett and Capt John Fuller

  • Sally Fuller+ b. 26 Nov 1786, d. after 1839
  • Almira B Fuller b. Aug 1788, d. Jul 1869
  • Parthena Fuller+ b. Mar 1790, d. Jan 1867
  • Polly Fuller+ b. 18 Oct 1793, d. 4 Aug 1856
  • Cyrus Fuller b. 10 Oct 1797, d. after 1814
  • William H Fuller b. 19 Jul 1801, d. 27 Apr 1870
See also
Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection

 Notes & Citations

  1. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "[Sackett], Mary Lucindy, d. [Reuben & Marcy], b. Jan. 23, 1769. Kent Vital Records, 1:8."
  2. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "667. Lucinda Sacket, b. Jan 23, 1769."
  3. Find a Grave.
  4. "Sharon, Connecticut and Northeast New York, U.S., Cemetery Index, 1750-1903" (Ancestry transcript), "Fuller, Mercy L, d. Sharon, CT, 16 Sep 1832, age 64, bur. The Sharon Burying Ground, inscription 'Fuller, Mercy L., wife of John, born in Warren and died in Sharon, Sept. 16, 1832, in her 64th yr.'"
  5. "Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999" (Ancestry image).
Sackett line5th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
3rd great-granddaughter of Simon Sackett the colonist
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Sackett Family Association descendants
Kent A Mauk, Craig Love and Sarah K Curtis.
Generation.Tree6N.3
Last Edited20 Mar 2023
Research StatusPartly researched 
See also Sackett Database
4641 Mercy Lucinda Sackett

Violitty Sackett

Family Explorer
FatherReuben Sackett (1732-1803)
MotherMercy Finney (1729/30-1805)
Birth18 July 1771, Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG,1,2
Death9 May 1807, ConnecticutG,3,4
Marriage24 November 1791, Cornwall, Litchfield CountyGJohn Bates5,6
Violitty Sackett, daughter of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, was born in Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 18 July 1771.1,2 She died aged 35 in ConnecticutG on 9 May 18073,4 and was buried at Good Hill Cemetery, KentG.7,8 She married in Cornwall, Litchfield CountyG, on 24 November 1791, John Bates, son of Isaac Bates and Jemima Carter.5,6 John was born in CornwallG about 1771.9 He died aged 46 in Kent, Litchfield CountyG, on 20 January 181810 and was buried at Good Hill CemeteryG.8
     Violitty was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made in Warren, Connecticut, on 19 March 1800. She was left a sum of ten shillings.11
     Violitty, listed as Voilet Beats, was named as a beneficiary in her mother's will made in Warren, ConnecticutG, on 16 October 1804.
     Violitty died shortly after the birth of her daughter Violitta (or, perhaps, also Violitty). John Bates, with a number of young children to care for, soon remarried. Violitty's brother Alexander, writing from Warren, Connecticut, in August 1814 to his brother Dr Samuel, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, reported that Violitty's children were living with their father who, although "not a very healthy man is a man that is doing well and makes property" and that "his second wife does very well in the family."12
     John died aged 46 in 1818. His will stated that he had nine children. After the "widow's third" left to his widow Margaret, he left the rest of his estate to his children, to be shared such that his sons each received double that of his daughters.11
Violitty (Sackett) Bates (1771–1807), Good Hill Cemetery, Kent, Connecticut
(Src: Find a Grave, Terry Goodwin)

Children of Violitty Sackett and John Bates

  • Betsey Bates b. 5 Mar 1795
  • Bennett Bates b. c 1797, d. 26 Jun 1878
  • Lucinda Bates b. c 1798, d. after 1839
  • Leman Bates b. c 1799, d. 18 Nov 1799
  • Reuben Bates b. c 1802
  • Cynthia Bates b. 18 Sep 1804, d. 28 Aug 1847
  • Violitta Bates b. c 1807, d. before 1839

Violitty Sackett, Warren, Connecticut, to brother Samuel, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 27 Apr 1786
Violitty was aged 14
Also named brother Aaron

Kent April 27th 1786 Dear brother and sister it is with pleasure that I retire to write you to let you know that I am in health and my friends hoping these lines will find you injoying the same I wish to see you and converse with you but am denied the priviledg but I do hope if fortune will premit you will return again. I have no knews to write to you. give my warmest compliments to your family and to aron and an his wife. I will not continue lest I should tire your patience. So I must conclude by subscribin my self
your loving Sister
Violitty Sackett

—Sackett Letters & other papers, Museum at Yuma Territorial Prison State Park; Giss Parkway & Prison Hill Road, Yuma, Arizona.

See also
Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection

 Notes & Citations

  1. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "[Sackett], Violite, d. [Reuben & Marcy], b. July 18, 1771. Kent Vital Records, 1:8."
  2. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "668. Violet Sacket, b. July 18, 1771."
  3. "Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629–1934" (Ancestry image), "Litchfield Weekly Monitor, 27 May 1807, "Bates, Mrs. Viallitty, Kent, died May 9, 1807, age 35."
  4. Hale Collection, Inscription, Good Hill Cemetery, Kent, Litchfield County, "Bates, Violitty, wife of John, died May 9, 1807, age 36."
  5. Barbour Collection, "Sacket, Vestilly, Mrs., of Warren, m. John Bates, of Cornwall, Nov. 24, 1792, by Rev. Peter Starr. Cornwall Vital Records, 3:8."
  6. In a letter dated 5 Sep 1792 from Violitty's father Reuben to her brother Samuel, Reuben states that Violitty had married last November, i.e. Nov 1791. The original record of marriage, although dated 24 Nov 1792, was included in a list of marriages recorded by the Town Clerk on 1 May 1792, indicating that the marriage would have taken place in the preceding November.
  7. "Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650–1934" (Ancestry transcript), "Bates, Violitty, d. Connecticut, 9 May 1807, age 36, bur. Kent, CT."
  8. Find a Grave.
  9. Date of birth based on age at death.
  10. Hale Collection, Inscription, Good Hill Cemetery, Kent, Litchfield County, "Bates, John, died Jan 20, 1818, age 46."
  11. "Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999" (Ancestry image).
  12. Sackett Letters & other papers, Museum at Yuma Territorial Prison State Park, Giss Parkway & Prison Hill Road, Yuma, Arizona.
Sackett line5th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
3rd great-granddaughter of Simon Sackett the colonist
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Generation.Tree6N.3
Last Edited29 Sep 2022
Research StatusCompleted 
See also Sackett Database
4642 Violitty Sackett
 

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