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Amelia Sackett, daughter of Solomon Sackett and Mary ___, was born in North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut^G, about 1772^1,2,3 and baptized there on 24 July 1774.^2,4 She died aged 84 in Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, on 26 May 1857.² She married in North Haven^G on 9 February 1790, Joel Todd, son of James Todd and Martha Yale.^1,2,5,6 Joel was born about 1766.⁶ He died aged 77 in Sandisfield^G on 26 December 1843.⁶
     In 1850 Amelia was living in Sandisfield^G in the household of her son Leverett and family, and was recorded in the census as Amelia Todd, aged 78 and born in Connecticut.⁷

Samuel Sackett, son of Samuel Sackett and Abigail Blakeslee, was born in North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut^G, on 2 March 1771^1,2,3 and baptized at the Congregational Society, North Haven^G, on 7 May 1775.^3,4,5 He died aged 80 in New York State^G on 27 August 1851.² He was buried at the Holland Patent Cemetery, Trenton, Oneida County, New York State^G. He married first before 1791, Bethia Pierpont, daughter of Samuel Pierpont and Elizabeth Frost.^3,6,7 Bethia was born about 1768^3,7 and died aged 38 in New Haven^G on 19 June 1806.^3,7,9 He married second on 13 December 1806, Sally Denison.^2,3,8 Sally was born on 11 August 1781. She died aged 71 on 17 May 1853 and was buried at the Holland Patent Cemetery, Trenton, Oneida County, New York State^G.
     Samuel was listed in the census in 1800 and 1810 as a householder in New Haven^G.^10,11 In 1820 he was a householder in Verona, Oneida County, New York State^G.¹² In 1830 and 1840 he was a householder in Trenton, Oneida County^G.^13,14
     In 1850 Samuel was living in Trenton, Oneida County, New York State^G, in the household of his son John and his family, and was recorded in the census as Samuel Sacket, a shoemaker, aged 79 and born in Connecticut. His wife Mary, 69, was living with him.¹⁵

Capt Joel Sackett, son of Solomon Sackett and Mary ___, was born in North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut^G, about 1770¹ and baptized at the Congregational Society, North Haven^G, on 24 July 1774.^2,3 He died aged about 30 in Cheshire, New Haven County^G, in 1800.^2,4 He married at the Congregational Society Church, North Haven^G, on 6 December 1789, Lydia Todd, daughter of Hezekiah Todd and Lydia Frost.^2,1,5 After Joel's death, Lydia married, second, Enos Moss at the Congregational Society, Cheshire^G, on 26 January 1804.²
     In 1790 Joel was living in North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut^G. The census record is of a household comprising only one man although Joel had married the previous year. There is no evidence of another Joel Sackett living in North Haven at this time.⁶
     Joel died intestate. Lydia, his widow, and Caleb Todd were appointed administrators of his personal estate by the Wallingford Probate District Court on 1 October 1800. An inventory valued his estate at $605. His widow and children, Butler and Maria, each received items to the value of one-third of that sum.⁷