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757. David H. Sackett, 1772–____, of Butler County, Penn., son of (283) Joseph Sackett, was married, first to a Miss Carnes, and second to a Miss Hughes.

756. Isaac Anson Sackett, 1785–1852, of Stamford, Delaware County, N. Y., son of (283) Joseph Sackett, was married, May 18, 1809, to Eunice Davis, daughter of Nehemiah Davis, 1785–__, and his wife Hannah Thorp. He was by occupation in early life a blacksmith, but in his later years followed farming. There is a mystery surrounding his death. He left his home, not saying where he was going, and did not return. After a considerable lapse of time a search was determined upon and his dead body was found in a nearby piece of woods. An examination of his remains revealed the fact that his death had resulted from a gunshot wound.
[Note: Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, lists Isaac as a resident of Harpersville, NY, in 1806, and includes him as a son of Jonathan Sackett who died in 1798. Identification with Jonathan of Harpersville, NY, is more likely than with Joseph of Huntingdon County, PA.]

State of New York
Delaware County
On the Examination of witnesses produced sworn & examined on the 11th day of February 1852 at the town of Stamford in said county before me Harry R. Hamilton one of the coroners in and for said county and Jeffry H Champlin, Robert English, Mr John Baggs, Urial Hamilton, David B. Case, William Marshall, Charles Cauffin, David Squires, Nicholas Champlin, Miles Stewdley & Norman K. Wilcox & John R. Clark, good and lawful men of the said county duly sworn upon their oaths to enquire into all the circumstances attending the death of Isaac A. Sacket & by whome the same was produced and in which manner & when & where the said Isaac A. Sacket came to his death do say upon their oaths aforesaid, that the said Isaac A. Sackett did voluntarily and of his own malice aforethought inflict a mortal wound in and upon the head of him the said Isaac A. Sacket. Of which said mortal wound the said Isaac A. Sackett, then & there instantly died & so the jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid say that the said Isaac A. Sackett did then and there in the manner aforesaid and at the place aforesaid voluntairly & of his own malice and aforethought kill and Murder himself the said Isaac A. Sacket against the peace of the people of this State & their dignity.
In witness whereof as well the Said Coroner as the jurors aforesaid have to this inquisition set their hands & Seals
on the day of the date of this inquistion aforesaid Henry R. Hamilton Cornoner
[Signed by the jurors]

Coroner's report dated 28 Sep 1852, held by the County Clerk, Delhi, Delaware County, on the Inquest held 11 Feb 1852 at Stamford into the death of Isaac A Sackett on 4 Feb 1852, states also that "Sworn statements given at the inquest indicate that on Wednesday, Feb 4, 1852 Isaac borrowed a neighbor's shot gun and went into the swamp area with the stated purpose of hunting rabbits." [Thurmon King, 17 Feb 2004, from research by Bill Sackett.]

759. Joseph Eaton, Jr., civil engineer, of Delaware, Ohio, son of Joseph and (286) Bethesda Sackett Eaton, was married to a Miss Caulkins.

Eaton, George Washington, clergyman, b. in Henderson, Huntington co., Pa., 3 July, 1804; d. in Hamilton, Madison co., N.Y., 3 Aug., 1872. He was graduated from Union college in 1829, and from 1831 till 1833 was professor of ancient languages in Georgetown college, Kentucky, acting as president for six months. He was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Hamilton literary and theological institution, Hamilton N.Y., and in 1837–'50 filled the chair of ecclesiastical and civil history there. After the incorporation of the institution as Madison university Dr. Eaton was its president from 1850 till 1861, and at the same time professor of systematic theology. He was also professor for some years of intellectual and moral philosophy. From 1861 till 1871 he was president of Hamilton theological seminary and professor of homiletics. He received the honorary degrees of D.D. and LL.D. Dr. Eaton was early ordained to the Baptist ministry, and was a striking original and eloquent preacher.
—His brother, Joseph Haywood, educator, b. in Berlin, Delaware co., Ohio, 10 Sept., 1812; d. in Murfreesborough, Tenn., 12 Jan., 1859, was graduated at Hamilton literary and theological institution in 1837. He was elected to a professorship in Union university, Murfreesborough, Tenn., in 1841, and in 1847 became its president, continuing in that relation till his death. He was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1843, and was a preacher of uncommon ability. He had received the honorary degree of LL.D.
—Joseph Haywood's son, Thomas Treadwell, clergyman, b. in Murfreesborough, Tenn., 16 Nov., 1845, was graduated at Washington college, Lexington, Va., in 1867, and has served as pastor of Baptist churches in Lebanon and Chattanooga, Tenn., Petersburg, Va., and Louisville, Ky. Besides having written several pamphlets, Mr. Eaton is the author of "My Angels" (1874); "Sermons to Children" (1887); "Marriage and Law" (1887).