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1713. Colonel James Sackett, 1770–1821, of Van Levens (formerly Sackett's) Corners, Albany County, N. Y., son of (719) John, Jr., and Prudence Atherton Sackett, was married to a Miss Chitterdon. Colonel Sackett was an active business man, a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and an enthusiastic militiaman. He represented his town for several years in the County Board of Supervisors, and in 1818 was a member of the State Assembly. In the militia he served with credit for full thirty years, filling every position from private to regimental commander. His commissions from Ensign to Colonel are dated as follows:
1800 Ensign of Albany Light Infantry Company.
1803 Lieutenant in regiment commanded by Lt.-Col. Todd.
1805 Captain in regiment commanded by L.-Col. Paul Todd.
1807 Junior Major of regiment commanded by Col. Farington.
1809 Junior Major of regiment commanded by Lt.-Col. Wm. Mackey.
1812 Senior Major of regiment commanded by Lt.-Col. Boardman
1814 Lieut.-Col. commanding 25th Reg. New York State Inf.
1818 Colonel of 25th Regt. N. Y. S. I., with rank from May 1, 1816.
He was buried from church at Van Levens Corners in July 1821 with military and Masonic honors, and laid to rest in Snyder Cemetery.

[Van Levens Corners would be Van Leuvan's Corners, named after Isaac Van Leuvan. Earlier known as Sackett's Corners and then Preston's Corners. New York State Historical Marker, 5 miles south of Snyder's Corners, Westerlo, NY. —StoppingPoints.com]

1714. Simeon Sackett, 1771–1805, of Wayne, Steuben County, N. Y., son of (719) John, Jr., and Prudence Atherton Sackett, was married in Bath, N. Y., to Hannah Woodard, daughter of John Woodard. Hannah Woodard Sackett's second husband was Rev. Simeon Fullerton.

1709. Elisha Sackett, 1778–1839, son of (717) Richard and Chloe Atherton Sackett, was married, about 1802, to Nancy Jones, 1786–1882, daughter of Jones Jones, of Peekskill, N.Y., and Spencer, N.Y. Elisha Sackett was the youngest of four children, and was born the year his father died. Widow Sackett, a short time after the death of her husband, removed with her four young children to New York City. She owned a house at the corner of Chambers Street and West Broadway, with a garden, and a pasture lot adjoining on which she kept a cow. There is some uncertainty as to whether she inherited this property from her husband or her father. It is a matter of record that her daughter (1710) Margaret, not yet quite sixteen years of age, was married there June 6, 1790, to Truman Merchant, aged 26. Previous to 1812 this property seems to have come into possession of her youngest child, Elisha, the subject of this sketch, who at his death in 1839 was survived by nine