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3. Simon Sackett, 1630–1659, son of (1) Simon Sackett and his wife Isabel, was born in England and brought to New England by his parents before he was one year old. About the year 1652 he was married to his step-father's daughter, Sarah Bloomfield, who had been his companion and playmate from early childhood. His home at the time of his marriage was at Springfield, Mass. The records of that town show that in 1653 he was granted several town lots as an inducement to make it his permanent place of abode, that on March 15, 1653, he purchased from "William Brooks 20 acres of land fronting on ye Great River", and that on March 13, 1653, he subscribed to the "Oath of Fidelity". So far as known he continued to reside at Springfield on the banks of "ye Great River" to the day of his death.
     William Bloomfield, 1604–1664, the father of Sarah Bloomfield Sackett, was born in England. In 1634 he sailed for New England in the ship Elisabeth, which left Yarmouth in the month of April and reached Boston the following June. He brought with him his wife Sarah, aged 25, and their only child, an infant daughter, named for her mother, aged about one year. The Bloomfields on disembarking at Boston seem to have proceeded immediately to the comfortable home of Simon Sackett, at Newtown. The two families doubtless had been neighbors and friends in England, and they were destined to become more closely united in the New World. Sarah, wife of William Bloomfield, probably died soon after their arrival in Newtown. The records show conclusively that William Bloomfield did not remain for any considerable length of time in Newtown after Mr. Hooker and his congregation removed to Hartford. Paige, in his "History of Cambridge," states that William Bloomfield was there in 1635 and removed to Hartford, Conn. Hartley's "Hartford in the Olden Time" records the fact that William Bloomfield, as a citizen of that town, participated in 1637, with Captain Mason and his ally, the Indian Chief Uncas, in their short and decisive campaign of extermination against the Pequots. The Newtown, Mass records show that in 1638 William Bloomfield transferred to Robert Stedman the house and lot "on the north side of Winthrop Street, between Dunster and Brighton Streets," which property, according to Paige's "Map of Cambridge in 1635," was the Sackett Homestead. "Porter's map of Hartford in 1640," shows the dwelling of William Bloomfield in the centre of a spacious corner lot near "Little River," on road from "Mill to Country." The historical catalogue of First Church of Hartford records the fact that William Bloomfield and family remained there until 1648, when they removed to New London. It is not known how long they remained in New London, but in 1656 they were at Springfield, Mass., and shortly thereafter at Middleberg, Long Island, where for the remainder of his life William Bloomfield was recognized as a leading citizen. In 1663, when the English towns of New Netherland rebelled against Dutch authority, the civil affairs of Middleberg were by the choice of the inhabitants placed in charge of William Bloomfield and five other "trusted citizens."      6. Samuel Sackett, baptized at Springfield, Mass., in 1653.
     7. Joseph Sackett, b. Feb. 23, 1656, d. Sept. 23, 1719; m. 1st, Elizabeth Betts.

[Note: Oath of Fidelity. Weygant has 13 March 1653. Pynchon Court Record shows 23 March 1655/56.]

Inventory of Estate of Simon Sackett 1630-1659
from the Pynchon Court Record
p173 (Introduction. Civil Jurisdiction)
(Estate of Simon Sackett)
"On July 14, 1659 the commissioners entered an order of administration upon the estate of Symon Sackett."
p241 (Pynchon Court Record)
(Simon Sackett's Estate)
"(*80) An Order of Administration upon the estate of Symon Sackett deceased who died the 9th day of July 1659: which Order was graunted by the Commissioners the 14th day of the Same Month.
Symon Sackett of Springfeild who deceased the Ninth of July 1659 dyinge intestate; and it beinge necessary that Administration be made upon the said Symons Estate; And William Blomefeild of Hartford appearinge to be assistant to his Daughter wife of the said deceased party to Administer to the aforesaid estate; therefore the said William Blomefeild is hereby allowed and appoynted to be Administrator and Sarah his Daughter wife of the said deceased party to be Administratrix to the Estate of the said Symon Sackett deceased:
An Inventory of the Estate of Symon Sackett deceased taken the 15th day of July 1659 by Richard Fellowes and Samuell Chapin:
Inprimis one barne      6. 00. 00
Item 3 piggs      1. 01. 00
Item one sow and a pigg       1. 00. 00
Item a chayne       0. 08. 00
An axe 3s, a pott with the hookes. 6s. 6d       0. 09. 06
A parcell of brass with old Iron      0. 02. 00
_________
      9. 00. 06
(*81)
One chape for a cart       0. 02. 00
a sickle 6d 2 fork tynes--2s       0. 02. 06
a bed tick with a pillow       0. 06. 06
a cellar .1£ 4 score rayles. 12s       1. 12. 00
1 tray, and a half bushell the 1/2 bushell John
Dumbleton had       0. 04. 00
2 barrells       0. 02. 00
2 acre and neere a quarter of wheat at 38s
per acre       4. 05. 00
7 bushel of wheat to be paid by William Brookes       1. 04. 06
4 bushel of wheat from Joseph Crowfoote       0. 14. 00
1 acre of Pease       1. 10. 00
One parcell of Indian that Obadiah Miller bought       2. 00. 00
One parcell of Indian and the grass       1. 16. 00
A parcell of Oates with the Oates in the
Orchard and water mill:       0. 16. 00
an acre of Oates       1. 15. 00
a plough share       0. 12. 00
a garden that Richard Fellowes bought       0. 10. 00
a cart with Irons to it       1. 05. 00
a spade 2s 3 pounds tallow 1s 6d       0. 03. 06
a steer       1. 15. 00
a yoke staple and ring       0. 03. 06
Item 8s due from Daniel Blomefeild       0. 08. 00
An Oxe       6. 10. 00
2 hoggs if found       2. 00. 00
A Canow to Richard Fellowes       0. 08. 00
     30. 04. 06
all the Oates and pease and water-millions and the use of half the barn is for Richard Fellowes for to pay 3£ 12:
On the other side 9. 00. 06
     39. 05. 00
This is a true account as we judge witnes both our hands: July 15, 1659
     Samuell Chapin, Richard Fellowes
theres due Goodwoman Sackitt from Goodman Bloomfeild 4s
Onely the heiffer and steere to Daniell for 3£ 17s that Simon oweth Daniell:
1. Steere yeere and vantage 1£ 15s.

4. John Sacket*, 1632–1719, son of (1) Simon Sackett and his wife Isabel, was, so far as known, the first white child born in Newtown (now Cambridge), Mass. In 1653 he became a resident of Springfield, Mass., receiving from the town commissioners a gift of four pieces of land, agreeable to an ordinance passed to encourage the speedy settlement of that place. On November 23, 1659, he was married to Abigail Hannum, 1640 - 1690, daughter of William Hannum (colonist), and his wife, Honor Capen, of Dorchester, Windsor and Northampton. A short time after date of his marriage to Abigail Hannum, John Sacket sold his land at Springfield and removed to property he had purchased some fifteen miles up the Connecticut River at Northampton. There he and his family lived until 1665, when he again sold out and moved to a farm purchased of one Chapin near Westfield, on what are now called Sacket's Meadows. Mr. Sacket's removal to Westfield was at the date of the first permanent settlement of that town, and about ten years previous to the commencement of King Philip's Indian wars. There Mr. Sacket built a house and barn, both of which were burned, Oct. 27, 1675, by the Indians, who, at the same time, destroyed a large amount of other property, and drove off his cattle. He rebuilt his house and barn, and also erected a saw mill on a creek which ran through his farm and emptied into the Waronoco (now Westfield) River.
     The building of a dam on this creek was the occasion of a vexatious lawsuit, brought against him by Thomas, Jedediah and Jonah Dewey, who claimed that by reason of Sacket's saw mill dam the water was backed up on their grist mill. The case was tried at Springfield before a jury, who found for plaintiff, but the court in giving judgment, recited that it was a hard case for the defendant and "therefore ordered that the plaintiffs should, with a hired man and oxen, work with said Sacket 9 days in taking down and removing said dam."
     At a town meeting held in 1672 at Westfield, John Sacket was chosen a selectman, and as late as 1693 he held the same office.
     Abigail Hannum Sacket died October 9, 1690, and about a year later John Sacket was married to Sarah, daughter of John Stiles and widow of John Stewart of Springfield. He continued to reside on his Westfield farm to the day of his death. His will, dated in 1718, and probated in 1719, reads as follows:      8. John Sacket, b. Nov. 4, 1660; d. Dec. 20, 1745; m. Deborah Filley.
     9. William Sacket, b. Apr. 20, 1662; d. Mar. 28, 1700; m. Hannah Graves.
     10. Abigail Sacket, b. Dec. 1, 1663; d. July 3, 1683; m. John Noble.
     11. Mary Sacket, b. in year 1665; d. Nov. 19, 1667.
     12. Hannah Sacket, b. Mar. 7, 1669; d. Aug. 3., 1749; m. 2nd, Ben Newbury.
     13. Mary Sacket, b. June 8, 1672, d. in year 1729; m. Benj. Moseley.
     14. Samuel Sacket, b. Sept. 16, 1674; d. Nov. 8, 1709; m. Elizabeth Bissell.
     15. Elizabeth Sacket. b. May 27, 1677; d. June 16, 1682.
     16. Abigail Sacket, b. in year 1683; d. Sept. 1721; m. David King.
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* This John Sackett dropped the final "t" in signing his name and several generations of his descendants followed his example, but nearly all of his living descendants have resumed its use.