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George Bentley Sackett

(1845-1917)
FatherNoah Sacket (1815-1880)
MotherOlive Nelson (1818-1873)
George Bentley Sackett, son of Noah Sacket and Olive Nelson, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, on 5 March 1845.1 He died aged 71 on 1 January 1917 and was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, WestfieldG.2 He married in WestfieldG on 26 December 1877, Emma Sanford, daughter of Daniel Sanford and Lorinda ___.3 Emma was born in Huntington, Hampshire County, MassachusettsG, on 23 September 1856.4
     In 1870 George was living in WestfieldG in the household of his parents Noah and Olive, and was recorded in the census as George Sackett, a farm laborer, aged 24 and born in Massachusetts.5

Children of George Bentley Sackett and Emma Sanford

  • Unnamed daughter Sackett b. 7 Dec 1881
  • Hazel R. Sackett b. 27 May 1894, d. 2 May 1985

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910" (American Ancestors image), v10, p199, birth, "Mar 5/45, [blank] Sacket, [sex blank], at Westfield, [parents] Noah & Olive Sacket, farmer, of Westfield."
  2. Find a Grave.
  3. Vital Records, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, Sackett, George B., Westfield, 1877, v289, p376, Marriage
    "Dec 26, 1877, George B Sackett, of Westfield, 32, farmer, b. Westfield, s. Noah & Olive, 1st marriage, & Emma S Sanford, of Westfield, 23, b. Huntington, d. Daniel & Lorinda, 1st marriage. Married by A J Titsworth, Pastor, 1st Congl. Ch."
  4. Birthplace from marriage record; date from headstone.
  5. 1870 United States Federal Census, M593_619/438[4]
    Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
    Sackett, Noah, 55, farmer, $5,000, $3,000, b. Mass
    Sackett, Olive, 52, keeping house, $3,000, $-, b. Mass
    Sackett, Malissa, 27, female, no occupation, b. Mass
    Sackett, George, 24, farm laborer, b. Mass
    Sackett, James, 12, attending school, b. Mass.
Sackett line7th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Generation.Tree8P.3
Last Edited27 Nov 2021
 

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