Martha Sackett
(1662-1725/26)
Martha Sackett, daughter of
John Sackett of New Haven and Agnes
Tinkham, was born in
New Haven, ConnecticutG, on 29 November 1662.
1,2,3,4,5 She died there aged 62 on 25 February 1725/26.
5 She married in
New HavenG in December 1687,
Nathaniel Wooden.5,6,7,8,9
Children of Martha Sackett and Nathaniel Wooden
- Nathaniel Wooden b. 13 Apr 1692
- Martha Wooden+ b. 29 Dec 1693, d. 4 Jun 1770
- Samuel Wooden b. 29 May 1696
- John Wooden b. 13 Aug 1696
- Mary Wooden b. 10 May 1701
- Hannah Wooden b. 30 Dec 1703
Notes & Citations
- Vital Records, New Haven, Connecticut, p19, "Martha daughter of John Saket Novemb: 29th 1662." [Weygant has 19 Sep 1662].
- Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sacket, Martha, d. John, [b.] Nov. 29, 1662. New Haven Vital Records, 1:28."
- James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1860-62), “SACKET, JOHN, New Haven, m. 20 May 1652, Agnes Tinkham, had John, b. 30 Apr. 1653; Jonathan, 6 June 1655; Mary, 24 Sept. 1657; Joseph, 3 May 1660; Martha, 19 Sept. 1662; and d. 3 Sept. 1684. His wid. d. 1707."
- Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "21. Martha Sackett, b. Sept. 19, 1662; d. Sept. 3, 1684 [This was the date of death of Martha's father John, not of Martha]."
- Donald Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore (1981), digital image, American Ancestors, pp 1583–8, "Martha, b 19 Nov 1662 NHV, d 25 Feb 1726 æ. 62 NHT1; m Dec 1687 NHV—Nathaniel Wooding."
- Vital Records, New Haven, Connecticut, 63, "Nathll Woodden & Martha Sacket Maryed before ye Justices in Sesion The __ of December 1687."
- Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sacket, Martha, m. Nath[anie]ll Woodden, Dec. [ ], 1687, by Justice ––. New Haven Vital Records, 1:96."
- Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, Weygant does not record this marriage. Indeed, he records that Martha died three years earlier on 3 Sep 1684 but as this is known to have been the death date of her father, John of New Haven, the report of her death was clearly erroneous and premature!
- James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1860-62).
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