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Olive Nelson, daughter of Horace Nelson and Charlotte Sacket, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, in July 1818.¹ She died aged 55 in Westfield^G on 11 December 1873² and was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield^G. She married in Westfield^G about 1840, Noah Sacket, her 4th cousin, son of Moses Sacket and Tryphena Hiscock.³
     Olive was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made in Westfield^G on 10 February 1841 and proved at the Springfield Probate Court on 1 March 1842. She was left a sum of $50 and was to share equally with her sister Lydia the household furniture after their mother's lifetime interest.⁴

George Bentley Sackett, son of Noah Sacket and Olive Nelson, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, on 5 March 1845.¹ He died aged 71 on 1 January 1917 and was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield^G.³ He married in Westfield^G on 26 December 1877, Emma Sanford, daughter of Daniel Sanford and Lorinda ___.² Emma was born in Huntington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G, on 23 September 1856.⁴
     In 1870 George was living in Westfield^G 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

Melissa O Sackett, daughter of Noah Sacket and Olive Nelson, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, in August 1843.² She died on 1 February 1919 and was buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield^G. She married in Westfield^G on 17 January 1877, John Lewis Smith, son of Louis Smith and Lydia ___.³ John was born in Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, on 14 November 1841.⁴
     In 1870 Melissa was living at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, in the household of her parents Noah and Olive, and was recorded in the census as Malissa Sackett, aged 27, of no occupation, and born in Massachusetts.⁵