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Betsey Sackett, daughter of Erastus Sacket Jr and Sarah ___, was born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, about 1796.^1,2,3 She died there aged 67 on 5 October 1863⁴ and was buried at Pittsfield Cemetery^G.⁶ She married in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York State^G, on 18 May 1814, Titus Parker.^1,5 Titus was born in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G.³

Beulah W Sackett, daughter of Erastus Sacket Jr and Sarah ___, was born, presumably in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, in 1783.¹ She died there aged 73 on 16 May 1856² and was buried at East Part Cemetery, Pittsfield^G. She married first in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, on 16 November 1801, Jonathan Davis.^1,2,3,4 Jonathan died in Otsego County, New York State^G, about 1811.⁵ She married second in Pittsfield^G about 1814, Nathan Webb.² Nathan was born in Pittsfield^G in July 1765. He died there aged 53 on 27 November 1818 and was buried at East Part Cemetery, Pittsfield^G.²
     Beulah was appointed joint administrator, with her father Erastus, of the estate of her husband Jonathan Davis who died intestate in Otsego County, New York, in about 1811.⁵

Diana Sackett, daughter of Erastus Sacket Jr and Sarah ___, was born, presumably in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, say 1785.¹ She died there on 15 March 1831.² She married at the First Church of Christ, Pittsfield^G, in November 1806, Samuel Roberts.^1,3,4

Electa Sackett, daughter of Erastus Sacket Jr and Sarah ___, was born, presumably in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, say 1786.¹ Electa Sacket of Pittsfield and Elihu Clark of Dalton gave notice in Pittsfield^G on 9 September 1809 of their marriage intention. A subsequent marriage record has not been found.² According to Pittsfield Families she married John Stacey, although a record has not been found.¹

Erastus Sacket Jr, son of Erastus Sacket and Elizabeth Leonard, was born in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, on 29 July 1750^1,2 and baptized at the Church of Christ, Westfield, Hampden County^G, on 9 September 1750.³ He died aged 88 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, on 28 September 1838^4,5 and was buried at Terrace Grove, Pittsfield Cemetery^G.⁵ He married Sarah ___. Sarah was born in 1758.⁶ She died in Pittsfield^G on 30 April 1833⁵ and was buried in Terrace Grove, Pittsfield Cemetery^G.
     Erastus served in the American Revolutionary War.⁵
     Erastus was included in a 1786 census of Pittsfield householders; his father Erastus was also listed.⁷
     In 1790 Erastus was living in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G. In his household were one man and six females, presumably his wife Sarah and five of their daughters.⁸
     Erastus was listed in the census in 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830 as a householder in Pittsfield^G.^9,10,11,12
     Erastus and his brother Solomon were founder members, with 24 other townsmen, of the Berkshire Cattle Show, held in the Square in the Village of Pittsfield^G for the first time on 1 October 1810 when "farmers in this County and its vicinity" were "respectfully invited to attend this first exhibition, from nine to three of the clock, with bulls, oxen, steers, and other neat cattle, Merino sheep of the different grades, as well as other improved breeds, hogs or swine of different breeds, and such useful animals as they may think proper" in the hope that "this essay will lead to permanent annual cattle shows, and that an incorporated Agricultural Society will emanate from these meetings."¹³
     Erastus was appointed joint administrator, with his daughter Beulah, of the estate of Beulah's husband Jonathan Davis who died intestate in Otsego County, New York, in about 1811.¹⁴
     In his late old age, Erastus was deemed incapable of handling his own affairs and a guardian, Calvin Martin, was appointed. The guardian petitioned the Berkshire County Court in June 1837 for permission to sell a five-acre plot of land owned by Erastus in Lenox. The land had previously been owned by the late Samuel Judd, presumably Erastus's son-in-law who had died in 1832.¹⁵

Miranda Sackett, daughter of Erastus Sacket Jr and Sarah ___, was born, presumably in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, say 1788.¹ She married about 1812, John Ayres.^2,3

Sarah C "Sally" Sackett, daughter of Erastus Sacket Jr and Sarah ___, was born, presumably in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, on 14 October 1792.¹ She married in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut^G, in June 1816, James Hart.^1,2

Sophia Sackett, daughter of Erastus Sacket Jr and Sarah ___, was born, presumably in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, say 1780.^1,2 She married about 1806, Thomas Warner.^1,3

Sylvia Sackett, daughter of Erastus Sacket Jr and Sarah ___, was born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, about 1785.¹ She married in Massachusetts^G in 1807, Samuel Judd Jr, her third cousin once removed, son of Samuel Judd and Naomi Noble, intentions having been published in Pittsfield and Lenox.^1,2

Hannah Sackett, daughter of Stephen Sacket and Eunice Ross, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, about 1780 and baptized at the Church of Christ, Westfield^G, on 12 October 1783.¹ She died aged 63 in Westfield^G on 7 May 1843.² She married at the First Church, Westfield^G, on 24 November 1803, Charles King, son of Aaron King and Hannah Mosely.^3,4,5 He died in Westfield^G in 1824.
     Charles King made his will at Westfield^G on 31 December 1823. He provided for his wife Hannah during her lifetime, after which his estate was to go one-half to their son Eldad and one-quarter each to their daughters, Hannah and Lydia. He also left a sum of $50 to his wife's niece, Hannah Sacket, daughter of her brother Stephen. Executors were to be his wife Hannah and Hannah's brother-in-law Erastus Grant.
     Hannah was named as a beneficiary in her father's will, made at Westfield^G on 5 October 1829 and proved on 2 March 1830. She was to receive a sum of $600 plus her share of the estate already received.⁶

Sally Sackett, daughter of Stephen Sacket and Eunice Ross, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, about 1785¹ and baptized at the Church of Christ, Westfield^G, on 11 November 1794.² She died aged about 68 in Westfield^G on 24 July 1853 and was buried at the Old Burying Ground, Westfield^G.³ She married Mason Morse.
     Sally was named as a beneficiary in her father's will, made at Westfield^G on 5 October 1829 and proved on 2 March 1830. She was to receive a sum of $1. This token sum, together with the rider "which with what she has already received is to be her full share", and the fact that Stephen refers to her not as his daughter but as the wife of Mason Morse, suggests a falling-out or an exasperation with too many past demands. However, Stephen generously left $50 to each of Sally's four children.
     In 1850 Sally was living in Westfield^G and was recorded in the census as Sarah Morse, aged 65 and born in Massachusetts. Her daughter Eunice, 35, was living with her.⁴

Jerusha Sacket, daughter of Pliny Sacket and Elisabeth Kellogg, was born in Massachusetts^G on 27 March 1781.¹ She married in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, on 24 March 1808, Isaac Fowler Jr.^2,3