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Viola Maxine Sackett, daughter of Josiah Andrew "Joe" Sackett and Naoma Dell Cramer, was born in Aline, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma^G, on 23 February 1915.¹ She died aged 87 in Oklahoma City^G on 30 January 2003.^2,3 She married in Aline^G on 1 January 1937, Jay Hertzler.
     In 1920 Viola was living in Elberta, Woods County, Oklahoma^G, in the household of her parents Josiah and Naoma, and was recorded in the census as Viola Sackett, aged four and born in Oklahoma.⁴
     In 1930 she was living at Choctaw Avenue, Aline, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma^G, in the household of her parents Josiah and Naoma, and was recorded as Viola Sackett, aged 15.⁵

Chester Bennet Sackett, son of Homer Sackett Jr and Flora Skiff, was born in Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut^G, about October 1834.¹ He died there in infancy on 11 March 1835 and was buried at the Old Cemetery, Warren^G.^2,3

Jonathan Sacket, of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, was born probably in Connecticut^G say 1770. He married in Milford^G on 25 June 1802, Lucinda Plumb, daughter of John Still Plumb and Elizabeth ___.¹ Lucinda was born in Milford^G on 22 July 1785^2,3 and died aged 58 in Fair Haven, New Haven^G, on 4 December 1843.⁴
     In 1790 Jonathan was living in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut^G. He was living on his own.⁵
Who was Jonathan Sacket?
The parents of Jonathan Sacket who married Lucinda Plumb have not been identified, nor have birth or death records been found.
     Families of Early Milford, Connecticut⁶ states that he was the Jonathan Sackett who died in Milford in 1849. However, further research shows that that Jonathan Sackett moved to Milford from Newtown, Queens County, New York, sometime between 1810 and 1820, and therefore after the marriage in Milford of Jonathan and Lucinda and after the birth of their children.
     DNA test results of a known descendant of Gad/James Sackett (See New Haven DNA chart 2), now identified as a son of Jonathan, indicate that Jonathan and Gad/James were descendants in the John Sackett of New Haven line. This suggests that Jonathan was probably born locally.
     A current hypothesis is that Jonathan may have been the unnamed illegitimate child born in New Haven in 1766 to another Jonathan Sackett and Mary Ford.
     This older Jonathan, who died in New Haven in 1797, was a descendant in the New Haven line. He is recorded to have married (his wife’s name is not known) and to have had seven children from about 1767. His wife would not have been Mary Ford as she married a John Russell in 1771.