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Sarah Sackett

(1721-1800)
FatherJonathan Sackett (1655-1726/27)
MotherRuth Hotchkiss (c 1688-1773)
Sarah Sackett, daughter of Jonathan Sackett and Ruth Hotchkiss, was born in New Haven, ConnecticutG, on 9 August 1721.1,2,3,4 She died aged 79 on 5 December 18003,4,5 and was buried at Hamden Plains Cemetery, New Haven CountyG.6 She married Lieut Elisha Booth.3,6

Children of Sarah Sackett and Lieut Elisha Booth

  • Jonathan Booth b. 19 Jun 1747, d. 22 Sep 1806
  • Hannah Booth b. 1 Apr 1755, d. 25 Aug 1836

259. Sarah Sackett, 1721–1780, daughter of (74) Jonathan and Ruth Hotchkiss Sackett, was married to Lieut. Elisha Booth, of the Township of New Haven, Conn. In the cemetery at Hamden Plains, Conn., there stands a stone bearing the inscription:
This Stone is erected to the Memory of
LIEUT. ELISHA BOOTH
who died Jan. 5, 1793. A 70 Also to his Wife
MRS. SARAH BOOTH
Who died Dec. 5, 1800 A 80.
"The Ritious shall be in everlasting remembrance."
Children.
704. Jonathan Booth, b. June 19, 1747, d. Sept. 22, 1806; m. Rebecca Cooper.
705. Hannah Booth, b. Apr. 1, 1755, d. Aug. 25, 1836; m. Capt. Thomas Punderson.

 Notes & Citations

  1. Vital Records, New Haven, Connecticut, 148, "Sarah Ye daughter of Jonathan Sackett was Born Ye 9th day of August 1721."
  2. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sackett, Sarah, d. Jonathan, b. Aug. 9, 1721. New Haven Vital Records, 1:269."
  3. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "259. Sarah Sackett, b. Aug. 9, 1721, d. Dec. 5, 1780; m. Elisha Booth."
  4. Donald Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore (1981) (American Ancestors image), pp 1583–8, "Sarah [Sackett, d. Jonathan Sackett & Ruth Hotchkiss], b 9 Aug 1721 NHV, d 5 Dec 1800 æ. 80 HT2; m Elisha Booth."
  5. Weygant, pp 55 & 111, states "d. 1780" in error; memorial inscription on p 111, "d. 1800", is stated correctly.
  6. Donald Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore (1981) (American Ancestors image), pp 1583–8, "Sarah, b 9 Aug 1721 NHV, d 5 Dec 1800 æ. 80 HT2; m Elisha Booth."
Sackett lineGranddaughter of John Sackett of New Haven
ChartsLine 4 (American)
Generation.Tree259.4L.4
Last Edited5 Nov 2019
 

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