Sarah Sackett

(c 1731-1818)
FatherJoseph Sackett1 (1712-after 1795)
Mother___ ___
Sarah Sackett, daughter of Joseph Sackett and ___ ___, was born in about 1731.2,3,4 She died aged 86 in Dutchess County, New York StateG, on 22 February 18185 and was buried at Coleman's Station Burying Ground, Dutchess CountyG.5 She married in New Haven, ConnecticutG, on 2 July 1750, Samuel Gilbert.6,7,4 Samuel was born in New HavenG on 27 November 1724 and baptized at First Congregational Society, New HavenG, on 6 September 1741.7 He died aged 74 in Dutchess CountyG on 27 November 17978 and was buried at Winchell Mountain Burial Ground, Dutchess CountyG.8
     Sarah was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at Stanford, Dutchess CountyG, on 20 May 1795. She was left a sum of £5 and her children were to inherit her father's real estate in New Haven.9

Children of Sarah Sackett and Samuel Gilbert

 Notes & Citations

  1. Weygant, Sacketts of America, lists a Sarah, daughter of Joseph Sackett and an unnamed mother. No other details are given. Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, identifies this Sarah as possibly the Sarah Sackett who married Samuel Gilbert in 1750. Based on her age, 86, on death in February 1818, Sarah was born in about 1731. Her father Joseph was then 19.
  2. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "276. Sarah Sackett."
  3. Date of birth based on age at death.
  4. Donald Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore (1981) (American Ancestors image), 1583–8, "Sarah [perhaps d. Joseph Sackett & a "former wife" (former to Abigail Rowe)] m 2 July 1750 NHV—Samuel Gilbert."
  5. "Sharon, Connecticut, Burying Grounds", inscriptions from burying grounds of Sharon, CT, Amenia, NY, and north east NY (Ancestry image), Burying Ground at Coleman's Station, "Gilbert, Sarah, widow of Samuel, died Feb. 22, 1818, æ. 86."
  6. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sacket, Sarah, m. Samuel Gilbert, July 2, 1750, by John Prout, JP. New Haven Vital Records, 1:760."
  7. Donald Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, 650, "Samuel [Gilbert, s. Samuel & Hannah (Dorman) Gilbert], b 27 Nov 1724 NHV, bp 6 Sep 1741 NHC1; m 2 July 1750 NHV—Sarah Sackett."
  8. "Sharon, Connecticut, Burying Grounds", , Winchell Mountain Burying Ground, "Gilbert, Samuel, died Nov. 27, 1797, æ. 74."
  9. "Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835" (American Ancestors image).
Sackett lineGreat-granddaughter of John Sackett of New Haven
ChartsLine 4 (American)
Sackett Family Association descendants
Cliff McCarthy.
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Last Edited27 Dec 2019
See also Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
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