The Sackett Family Association

Jerusha Sacket

(1790-1851)

Father

Mother

Sarah Kellogg (say 1750-)

Jerusha Sacket, daughter of Asher Sacket and Sarah Kellogg, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, on 23 September 1790.^1,2,3 She died aged 60 in Southampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^G, on 9 February 1851⁴ and was buried at Center Cemetery, Southampton^G.⁵ She married at the First Church, Westfield^G, on 16 May 1811, Luther Atkins, son of Chauncey Atkins and Margaret Talmage.^6,7,8,9 Luther was born in Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut^G, on 21 January 1788. He died aged 82 in Southampton^G on 5 February 1870¹⁰ and was buried at Center Cemetery, Southampton^G.⁵
In 1850 Jerusha was living in Southampton, Hampshire County^G, in the household of her husband Luther Atkins, 61, a farmer, and was recorded in the census as Jerusha Atkins, aged 60. Living with them were their children, Jane, 34, and Albert, aged 23.¹¹

Jerusha (Sacket) Atkins (1790–1851), Center Cemetery, Southampton, Massachusetts
(Src: Find a Grave, James Bianco)

Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, B:202.
Birth & Death Records (NEHGS), Westfield, Massachusetts, "Sacket, Jerusha, d. Asher & Sarah Kellogg, b. Sept. 23, 1790."
Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "593. Jerusha Sacket."
"Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915", digital image, Ancestry.com, "9 Feb 1851, Jerusha Atkins, 60, d. Southampton, b. Westfield, wife of Luther Atkins, congestion of lungs."
Website Find a Grave.
Marriage Records (NEHGS), Westfield, Massachusetts, "Luther Atkins of W. and Jerusha Sacket of W; m. May 16, 1822 [sic: 1811]."
Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, D:16, Luther Atkins & Jerusha Sacket married 16 May 1811.
"Westfield, MA: Marriage Records of the First Church, 1781–1835", database, American Ancestors, "1811 Luther Atkins of Westfield & Jerusha Sacket of Westfield."
"US Sons of the American Revolution membership applications", digital image, Ancestry.com.
"Massachusetts, Town and Vital records, 1620–1988", digital image, Ancestry.com, "5 Feb 1870, Luther Atkins, 82, d. South Hampton, widowed, farmer, parents blank, old age, bur. South Hampton."
1850 US census, digital image, Ancestry.com, Roll 320, p 64b
Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Atkins, Luther, 61, farmer, b. CT
Atkins, Jerusha, 60, b. MA
Atkins, Jane, 34, b. MA
Atkins, Albert, 23, farmer, b. MA.