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John Sackett

(1771-1851)
FatherCaptain Adnah Sacket (1745-1813)
MotherJerusha Pomeroy (1746/47-1789)
John Sackett, miller, son of Captain Adnah Sacket and Jerusha Pomeroy, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, on 27 June 17711,2,3 and baptized at the Church of Christ, WestfieldG, on 11 August 1771.4 He died aged 80 in Springfield, Hampden CountyG, on 10 December 18511,5 and was buried at the Old Burying Ground, WestfieldG.6 He married at the First Church, WestfieldG, on 23 October 1793, Lucinda Moseley, daughter of Israel Moseley and Abigail Chapin.1,7,8,9 Lucinda was born in WestfieldG on 26 November 1773.10 She died aged 81 on 23 April 185511 and was buried at the Old Burying Ground, WestfieldG.6
     John was listed in the 1800 census as a householder in WestfieldG.12
     In 1850 John was living in Springfield, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, and was recorded in the census as John Sackett, aged 75, and born in Massachusetts. Living with him were his wife Lucinda, aged 77, and their widowed daughter Eliza Preston, aged 56.13

571. John Sackett, 1771–1851, of Southwick, Mass., son of (183) Lieut. Adnah and Jerusha Pomeroy Sackett, was married, Oct 23, 1793, by Mr. Atwater, to Lucinda Moseley, 1773-1855, daughter of Israel Moseley and his wife, Abigail Chapin.
Children.
1280. Eliza Sackett, b. Aug. 25, 1794, d. April 27, 1864; m. Homer Preston.
1281. Adnah Sackett, b. Oct. 6, 1796, d. Feb. 15, 1860; had four wives.
1282. Isaac Sackett, b. Nov. 20, 1788, d. Apr. 3, 1881; m. Mary Johnson.
1283. John Pomeroy Sackett, b. Jan. 30, 1801, d. July 3, 1822.
1284. Jefferson Moseley Sackett, b. Aug. 21, 1803, d. July 31, 1804.
1285. Abigail H. Sackett, b. Mar. 14, 1806, d. Mar. 30, 1850; m. Charles J. Cleveland.
1286. Israel Sackett, b. Mar. 30, 1809, d. Aug. 28, 1880; m. Margaret L. Allen.
1287. Lucinda Sackett, b. Nov. 25, 1811, d. Nov. 24, 1893; m. Thomas H Parker.

John Sacket (1771–1851), Old Burying Ground, Westfield, Massachusetts
(Src: Find a Grave, Eric McGuire)

Children of John Sackett and Lucinda Moseley

 Notes & Citations

  1. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "571. John Sackett, b. Jan. 27, 1771, d. Dec. 10, 1851; m. Lucinda Mosely."
  2. Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, B:127.
  3. "Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "Sacket, John, s. Adnah & Jerusha Pomeroy, b. June 27, 1771."
  4. "Baptisms performed in the Church of Christ, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1679–1836" (American Ancestors transcript), "1771 Sacket, John s. Adnah & Jerusha, Aug. 11."
  5. "Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts, to 1850" (American Ancestors transcript), v57, p221, death, "1851 Dec 10, John Sacket, 80-4-13, at Walnut St, male, white, miller, b. Westfield, s. Abner & Jerusha Sacket, consumption."
  6. Find a Grave.
  7. Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, C:161.
  8. "Westfield, Massachusetts, Marriage Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "John Sacket of W. and Lucinda Mosley of W; m. Oct. 23, 1793."
  9. "Westfield, MA: Marriage Records of the First Church, 1781–1835" (American Ancestors transcript), "1793 John Sacket of Westfield & Lucinda Moseley of Westfield."
  10. Email from Walter Nieber to unknown recipient, 30 Oct 2001.
  11. Gravestone.
  12. 1800 United States census
    "John Sacket, Westfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts."
  13. 1850 United States Federal Census
    M432_319/77/1176/1294
    Springfield, Hampden County, MA
    John Sackett, 75, [occ] none, b. MA
    Lucinda Sackett, 77, b. MA
    Eliza Preston, 56, b. MA.
Sackett line5th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Sackett Family Association descendants
Michelle Pearce, Kathleen "Kathi" Normandeau, Jennifer Walz Selby, Marvin L "Bud" Wood, Virginia May "Ginny" Marsh, Lucy Weber, Ronald R Ulseth, Shannon Miller and Christine Brimblecom & Barbara Goeckner.
Generation.Tree6N.3
Last Edited1 Apr 2022
See also Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
1654 John Sackett
 

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