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Justus Sacket

(1777-1831)
FatherJustus Sacket (1745-1778)
MotherNaomi Weller (c 1747-1784)
Justus Sacket, son of Justus Sacket and Naomi Weller, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, on 14 June 17771,2,3,4 and baptized at the Church of Christ, WestfieldG, in July 1777.5 (He was Justus Sacket in the family bible, Justice Sackett on his gravestone.) He died aged 53 in Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York StateG, on 28 February 18316,7 and was buried at Hogsback Cemetery, MartinsburgG.8,9 He married in MartinsburgG on 7 March 1805, Fanny Faxon, daughter of Thomas Faxon and Rachel Davis.10 Fanny was born in Conway, Franklin County, MassachusettsG, on 15 October 1778.11,12 She died aged 89 in Marshall, Calhoun County, MichiganG, on 12 October 1868.12
     Justus settled in Martinsburg, Lewis CountyG, in 1802 or 1803.13 He was listed in the census in 1810 as a householder in Lewis County and in 1820 and 1830 as a householder in Martinsburg, Lewis CountyG.14,15,16
Justice Sackett (1777–1831), Hogsback Cemetery, Martinsburg, New York State
(Src: Find a Grave, Scott Fraser)

Children of Justus Sacket and Fanny Faxon

See also
Justus Sackett (1777–1831) family bible records

 Notes & Citations

  1. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "600. Justice Sacket.b. Jun. 16, 1777."
  2. Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, B:191.
  3. "Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "Sacket, Justus, s. Justus & Naomi Wellar, b. June 16, 1777, d. Feb. 6, 1778." [The assigning of this death record is an error by Dougherty. It was this Justus's father, also Justus/Justice, who died in 1778.]
  4. Justus Sackett, Family Bible Records, adjacent entries, "Justus Sacket was born June 14th 1777. Justus Sacket died February 28th 1831."
  5. "Baptisms performed in the Church of Christ, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1679–1836" (American Ancestors transcript), "1777 Sacket, Justus s. Justus & ---, July ---."
  6. "Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)", "Sacket, Justus, s. Justus & Naomi Wellar, b. June 16, 1777, d. Feb. 6, 1778." [The assigning of this death record is an error by Dougherty. It was this Justus's father, also Justus/Justice, who died in Westfield in 1778.]
  7. Justus Sackett, Family Bible Records, "Justus Sacket was born June 14th 1777. Justus Sacket died February 28th 1831."
  8. Find a Grave.
  9. Gravestone, "In/ memory of/ Justice Sackett/ who died Feb. 28/ 1831/ aged 53 years."
  10. Justus Sackett, Family Bible Records, "Justus Sacket and Fanny Fuven [Faxon] were married March 7th 1805."
  11. Justus Sackett, Family Bible Records, "Fanny Sacket was born October 15th 1778."
  12. George L Faxon, The History of the Faxon Family, Springfield Printing Company, Springfield, MA (1880), digital image, Ancestry.com, 132, "281. Fanny Faxon, b. in Conway, Mass., Oct. 16, 1778, dau. of Thomas and Rachel (Davis) Faxon, m. March 7, 1805, Justus Sackett, b. June 14, 1777, at Westfield, Mass.; d. Feb. 28, 1831, in Martinsburg, N.Y. She d. Oct. 12, 1868, at Marshall, Calhoun county, Mich. He was a farmer, and resided in Martinsburg, N.Y."
  13. Franklin Benjamin Hough, History of Lewis County, New York, D Mason & Co, Syracuse, NY (1883), digital image, Internet Archive (archive.org), p 447 [Town of Martinsburgh]
    Mr. Martin arrived with his family March 4, 1802, and during this season, many families came on for permanent settlement. Among those who arrived the first and second years, were ... Justus Sacket, ...
  14. 1810 United States census, "Justus Sacket, New York, Lewis, New York, 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-44, 2 females under 10, 1 female 26-44, total 5."
  15. 1820 United States census, "Justus Sacket, Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York State, 2 males under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 26-44, total 7."
  16. 1830 United States census, "Justus Sacket, Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 50-59, 1 female 5-9, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 50-59, total 6."
Sackett line5th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Generation.Tree6N.3
Last Edited21 Nov 2023
See also Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
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