The Sackett Family Association

Ezra Sackett

(1782-1856)

Father

Mother

Lydia Lovering (c 1750-1831)

Ezra Sackett, farmer, son of Ezra Sacket and Lydia Lovering, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, on 22 February 1782.^1,2,3 He died aged 74 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, on 19 April 1856⁴ and was buried at Beech Plain Cemetery, Sandisfield, Berkshire County^G.^5,6 He married in about 1801, Sarah "Sally" Hurd, daughter of Daniel Hurd and Rebecca Smith.⁷ Sarah was born in Sandisfield^G on 27 October 1783.⁸ She died there aged 55 on 21 March 1839^9,10 and was buried at Beech Plain Cemetery^G.^5,11
     Ezra was listed in the census in 1810, 1820, and 1830 as a householder in Sandisfield^G.^12,13,14
     Ezra was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in Westfield^G on 1 March 1834. He was to receive a sum of $1.¹⁵
     Ezra was listed in the 1840 census as a householder in Egremont, Berkshire County^G.¹⁶
     In 1855 Ezra was living in Monterey, Berkshire County^G, in the household of Rufus C Fargo, 50, a farmer, and was recorded in the census as Ezra Sackett, aged 72.¹⁷

610. Ezra Sacket, 17__–18__, of Westfield, Mass., son of (191) Ezra and Lydia Lovering Sacket. Of their sons and daughters we have the record of but one.

Child:

1375. Olive Sacket, b. Nov. 15, 1805, d. Sept. 7, 1868; m. (1373) Charles E. Dewey.

Ezra Sackett (1782–1856), Beech Plain Cemetery, Sandisfield, Massachusetts
(Src: Find a Grave, Andy Anderson)

Sarah (Hurd) Sackett (1783–1839), Beech Plain Cemetery, Sandisfield, Massachusetts
(Src: Find a Grave, Andy Anderson)

Children of Ezra Sackett and Sarah "Sally" Hurd

Unnamed son Sacket b. 20 Jan 1802, d. 21 Jan 1802
Sally Sackett b. 16 Jan 1803, d. 17 Mar 1885
Olive Sackett+ b. 15 Nov 1805, d. 7 Sep 1868
Laura Sackett+ b. 15 Aug 1806, d. 22 Nov 1866
Squire Sackett b. 5 Sep 1808, d. 22 Sep 1878
Emeline Sackett+ b. 19 Dec 1810, d. 5 Jul 1850
Lorin Sackett+ b. 15 Nov 1812, d. 15 Oct 1890
Smith Chapel Sackett+ b. 4 Mar 1814, d. 14 Jan 1892
Dolly Ann Sackett b. 4 Jan 1816, d. 30 Sep 1893
John Orvillius Sackett b. 22 Feb 1819, d. 19 May 1833
Caroline Elvira Sackett b. 23 Jun 1820, d. 11 Aug 1883
Coridon Ralph Sackett+ b. 9 Aug 1824, d. 6 Jan 1916

Notes & Citations

Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, B:241.
"Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)", database, American Ancestors, "Sacket, Ezra, s. Ezra & Lydia Lovering, b. Feb. 22, 1782."
Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "610. Ezra Sacket."
"Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910", digital image, American Ancestors, v102, p44, death, "April 19 1856, Ezra Sackett, 74, at Pittsfield, jaundice, widower, farmer, b. Westfield, [parents blank]."
Website Find a Grave.
Gravestone, "Ezra Sackett / died / Apr 19, 1856 / æ 74."
Date of marriage based on birth of first child.
"Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639–1915", database, FamilySearch, "Sarah Hurd, b. Sandisfield, 27 Oct 1783, father Daniel Hurd, mother Rebeccah."
Website Vital Records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, to 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society), death, "Sarah, wife of Ezra [Sackett], Mar. 25, 1839 aged 56 years."
Cooke Collection of Massachusetts genealogical records, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1:302, Pittsfield Sun, 11 Apr 1839, "Died. Sandisfield, Mar. 24, Sarah, wife of Mr. Ezra Sackett, in 56th yr."
Gravestone, "Sarah / wife of / Ezra Sackett / died / March 21, 1839 / æ 56 yrs."
1810 US census, database, American Ancestors, "Ezra Sacket, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts."
1820 US census, database, American Ancestors, "Ezra Sacket, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts."
1830 US census, database, American Ancestors, "Ezra Sacket, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts."
"Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991", digital image, Ancestry.com, Hampden County Probate Court, 1834, Ezra Sacket, case 9705.
1840 US census, database, American Ancestors, "Ezra Sacket, Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts."
1855 Massachusetts state census, digital image, Ancestry.com, Monterey, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Ezra Sackett, 72, b. MA.
[In household of Rufus C Fargo, 50, a farmer]