Cyrus Sackett

Cyrus Sackett, son of Reuben Sacket and Mercy Finney, was born in Kent, Connecticut^G, on 5 January 1764.^1,2 He died aged 82 in Bellbrook, Greene County, Ohio^G, on 13 July 1846. He married in Bourbon County, Kentucky^G, on 10 June 1792, Nancy Anne Stapleton, daughter of Joseph Stapleton and Sarah ___.³ Nancy was born in Maryland^G on 6 March 1768.⁴ She died aged 87 in Bellbrook^G on 18 September 1855⁵ and was buried at the Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Greene County^G.⁵
     Cyrus Sacket served in the American Revolutionary War.
     Cyrus was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made in Sharon, Connecticut^G, on 16 October 1804. He was living some way away and would receive his inheritance if he returned and made claim within five years.
     In 1850 Cyrus's widow was living in Sugar Creek, Greene County, Ohio^G, and was recorded in the census as Nancy Sackett, aged 84 and born in Maryland. She was living next door to her son Alexander.⁶The Sacketts of America