Ann Sackett
(1790-1872)
| Father | John Sackett (1747-1811) |
| Mother | Polly ___ (-c 1794) |
Ann Sackett, daughter of John Sackett and Polly ___, was born in Orange County, New York StateG, on 3 March 1790.1,2,3 She died aged 82 in New York StateG on 12 December 1872 and was buried at Ovid Union Cemetery, Ovid, Seneca County, New York StateG.4,5 She married Elijah Horton.1 Elijah was born in New York StateG on 8 January 1769.6 He died in New York StateG on 22 March 1851 and was buried at Ovid Union CemeteryG.4,7 (Elijah's date of birth is calculated from the age at death, 82-2-14, inscribed on his gravestone. Conflicting evidence, that he was 62 at the 1850 census, suggests he was 20 years younger. Other records to confirm his date of birth have not been found.)8
Ann was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made in Orange County, New York StateG, on 25 September 1810.9
In 1850 Ann was living in Romulus, Seneca County, New York StateG, in the household of her husband Elijah, 62, a farmer, and was recorded in the census as Ann Horton, aged 61 and born in New York.10
In 1860 she was living in RomulusG and was recorded as Ann Horton, a farmer, aged 70 and born in Orange County. Her nephew Samuel L Sackett was living next door.11
In 1870 she was living in RomulusG and was recorded as Ann Horton, aged 80.12 Ann was listed in a schedule of agricultural holdings in RomulusG in 1870 as owner of 38 acres of improved farmland and 12 acres of woodland, valued at $4,000. She owned one milk cow. Crops included wheat, Indian corn, oats, and barley.13
Ann made a will of real and personal estate which was proved at the Surrogate's Court, Seneca Falls, New York StateG, on 2 June 1873 by executor Robert G Ward.14
Ann was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made in Orange County, New York StateG, on 25 September 1810.9
In 1850 Ann was living in Romulus, Seneca County, New York StateG, in the household of her husband Elijah, 62, a farmer, and was recorded in the census as Ann Horton, aged 61 and born in New York.10
In 1860 she was living in RomulusG and was recorded as Ann Horton, a farmer, aged 70 and born in Orange County. Her nephew Samuel L Sackett was living next door.11
In 1870 she was living in RomulusG and was recorded as Ann Horton, aged 80.12 Ann was listed in a schedule of agricultural holdings in RomulusG in 1870 as owner of 38 acres of improved farmland and 12 acres of woodland, valued at $4,000. She owned one milk cow. Crops included wheat, Indian corn, oats, and barley.13
Ann made a will of real and personal estate which was proved at the Surrogate's Court, Seneca Falls, New York StateG, on 2 June 1873 by executor Robert G Ward.14
Ann (Sackett) Horton (1790–1872), Ovid Union Cemetery, Seneca County, New York
(Src: Find a Grave, Denise Crawford)
(Src: Find a Grave, Denise Crawford)
Elijah Horton (1769–1851), Ovid Union Cemetery, Seneca County, New York
(Src: Find a Grave, Denise Crawford)
(Src: Find a Grave, Denise Crawford)
Notes & Citations
- Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "772. Anne Sackett, m. Elijah Horton."
- Jane Thompson-Stahr, The Burling Books: Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers (1600-2000) (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2001), 302.
- Census.
- Find a Grave.
- Gravestone, "Ann/ wife of/ Elijah Horton/ died/ Dec. 12, 1872/ aged/ 82 Yrs 9 M's & 9 D's."
- Date of birth based on age at death.
- Gravestone, "Elijah Horton/ died/ March 22, 1851/ aged/ 82 Yrs 2 M's & 14 D's."
- Elijah's and Ann's adjacent gravestones are matching in style and, being erected more than 20 years after Elijah's death, it would seem possible that an error was made in inscribing his age as 82, the same as Ann's, rather than 62.
- Sacketts of America.
- 1850 United States Federal Census, Roll 597, p 94b
Romulus, Seneca County, New York
Horton, Elijah, 62, farmer, real estate $3000, b. NY
Horton, Ann, 61, b. NY. - 1860 United States Federal Census, Roll M653_861, p 580, FHL film 803861
Romulus, Seneca County, New York
Horton, Ann, 70, farmer, real estate $3000, personal estate $600, b. Orange County.
[Next to nephew S L Sackett] - 1870 United States Federal Census, Roll M593_1093, p 166A, FHL film
Romulus, Seneca County, New York
Horton, Ann, 80, keeping house, real estate $4000, personal estate $760, b. NY. - "U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880" (Ancestry image).
- "New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659–1999" (Ancestry image), letter of administration only, will not attached.
| Sackett line | 6th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet |
| Charts | Line 3a (American) |
| Generation.Tree | 7O.3 |
| Last Edited | 5 Jan 2024 |
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