THE SACKETTS OF AMERICA THEIR ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS 1630-1907 By CHARLES H. WEYGANT, NEWBURGH, N. Y. 1907 Page 1 JOURNAL PRINT, NEWBURGH, N. Y. Page 2 Introductory Statement. When one takes up what purports to be an authentic history of his ancestors and kinsfolk, it is but natural he should want to know who wrote it and how it came to be written. "May I ask whether you are a descendant or a professional genealogist, or what occasions your special interest in the family?" This question embraces the purport of scores of others, asked by intelligent and interested members of the Sackett Clan, from whom I have sought information in the preparation of this book. What so many have inquired about it is to be presumed others would be interested in knowing. In my youth one of my most esteemed schoolmates was Henry McCoun Sackett, an only son who was greatly beloved by his parents and sisters. A retired army officer, residing in the then village of Newburgh, organized a company of boys whom he armed with small muskets and drilled Saturday afternoons in the manual of arms and school of the company. On the organization of this company of embryo soldiers, Henry McCoun Sackett was selected as one of its sergeants, while I had to be content with a corporal's warrant. Several years later came the great civil war. We both entered the army. He was killed in his first battle, and his shellmangled body was hastily buried on the field where he fell, in an unmarked grave. I participated in many battles, was three times wounded in action, and after witnessing the surrender of General Lee's army at Appomattox, brought the battle-scarred survivors of my regiment back to Orange County, N. Y., and disbanded them on Washington's Headquarters grounds at Newburgh. And then was married to Charlotte Sackett, the youngest sister of my schoolboy friend and army comrade. About the year 1870, my honored father-in-law, Samuel Bailey Sackett, related to me this family tradition, which I subsequently found to be in full accord with colonial records of undisputed authenticity: "About ten years after the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Simon and John Sackett, brothers, came from England to Massachusetts, in company with Roger Williams. John Sackett followed Mr. Williams to Rhode Island and Page 3 finally settled at New Haven, becoming the founder of the New Haven branch of the family. Simon Sackett remained in Massachusetts, was one of the founders of the City of Cambridge, and is the progenitor of the Massachusetts and Long Island, N. Y., branches." At the time of receiving this tradition I was made the custodian of many highly prized old family letters, and given access to a rare collection of ancient documents and manuscripts relating to Sacketts of former generations. Some of these antedate the Revolutionary epoch by a quarter of a century, while by far the greater number are of that eventful period; and still others relate to men and events connected with the second war with England. Washington, Heath, Wayne, John Hancock, George Clinton, William Duer, Robert Harper, Eben Hazzard, and James Madison, are among the renowned soldiers, patriots and statesmen, whose signatures are affixed to certain of these letters and documents, which plainly establish the social as well as official standing of the members of the Sackett family to whom they are addressed. No! I am not a descendant or a professional genealogist, but my interest in the Sackett family, awakened and developed by the facts and events narrated, has never waned, and is, in this year of our Lord, 1907, more deeply rooted than at any period since I strove to equal Henry McCoun Sackett in the accuracy and promptness with which he handled his diminutive musket, at the word of command, over fifty years ago. For fully thirty-five years no seasonable opportunity to add to my records of the family has been allowed to pass unimproved; and in the arduous task of gathering the material composing the following pages I have had valuable aid from numerous sources. In 1830, Judge Garry V. Sackett, of Seneca Falls, N. Y., made an extended tour through New England for the express purpose of tracing, by means of ancient gravestone inscriptions and church, town and county records, his ancestral line back to his colonist ancestors. And at his death he left with his descendants and kinsfolk copies of both his original and his radically revised manuscript records of his progenitors and their children, which have served as a basis for later efforts of a more general character. Riker, in his "Annals of Newtown," published in 1852, devotes several pages Page 4 to what may be styled the first printed genealogical record of any branch of the Sackett family in America. And he, in the preface of his book, names Garry V. Sackett, Esq., as one of his authorities. Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary of New England, published in 1862, devotes some two pages to early Sackett records, some of which he credits to the author of the "Annals of Newtown." Lucius P. Paige, in his "History of Cambridge, Mass.," published in 1877, adds some exceedingly interesting data, copied from original records, relating to the colonist Simon Sackett and his immediate family, as well as to other colonists whose descendants intermarried with the descendants of said Simon Sackett. Mr. William W. Sackett, of Wilkes-Barre, Penn., compiled and had published, in 1892, a single line, entitled, "Our Family Record from the year 1675 to 1892." Mr. Marinus Dewey gave to the newspaper press of Westfield, Mass., about the year 1895, several columns of records of Sackett families, who, at an earlier period had resided in that town and its immediate vicinity. All of these records, which are mainly of a genealogical character. I have utilized to the fullest possible extent, rejecting only such items as have been proven misleading or incorrect. In 1895, and for several years thereafter, Fred J. Sackett, Esq., then of Omaha, Neb., and later of Minneapolis, Minn., spent not a little time and money in a systematic gathering of Sackett records, accumulating an extensive collection of family tables and some in teresting biographical notes, all of which he, in 1903, turned over to the writer with full authority to use such of them as circumstances would warrant. In the early part of the year last mentioned, Mr. L. W. Sackett, of Buffalo, N. Y., volunteered to gather for this family history as complete records as could be secured of the descendants of his great-grandfather. Lemuel Sackett, who was born at Westfield, Mass., in 1758; and with persistent effort carried his undertaking to a commendable conclusion. I am also indebted for valuable assistance and reliable collections of data to Mr. James DeLong Sackett, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. Porter D. Ford, of Richmond Hill, N. Y.; Miss F. Adelaide Sackett, of Hartford, Conn.; Adjutant General F. M. Sackett, of Providence, R. I.; the late Mrs. T. S. Bryon, of East Poultney, Vt.; Mr. W. W. Sackett, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Penn.; Miss Amy C. Kenyon, Page 5 of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. F. J. Sackett, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Marcus Sackett, Esq., of Silver Creek, N. Y.; Hon. Leonard B. Sackett, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Mr. Charles W. Sackett, of Addison, N. Y.; Mr. James H. Sackett, of Katskill, New Mexico; Mr. Mark Hall, or Ogden City, Utah; Miss Anne C. Gott, of Irondequoit, N. Y., and Mr. C. H. Clark, of Toronto, Canada. Many other interested members of the clan have contributed bible records, genealogical tables, and interesting items of family history. Of the hundreds of printed volumes examined, in my search for reliable biographical data, those commanding my closest attention have been the New York. Massachusetts and Connecticut records of soldiers of the Revolution and earlier and later wars. As the publication of some of these are of recent date, it is hoped the additional value given to not a few of the biographical notes and sketches printed in this book, will, by reason of extracts from them, in a great measure, offset the annoyance caused to many contributors and correspondents by the unavoidable delay in publishing it. CHARLES H. WEYGANT. NEWBURGH, N. Y., Mar. 14, 1907. Page 6 The Sackets, Sacketts and Sackvilles, of England. The colonist ancestors of the Sackets and Sacketts of America came from England. The Sackets, Sacketts and Sackvilles of England trace descent from a common ancestor whose forebears were natives of Normandy. Before taking up the biographical and genealogical records of the family in America, a few pages may well be devoted to their English kinsfolk. While proper names, distinguishing one person from another, have been in use from time immemorial, surnames are not met with in recorded history until near the close of the 10th century of the Christian Era. They were first used in Normandy, and did not come into general use in England until about the middle of the 15th century. It is a self-evident fact that surnames were derived from various sources--from articles and terms used in commerce and navigation, from localities, from objects of nature, animals, colors, avocations, and not unfrequently from combinations of two or more objects or terms. And after a surname had once been adopted by the head of a family it was no uncommon practice on the part of his descendants to drop, add to, alter or change a final letter or syllable for the purpose of distinguishing one branch from another. Early English pursuits were mainly pastoral. The chief staple was wool, and to export this in an unmanufactured state was the practice. Then, as now, wool was shipped in sacks. It is recorded in the histories of England that in 1340, King Edward III was granted thirty thousand sacks of wool to enable him to carry on the French war. In the records of those early days the name of Adam le Sackere (Adam the sacker) is met with, as one busied, not in the care of flocks or shearing of sheep, but in the purchase and exporting of wool. This man, whose father or grandfather came into England with William the Conqueror, is recognized by the Sackets. Sacketts and Sackvilles of England, as their common ancestor. Just when, or under what circumstances, the most prominent branch of the family in England changed the last syllable of their name from "et" or "ett" to "ville," is unknown to the writer. But few families in America have played a more important part Page 7 in founding, developing and maintaining this mighty republic, than the descendants of the colonists, Simon Sackett of Cambridge, Mass., and John Sackett, of New Haven, Conn. Meantime, in these respects, the name Sackville has, in America, gradually become an unknown quantity. But in England the credit of greater prominence rests with the Sackville branch of the family. "EDWARD SACKVILLE, fourth Earl of Dorset," writes Lord Clarendon, "was born in London in 1590. His person was beautiful, and graceful, and vigorous; his wit pleasing, sparkling and sublime, and his other parts of learning and language of that lustre that he could not miscarry in the world." Lodge adds, "He was indeed one of the most accomplished orators of his time, and was held in high respect for the independence and purity of his principles. He had a command in the forces sent to the Palatinate in 1620, and fought in the decisive battle of Prague. The following year he was employed on a mission to the Queen Regent of France, and on his return was sworn of the Privy Council. On the accession of King Charles, he was chosen a Knight of the Garter and appointed Lord Chamberlain to the Queen." "THOMAS SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset," says Lodge in his Portraits of Illustrious personages of Great Britain, "was born in 1636, and educated at Oxford and Cambridge. He was the first poet, and one of the first statesmen of his time; and the biographer who would profess to celebrate his fame with justice, should be at once a poet and an historian, a politician and a critic. He was the only son of Sir Richard Sackville, a lineal descendant of one of the Norman band which accompanied William the Conqueror to England; Chancellor of the Court of Augmentation under Edward the Sixth, and in the two following reigns, and a Privy Councillor to Mary and Elizabeth, the last of whom he served also in the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. This gentleman was nearly related to Elizabeth, for he was the first cousin by his mother to Anne Boleyn." GEORGE SACKVILLE, Viscount, son of Lional Sackville, the first Duke of Dorset, was born January 26, 1717. He entered the army, Page 8 served under the Duke of Cumberland and was wounded in the breast at the famous battle of Fontenoy. In 1758 he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant General and was Privy Councilor. In the expedition to Germany that year in aid of the King of Prussia, he was appointed second in command of the English forces, under the Duke of Marlborough. On the death of the latter before the close of the year the command in chief devolved on Lord George. He held that office until the memorable battle of Minden, Aug. 1st, 1759, when, in consequence of some misunderstanding between himself and Prince Ferdinand, he returned to England in disgrace. Lady Betty Germain, at her death in 1769, left her property to Lord George Sackville, on condition of his assuming her surname, which he did accordingly. After the accession of George the Third, he was again received at court, and on November 10th, 1775, was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies. This position he held throughout the long conflict which ended in the colonies' achievement of independence and permanent establishment as the United States of America. No authentic records have as yet been discovered which establish beyond question the name of the father of Simon and John Sackett, the colonist founders of the Sackett clan in America. The generally accepted tradition is that they came to Massachusetts Bay Colony, from the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. But was their ancestral home located there? It is established by official records that Simon Sackett was one of the founders of Newtown, Mass., which became the City of Cambridge, and is now an integral part of Greater Boston, and that his brother. John Sackett, became a resident of New Haven, Conn. In the early records of both Cambridge and New Haven, the name is invariably spelled "S-a-c-k-e-t-t." J. N. Clark, Esq., register of the University of Cambridge, England, replying to a letter addressed to him by Fred J. Sackett. Esq., formerly of Omaha. Nebraska, and later of Minneapolis, Minn., says: "I find the following persons of the name of Sacket on the Registers of this University: GEORGE SACKET, Sidney Sussex College, A. B., 1617; A. M., 1621; B. D., 1628, from S. Johns, Coll. STEPHEN SACKET, Sidney Sussex College, A. B., 1624; A. M., 1628. Page 9 GEORGE SACKET, Sidney Sussex College, A. B., 1650; A. M., 1654. GEORGE SACKET, Sidney Sussex College, A. B., 1661; A. M., 1665. JOHN SACKET, Corpus Christi College, A. B., 1690; A. M., 1694. After this, no persons of the name appears and I cannot give you any further particulars." It will be observed that these names are all spelled "S-a-c-k-e-t." and so far as ascertained that is the way in which the name is spelled at and in the vicinity of Cambridge, Eng. In the "Genealogies of Kent." we find records of marriages as follows: "Thomas Claybrooke of Swaleleave, to Margaret, daughter of John Sackett"; "Hannah, daughter of Samuel Tritton, to Richard Sackett," and "Sarah, granddaughter of Richard Sackett, to Robert Tonelin of Sackett's Court, near Northdown"--all spelled "S-a-c-k-e-t-t." In "London Marriage Licenses" we find a record of marriage of "John Sackette, of Folkstone, Kent, A. M., bachelor, and Margaret Tempest, spinster, of Patricksborne, Kent, 24 Oct., 1702." In 1716, this John S-a-c-k-e-t-t-e wrote a scientific work, entitled. "Sinking of the Earth near Folkstone, Kent." which attracted the attention of scholars throughout Europe and America. In the "restoration of the church of St. Nicholas at Wade Thenet, in 1876." brass plates were discovered on removal of the pews, bearing these quaint inseriptions: "Here lyeth huried the body of John Sacket, so' time of the P'ishe of S. Nicholas at Wade, hou died the xxii daye of Juine A' Ve D'ni 1588, whose soule we hope God take he to hys marcie." "Here lyeth buried the body of Jhane Knooler, late wife of John Sacket and Richard Enitage. By the forsaid Richard Enitage she had issue two sons and two daughters, the which said Jhane deceased the 6 of January A'no D'ni 1603." The branch of the family in England who spell their name S-a-c-k-e-t-t-e does not appear to be represented in the United States. The entire clan in America--barring the few Sackvilles--seem to be lineal descendants of either Simon or John Sackett, the colonists of 1630-31. We regret exceedingly our inability to state, with any degree of certainty, just where in England the ancestral home of the colonists Page 10 Simon and John Sackett, was located, or from which branch of the family they are descended. It is claimed, however, that the armorial bearing of the Earls and Dukes of Dorset were, in a somewhat modified form, conferred on the father or grandfather of the common ancestor of the clan, Adam le Sackere. Page 11 THE SACKETTS OF AMERICA: Their Ancestors and Descendants. GENERATION I. 1. SIMON SACKETT, 160?-1635. On December 1, 1630, the ship Lyon, laden with provisions consigned to colonists who had the preceding year accompanied or followed Lord John Winthrop to New England, sailed from the seaport city of Bristol. The passenger list of the Lyon on this particular voyage contained 26 names--a little band of well-to-do Puritan colonists who had voluntarily left comfortable homes in the land of their birth, where liberty to worship God in accordance with the dictates of conscience was by law denied them, and were seeking new places of abode, with such fortune as might await them on the rugged shores and in the primeval forests of the New World. Among the heads of families of this pioneer band were Roger Williams, Simon Sackett. John Sackett, John Throkmorton and Nicholas Bailey. The family of Simon Sackett included his wife, Isabel, and their infant son, Simon Sackett, Jr. This midwinter voyage of the ship Lyon was unusually severe. She did not reach Nantasket Roads, off Boston town, the port of her destination, until February 5, 1631. About a month previous to her arrival. Governor Winthrop, Deputy Governor Dudley, and the "Assistants," to whom, and their successors, King Charles had committed the charter government of Massachusetts Bay Colony, had formally selected, a few miles from Boston, on the Charles River, a site for a new town, which it was their avowed purpose to fortify and make the permanent seat of government. It was understood and agreed that the Governor. Deputy Governor, and six of the eight assistants, should each erect on the site selected a permanent house, suitable for the accommodation of his family, in time to spend the following winter there. But shortly thereafter several of the assistants became deeply interested in private business projects at Boston and other settlements and neglected to carry out their part of the agreement. The undertaking was not, however, Page 12 abandoned or long delayed, for in the spring of 1631, Winthrop, Dudley and Bradstreet, together with six other "principal gentlemen," including Simon Sackett, "commenced the execution of the plan" by erecting substantial dwellings. The house built and occupied by Simon Sackett and his family stood on the north side of what is now Winthrop Street, in the centre of the block, between Brighton and Dunster Streets. From the commencement of the settlement records were made of the "agreements of its inhabitants" touching matters of mutual interest, as well as of the public acts of town officials--all of which have been preserved to the present day. Wood, in his "New England's Prospects," written in the latter part of 1633, gives the following description of the place, which at that time was called Newtown, but three years later was re-christened Cambridge: "This is one of the neatest and best compacted towns in New England, having many fair structures, with many handsome contrived streets. The inhabitants, most of them, are very rich and well stored with cattle of all sorts, having many hundred acres of land poled in with general fence, which is about a mile and a half long, which secures all their weaker cattle from the wild beasts." Newtown did not, however, become the permanent seat of government of Massachusetts Bay Colony, but it did become, is to-day, and will undoubtedly long remain the seat of America's most famous university. In the founding and laying out of this embryo "city in the wilderness," Simon Sackett was a potent factor, but the exposure and privations of his mid-winter voyage on the ship Lyon had undermined his health, which continued to decline until October, 1635, when he died. On the third day of November following, widow Isabel Sackett was granted, by the court, authority to administer on his estate. At same session of court, the memorable decree was entered which banished Roger Williams from the colony. Mrs. Williams had come to Newtown with her husband on that occasion, "he being in feeble health," and it is altogether probable they were entertained at the home of their bereaved friend and fellow passenger on their voyage from England, whose dwelling was convenient to the public building where the court was held. Widow Sackett's name appears on the Newtown records for the last time under date of February 8, 1636. In June of that year the Page 13 Rev. Hooker's congregation, having either sold or leased their dwellings, removed to Connecticut--widow Sackett and her boys forming part of the migrating company. Dr. Trumble gives the following account of their journey: "About the beginning of June, 1636, Mr. Hooker and about 100 men, women and children took their departure from Newtown and traveled more than a hundred miles through a hideous wilderness to Hartford. They made their journey over mountains, through swamps, thickets and rivers, which were not passable but with great difficulty. They had no cover but the heavens, nor any lodgings but those that simple nature offered them. They drove with them 160 head of cattle and carried their packs and some utensils. This adventure was the more remarkable, as many of the company were persons of figure, who had lived in England in honor, affluence and delicacy, and were entire strangers to fatigue and danger." After Mr. Hooker's migrating company had become established at Hartford, widow Isabel Sackett became the second wife of William Bloomfield. Simon Sackett and his wife Isabel were the parents of: 3. SIMON SACKETT, b. 1630, d. July 9, 1659; m. Sarah Bloomfield. 4. JOHN SACKETT, b. 1632, d. Oct. 8, 1719; m. Abigail Hanuum. 2 JOHN SACKETT, colonist, and founder of the New Haven branch of the Sackett family, came to New England, from Bristol, England, with his brother Simon, on the ship Lyon, in the winter of 1630-31. He brought with him his son, John Sackett, Jr., who at the time was about three years of age. No record of any other member of his immediate family has been found. Either before leaving England, or during his tedious mid-winter voyage hither, he became strongly attached to the brilliant and popular non-conformist minister, Roger Williams, whom he followed first to Plymouth settlement and afterwards to Rhode Island. Tiring of life in the wilderness he made his way to New Haven settlement, in the records of which he is mentioned as early as 1640 and as late as 1684. On October 6, of the year last mentioned, he filed an inventory of the estate of "John Sackett, Jr." Child. 5. JOHN SACKETT, JR., b. about 1628, d. Sept. 3, 1684; m. Agnes Tinkham. Page 14 GENERATION II. 3. SIMON SACKETT, 1630-1659, son of (1) Simon Sackett and his wife Isabel, was born in England and brought to New England by his parents before he was one year old. About the year 1652 he was married to his step-father's daughter, SARAIL BLOOMFIELD, who had been his companion and playmate from early childhood. His home at the time of his marriage was at Springfield, Mass. The records of that town show that in 1653 he was granted several town lots as an inducement to make it his permanent place of abode, that on March 15, 1653, he purchased from "William Brooks 20 acres of land fronting on ye Great River," and that on March 13, 1653, he subscribed to the "Oath of Fidelity." So far as known he continued to reside at Springfield on the banks of "ye Great River" to the day of his death. WILLIAM BLOOMFIELD, 1604-1664, the father of Sarah Bloomfield Sackett, was born in England. In 1634 he sailed for New England in the ship Elisabeth, which left Yarmouth in the month of April and reached Boston the following June. He brought with him his wife Sarah, aged 25, and their only child, an infant daughter, named for her mother, aged about one year. The Bloomfields on disembarking at Boston seem to have proceeded immediately to the comfortable home of Simon Sackett, at Newtown. The two families doubtless had been neighbors and friends in England, and they were destined to become more closely united in the New World. Sarah, wife of William Bloomfield, probably died soon after their arrival at Newtown. The records show conclusively that William Bloomfield did not remain for any considerable length of time in Newtown after Mr. Hooker and his congregation removed to Hartford. Paige, in his "History of Cambridge," states that William Bloomfield was there in 1635, and removed to Hartford, Conn. Hartley's "Hartford in the Olden Time" records the fact that William Bloomfield, as a citizen of that town, participated, in 1637, with Captain Mason and his ally, the Indian Chief Uncus, in their short and decisive campaign of extermination against the Pequots. The Newtown, Mass., records show that in 1638 William Bloomfield transferred to Robert Stedman the house and lot "on the north side of Winthrop Street, between Dunster and Brighton Streets," Page 15 which property, according to Paige's "Map of Cambridge in 1635," was the Sackett Homestead. "Porter's Map of Hartford in 1640," shows the dwelling of William Bloomfield in the centre of a spacious corner lot near "Little River." on road from "Mill to Country." The historical catalogue of First Church of Hartford records the fact that William Bloomfield and family remained there until 1648, when they removed to New London. It is not known how long they remained at New London, but in 1656 they were at Springfield, Mass., and shortly thereafter at Middleberg, Long Island, where for the remainder of his life William Bloomfield was recognized as a leading citizen. In 1663, when the English towns of New Netherland rebelled against Dutch authority, the civil affairs of Middleberg were by the choice of the inhabitants placed in charge of William Bloomfield and five other "trusted citizens." Children of Simon Sackett and Sarah Bloomfield. 6. SAMUEL SACKETT, baptized at Springfield, Mass., in 1653. 7. JOSEPH SACKETT, b. Feb. 23, 1656, d. Sept. 23, 1719; m. 1st, Elizabeth Betts. 4 JOHN SACKET,(*) 1632-1719, son of (1) Simon Sackett and his wife Isabel, was, so far as known, the first white child born in Newtown (now Cambridge), Mass. In 1653 he became a resident of Springfield, Mass., receiving from the town commissioners a gift of four pieces of land, agreeable to an ordinance passed to encourage the speedy settlement of that place. On November 23, 1659, he was married to ABIGAIL HANNUM, 1640-1690, daughter of WILLIAM HANNUM (colonist), and his wife, HONOR CAPEN, of Dorchester, Windsor and Northampton. A short time after date of his marriage to Abigail Hannum. John Sacket sold his land at Springfield and removed to property he had purchased some fifteen miles up the Connecticut River at Northampton. There he and his family lived until 1665, when he again sold out and moved to a farm purchased of one Chapin near Westfield, on what are now called Sacket's Meadows. Mr. Sacket's removal to Westfield was at the date of the first permanent settlement of that town, (*)This John Sackett dropped the final "t" in signing his name and several generations of his descendants followed his example, but nearly all of his living descendants have resumed its use. Page 16 and about ten years previous to the commencement of King Philip's Indian wars. There Mr. Sacket built a house and barn, both of which were burned, Oct. 27, 1675, by the Indians, who, at the same time, destroyed a large amount of other property, and drove off his cattle. He rebuilt his house and barn, and also erected a saw mill on a creek which ran through his farm and emptied into the Waronoco (now Westfield) River. The building of a dam on this creek was the occasion of a vexatious lawsuit, brought against him by Thomas, Jedediah and Jonah Dewey, who claimed that by reason of Sacket's saw mill dam the water was backed up on their grist mill. The case was tried at Springfield before a jury, who found for plaintiff, but the court in giving judgment, recited that it was a hard case for the defendant, and "therefore ordered that the plaintiffs should, with a hired man and oxen, work with said Sacket 9 days in taking down and removing said dam." At a town meeting held in 1672 at Westfield, John Sacket was chosen a selectman, and as late as 1693 he held the same office. Abigail Hannum Sacket died October 9, 1690, and about a year later John Sacket was married to SARAH, daughter of JOHN STILES and widow of John Stewart of Springfield. He continued to reside on his Westfield farm to the day of his death. His will, dated in 1718, and probated in 1719, reads as follows: IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the tenth day of May in the year of our Lord God 1718. I John Sacket Sen'r. of Westfield in the county of Hampshire in ye Province of ye Massachusetts Bay, in New England, being aged and under the decays of nature, but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God therefor, calling unto mind the mortality of my body, & knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament, yt is to say principally & first of all I give & recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it, and as for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christianlike & decent manner at the direction of my Executors, nothing doubting but at ye Gen'll Reserection I shall receive the same again by ye mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give and devise & dispose of the same in the following way and manner Imprimus, I give and bequeath to SARAH MY WELL BELOVED WIFE, all the use & improvement of all my Estate both real and personal during the whole of her natural life if she shall outlive me, that is to say, all that I shall be possessed of at my decease. Imp'rs, I give to my son JOHN SACKET five shillings, and to my son Page 17 WILLIAM'S CHILDREN five shillings, and my son SAMUEL SACKET'S CHILDREN 5 shillings. Imp'rs, I give to WILLIAM SACKET MY GRANDSON, the son of SAM'LL SACKET deceased, after myself and my wives decease, my Team and Tackling & all ye furniture thereunto belonging and two plows, cart wheels & all belonging unto them, and a harrow & what belongs to it, and I likewise make & ordain him viz--my grandson WILLIAM SACKET, Executor of this my last Will & Testament. Imp'rs, After my own and my wives decease I give to my well beloved daughters viz--HANNAH MERRYMAN, MARY MAUDSLEY and ABIGAIL KING all the remainder of my movable estate in an equal division amongst them all, excepting my great brass Kettle the which I give to my daughter MARY MAUDSLEY, above her share in the movables, to be at their own disposal. Further--This may inform all concerned that all my lands are disposed of by deed of gift, therefore no Inventory to be taken of them. Imp'rs, I give to RACHEL STILES a cow and a pair of sheets. And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke & disannul all and every other former Testaments, Wills, & Legacies, Bequests & executors by me in any way before this time named, willed and bequeathed. Rattifying & Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in ye day & year above written. Signed Sealed Published Pronounced & Declared by ye s'd John Sacket as his last Will & Testament. In Presence of us ye subscribers, viz: JOHN ROOT, JEDEDIAH DEWEY, JOSEPH SACKET. JOHN SACKET(S) Hampshire s.s.; Springfield May 20, 1719. John Root, Jedediah Dewey & Joseph Sacket, the witnesses of the foregoing will appeared before me underwritten, Judge of ye Probate of wills & co for ye County afores'd made oath that they saw John Sacket subscribe unto the foregoing instrument, Sign Seal Publish & Pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and Testament, and that he was of sound mind & Periect memory when he did it to the best of their understanding. Which s'd Will I approve & allow of and do appoint JOHN SACKET ye son of ye said deceased to be an administrator on ye said will with ye Executor in the said will named till ye said Executor comes of ye age of twenty one years. SAMUEL PARTRIDGE Children of John Sacket and Abigail Hannum. 8. JOHN SACKET, b. Nov. 4, 1660; d. Dec. 20, 1745; m. Deborah Filley. 9. WILLIAM SACKET, b. Apr. 20, 1662; d. Mar. 28, 1700; m. Hannah Graves. 10. ABIGAIL SACKET, b. Dec. 1, 1663; d. July 3, 1683; m. John Noble. 11. Mary Sacket, b. in year 1665; d. Nov. 19, 1667. 12. HANNAH SACKET, b. Mar. 7, 1669; d. Aug. 30, 1749; m. 2d, Ben. Newbury. 13. MARY SACKET, b. June 8, 1672; d. in year 1729; m. Benj. Moseley. 14. SAMUEL SACKET, b. Sept. 16, 1674; d. Nov. 8, 1709; m. Elizabeth Bissell. Page 18 15. Elizabeth Sacket, b. May 27, 1677; d. June 16, 1682. 16. ABIGAIL SACKET, b. in year 1683; d. Sept. 1721; m. David King. 5 JOHN SACKETT, JR., 16??-1684, of New Haven, Conn., son of (2) John the colonist, was born in England and brought to New England by his father in 1631. He was at the time about three years of age. Very little is known of his boyhood days. In 1646 he was a member of the New Haven Train Band. The general court of that year first brought him to notice and gave him a place in the recorded history of Connecticut by fining him six cents "for wanting a rest at a training he attended." A rest was a stick crotched at one end which was used to steady the heavy musket then in use when taking aim. On May 20, 1652, he was married to AGNES TINKHAM, who probably was a younger sister of the colonist Ephraim Tinkham, of Plymouth settlement. He remained a resident of New Haven until his death in 1684. The records there show that on October 6, 1684, "John Sackett" made and filed an inventory of the estate of "John Sackett, Junior." Agnes Tinkham Sackett died at New Haven in the early part of the year 1707. An inventory of her estate was filed on April 25th of that year by her grandson, Lieut. Joseph Sackett, who had previously been appointed administrator of her husband's estate. The records also show that on July 8, 1712, Lieut. Joseph Sackett made a final accounting of said estates and was discharged from his bonds. Children of John Sackett and Agnes Tinkham. 17. JOHN SACKETT, b. Apr. 30, 1653; d. in year 1703; m. Mary Woodin 18. JONATHAN SACKETT, b. June 6, 1655; d. ; m. Hannah 19. Mary Sackett, b. Sept. 24, 1657. 20. JOSEPH SACKETT, b. Mar. 2, 1660; m. 21. Martha Sackett, b. Sept. 19, 1662; d. Sept. 3, 1684. GENERATION III. 6. SAMUEL SACKETT, born and christened at Springfield, Mass., in 1653, was the oldest child of (3) Simon and Sarah Bloomfield Sackett. No further record of him has been found and it is probable that he died in infancy and was buried at Springfield. Page 19 7 CAPT. JOSEPH SACKETT, 1656-1719, son of (3) Simon and Sarah Bloomfield Sackett, was born at Springfield, Mass. After the death of his father in 1659 his childhood home appears to have been with the family of his grandfather Bloomfield. From early manhood to old age he was a resident of Newtown, Long Island, N. Y., where for many years he was a member "in full communion" and office bearer in the Presbyterian Church. His name appears frequently in lists of Road Commissioners, Assessors, Collectors and Supervisors of his town. The Colonial and Documentary Histories of New York show that he was commissioned by successive Governors of the Colony as Ensign, Lieutenant and Captain of Long Island troops. His name is also to be found in lists of recipients of Royal Patents or land grants, and of commissioners selected and appointed to adjust town and county boundary disputes, so prevalent and troublesome in the early history of New York and Connecticut. Capt. Joseph Sackett was thrice married. His first wife, who was the mother of all but one of his children, was ELIZABETH BETTS, daughter of CAPT. RICHARD BETTS. The name of his second wife, who lived but a short time after the date of her marriage, is unknown. His third wife, to whom he was married in 1711, was MERCY WHITEHEAD, widow of Capt. Thomas Betts, a brother of his first wife. CAPT. RICHARD BETTS, the father of Elisabeth, the first wife of Capt. Joseph Sackett, was born in Hertferdshire. England, in the year 1613. He came to New England about the year 1635, and in 1636 settled in Newtown. Mass., from which place, prior to 1642, he removed to Ipswich, where he remained until about 1654, when he removed to and became a permanent resident of Newtown, Long Island, N. Y. There he soon acquired prominence and influence, and for upwards of half a century participated largely in public affairs. In the revolution of 1663 he bore a zealous part, and after the conquest of New Netherlands by the English was a member from Newtown of the Provisional Assembly held at Hempstead in 1665. He was "High Sheriff of Yorkshire, upon Long Island," from 1678 to 1681. For a long series of years he was a magistrate, and several times a member of the "High Court of Assise," then the supreme power of the Colony. His name is honorably mentioned in upwards of thirty distinct paragraphs on the pages Page 20 of "Riker's Annals of Newtown," the last of which reads as follows: "The last survivor of the original purchasors, Capt. Richard Betts, died on November 18, of this year" (1713) "at the patriarchal age of a hundred years. None in the township has been so eminent as he for commanding influence and valuable public service. His remains were interred on his own estate at the English Kills, on the 20th, with a funeral service by Mr. Poyer, rector of Jamaica Parish." DANIEL WHITEHEAD, 1603-1668, the grandfather of Mercy Whitehead, the third wife of Capt. Joseph Sackett, was the founder of the Long Island branch of the Whitehead family. He came to New England with the early colonists and migrated to Long Island, N. Y., during or previous to the year 1647, under which date his name appears among the proprietors of Hempstead. In 1650 he purchased land in Smithtown, and later, in Oyster Bay, in Huntington, and on Lloyds Neck. Riker says that "he located at Mespot Kills, was a reputable citizen and one of the seven persons to whom the first Newtown Patent was granted." He was chosen a town surveyor in 1668 and died on his farm at Mespot Kills in November of that year. He was at the time of his death one of the two Overseers, or Chief Magistrates of the town. MAJOR DANIEL WHITEHEAD, son of above and father of Mercy Whitehead (Betts) Sackett, was married to ABIGAIL STEPHENSON, daughter of THOMAS STEPHENSON, and settled in Jamaica, of which town he was one of the patentees. According to local historians he was a man of enterprise and wealth. Politically he was a Jacobite. The ancient records show that he was a magistrate, a member of the committee of safety, a representative in the Colonial Assembly and a trustee of the parish church. His will, dated November 13, 1703, and proved October 30, 1704, disposes of land in Jamaica, Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Flushing, Orange County and Suffolk County, all in the Colony of New York. In the list of grievances enumerated in the historic anonymous pamphlet published in New York and republished in London in 1700, attacking Leysler's administration, the following appears: "On the 13th of January this usurper Leysler, sends under the command of Lieut. Churchill twenty soldiers over to Long Island, the next day they come to Jamaica, where they in a violent manner by force of arms broke open the house of Mr. Daniel Whitehead, one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace appointed by our Governor Sir Edward Andros, and being entered into the house they in like manner aforesaid broke open several chests Page 21 and boxes, but found not what they looked for and so returned the next day without doing any more mischief as we yet hear of." On May 19th following, Stephen Van Cortlandt, Mayor of New York, in writing to Sir Edward Andres an account of the progress of the Leysler revolution, mentions the fact that he, with Captain Jackson, Daniel Whitehead and several others had been obliged to "flye from their homes to escape imprisonment at the hands of Leisler." When in 1711 Capt. Joseph Sackett and Mercy Whitehead (Betts) were married, the former was 55 years of age and had 10 children, while the latter was about 48 years of age and had 9 children. These, with their son Samuel, born to them in 1712, made an even score. Sixteen of the number married and had children, and nearly all the sons as well as the husbands of the daughters became men of prominence in their day and generation; while among their descendants have been Governors of States, Cabinet Officers, Bishops, Authors of note, Judges, Generals and Ministers of the United States to the principal Courts of Europe. Capt. Joseph Sackett's will, dated September 20, 1719, and admitted to probate December 22 following, is witnessed by Nathaniel Woodward and Peter Berrian. It reads as follows: "IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I JOSEPH SACKETT of Newtown, in Queens County, being sick and weak * * * I leave to my wife MERCY the use of all lands and meadows which I leave to my son SAMUEL, until he comes of age, and all the wearables she brought with her when married, and œ30, and 2 cows and some young cattle. I leave to my son JOSEPH a certain lot of land and meadow bounded west by the land of Thomas Betts, north by the middle ditch, east by the land of Joshua Hunt, and north by the road. And he shall pay to my daughter SARAH, alias MOORE œ20, and to my daughter PATIENCE SACKETT œ10. I leave to my children JOSEPH, RICHARD, JOHN, WILLIAM, SAMUEL, SARAH MOORE, ABIGAIL ALSOP and PATIENCE SACKETT and the children of my daughter ELIZABETH deceased, all my land and meadows at Hopewell and Maidenhead in Huntingdon County, New Jersey, my son JOSEPH to have a double share. I leave to my son JOHN a certain lot of land and meadow adjoining the narrow passage running eastward, adjoining the land of Joseph Hollett and Joseph Moore and running due eastward to a ditch and piece of meadow that was formerly Samuel Moore's, and south easterly 'till it meets a small ditch that joins a fence running southerly to the road that leads to Hellgate Neck. Also another lot lying on the south side of said road that leads along by Newtown Spring to the Kills and the land of John Sanders. I leave my son WILLIAM a lot of land with the house and buildings lying Page 22 on the south side of the road, bounded east by the land of John Wright and Thomas Hunt, south by the meadow ditch, west by the land of Widow Moore and the piece hereinafter devised to SAMUEL SACKETT. Also 3 lots of land. The first bounded west and north by land of Job Wright, east by land of Nathaniel Woodward, and south by the road. The second being the lot called the Old lot, bounded west by the land of William Moore, north by land of Peter Berrean * * * and south by the highway. The third lot being upland and meadow, bounded northwesterly by the middle ditch, north by Thomas Stephenson, southeast by the highway and lying near the house of Benjamin Cornish. Also another lot of land and meadow, beginning at a certain road that leads by the side of the house of John Sackett going down the east side of the cleared land as the fence now stands to a certain ditch, and all the land and meadow that lies east of it, belonging to me. I leave to my son SAMUEL all my manshon where I now dwell, with all the buildings, and the lot of land and garden and orchards, and all that land that I had of my uncle Daniel Bloomfield joining my said land near the * * * and westward to the land of Nathaniel Woodward. Also a lot of land over against my said land being ten rods wide and running down to a small ditch in the meadows bounded west by land of said Woodward and the Widow Moore. Also another lot of land and meadow lying at the end of said town, bounded on two sides by the highway, and on the other two sides by the land of Benjamin Moore and George Reynolds. I leave to my sons WILLIAM and SAMUEL a certain lot of land lying at a certain swamp called Juniper Swamp, bounded east by the highway, north by land that was Edward Hunt's and George Brinkerhoff's, west by land that was Edward Hunt's. I leave to my sons JOHN, WILLIAM and SAMUEL all my upland and meadow lying between the land of ---- Field and Flushing Creek, near the head thereof. I leave to my son JOHN the time Hugh McCarty has to live with me by his indenture. I leave to my son WILLIAM and my daughter PATIENCE each a bed. I leave the rest of my personal property to my children WILLIAM, PATIENCE. RICHARD, SARAH, JOSEPH, ANNE MOORE and ABIGAIL ALSOP. I make my sons JOSEPH and WILLIAM executors. JOSEPH SACKETT(S). Children of Capt. Joseph Sackett and Elizabeth Betts. 22. SIMON SACKETT, b. in 1678, d. in 1718; m. a Miss McGaw. 23. JOSEPH SACKETT, b. in 1680, d. Sept. 27, 1755; m. Hannah Alsop. 24. ANNE SACKETT, b. in 1681, d. Sept. 30, 1757; m. Benjamin Moore. 25. ELIZABETH SACKETT, b. in 1683, d. Sept. 1716; m. Joseph Moore. 26. RICHARD SACKETT, b. in 1686, d. May 8, 1737; m. Elizabeth Kirtland. 27. JOHN SACKETT, b. in 1688, d. Dec. 31, 1728; m. Elizabeth Field. 28. SARAH SACKETT, b. in 1689, d. in 1766; m. Joseph Moore. 29. ABIGAIL SACKETT, b. in 1695, d. Dec. 8, 1751; m. John Alsop. 30. WILLIAM SACKETT, b. in 1696, d. Aug. 29, 1761; m. Mary Jones. 31. PATIENCE SACKETT, b. in 1700, d. in 1772; m. John Lawrence. Page 23 Child of Capt. Joseph Sackett and Mercy Whitehead (Betts). 32. SAMUEL SACKETT, b. Mar. 2, 1712, d. June 5, 1784; m. Hannah Hazard. 8. JOHN SACKET, 1660-1745, of Weathersfield, Mass., son of (4) John and Abigail Hannum Sacket, was married, Dec. 1, 1686, to DEBORAH FILLEY, 1661-1701, daughter of WILLIAM FILLEY and his wife Margaret, of Windsor, Conn. On May 17, 1702, he was married by Joseph Haley, Justice of the Peace, to MAHITABLE DANKS, widow of John Harris and daughter of ROBERT DANKS and his wife ELIZABETH SWIFT. Children of John Sacket and Deborah Filley. 33. JOHN SACKET, b. Mar. 3, 1688, d. ; m. Sarah Macerany. 34. ABIGAIL SACKET, b. Oct. 16, 1690, d. ; m. Capt. Griswold. 35. DANIEL SACKET, b. Aug. 14, 1693, d. Feb. 9, 1776; m. Mary Weiler. 36. David Sacket, b. July 7, 1696. 37. BENJAMIN SACKET, b. Oct. 31, 1698, d. 1753; m. (62) Thankful King. 38. DEBORAH SACKET, b. Nov. 16, 1701. Children of John Sacket and Mahitable Danks (Harris). 39. ISAAC SACKET, b. Feb. 14, 1703, d. Oct. 29, 1773; m. Elizabeth Shepard. 40. Ezra Sacket, b. in 1704, d. May 13, 1706. 41. ISRAEL SACKET, b. Mar. 6, 1706, d. in 1786. 42. ELEAKIM SACKET, b. Mar. 12, 1712, d. in 1764; m. Bethesda Fowler. 43. MARY SACKET, b. Mar. 5, 1715. 9. WILLIAM SACKET, 1662-1700, of Westfield, Mass., son of (4) John and Abigail Hannum Sacket, was married December 26, 1687, to SARAH CRAIN, who a short time thereafter died without issue. In 1689 he was married to HANNAH GRAVES, daughter of ISAAC GRAVES and HANNAH CHURCH. In the winter of 1699-1700 he was drowned in the Connecticut River near Deerfield on his return from a wedding he had been attending with a party of relatives and friends. THOMAS GRAVES, colonist, the grandfather of Hannah Graves Sacket, came to New England accompanied by his wife and several almost or quite grown up sons previous to the year 1631, presumably in one of the vessels of Governor Winthrop's fleet in 1630 Very soon thereafter he erected a dwelling house a few miles inland from Boston. It is recorded in the ancient records of the Colony Page 24 that when, on March 6, 1632-3, the "line of division between Newtown and Charlestown" was established, it was determined that "the neck whereon Mr. Graves' house standeth shall belong to Newtown." When in 1636 Mr. Hooker and the larger number of the inhabitants of Newtown removed to Hartford, George Graves, one of the sons of Thomas, joined the migrating company. An account of their memorable journey has been given in the biographical sketch of (1) Simon Sackett, colonist, and his wife Isabel. The name of George Graves appears engraved on the monument erected, some sixty years since, to the memory of the "Founders of Hartford," in the ancient burying ground of that city. A few years after the date of the Hooker migration. Thomas Graves, with his wife and several children--including his son Isaac--removed from Newtown, then called Cambridge, to Hartford. ISAAC GRAVES, son of Thomas, the colonist, was married at Hartford about the year 1645 to MARY CHURCH. In 1656 they removed to Hatfield and later to Hadley, where, on January 24, 1666, their daughter Hannah, who married William Sacket, was born. RICHARD CHURCH, colonist, and his wife Annie, were at Hartford in 1637, and removed from there in 1660 to Hadley, where he died in December, 1667. In his will he mentions his daughter "Hannah, wife of Isaac Graves." Children of William Sacket and Hannah Graves. 44. JOSEPH SACKET, b. May, 1690, d. in 1756; m. Abigail 45. Hannah Sacket, b. June, 1692. 46. REBECCA SACKET, b. Sept. 18, 1694, d. Sept. 15, 1782; m. T. Dewey. 47. JONATHAN SACKET, b. Mar. 20, 1696; d. Sept. 1, 1773; m. Ann Filer. 10. ABIGAIL SACKET, 1663-1683, oldest daughter of (4) John and Abigail Hannum Sacket, was married, Sept. 13, 1682, to JOHN NOBLE, of Westfield, Mass., son of HON. THOMAS NOBLE and his wife HANNAH WARINER, who was the daughter of WILLIAM WARINER, colonist, and his wife JOANA SEARL. Bridgeman, in his "Inscriptions on Graves Stones," published in 1850, states that a stone erected to the memory of Abigail Noble is the oldest found in the burying ground at Westfield, and contains this inscription, "Here lieth the body of Abigail the wife of John Noble, who died IV ly, ANO 1683, in ye 20 year of her age." Page 25 Only Child. 48. Abigail Noble, b. June 30, 1683, d. March 28, 1700. 12. HANNAH SACKET, 1669-1749, daughter of (4) John and Abigail Hannum Sacket, was married in April, 1688, to THOMAS DEWEY, 1664-1690, of Westfield, Mass. On May 3, 1691, she was married to her second husband, CAPT. BENJAMIN NEWBURY, 2nd, 1669-1709. Previous to the year 1719 she was married to her third husband, a MR. MERRYMAN. HON. THOMAS NEWBURY, colonist, grandfather of Capt. Benj. Newbury, 2nd, came from England in 1634, and was one of the Assistants in the Government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1636, and died that year leaving property valued at œ1520, 4, 7. CAPT. BENJAMIN NEWBURY, 1st, father of Capt. Benjamin Newbury, 2nd, was born in England and came to America with his father in 1634. He was married, June 11, 1646, to MARY ALLEN, daughter of Hon. Matthew Allen. HON. MATTHEW ALLEN was one of the early residents of Newtown, Mass., where in 1632-3 he built a house for himself and family, adjoining that of the colonist Simon Sackett. Paige, in his "History of Cambridge," quoting from records made by Hinman & Hazard, says: "ALLEN, MATTHEW, was here, in 1632, and in 1635 he owned the estate at N. W. corner of Winthrop and Dunster streets. He also owned the opposite corner, south of Winthrop street. He was a deputy in the General Court. 3 March, 1635-6, removed to Connecticut with Hooker, and settled at Windsor, where he died in 1670, having had children John. Thomas and Mary. Mr. Allen sustained a high rank with his fellow colonists; held several town offices, and served as Juror, Deputy Magistrate, and Assistant in the Colony Government. He was also appointed by the Colony, in 1660 and 1664, one of the Commissioners of the United Colonies, an office fully equal in dignity and importance to that of Senator in the Congress of the United States." Children of Capt. Benjamin and Hannah Sacket Newbury. 49. Benjamin Newbury, b. Jan. 31, 1693, d. Sept. 24, 1709. 50. Roger Newbury, b. June 24, 1706. 51. Marah Newbury, b. Feb. 3, 1709, d. June 5, 1753. 13. MARY SACKET, 1672-1729, daughter of (4) John and Abigail Hannum Sacket, was married, Oct. 2, 1689, to BENJAMIN MOSELEY Page 26 (originally Maudsley), son of JOHN MAUDSLEY and his wife MARY NEWBURY, daughter of the first CAPT. BENJAMIN NEWBURY. Children of Benjamin and Mary Sacket Moseley. 52. Thomas Moseley, b. in 1690, d. in 1719. 53. Benjamin Moseley, b. in 1693, d. in 1719. 54. Jemima Moseley, b. in 1694. 55. Bethsheba Moseley, b. in 1697. 56. Azariah Moseley, b. in 1701, d. in 1719. 14. SAMUEL SACKET, 1674-1709, of Westfield, Mass., son of (4) John and Abigail Hannum Sacket, was married, in 1698, to ELIZABETH BISSELL, daughter of SAMUEL BISSELL. In 1712 widow Elizabeth Bissell Sacket was married to John Root. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Bissell Sacket. 57. WILLIAM SACKET, b. in 1700, d. in 1756; m. Hannah Bagg. 58. ELIZABETH SACKET, b. Feb. 20, 1702, d. Nov. 22, 1755; m. Luke Noble. 59. SAMUEL SACKET, b. in 1704, d. in 1760; m. Ruth Trumbell. 60. BENONI SACKET, b. May 18, 1710, d. Apr. 6, 1783; m. Mindwell Smith. 16. ABIGAIL SACKET, 2nd, 1683 ---? youngest child of (4) John and Abigail Hannum Sacket, was married, about the year 1701, to DAVID KING, 1677-1730, of Westfield, Mass. A short time after the date of their marriage they removed to a "new plantation," in what became the town of Sheffield, Mass. CAPT. JOHN KING, 1629-1703, colonist, the father of above mentioned David King, came to New England in 1645, and lived at Hartford for about five years, when he removed to Northampton. There on Nov. 18, 1656, he was married to SARAH HOLTON. Theirs is the first marriage recorded and it is believed to have been the first solemnized at Northampton. John King was for several years captain of the Northampton military company, and in 1679, was a representative. HON. WILLIAM HOLTON, colonist, father of Sarah Holton King, was born in England in 1634. He came from Ipswich to New England in the ship Francis, and was one of the early proprietors of Hartford, Conn. In 1655, he removed to Northampton, Mass., and was one of the first deacons of the church there. In 1666, 1667, Page 27 1669, 1670 and 1671 he was a Representative, serving one year for the neighboring town of Hadley. Children of David and Abigail Sacket King. 61. David King, b. in 1702. 62. Thankful King, b. in 1704, d. in year 17--; m. (37) Benjamin Sacket. 63. Moses King, b. in year 1706. 64. Stephen King, b. in year 1708. 65. Benjamin King, b. in year 1710. 66. Aaron King, b. in year 1714. 67. Asafel King, b. in year 1718, d. in year 1719. 68. Eldad King, b. in year 1718. 69. Gideon King, b. in year 1722. 17. LIEUT, JOHN SACKETT, 1653-1703, of New Haven, Conn., son of (5) John and Agnes Tinkham Sackett, was married about the year 1686, to MARY WOODIN, 16--? - 1717, daughter of WILLIAM WOODIN and his wife SARAH ALLARD. Like his father and many of his kinsmen he took a lively interest in military affairs. As soon as he had reached the required age he joined the New Haven military company and remained an active member of it to the day of his death. After serving several years as a private and non-commissioned officer, he was commissioned an Ensign and later a Lieutenant. The records of the General Court of Connecticut show that at a session held at Hartford May 14, 1696, a lease from certain Indians, for a considerable tract of land to John Sackett and others, was confirmed. WILLIAM WOODIN, 16--? - 1684, colonist, is first mentioned in New Haven records under date of 1643. He was married there October 5, 1650, to SARAH ALLARD, who died in 1693. Children of John and Mary Woodin Sackett. 70. Mary Sackett, b. in year 1688. 71. SARAH SACKETT, b. in year 1694; m. Capt. Jonathan Alling. 72. John Sackett, b. in year 1699. 73. SAMUEL SACKETT, b. Mar. 7, 1702, d. Feb. 1781; m. Elizabeth Todd. 18. JONATHAN SACKETT, 1655 ---?, of New Haven, Conn., son of (5) John and Agnes Tinkham Sackett, was married to Hannah ----. Page 28 Children. 74. JONATHAN SACKETT, m. Ruth Hotchkiss. 75. RICHARD SACKETT, d. in year 1746; m. Margery L. Sleade. 76. Hannah Sackett. 77. JOHN SACKETT, m. Hannah Smith. 78. Joseph Sackett. 20. LIEUT. JOSEPH SACKETT, 1660 - 17--?, of New Haven, Conn., son of (5) John and Agnes Tinkham Sackett, was married about the year 1685 to his first wife ANNE. On May 18, 1710, he was married to his second wife, HANNAH DENISON, daughter of JAMES DENISON and his wife BETHIAH BOYKIN. In 1704 the General Assembly of Connecticut, in reorganizing the militia for active service "against the common enemy," appointed "Sergeant Joseph Sackett to be Lieutenant of the soldiers raised in the county of New Haven for this service." He was administrator of the estates of his parents and served as such until July 8, 1712, when he filed his report and was discharged. On January 1, 1717, he was chosen by his nephew John Sackett, a minor son of Lieut. John Sackett, as his guardian. JARVIS BOYKIN, colonist, came from Charington in Kent, England, to Charlestown, Mass., in the year 1635. In 1639 he removed to New Haven, Conn., where in April, 1643, his daughter Bethia was married to James Denison. Children of Lieut. Joseph Sackett and his wife Anna. 79. Anne Sackett, b. in August, 1687. 80. Sarah Sackett, b. Nov. 23, 1691. Child of Lieut. Joseph and Hannah Denison Sackett. 81. JOSEPH SACKETT, b. Oct. 27, 1712. GENERATION IV. 22. SIMON SACKETT, 1678-1718, oldest son of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elisabeth Betts Sackett, was born at Newtown, Long Island. N. Y., and died at Hopewell, New Jersey. He seems to have been a wayward youth, whose love of adventure was stronger than his love of home and kindred. The following record is based on tradition, which is supported by recorded facts: "When about seventeen Page 29 years of age he left home without the consent of his parents and became a sailor. After following the sea for several years, during which he visited many foreign lands, he married--presumably in Ireland--a comely young Irish girl, whose surname was MCGAW. His marriage was not approved by his parents, and his cultured sisters treated his bride with great coolness, if not actual rudeness, when, after his return to his native land, he took her to the Sackett mansion at Newtown. This action on the part of his parents and sisters he promptly, indignantly and emphatically resented, using language more suggestive of heat than ice is suggestive of cold. And when after a few hours sojourn he left his father's house never to return, he took with him a title deed to property in Hopewell, New Jersey, in consideration of which he agreed to forego forever all claim to any other portion of his father's estate." His Irish wife proved to be a true helpmate and model mother. Their family life at Hopewell was all that could be desired, and when he died there in 1718, he left his wife and three children in comfortable circumstances. Capt. Joseph Sackett's will, which was executed a few months later, and probated the following year, contains no mention of his deceased son Simon's children. The reason for this omission has already been given. Children. 82. THOMAS SACKETT, m. Sarah Haywood. 83. ---- Sackett, a daughter. 84. ---- Sackett, a daughter. 23. JUDGE JOSEPH SACKETT, 1680-1755, of English Kills, Newtown, Long Island, N. Y., son of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elisabeth Betts Sackett, was married, May 23, 1706, to HANNAH ALSOP, 1690-1773, daughter of CAPT. RICHARD ALSOP and his wife HANNAH. Judge Sackett was, says Riker in his "Annals of Newtown." "a man of probity, a Justice of the Peace and a Judge from 1749 to his death, Sept. 26, 1755," and it may be added that he was an office holder in the Presbyterian Church, took an active part in public affairs, and was ever held in high esteem by his townsmen. In 1724 he and his brother-in-law, John Alsop, purchased jointly the central portion of the "Chambers-Southerland Patent," located on the west shore of the Hudson River, in the town of New Windsor, Orange County, Page 30 N. Y. There they built a substantial wharf, erected a commodious storehouse and established a sloop freight and passenger line, which ran at stated intervals to and from New York City. They also started and maintained for a number of years a flat-boat ferry at that place, which carried horses and cattle, as well as human beings to and from a point near what afterwards became Fishkill Landing, on the opposite shore. This ferry, which was the first of its kind established on the central Hudson, was extensively patronized previous to the Revolution. It is a matter of history that in July, 1775. Morgan and his famous body of rifiemen crossed the river on this New Windsor ferry when hastening to join Washington's army at Boston. Not long after that date is was discontinued. JOHN ALSOP, who was by profession a lawyer, located at New Windsor at the time of the before mentioned purchase, but after remaining there a few years sold out his interest to Joseph Sackett, Jr., his partner's oldest son, and took up the practice of his profession in New York City, where he acquired marked prominence. The Sacketts, it would seem, did not long remain entirely content with their holdings in New Windsor. Colonial land papers show that on Jan. 11, 1727, a patent was duly issued to Nathaniel Hazzard and Joseph Sackett for 4,000 acres in adjoining town of Blooming Grove; that on July 7, 1736, a patent for additional plots containing 2,000 acres, located near that last mentioned, was issued to Joseph Sackett, Jr., and that on Sept. 1, 1737, a third patent for another 2,000 acres in same vicinity was issued to Joseph Sackett. These extensive grants covered a considerable portion of what is now one of the most populous and productive farming districts in Orange County, N. Y. In 1749 a land company, composed of Joseph Sackett, Jr., his brother John Sackett, and eight other men of local prominence, was organized under the title of "The Proprietors of New Windsor." To this company the Sacketts transferred all of their New Windsor real estate except the wharf and storehouse property. The "Proprietors" laid out the entire unimproved portion of their purchase in village lots and township plots, and a considerable number of new dwellings were added to the settlement; but already the importance of the village as a commercial centre had begun to decline, and to-day (1907), what was then the business portion of New Windsor is a veritable "Deserted Village," with a church in which Page 31 no service has been held for years, dilapidated dwellings, and no signs of commercial life save the unsightly sheds of several brick yards at the river's edge. But the township plots on the western bounds of the tract have become the country seats of families of wealth, and constitute one of Newburgh's aristocratic suburbs. The orginal records, consisting of rude maps and transfer data of "The Proprietors of New Windsor," is in possession of the "Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands," at Newburgh, N. Y. Judge Sackett was never an actual resident of New Windsor. He died at English Kills, Sept. 27, 1755. His wife, Hannah Alsop Sackett, outlived him nearly eighteen years, her death occurring June 17, 1773, in the 83d year of her age. Judge Sackett's will is recorded in the New York City records of probate and reads in part as follows: WILL OF JUDGE JOSEPH SACKETT. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. Mar. 31, in the year of our Beloved Lord Christ 1755. I Joseph Sackett of Newtown, in Queens County, being in perfect health.....My executors to pay all depts and clear my land that is mortgaged to the Loan Office at Jamaica in Queens County. My executors are to sell all my lands lying in the Patent of Goshen in Orange County, except the land that is to be laid out at Wawayanda, or the other lands belonging to the patent or a Ronnd Hill, so called, and what land belongs to me joining the same. It lyeth between the land of Hezekiah Bowell and Thomas Celeman, And what land I have lying between a brook called Perry's and a hill called Caar Matthews on said hill. Reserving in all the lands they sell three quarters of all mines and minerals with privilege to dig and carry off same, and to erect buildings for that use. They are also to sell all my lands in New Jersey, reserving the same privileges. And they are also to sell all my lands and Meadows in Newtown, except what I shall give to my wife and my son William. I leave my wife Hannah one half of the lands and buildings hereinafter named, during her widowhood, and the other half to my son William, viz--My Mansion house and all the buildings and lot of ground they stand on, and all my lands on the east and south sides of the road that leadeth from Newtown to New York ferry except a lot I baught of John Culver, and all my lands and meadows lying on the west side of said road as far as the lower end of Smiths Island. And also my land swamp at a place called Juniper swamp, and a piece of upland and fresh meadow bounded east by Francis Morel, north by the middle ditch, west by a ditch that runs through my meadow joining to John Ketcham and Rapalye and the creek above Cars Mill. And after my wifes death my son William to have the whole, and to pay his brother Thomas and his sister Elizabeth Fish each œ100. I leave to my sons Thomas and William all my wearing clothing. To Page 32 my son Joseph a silver headed cane. To my daughter Elizabeth Fish the choice of my Negro girls. To my son William, a Negro boy. I leave to my wife Hannah one half of the rest of my movables and the remainder to be sold to pay my debts. I leave to my six sons Joseph, John, James, Samuel, Thomas and William a hill called Round Hill, lying between the lands of Hezekiah Howell and Thomas Coleman (in Orange County) also a piece of land lying between the brook called Perry's brook on a hill called Car Matthews, but on condition that if there be any mines or minerals on said land or lands I have sold in New York and West Jersey, they shall pay to my daughter Hannah one thirteenth of the clear profit, and also to Elizabeth Fish and the children of my deceased daughter Frances Blackwell, and the children of my deceased daughter Deborah Stringham, and to my wife, two thirteenths. If my son William dies without issue then his lands to go to the rest of my children. My executors are to sell so much cleared land joining the lot I bought of Jonathan Culver as will make it 40 acres with that lot, and they are to sell all my upland and fresh meadows, joining to Thomas Monell on the main ditch and the road. The above, signed by Joseph Sackett and witnessed by Richard Hollett, Jr., James Way, Jr., and Thomas Way, was probated Oct. 22, 1755. Children of Judge Joseph and Hannah Alsop Sackett. 85. JOSEPH SACKETT, b. Mar. 5, 1707, d. in year 17--; m. Milicant Clowes. 86. Richard Sackett, b. June 30, 1709, d. Feb. 11, 1726. 88. HANNAH SACKETT, b. Aug. 7, 1711, d. July 26, 1762; m. Thomas Whitehead. 89. Elizabeth Sackett, b. Aug. 15, 1713, d. Dec. 17, 1721. 90. JOHN SACKETT, b. May 15, 1716, d. Mar. 2, 1783; m. Phoebe Burling. 91. DEBORAH SACKETT, b. Nov. 18, 1718, d. Jan. 10, 1754; m. James Stringham. 92. FRANCES SACKETT, b. Dec. 4, 1720, d. Feb. 4, 1754; m. Joseph Blackwell. 93. JAMES SACKETT, b. Sept. 12, 1722, d. Sept. 12, 1784; m. Frances Dekay. 94. SAMUEL SACKETT, b. June 23, 1724, d. Sept. 29, 1780; m. Mary Betts. 95. THOMAS SACKETT, b. Dec. 27, 1726, d. June 27, 1769; m. Phene Alburtis. 96. ELIZABETH SACKETT, b. June 25, 1729, d. Apr. 10, 1778; m. Jonathan Fish. 97. WILLIAM SACKETT, b. Aug. 27, 1731, d. May 1, 1776; m. Deborah Fish. 24. ANNE SACKETT, 1681-1757, oldest daughter of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth Betts Sackett, was married Dec. 27, 1710, to BENJAMIN MOORE, of Newtown, Long Island, N. Y., son of CAPT SAMUEL Page 33 MOORE and grandson of REV. JOHN MOORE, both of whom were men of prominence, whose records are closely interwoven in the early history of Long Island. REV. JOHN MOORE came to Massachusetts from England about the year 1636. He was at the time unmarried and a comparatively young man. He had evidently studied for the ministry in England. On Dec. 8, 1636, he was sworn a freeman and recorded as a resident of Cambridge, Mass., "where in the following year he purchased from Humphrey Vincent a house and garden on the southerly side of Winthrop Street, between Dunster and Brighton Streets, together with sundry lots of land." This property he did not dispose of until during or after the year 1642. The records of Cambridge show that at one period during these years he was a magistrate. He was also associated with and deeply interested in the founding of the school at Cambridge which became Harvard College and is now America's most renowned university. Early in the year 1641 he removed to Long Island, N. Y., and in April of that year was recognized as a resident of Southampton. Previous to changing his place of abode from New England to Long Island, he became engaged in the securing of subscriptions to a fund for the education of divinity students at the Cambridge school, and continued his efforts in that direction after his removal to Long Island. Riker says "he was an independent * * 'having been permittel in New England to preach but not allowed to administer the sacrament.' After this mode he officiated for many years. * * He was reputed to be a good preacher." The early colonial records of New York and Connecticut show that on reaching Long Island he took an active and influential part in secular as well as religious affairs. At a convention held in Hartford, May 30, 1644, looking to a union of Long Island with the New England Colonies, his name appears as that of a delegate from the "Third Ward of Southampton." A little later in the same year he was in attendance at a meeting of the General Court of Massachusetts, evidently on the same business. At about the same period he began preaching regularly to the congregation at Hempstead. About the year 1646 he was married to MARGARET HOWELL, daughter of EDWARD HOWELL, colonist, who came to America from Buckingham, England, in 1637. In 1652 Mr. Moore removed to Newtown, L. I., and there became the first regular minister of that settlement, and continued preaching Page 34 there until his death in 1657. Some 20 years later the town, in recognition of his valuable services, in negotiations with the Indian owners for the purchase of Newtown plot and in the building of the settlement, awarded 80 acres of land to his surviving children. CAPT. SAMUEL MOORE, son of Rev. John Moore and his wife Margaret Howell, was married to MARY REED, 1651-1738, daughter of CAPT. THOMAS REED. Capt. Moore served his town as Constable, Assessor, Commissioner of Town Court, Supervisor, and on several important commissions. He served also in the ranks, as Lieutenant, and as Captain of the Newtown militia. BENJAMIN MOORE, son of above and husband of Anne Sackett, was a man of marked influence in Newtown. but unlike his father and grandfather, took but little interest in public affairs and did not acquire official prominence. Children of Benjamin and Anne Sackett Moore. 98. SAMUEL MOORE, b. Dec. 5, 1711; m. Sarah Fish. 99. MARY MOORE, b. Jan. 10, 1714; m. James Renne. 100. ANNE MOORE, b. Nov. 5, 1715; m. Thomas Hollett. 101. Sarah Moore, b. May 17, 1718; m. Samuel Moore. 102. Benjamin Moore, b. Nov. 23, 1720, d. in year 1745, unmarried. 103. John Moore, b. Jan. 28, 1723, d. in childhood. 104. Elizabeth Moore, b. Jan. 10, 1725; m. William Hazard. 105. Patience Moore, b. Oct. 18, 1727; m. Joseph Lawrence. 106. John Moore, b. July 5, 1730; m. Hannah Whitehead. 25. ELISABETH SACKETT, 1683-1716, daughter of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elisabeth Betts Sackett, was married, about April, 1705, to JOSEPH MOORE, of Newtown, N. Y., son of CAPT. SAMUEL MOORE and his wife MARY REED (see No. 24). Children. 107. Sarah Moore, b. Sept. 24, 1706; m. Benjamin Fish. 108. Joseph Moore, b. Sept. 28, 1708, d. in November, 1757. 109. Nathaniel Moore, b. Jan. 1, 1710, d. in childhood. 110. Mary Moore, b. Nov. 19, 1712; m. John Davis. 111. Abigail Moore, b. Apr. 10, 1715; m. Samuel Washburn. 112. Sackett Moore, b. Sept. 3, 1716, d. in year 1752. 113. Benjamin Moore, b. Sept. 3, 1716, d. in year 1792; m. Mary Hart. 26. REV. RICHARD SACKETT, about 1686-1727, of Greenwich, Conn., son of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth Betts Sackett, was married Page 35 before reaching his majority. His wife died shortly after the birth of their only child, who was named for his father. Mr. Sackett then entered Yale College and studied for the ministry. He graduated with honor in 1709, and the following year was married to ELIZABETH KIRTLAND, daughter of Lieut. JOHN KIRTLAND and his wife LYDIA PLATT. The Yale Graduate, in issue of 1860, contains the following: "Richard Sackett, son of Joseph Sackett of Newtown. L. I., was born about 1688. He studied theology and married before Nov., 1711, Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut. John Kirtland of Saybrook Conn. In 1711 he was preaching to the congregation of Maidenhead, and Hopewell, N. J. In 1712 his residence was at Saybrook. Early in 1714, he succeeded Mr. John Jones in preaching to the first church in Greenwich, but in 1716 changed to the supply of the pulpit at what was then called Horse Neck in western part of the town. His ministrations there were so acceptable that the General Assembly in October 1717, granted an application for a church, and accordingly a church was quickly formed (perhaps in the following months) and Mr. Sackett was ordained pastor. He remained in this office until his sudden death in Greenwich May 9, 1727. A notice of his death in the New England Weekly Journal says that he was so well the day before that he preached both parts of the day. He is reported to have been of a mild temper and pleasant manner and much beloved by his people. His children remained in Greenwich. The inventory of his estate dated Aug. 15, 1729, amounted to about two thousand pounds--fifty pounds being in books." Mead in his "History of Greenwich," published in 1757, says: "In 1717, the Second Society was provided with another minister, the Rev. Richard Sackett. Little seems to be known of him even by his immediate descendants. He is spoken of as a kind, mild man, and universally beloved by his people. Mr. Sackett graduated in middle life at Yale College in the class of 1709." Mr. Mead doubtless drew his conclusion that Mr. Sackett was in "middle life" when he graduated from Yale, from the fact that he was a widower when he entered. Riker, in his "Annals of Newtown," giving a record of children of Capt. Joseph Sackett, simply states that "Richard married and died at Greenwich, Conn." An old book which was probably included in the before mentioned inventory, is entitled, "The First Epistle of St. John the Apostle." It was written, as shown by the title page, by Nathaniel Hardy, minister of the gospel and preacher to the parish of St. Dionecius, and printed in London in 1659. This ancient volume was, in 1905, in possession of the heirs of Daniel Gott, Esq., of Syracuse, N. Y. Page 36 Written in it, unquestionably by the hand of Rev. Richard Sackett, is this note: "My honored father, Joseph Sackett, left this world September 23, Anno Que Domini 1719." On another page, in same hand, the following names appear: "Elisabeth, Nathaniel, Richard, Joseph, Mary, Abigail." The Greenwich Town Records contain thefollowing: "Richard Sackett, of Greenwich, and his wife Elizabeth had: John, b. Nov. 14, 1713; Elizabeth, b. evening next after Nov. 27, 1715; Mary, b. evening next after Dec. 28, 1717; Nathaniel, b. June 8, 1720; Abigail, b. Aug. 29, 1722; Joseph, b. Feb. 11, 1724-5." NATHANIEL KIRTLAND, 1616-1678, the grandfather of Elisabeth Kirtland Sackett, came from County Bucks, England, to Massachusetts Bay, in the ship Hopewell in the year 1635. For several years he resided at Lynn, after which he removed to Southold, L. I., where he was married. Previous to the year 1658 he returned to Lynn, of which town he was for several years a Selectman. LIEUT, JOHN KIRTLAND, 1659-1716, son of Nathaniel Kirtland, and father of Elisabeth Kirtland Sackett, was married, May 16, 1679, to Lydia Pratt, daughter of Lieut. William Pratt. Lieut. John Kirtland was a man of prominence in Saybrook, and during the years 1702 and 1703 was the commandant of the Government fort there. The following is as nearly complete a list as we are able to give of Rev. Richard Sackett's Children. 114. RICHARD SACKETT, b. about 1706, d. about 1767. 115. John Sackett, b. March 14, 1713, d. March 15, 1713. 116. Elizabeth Sackett, b. Mar 28, 1715. 117. Mary Sackett, b. Dec. 28, 1717; m. ---- Lockwood. 118. NATHANIEL, SACKFTT, b. June 8, 1720, d. before 1768; m. 1st, Ann Bush. 119. ABIGAIL SACKETT, b. Aug. 29, 1722; m. Jehial Hubbell. 120. JOSEPH SACKETT, b. Feb. 11, 1724; m. Hannah Budson. 27. JOHN SACKETT, 16--? - 1728, of Newtown, L. I., son of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elisabeth Betts Sackett, was married, Jan. 11, 1719, to ELISABETH FIELD, after whose death he was married to her sister, Page 37 SUSANNA FIELD. They were the daughters of ELNATHAN FIELD, son of ROBERT FIELD, of Newtown, who was the son of ROBERT FIELD, a patentee of Flushing, L. I. Children. 121. ELIZABETH SACKETT, b. in year 1720, d. Sept. 6, 1809; m. John Leverish. 122. WILLIAM SACKETT, b. Dec. 29, 1727, d. Apr. 28, 1802; m. (141) Anne Lawrence. 28. SARAH SACKETT, 1689-1766, daughter of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth Betts Sackett, was married in 1777 to her brother-in-law, JOSEPH MOORE, who died suddenly July 10, 1756, aged 77 years. (See No. 25.) Children. 123. Anne Moore, b. Mar. 21, 1718, d. in year 1769, unmarried. 124. ELIZABETH MOORE, b. Mar. 28, 1720; m. Joseph Baldwin. 125. Patience Moore, b. Feb. 5, 1722; m. John Moore. 126. Samuel Moore, b. Jan. 15, 1724, d. in year 1781; m. Abigail Field. 127. Martha Moore, b. Mar. 30, 1726; m. Joseph Titus. 128. Nathaniel Moore, b. Jan. 15, 1728, d. in year 1781; m. Joana Hall. 129. Phoebe Moore, b. Mar. 28, 1730; m. ---- Burroughs. 130. Jemima Moore, b. Oct. 18, 1732, d. in year 1758, unmarried. 29. ABIGAIL SACKETT, 1695-1752, daughter of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elisabeth Betts Sackett, was married in December, 1718, to JOHN ALSOP, son of CAPT. RICHARD ALSOP, who it is claimed is a lineal descendant of the Richard Alsop who was Lord Mayor of London in 1579. John Alsop was by profession a lawyer, and a short time after his marriage to Abigail Sackett, whose brother (23) Joseph had married his sister Hannah, located at New Windsor, Orange County, N. Y., where he was largely interested in real estate. A few years later he removed to New York City and there practiced his profession for many years. Children. 131. Ephemia Alsop, m. Thomas Stephenson. 132. Frances Alsop, d. unmarried. 133. JOHN ALSOP, b. ----, d. Nov. 22, 1794; m. Mary Fragot. 134. RICHARD ALSOP, b. in year 1726, d. Apr. 10, 1776; m. Mary Wright. Page 38 30. WILLIAM SACKETT, 1691-1761, of Newtown, L. I., son of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elisabeth Betts Sacket, was married, in 1727, to MRS. MARY JANES, He died without issue. Much of his time and attention was given to agricultural pursuits. He, however, served several years in the magistracy. By his will he conveyed his homestead at Newtown to Dr. Jacob Ogden, and the residue of his estate, including several slaves, to his nephews. Samuel and John Moore, sons of his sister Anna, and to Joseph Lawrence, the husband of his niece, Patience, the sister of said nephews. Dr. Ogden decded to the church at Newtown the property willed to him by William Sackett. It had evidently, says Riker, been left to him in trust for that purpose. These premises now (1907) contain, with other buildings, the Episcopal parsonage house and new church. 31. PATIENCE SACKETT, 1700-1772, daughter of (7) Capt. Joseph and Elisabeth Betts Sackett, was married, December 8, 1720, to JOHN LAWRENCE, 1695-1765, son of CAPTAIN JOHN LAWRENCE and his wife DEBORAH WOODWARD. MAJOR THOMAS LAWRENCE, the grandfather of above mentioned John Lawrence, was born in Great St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. He came to America about 1645. According to Riker, "he lived awhile at Flushing, L. I., but in 1656 bought a house and lot in Newtown, to which place he removed and took part in buying the town lands from the Indians that same year. Afterwards, by purchase from the Dutch settlers, he became proprietor of a number of cultivated farms extending along the East River from Hellgate to Bowery Bay. On receiving the news of the Revolution in England in 1688, and the removal of Sir Edward Andrees as Governor of Massachusetts, the family of Thomas Lawrence became decided in asserting the principles which had prompted his departure from England. Though advanced in years, Capt. Lawrence accepted the command of the forces of Queens County, to which he was commissioned by Governor Leisler, with the rank of Major, on Dec. 30, 1689. In February following he was intrusted with the raising of troops in Queens County to aid in defending Albany against the French; and again in the same year he was commissioned to proceed Page 39 to Southold with a militia force to protect his Majesty's subjects against the apprehended attacks of French cruisers." CAPT. JOHN LAWRENCE, son of Major Thomas Lawrence, and father-in-law of Patience Sackett Lawrence, commanded the Newtown troop of horse in Leisler's time, with his brother Daniel Lawrence as Cornet; and was soon after appointed High Sheriff of the county, to which place he was also chosen in 1698. He was married to DEBORAH WOODHULL, daughter of RICHARD WOODHULL, one of the patentees of Brookhaven. JOHN LAWRENCE, son of above mentioned Capt. John Lawrence and his wife Deborah Woodhull, and husband of Patience Sackett, was a wealthy farmer and for many years a magistrate of Queens County, N. Y. Children. 135. JOHN LAWRENCE. 1721-1764, m. Catherine Livingston. 136. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, 1723-1793, m. Benjamin Moore. 137. RICHARD LAWRENCE, 1725-1781, m. Amy Berrien. 139. Nathaniel Lawrence, 1727-1761, died unmarried. 140. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, 1729-1794, m. Ann Brinkherhoff. 141. Anne Lawrence, 1731-1798, m. (122) William Sackett. 142. THOMAS LAWRENCE, 1733-1817, m. Elisabeth Fish. 143. Samuel Lawrence, 1735-1810, m. Elizabeth Hazard. 144. JONATHAN LAWRENCE, 1737-1812, m. Judith Fish. 145. DANIEL LAWRENCE, 1739-1807, m. Eva Van Horne. 32. REV. SAMUEL SACKETT, 1712-1784, son of (7) Capt. Joseph and Mercy Whitehead (Betts) Sackett, was married in 1734 to HANNAH HAZARD, daughter of NATHANIEL HAZARD and his wife DEBORAH ALSOP. In 1735 Mr. and Mrs. Sackett took up their residence in Orange County, N. Y., where the Sacketts and Hazards were largely interested in unimproved lands, owning many thousands of acres in what are now the towns of New Windsor, Cornwall, Woodbury, Blooming Grove and Montgomery. The young couple resided during the greater part of the first eight years of their wedded life at the foot of Storm King Mountain, near the village of Cornwall. During these, to them, not uneventful years, Mr. Sackett labored as a missionary, mainly in the towns mentioned. One of his principal preaching stations was Little Britain, where he lay the foundation of a society which is still in existence. Page 40 The minutes of the Presbytery of New Brunswick show that in 1742 he was sent to preach in Westchester County--the special field assigned him being Cortland Manor, embracing North Salem, Cortland town, Crompond and Somers. In 1743 he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Society at Bedford. From 1747 to 1749 Crompond (now Yorktown) secured his services for half the time. From 1749 to April 11, 1753, he labored at Bedford. He was then settled over the church at Hanover, Conn., where he remained until 1760, when he returned to the church at Crompond. In 1765 he was again at Hanover, which became the scene of his labors until after the commencement of the Revolution. A letter written by him to his son Nathaniel, at Fishkill, N. Y., dated "Hanover, Oct. 29, 1776," contains the following request: "Send us two wagons immediately to help us away with some small things before the enemy are upon us." During the long struggle for independence Mr. Sackett's position as minister at Crompond was most trying. His daughter Hannah was the wife of Stephen De Lancey, son Hon. James De Lancey; and the De Lanceys were bitter Tories. His sons were serving in the Patriot Army. His pastoral flock was divided, some were Whigs and others were Loyalists, Crompond was about midway of the distance between the outposts of the opposing armies. But he preached whenever occasion offered, not concealing the fact that his sympathies were with those of his countrymen who had determined to throw off the galling yoke of oppression. In July, 1779, the meeting house at Crompond, in which his flock assembled for worship, was destroyed by fire kindled by a body of British cavalry sent out for that especial purpose. A short time after the close of the war a new edifice was erected on the site of the burned building. And for over a century a plain tombstone has stood in the graveyard adjoining it, bearing this inscription: REV. SAMUEL SACKETT, who died June 5, 1784. He was a judicious, faithful, laborious and successful minister of Christ. THOMAS HAZARD, the grandfather of Hannah, wife of Rev. Samuel Sackett, came to Boston from Wales in 1635. In 1636 the General Court of Massachusetts Bay admitted him to Freemanship. In 1652 he sought and obtained from Director Stuyvesant. of New Amsterdam, in behalf of himself and a goodly company of English men from New England, permission to plant a town within Page 41 his jurisdiction. "The fertile lands of Mespot, L. I., being yet, for the most part unoccupied, afforded a bright field for their enterprise, and soon a group of cottages, fashioned after those of New England, arose to adorn the settlement." The most of these were located upon the street whereon the Presbyterian Church of Newtown now stands. Among the privileges granted by Director Stuyvesant to the new villagers, was the free exercise of the Protestant religion and the choice of their own Scheppens or magistrates; making annually a double nomination of the best qualified persons in the town, from whom the Director General and Council should select and confirm one-half in office whose authority extended to the collection and disbursement of town revenues and most other matters affecting the peace and security of their municipality." Under the above arrangement Thomas Hazard was the first person nominated and confirmed as a magistrate, and he was retained in office by renomination and by reappointment for a long consecutive term of years. In 1653, the year after Thomas Hazard and his associates from New England came to Long Island, Indians and freebooters became very troublesome and committed many serious depredations. The English towns, aroused by their losses and a sense of personal insecurity, first called a meeting at Flushing and then sent delegates to meet the Burgermasters at New Amsterdam in joint session, at the City Hall, on the 25th day of November of that year, to devise some plan for their common safety. Thomas Hazard was a delegate from his town to this and subsequent councils held at New Amsterdam for the same and similar objects. JONATHAN HAZARD, son of Thomas and grandfather of Hannah, wife of Rev. Samuel Sackett, married HANNAH LAURENSON, daughter of JAMES LAURENSON, and resided permanently at Newtown, becoming even more prominent and influential in civil affairs than his father had been. He served acceptably under various English Governors of the Province, thirteen years as a magistrate in the various courts, four years as Supervisor, one year as an Assessor, and throughout the greater part of his adult life as Town Surveyor. He died in 1711, survived by three sons and two daughters, who inherited a substantial estate. NATHANIEL HAZARD, son of Jonathan, married DEBORAH ALSOP SIMPKINS, daughter of RICHARD ALSOP, and wife of Capt. John Page 42 Simpkins. They were the parents of Hannah Hazard, wife of Rev. Samuel Sackett. Nathaniel Hazard began his business carcer as a merchant at Newtown, but soon removed to New York and from there to Philadelphia, where he acquired unusual prominence. His son Ebenezer became Postmaster General of the United States, and edited several valuable contributions to American History. HANNAH HAZARD, the wife of Rev. Samuel Sackett, was in several respects a remarkable woman. The following letter, written by her to her daughter Hannah, gives an interesting insight of her character, and presents a graphic picture of domestic life "in the days that tried men's souls." The original is in possession of Mrs. Anne C. Gott, of Irondequoit, N. Y., one of her descendants. Dear Child: When I tell you that I have but Hannah to cail upon and have had to nurse the sick for a week during which Mr. Bernit has lodged here, and that Frank has had the smallpox and been useless to me these three weeks, you will not wonder that I have not been able to find time to acknowledge the receipt of your friendly epistle before. I have been harrassed to death and so afflicted with pain in my breast and stomach that I have scarce been able to sit up. I am getting the better of it I hope, for I trust I have no reason to fear death, yet pain is and ever will be a disagreeable companion to live with. Do you think you can be contented with your new abode and acquaintances? If I can leave my mother I shall endeavor to make you a visit this spring. Her disorder will not permit me to be long absent. When you are weary of your present retreat you must make an excursion hither, my house and half a bed, more I cannot offer because I have not more than one, though, if you insist upon it I think, upon due deliberation, I will return to my old method of lodging on the floor and resign the whole bedstead with the necessary furniture to you. I had thought of sending for you some days ago to bid you a final adieu for this world but my life seems to be reanimated. How long the dying lamp will continue its fainting beams I am not much concerned to know, but only am I anxious what remains of it shall be spent usefully. The seeds you wish, I will send, but have not so many as I wish I could supply you with, some have been destroyed, some lost, some the rats have eat, for moving so often and the confusion which is the almost unavoidable consequence of it, has prevented me from taking that care of them I used to do. Of what I have you shall be a sharer. I had a visit yesterday from Mr. Evans. I wished for you to make one of the party. You may perceive by this no design to monopolize the man. He dined with me and sang for me but did not make a long visit, being under the necessity of returning to Peekskill to visit a condemned malefactor. I like him very well on better acquaintance. He has recovered his health and is in good spirits. I believe he would have been very glad to Page 43 see you. I am more than half sorry you have sold your farm and if your family settles there shall, as soon as I can, quit this place and return to my friends at New York. But this I can not do until the commotion in the land subsides, and that is an event which to human sagacity must appear remote. Were not my mother with me I could easily follow you, but unless necessity induces me to a removal I shall not do a thing to which she is so averse. I flatter myself sometimes that I shall yet execute my favorite plan of operations, that is to build at the hill near my sister at the Bowery and to have you spend the winters with me. I hope your father will be able to return to his congregation after a while, and then the distance between this and New York will not prevent you from making us a winter visit. And I can repay in summer. However we can not tell where Providence will cast our future lot. Yet we may, innocently enough I believe, please ourselves with such agreeable prospects, whatever in a world of vicissitudes may be our portion. May the bosom of God be our final abode and place of rest. Tell me how you employ yourself, whether in harmless plain work, or By murmuring brooke Observe the gliding streams or croaking rooks Or with dull rural sports, dull scenes or duller books? I am ready to chide myself for this little sally of humor. The fire of vivacity is not quite extinguished in my soul, though almost suffocated under heaps of cares, sorrows and disorders. Should these be removed I imagine I should be, as once, the life of society. I sigh when I look back on the time when I sparkled in the gay circles of my acquaintance: frank, easy, lively, brilliant, and innocent as gay--the darling and delight of all my numerous associates who were ready to divide me in pieces to share me among them, each contending who should have me. How often it has raised my vanity to observe the preference and peculiar distinction now buried in the deep obscurity of the remotest solitude, unknowing and noknown of the Beau Monde. But why should I regret that homage since I have exchanged to such advantage. Why should my fond ungrateful heart complain. Yet 'tis, as a certain author observes, like an Isaac trial, and one had need have Abraham's faith to have God instead of the world. Who would not? But alas to have God hide his face--overwhelmed with perplexities, buried under sorrows, exersized with a variety of cares and anxieties, oppressed with the languor of sickness and almost expiring under temptations, constrained to labor though scarcely able to sit up, without one kind friend or relative to lift the homely latch of my cottage and assist in cheering and soothing such variety of wretchedness. I might add other calamities but here is a dismal group of the most awful and gloomy images already drawn together. And who that should be told, this is your lot, could without shuddering hear the dreadful doom announced. Yet all this and more than this I have suffered, and in the midst of such suffering smiled--have forgot my own woes often while I have endeavored to alleviate those of others and cheered the drooping hearts of my fellow sufferers. I am sensible that infinite goodness Page 44 ordains, directs and superintends all human events, and that all things are ordered in mercy. Some things I have undergone have not been properly through my own default but my want of fortitude has given energy to the evil of adverse circumstances and rendered them more afflicting. When I hope in God it appeases the fury of the storm, but when this delightful and supporting thought vanishes I sink, and who can wonder I do so under my burdens. I sometimes please myself with thinking that like Job it shall be better with me at the latter end than in the beginning. This hope injures no one, and should it be no more than an airy fancy it will not harm me as it buoies up my disponding soul and seems like a friendly gale to assist in wafting me over the waters of the troubled ocean of mortality. And when I reach the haven of Eternity I shall but smile to reflect that the prospect and flattering expectations of the sunshine of prosperity had cheered me when tossed on the boisterous surges of life. May you be preserved from such painful exegencies. Your own lot you think deplorable, yet at present it is not so. Secure in the bosom of parents who, if in their conduct there is a fault, it is in too great tenderness for you. And why should you anticipate misfortunes you may never live to experience and which you are apt to suppose would be consequent upon their death. Oh. Hannah, one needful care is to gain the favor of God and then leave the events of your life with him who will choose wisely and can but choose most kindly for you, tho perhaps not as your own wild desires would be ready to demand. I have exceeded the intended bounds of this letter. Excuse me, if you are fired of reading let me know it and the next shall by its brevity compensate for the tediousness of this. I am dear Hannah affectionately yours April 23, 1777. Children of Rev. Samuel and Hannah Hazard Sackett. 146. Deborah Sackett, 1st, b. Jan. 15, 1733, d. Dec. 17, 1745. 147. JOSEPH SACKETT, b. Apr. 18, 1735, d. Dec. 1, 1757; m. Eliza Strang. 148. NATHANIEL SACKETT, b. Apr. 10, 1737, d. July 28, 1805; m. Mary Rogers. 149. Mercy Sackett, b. Mar. 3, 1739, d. Sept. 15, 1744. 150. Samuel Sackett, 1st, b. June 18, 1741, d. in August, 1741. 151. Samuel Sackett, 2d, b. May 24, 1743, d. Sept. 16, 1745. 152. William Sackett, b. July 8, 1744, d. Oct. 15, 1745. 153. DEBORAH SACKETT, 2d, b. Oct. 25, 1746, d. July 14, 1769; m. Benj. Peck. 154. SAMUEL SACKETT, 3d, b. July 10, 1749, d. Apr. 15, 1780, unmarried. 155. HANNAH SACKETT, 1751-1836, m. Stephen De Lancy and Isaac Baldwin. 156. Ebenezer Sackett, b. Oct. 16, 1753, d. Oct. 21, 1761. 157. JAMES SACKETT, b. Oct. 3, 1756, d. Aug. 28, 1791, unmarried. Page 45 33. JOHN SACKET, 1688 - 17--?, of Westfield, Mass., son of (8) John and Deborah Filley Sacket, was married, July 14, 1722, to SARAH MACKERANY. Children. 158. JOHN SACKET, b. Aug. 2, 1723; m. Rachel Church. 159. SETH SACKET, b. Feb. 17, 1725; m. Elizabeth Winchell. 160. Sarah Sacket, b. Oct. 14, 1729, d. Jan. 20, 1745, unmarried. 161. Aaron Sacket, b. July 13, 1735, d. Aug. 15, 1750, unmarried. 162. Lucy Sacket, b. Nov. 15, 1736; m. Gad Kellogg. 34. ABIGAIL SACKET, 1690 - 17--?, daughter of (8) John and Deborah Filley Sacket, was married, Sept. 5, 1728, to CAPT. THOMAS GRISWOLD. Only Child. 163. Abigail Griswold. 35. DANIEL SACKET, 1693-1776, of Westfield, Mass., son of (8) John and Deborah Filley Sacket, was married, Feb. 1, 1732, to MARY WELLER, daughter of ELEAZER WELLER, JR. Mr. Sackett was an active participant in Colonial wars. In 1723 he served as a sentinel in Capt. Adgat Dewey's troop of horse. He was also a member of the company of troops commanded by Capt. Hezekiah Noble, and was on duty guarding Westfield under Capt. John Ashley. (See Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 91, pages 94 and 164.) Children. 164. Margaret Sacket, b. Dec. 4, 1732. 165. DANIEL SACKET, b. Mar. 6, 1734, d. in year 1824. 166. OZEM SACKET, b. Jan. 24, 1736, d. in year 1801; m. Mercy Weller. 167. Mary Sacket, b. Nov. 21, 1738. 168. Ann Sacket, b. Feb. 28, 1740, d. Sept. 21, 1750. 169. MOSES SACKET, b. Nov. 29, 1743; m. Eunice Cadwell. 170. ISRAEL SACKET, b. Feb. 10, 1746, d. in year 1786; m. (207) Eunice Sacket. 171. GAD SACKET, b. Apr. 13, 1748; m. Lucy Williams. 172. ABNER SACKET, b. Oct. 11, 1751; m. Rhoda Kellogg. 173. ---- Sacket. Page 46 37. BENJAMIN SACKET, 1698-1753, of Westfield and Sheffield in Mass., son of (8) John and Deborah Filley Sacket, was married, Dec. 4, 1729, to (62) THANKFUL KING, daughter of DAVID KING and his wife (16) ABIGAIL SACKET. COPY OF WILL. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the twenty & seventh day of August, 1746. I BENJAMIN SACKET, of Sheffield in the County of Hampshire, in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, being in perfect health * * * I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife THANKFUL the improvements of the whole of my estate both real and personal, until my children come to be of age--my sons twenty one years and daughters eighteen years old, and each child to their portion as they come of age, and the improvement of one third of my estate real and personal during her natural life as the law provides for her. Item--I give to my well beloved oldest son BENJAMIN five pounds money, over and above what I give to his brethren. Item--I give to my well beloved sons BENJAMIN SACKET, KING SACKET, & ZEBULON SACKET the whole of my estate real and personal to have possession each of their portion as they come of age except their mothers thirds, and all at her decease, they paying their sisters portion, and in case either of the sons should die before he is of age his portion shall return to his or their brother or brethren. And in case that I should have another son it is my will that he should be equal to his brethren. Item--I give to my well beloved daughter DEBORAH twenty pounds money to be paid to her equally by my sons. And in case that I should have a daughter born after this time I give her twenty pounds money to be paid out of my estate by my sons equally. Likewise I constitute, make and ordain my trusty and well beloved brother Daniel Sacket of Westfield & my beloved wife Thankful executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Children. 174. BENJAMIN SACKET, m. Miss Buel. 175. KING SACKET, m. (179) Lydia Sacket. 176. Zebulon Sacket. 177. Abigail Sacket. 178. Deborah Sacket. 39. ISAAC SACKET, 1703-1773, of Westfield, Mass., son of (8) John and Mahitable Danks (Harris) Sacket, was married, Dec. 18, 1735, to ELIZABETH SHEPARD. Page 47 Children. 179. Lydia Sacket, b. Dec. 18, 1736; m. (175) King Sacket. 180. EZEKIEL SACKET, b. Sept. 12, 1738; m. Anne Granger. 181. Mahitabel Sacket, b. May 7, 1741. 182. DAVID SACKET, b. Aug. 19, 1743, d. 1838; m. Lucretia Shepard. 183. ADNAR SACKET, b. Dec. 5, 1745, d. Apr. 8, 1813; m. Jerusha Pumeroy. 184. ZAVEN SACKET, b. Apr. 28, 1751; m. Abigail Bills. 41. ISRAEL SACKET, 1706-1786, of Westfield, Mass., son of (8) John and Mahitable Danks (Harris) Sacket. Child. 185. ASHER SACKET, b. in year 1748, d. in year 1830; m. Leah Kellogg. 42. ELIAKIM SACKET, 1712-1764, of Westfield, Mass., son of (8) John and Mahitable Danks (Harris) Sacket, was married July 5, 1738, to BETHESDA FOWLER, 1717 - 1--?, daughter of SAMUEL FOWLER and his wife MARIA ROOT. The following is a COPY OF HIS WILL. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, this fifth day of July Anaque Domire 1764. I ELJAKIM SACKET of Westfield in the County of Hampshire and Provence of Massachusetts Bay in New England being infirm and weak of body but in perfect mind and memory * * * touching such worldly estate both real and personal, as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form viz: Imprimus. I give to my beloved wife BETHESDA SACKET Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds. Item, I give to my beloved son JUSTICE SACKET Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds. Item, I give to my beloved son STEPHEN SACKET Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds. Item, I give to my beloved son EZRA SACKET Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds. Item, I give to my beloved son PLINEY SACKET Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds. Item, I give to my beloved daughter RHODA ASHLEY, with what she has already had. One Hundred Pounds, that is to say with what she has had to make the hundred pounds. Item, I give to my beloved daughter MERCY SACKET One Hundred Pounds, which hundred pounds is to rise and fall with her brothers and sisters as my estate may be after my debts are paid, also ten sheep. Page 48 Item, I give to my beloved daughter EUNICE SACKET One Hundred Pounds. Item, I give to my beloved daughter SARAH SACKET One Hundred Pounds. Item, I given to my beloved daughter MOLLY SACKET One Hundred Pounds. And so in proportion my will is that my several children shall have more or less according as my estate shall inventory after my just debts are paid, excepting the ten sheep which I give to my daughter Mercy, and also Ten pounds which I give as an addition to my son Justice's portion of four hundred and fifty pounds, but not to rise and fall as the others, viz the Ten pounds. I now constitute and appoint my beloved wife Bethesda Sacket, and my son Justice Sacket my executors of this my last Will and Testament * * hereby utterly disallowing all and every former Will and Testament. Record of Children. 186. Eliakim Sacket, Jr., b. Nov. 23, 1739, d. Aug. 26, 1758, unmarried. 187. Rhoda Sacket, b. Dec. 21, 1740; m. Josiah Ashley. 188. Mercy Sacket, b. Nov. 25, 1742; m. Oliver Weller. 189. JUSTICE SACKET, b. Oct. 14, 1745, d. in year 1778; m. Naomi Weller. 190. STEPHEN SACKET, b. May 23, 1748, d. in year 1830; m. Emma Ross. 191. EZRA SACKET, b. Nov. 15, 1750, d. in year 1834; m. Lydia Lovering. 192. PLINY SACKET, b. May 24, 1753; m. Elizabeth Kellogg. 193. Eunice Sacket, b. Feb. 19, 1756; m. (170) Israel Sacket. 194. Sarah Sacket, b. Aug. 29, 1758; m. Elna Hoyt. 195. Molly Sacket, b. Nov. 23, 1761. 44. JOSEPH SACKET, 1690-1756, of Westfield, Mass., son of William and Hannah Graves, was married, ----, to ABIGAIL ----, who died in 1776. WILL OF JOSEPH SACKET. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the eighth day of March 1756. I JOSEPH SACKET of Westfield, . . . . husbandman Imprimus, I give and bequeath . . . . to ABIGAIL my beloved wife the use of one half of my house, barn and home lot so long as she remains my widow, and also the use of my lot over the little river by the bridge the same term of her widowhood. Also I give her one bed and furniture such as she may choose to her disposal forever. Also I give her five pounds in movables out of the household furniture, such as she may choose to her disposal forever. Item, I give unto my well beloved son JESSE SACKET, five shillings to be paid by my executors, also one half of my joiners tools. Page 49 Item, I give unto my well beloved son ERASTUS SACKET, five shillings, also one half of my joiners tools and all my team tackling. Item, I give unto my well beloved daughter BEULAH DEWEY. Eight Pounds to be paid by my executors and also one half of the movables in the house, and also one half of my live stock. Item, I give unto my well beloved daughter ABIGAIL SMITH. Eight Pounds to be paid by my executors, and also one half of my movables in the house, and also one half of my live stock. I do appoint ordain and constitute ERASTUS SACKET to be my executor of this my last Will and Testament. The above will is witnessed by Eldad Taylor, Asa Noble and Moses Kellogg. Record of Children. 196. BEULAH SACKET, b. Jan. 30, 1714, d. Oct. 27, 1769; m. Joseph Dewey. 197. JESSE SACKET, b. Nov. 9, 1716; m. Sarah Dewey. 198. ERASTUS SACKET, m. Elizabeth Leonard. 199. HANNAH SACKET, b. Oct. 10, 1726, d. Oct. 13, 1799; m. Jacob Noble. 200. Abigail Sacket, m. ---- Smith. 47. JONATHAN SACKET, 1696-1773, of Westfield, Mass., and of the towns of Hebron and Kent (now Warren) in Conn., son of (9) William and Hannah Graves Sacket, was married in February, 1722, to ABIGAIL ASHLEY, who died before the end of that year. On Jan. 28, 1725, he was married to ANN FILER, daughter of ZEBULON FILER and his wife EXPERIENCE STRONG. Jonathan Sacket was born and grew to manhood in the town of Westfield. Immediately after his marriage to Abigail Ashley he took possession of a small farm at Hebron, Conn., which he had purchased the previous year. There is some uncertainty as to just when he removed from Hebron to Kent. The records of Kent show that in the year 1745. "Jonathan Sacket, of Hebron," purchased from one Joseph Fuller, certain lands in that town, and that in 1749 he purchased from one Joseph Phillips another tract in same town. These records also show that in 1749 he conveyed certain lands in the town of Kent to his son, Jonathan Sacket, Jr. WILLS OF JONATHAN AND ANNE SACKET. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I JONATHAN SACKET, of Kent in Litchfield County. Colony of Connecticut, in New England. . . . . give unto ANNE my beloved wife the use of the half of my dwelling house and the Page 50 half of my barn and the use of the half of my lot that I now live on, during her widowhood, and I also give unto my beloved wife to be at her disposal as she pleases, two cows and ten sheep and my riding mare and side saddle and bridle, and all my household goods and beds and bedding, pots, kettles and co. Also my looms and loom tackling belonging thereto Item, I give to my well beloved son JUSTUS one half of my house and barn to be at his disposal at my decease, and my home lot that I now live on at the decease or marriage of my wife. And I also give unto my son JUSTUS my oxen and all my team tackling, and all my stock excepting the above mentioned cows, mare and sheep that I have given to my beloved wife, and my said son JUSTUS is to find his mother a team cart and plow & co to do her team work with so long as she remains my widow. And also I give unto my son JUSTUS that piece of land I bought of James Phelps, that is joining to my lot I now live on, and he to pay unto my son Jonathan three pounds six shilling and eight pence. Item, I give unto my beloved son JONATHAN the above named three pounds six shilling and eight pence that my son Justus is ordered to pay to him, and also four pounds three shillings that my son REUBEN is to pay to him in money or spetia. And as to my wearing clothes I give them to my beloved sons JONATHAN, JUSTUS and REUBEN, to be divided equally between them. And I do appoint my well beloved wife and my son JUSTUS to be my lawful executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of June A. D. 1772. And in presence of three witnesses I do publish and pronounce and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. JOHN BLISS, JR. JONATHAN SACKET (ss) SAMUEL BLISS EPHKAIM TANNER IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I ANNE SACKET, in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut, being well and of perfect mind and memory . . . . do make this my last Will and Testament . . . . I give devise and dispose . . . . in manner following viz: After my debts and funeral expenses are paid I give to my grand children, sons of my oldest son Jonathan Sacket deceased viz: to WILLIAM SACKET, JESSE SACKET and ALMON SACKET the one third part of the whole of my estate, that is to say the one half of the aforesaid one third part I give unto William, Filer and Jesse, and the other half I give unto Almon, always provided that it is to be understood that William hath received two pounds lawful money which is to be accounted towards his part--the money he received November 1773. Item, I give unto my son JUSTUS SACKET one third part of the whole of my estate. Item, I give unto my son REUBEN SACKET one third part of the whole of my estate. Page 51 Furthermore I appoint my son JUSTUS SACKET executor of this my last Will and Testament ANNE SACKET (S) Signed sealed and pronounced in presence of us NATHANIEL SPOONER AUGUSTUS CURTIS REBECCA SPOONER Children of Jonathan and Ann Filer Sacket. 201. Anne Sacket, b. June 12, 1726, d. in infancy. 202. JONATHAN SACKET, b. Dec. 26, 1727, d. in year 1777; m. Hannah Phelps. 203. JUSTUS SACKET, b. Mar. 9, 1730, d. Mar. 16, 1815; m. Lydia Newcomb. 204. REUBEN SACKET, b. June 17, 1732, d. June 5, 1803; m. Mercy Finney. 205. Aaron Sacket, b. Aug. 5, 1735. probably died in childhood. 206. Anne Sacket, b. Aug. 23, 1738, probably died in childhood. 207. Hannah Sacket, b. Aug. 13, 1740, probably died in childhood. 208. Rebecca Sacket, b. Apr. 14, 1743, probably died in childhood. 57. WILLIAM SACKET, 1700-1755, of Westfield, Mass., son of (14) Samuel and Elisabeth Bissell Sacket, was married in April, 1724, to HANNAH BAGG. WILL. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, this ninth day of Nov'r 1752. I WILLIAM SACKET of Westfield in the County of Hampshire & Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, being in comfortable health . . . . Imprimus. I give and bequeath unto HANNAH my beloved wife the improvements of one third of my real estate so long as she remains my widow, and one third of all my personal estate for her disposal forever, and also my riding horse or mare over and above what has been given. Item, I give unto my daughter HANNAH NOBLE my farm at Munhard River, by David and Solomon Root farm, containing about fifty or sixty acres, and also fifteen pounds lawful money. Item, I give to my son WILLIAM SACKET, all the remainder of my estate real and personal. Item, I now constitute and appoint my son WILLIAM SACKET, sole executor of this my last Will and Testament. Record of Children. 225. Hannah Sacket. b. July 6, 1725; m. ---- Noble. 226. Moses Sacket, b. Dec. 15, 1727, d. Oct. 10, 1743, unmarried. 227. WILLIAM SACKET, b. Sept. 7, 1730, d. in year 1802; m. Lydia Weller. Page 52 58. ELIZABETH SACKET, 1702-1755, daughter of (14) Samuel and Elisabeth Bissell Sacket, was married, Jan. 16, 1724, to LUKE NOBLE, 1700-1778, son of SERGEANT LUKE NOBLE. They resided at Westfield and removed in 1743 to Great Barrington, Mass. Children. 228. Hannah Noble, b. Nov. 12, 1724; m. James Root. 229. Simeon Noble, b. Mar. 3, 1729. 230. Elizabeth Noble, b. Feb. 9, 1742. 231. Naomi Noble, b. May 19, 1745; m. Samuel Judd. Six children died in infancy. 59. SAMUEL SACKET, 1704-1760, of Westfield and Sheffield in Mass., son of (14) Samuel and Elisabeth Bissell Sacket, was married in Nov. 1738, to RUTH TRUMBLE. WILL. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the twenty third day of April 1760, I SAMUEL SACKET of Sheffield, husbandman, being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God . . . . . Imprimus, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife RUTH the improvement of one third part of my estate both Real and Personal, during her natural life, and then to go to the children, my son SAMUEL to have a double part. I will that my wife have the improvement of one third of my house barn and orchard in her third part. I also give to my wife Five pounds beside her thirds. Item, I give to my well beloved son SAMUEL two fifth parts of the remainder of my estate Real and Personal. And he to have my house barn and orchard in his part after my wife has done with them. Item, I give to my beloved daughter THANKFUL one fifth part of my estate Real and Personal, in such manner as is consistent with that what I have given my son, and also THANKFUL to have a feather bed above what her sisters have. Item, I give to my well beloved daughter ABIGAIL one fifth part of my estate Real and Personal in such manner as is consistent with what I have given my wife and son &co Item, I give to my well beloved daughter RACHEL one fifth part of my estate Real and Personal in such manner as is consistent with what I have given my wife and son &co N. B.--My debts to be paid out of my estate first of all, by my executors and then each to have their part. Likewise I constitute make and ordain my well beloved wife RUTH the sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament . . . . . Page 53 The above will is signed by Samuel Sacket and witnessed by John Callondrer, Ebenezer Trumble and Zenas Higgins. Record of Children. 232. Ruth Sacket, b. Aug. 26, 1740, d. Oct. 10, 1741. 233. Thankful Sacket, b. Jan. 29, 1742. 234. Abigail Sacket, b. Apr. 27, 1745. 235. Rachel Sacket, b. Dec. 23, 1747. 236. SAMUEL SACKET, b. Oct. 29, 1750. 60. BENONI SACKET, 1710-1785, of Westfield, Mass., son of (14) Samuel and Elisabeth Bissell Sacket, was married in March, 1731, to MINDWELL SMITH, of Hadley. Children. 237. Mindwell Sacket, b. Feb. 15, 1732; m. John Shepard. 238. ELIZABETH SACKET, b. Sept. 13, 1734; m. John Shepard. 239. Diana Sacket, b. Mar. 18, 1736; m. Seth Case. 240. Lucretia Sacket, b. June 28, 1739. 241. Ruth Sacket, b. Sept. 28, 1741; m. Jacob Gleason. 71. SARAH SACKETT, 1691-17--?, of New Haven, daughter of (17) Lieut. John and Mary Woodin Sackett, was married to CAPT. JONATHAN ALLING. Children. 245. John Alling. 246. Jonathan Alling. 247. James Alling. 248. Joseph Alling, b. in year 1728, d. in year 1803. 73. CAPT. SAMUEL SACKETT, of New Haven, Conn., son of (17) Lieut. John and Mary Woodin Sackett, was married, Dec. 11, 1728, to ELIZABETH TODD, 17--?-1737, daughter of SAMUEL TODD and his wife SUSANA TUTHILL. Prior to 1741 Capt. Sackett was married to his second wife, ---- ----, who died prior to 1751. On Aug. 6, 1752, he was married to his third wife. MRS. HANNAH RUSSELL PIERPONT, daughter of REV. NOADIAH RUSSELL and widow of Lieut. Joseph Pierpont. Capt. Sackett is frequently referred to in Page 54 colonial records of New Haven as "Deacon Samuel Sackett." These early records show also that he was prominent in business and social circles as well as in military and religious affairs. In 1736 he was appointed a Lieutenant and in 1754 commissioned Captain of the "5th Company or Train Band" in the town of New Haven. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1748 and 1749, and again from 1758 to 1776. In 1759 the Governor and General Council of Connecticut authorized Samuel Sackett and several other prominent citizens to organize a company and build and maintain a bridge across the "New Haven East River." Children. 251. Sarah Sackett, b. Apr. 9, 1730; m. Samuel Moulthrop. 252. MAHITABLE SACKETT, b. Feb. 23, 1732; m. Asa Goodyear. 253. Elisabeth Sackett, m. ---- Decker. 254. SAMUEL SACKETT, b. Mar. 20, 1741, d. 1826; m. Abigail Blakeley. 255. Elias Sackett, b. Mar. 27, 1743. 256. SOLOMON SACKETT, b. in year 1748, d. Aug. 8, 1823. 74. JONATHAN SACKETT, of New Haven, Conn., son of (18) Jonathan and Hannah ---- Sackett, was married, March 12, 1717, to RUTH HOTCHKISS. Of their ten children we have been able to record but one, a Daughter. 259. SARAH SACKETT, b. Aug. 9, 1721, d. Dec. 5, 1780; m. Elisha Booth. 75. CAPT. RICHARD SACKETT, 16--?-1746, of New Haven, New York City, and Dover, Dutchess County, N. Y., son of (18) Jonathan and Hannah ---- Sackett, appears to have been employed in early life, for a considerable period, in the forests of New England and to have there learned how tar was extracted from pine trees In 1699 he was a resident of New York City and the proprietor of a malt house or brewery. This malt house was located on the north side of Cherry Street, which at that time was known as Sackett Street, having been named for said Richard Sackett. On May 11, 1699, a marriage license was issued in New York City authorizing the marriage of Richard Sackett and Margery L. Page 55 Sleade. At about the same date Richard Sackett was commissioned Captain of the 7th Company of the New York City regiment commanded by Colonel William Peartree. This company was composed in the main of prominent young business men, and Capt. Sackett commanded it for several years. On March 11, 1703, Capt. Sackett petitioned the Lord Cornbury Government for permission to purchase from the Indian proprietors a certain tract of land in Dutchess County, called Wassaic. The license petitioned for was duly granted, the purchase from the Indian proprietors was made, and a patent for same, covering 7,500 acres, was issued to Richard Sackett and Company (Richard Sackett, Josiah Crego, Joseph Sackett, William Huddleson and John Mitchell), bearing date Nov. 2, 1704. At the time of which we are writing Capt. Sackett was enjoying marked prominence and popularity in both government and social circles, and his name appears frequently in official records of both New York and Connecticut. In April, 1703, Lord Cornbury appointed him Chief Revenue Officer for the South Eastern Section of the Province of New York. In April, 1704, he filed a minute of expenses incurred in seizing the sloop Betsey of Oyster Bay, for trading contrary to law, and bringing her up to New York. This proceeding shows that he had jurisdiction over the harbor and seacoast as well as over the city and surrounding country. On June 16, of the same year, he was granted license to dispose by lottery, of several lots and tracts of land in New York City and Dutchess County, N. Y. The date of birth of Mr. Sackett has not been ascertained. It is claimed by some of his descendants that at one period before his marriage he was a sea captain. It is also stated on supposedly reliable authority that "having perfected his title to the Wassaick tract, he, in connection with several wealthy residents of New York City, purchased the Indian titles to several other extensive tracts in same vicinity, and the colony line between New York and Connecticut not having at the time been established, he probably availed himself of his knowledge of astronomy, acquired in the study of navigation, and made experiments and observations, based upon the treaty of partition made in 1683, but which had never been carried out by actual survey, and persuaded himself that the boundary line when surveyed would run within about two miles of the Ousatonic Page 56 River. And that in this belief he purchased of Metoxan, the Great Chief of all the Indian tribes in that region, 22,000 acres of land--more than 7,000 acres of which the survey of the boundary line showed to be in Connecticut." The foregoing probably refers to the Little Nine Pardners tract for which a patent was issued on April 10, 1606, to Richard Sackett and associates, the larger section of which is to-day the most productive portion of Dutchess County, and contains some of the most valuable farms to be found in the State of New York. The records of Connecticut General Assembly, under date of May, 1705, contain the following minute: "Mr. Richard Sackett, of the Province of New York, petitions this Assembly for full liberty for himself and associates to get and transport all such timber of pine and spruce and whatever growing in this colony, that might be of use in furnishing his Majesty's navy, and that he might have a patent for the same. Referred to the next General Assembly to be holden at New Haven in October next." At said October session the above petition, having been modified by the insertion of certain limitations and conditions, was favorably considered, and a resolution ordering the issue of a patent accordingly was duly passed. In the Census of the City of New York, taken about 1708, Richard Sackett is shown to have resided in the East Ward, and to have a household consisting of himself, his wife, four children (two sons and two daughters), and four negro slaves (three male and one female). In 1711 Mr. Sackett settled his family permanently in Dutchess County, building his residence about one mile south of the present village of Wassaic. French, in his "Gazetteer of New York," says that Richard Sackett purchased several large tracts of land of the Indians in Dutchess County and in Sharon, Connecticut. P. H. Smith, in his "History of Dutchess County," says that "at the time Richard Sackett established his family in Amenia there was not another white family nearer than Poughkeepsie. Woodbury and New Milford." In other words within a radius of fifteen miles. In same year, 1711, Governor Hunter, somewhat in opposition to the Lords of Trade, who favored another person, appointed Mr. Sackett superintendent of the manufacture of naval stores in the Province of New York, and subsequently of New Jersey also. Page 57 This important position he filled acceptably throughout the term of office of Governor Hunter, who mentions him favorably in no less than twelve of his official reports to the Lords of Trade. In the first one of above mentioned reports Governor Hunter says: "I have provided another here by the name of Sackett, who hath lived three years in the Easterne Countries, among the manufacturers of tar, and gives me a very rational account of the method of preparing the trees; I have also wrote to Connecticut for two more, who, as I am informed, understand ye matter very well." Mr. Sackett was also one of the presiding officers of the "Court over the Palatines," appointed by "His Excellency, Brigadier Hunter, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief," to manage the affairs of the several Palatine villages within his jurisdiction. The extraordinary powers conferred on this court are shown by the warrant creating it, which is recorded on page 669, Vol. III, Documentary History of New York. and reads as follows: To Robert Livingston, Richard Sackett, John Cast, Godfrey Wulson, Andrew Bagg and Herman Schuneman, Esqrs., and the officers commanding the detachment of soldiers at Manor Livingston for the time being: By virtue of powers to me granted by her Majesty's Patent, and her particular instructions with relation to the Palatines within the Province of New York, who by her Maiesty's orders and their own contract are obliged to follow the manufacture of naval stores within the said Province, I do appoint you or any three of you (of which number Robert Livingston or Richard Sackett is always to be one), to be a court for regulating and forwarding the said work, with full power to take cognisance of all misdemeanors, disobedience, or other wilful transgressions in the said people with relation to the above mentioned work, and power to punish the same by confinement or corporal punishment, not extending to life or mutilation. You are also hereby impowered to nominate to each village or settlement of the said Palatines a fit person for the head of the said village or settlement to whom all your orders are to be directed, and who is to see them put in execution, and in case of tumult, disobedience or any other mutinous proceeding as have already fallen out, the officer commanding the detachment now at Manor Livingston is to assist you, if need be, toward the suppressing the same, preserving the public peace and securing the delinquents, in order to their being brought to Royal and condign punishment, for all which this is your sufficient warrant. Given at Manor Livingston this present 12th June 1711. R. HUNTER. In 1715. Richard Sackett was, on recommendation of Judge Leonard Lewis, made the first clerk of Dutchess County, which office he held until 1721. Page 58 On Nov. 29, 1722, it is recorded that Richard Sackett petitioned the New York Assembly for "a warrant of survey, to run the north line of Madam Brett's patent, his land lying adjacent thereto (in Dutchess County)." In 1732 the General Assembly of Connecticut granted a charter to "The New London Society, United for Trade and Commerce," in which Richard Sackett is named as one of the incorporators. Among the acts passed by the New York Colonial Assembly at session of 1734-5, was one "For the partition and division of a certain tract of land in Dutchess County, granted to Rip Van Dam, Richard Sackett, and others." A full account of proceedings taken under this act, together with copies of official maps, showing the specific allotments in this thirty-five mile tract, may be found in the "History of Little Nine Partners," by Isaac Hunting, of Pine Plains, N. Y., issued from the press of Charles Walsh & Co., Amenia, N. Y., in 1897. Capt. Richard Sackett died at Wassaick in 1746, and is buried in a private plot on a small rise of ground on the original Sackett Homestead farm at that place. Van Alstine in his "Burying Grounds of Sharon & Vicinity," referring to this particular plot, says: "This is a small enclosure on the hillside above the steel works, on the old road, half way between South Amenia and Wassaick. Here was buried in 1746. Mr. Richard Sackett, the earliest settler of Amenia. The stone that marked the spot has long since disappeared. The whole place is shamefully neglected." The will of Capt. Sackett was probated April 28, 1746, and was recorded both at Albany and New York City. It reads as follows: IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, Dec. 14, 1744, I Richard Sackett, of Dover in Dutchess County, yoeman, being sick . . . . leave to my wife Margery all Household goods, and the use of my lot, house and Orchards, during her widowhood, and then to my son John Sackett. I leave to my oldest son Richard Sackett 200 acres of land above his equal share as oldest son. I leave to my wife 50 acres to be at her disposal. I leave to my son John after my wife's decease my house, homestead, orchards and meadows and a