William Sackett

(1753-1842)
FatherJonathan Sacket (1727-1777)
MotherHannah Phelps (1726/27-1803)
William Sackett, farmer of Warren, Connecticut; Thetford, Vermont; and Cayuga County, New York, son of Jonathan Sacket and Hannah Phelps, was born in Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 16 November 1753.1,2 He died aged 88 at Seneca Falls, New York StateG, on 20 January 18422 and was buried at Restvale Cemetery, Seneca FallsG.3 He married first in KentG on 9 March 1774, Eunice Beeman, daughter of Parke Beeman and Anna Keeney.2,4 She died on 11 March 1784.5,2 He married second in Warren, Litchfield CountyG, on 30 May 1786, Parthenia Patterson.6,2
     William Sackett served in the American Revolutionary War as a Sergeant in the 5th Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army.7
     William was named as a beneficiary in his grandmother Anne Filer's will made in Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, in June 1783.
     In 1790 William was living in Thetford, Orange County, VermontG. In his household were two men, two boys, and four females.8 He was also listed as a householder there in 1800.9
     William was listed in the censuses of 1810, 1820, and 1830 as a householder in Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York StateG.10,11,12 In 1840 he was a householder in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York StateG.13
     William was listed in the 1841 census of Revolutionary War pensioners. At the reference date of 1 June 1840, he was living in Seneca, New York StateG, and was aged 86.14

Children of William Sackett and Eunice Beeman

Children of William Sackett and Parthenia Patterson

  • Russell Sackett+ b. 12 Mar 1787, d. 15 Jan 1824
  • Eunice Sackett+ b. 25 Aug 1788, d. 1847
  • Judge Gary V Sackett+ b. 8 Aug 1790, d. 15 Jun 1865
  • Jonathan Sackett b. 3 May 1792, d. 20 Jul 1869
  • Matilda Sackett b. 2 Apr 1796, d. 22 Nov 1877
  • Anna Sackett b. 8 Aug 1798, d. 10 Nov 1881
  • Caroline Sackett b. 3 Apr 1801, d. c 1894
  • Amanda Sackett b. 18 Nov 1803, d. c 1889
  • Fanny Sackett b. 14 Feb 1808
  • Hon William Augustus Sackett+ b. 18 Nov 1811, d. 6 Sep 1895

645. William Sacket, 1753–1842, of Warren, Conn., Treaford, Vt., and Cayuga County, N. Y., son of (202) Jonathan and Hulda Phelps Sacket, was married in spring of 1774 to Eunice Bowman [Beeman] who died Mar. 10, 1784. On May 29, 1786, he was married to Parthenia Patterson. At the outbreak of the war of the Revolution he enlisted in the 5th Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Col. Watterbury, and attached to Gen. Wooster's Brigade. He was by occupation a farmer, and settled first at Warren, Conn. In February, 1788, he sold his farm at Warren and removed to Tredford, Vt., where he had purchased a farm, and located some four miles west of the Connecticut River. This farm he in 1801 sold to Judge Buckingham and removed to another a few miles distant on the banks of the Connecticut. In 1805 he disposed of this farm also and migrated with his large family to Aurelius, Cayuga County, N. Y., where he subsequently purchased another farm and built upon it a house, in which he lived until 1832. His son Garry V., and other members of his family became meantime interested in the settlement and building up of a new village, now called Seneca Falls, ten miles to the westward of the Sacket homestead at Aurelius. In 1832 William Sacket removed to the new village, where he had purchased a comfortable cottage, in which he spent his remaining years.
"WAR DEPARTMENT REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM"
"I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, William Sacket, of the State of New York, who was a private and sergeant in the Revolutionary War, is entitled to receive Sixty three dollars and thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of September, in every year.
"Given at the War Office of the United States this thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
"Lew Cass,
"Secretary of War.
(Seal)
"Examined and countersigned.
"J. L. Edwards,
"Commissioner of Pensions."
Children.
1440. Prudence Sacket, m. ___ Howard.
1441. Ruby Sacket.
1442. Vina Sacket, m. ___ Green.
1443. Russell Sacket, b. Mar. 12, 1787, d. Jan. 15, 1824; m. Jane Stephenson.
1444. Eunice Sacket, b. Aug. 20, 1788, d. in 1847; m. David Higgins.
1445. Garry V. Sacket, b. Aug. 9, 1790, d. June 15, 1865; m. 1st, Nancy Vance.
1446. Jonathan Sacket, b. May 3, 1792, d. July 20, 1869, unmarried.
1447. Matilda Sacket, b. Apr. 2, 1796, d. Nov. 22, 1877, unmarried.
1448. Anna Sacket, b. Aug. 8, 1798, d. Nov. 10, 1881; m. William Gilmore.
1449. Caroline Sacket, b. Apr. 3, 1801, d. in 1894; m. Amos Halstead.
1450. Amanda Sacket, b. Nov. 18, 1803, d. in 1889, unmarried.
1451. Fanny Sacket, b. Feb. 14, 1808; m. Pliny Dickinson.
1452. William A. Sacket, b. Nov. 8, 1811, d. in 1895; m. 1st, Zade Thorn.

 Notes & Citations

  1. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "[Sackett], William, s. [Jonathan Jr. & Hannah], b. Nov. 16, 1753. Kent Vital Records, 1:185."
  2. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America.
  3. Find a Grave.
  4. Barbour Collection, "Sackett, William, m. Eunice Beeman, Mar. 9, 1774, by Rev. Peter Starr. Kent Vital Records, 2:42."
  5. Barbour Collection, "Sackett, Eunice, w. William, d. Mar. 11, 1784. Kent Vital Records, 2:42."
  6. Barbour Collection, "Sackett, William, m. Pearthene Paterson, May 30, 1786. Warren Vital Records, 1:115."
  7. Website National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, "Sackett, William
    Service: Connecticut
    Rank: Orderly Sergeant
    Birth: 11-16-1753, Kent, Hartford Co, Connecticut
    Death: 1-20-1841, Seneca Falls, Cayuga Co, New York
    Pension Number: S*W26956
    Service Source: S*W26956
    Service Description: 1) Also Pvt Sgt. Capts. Curtis; 2) Carter, Sackett, Cols. Hinman, Canfield, Hook
    Residence: Kent, Litchfield Co, Connecticut
    Spouse: 1) Eunice Bowman, 2) Parthena Patterson."
  8. 1790 United States census, William Sacket. Thetford, Orange, VT. 2 white males (16+), 2 white males under 16, and 4 white females.
  9. 1800 United States census, "Wm Sacket, Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, 1 male under 10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 45 and over, 2 females under 10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44, total 10."
  10. 1810 United States census, "William Sackett, Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York State, 3 males 16-25, 1 male 45 and over, 3 females under 10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 45 and over, total 10."
  11. 1820 United States census, "William Sacket, Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York State, 1 male under 10, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 10-15, 4 females 16-25, 1 female 45 and over, total 8."
  12. 1830 United States census, "William Sackett, Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York State, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 70-79, 3 females 20-29, 1 female 60-69, total 6."
  13. 1840 United States census, "William Sackett, Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York State, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 70-79, 1 female 15-19, 3 females 30-39, 1 female 70-79, total 7."
  14. "U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1841" (Ancestry image), "New York State, Seneca County, Seneca, William Sackett, age 86, in household of Cornelius Boylon."
Appears inSacketts in the Military
Sackett line5th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Sackett Family Association descendants
Susan Teagarden and Carol Davis Mckinney.
Generation.Tree6N.3
Last Edited26 Nov 2023
See also Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
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