Reuben Sacket

(1732-1803)
Reuben Sacket|b. 1732\nd. 1803|p5544.htm|Jonathan Sacket|b. 1695/96\nd. 1773|p4444.htm|Ann Filer|b. c 1705\nd. 1787||William Sacket|b. 1662\nd. 1700|p3362.htm|Hannah Graves|b. 1665/66\nd. aft 1700||Samuel Filer|b. 1681\nd. 1710||Abigail Phelps|b. 1682\nd. 1710||
FatherJonathan Sacket (1695/96-1773)
MotherAnn Filer (c 1705-1787)
Reference204.5M.7
Reuben Sacket, son of Jonathan Sacket and Ann Filer, was born in Hebron, Connecticut, on 17 June 1732.1,2 He died aged 71 in Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, on 5 July 1803.3,2 He married in Kent, Litchfield County, on 21 December 1752, Mercy Finney, daughter of John Finney and Ann Toogood.4,2,5 Mercy was born in Swansea, Massachusetts, on 1 January 1729/30.5 She died aged 75 in Warren on 23 January 1805.6
     Reuben was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, on 12 June 1772.
     Reuben was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in June 1783.

Sacketts of America: biography

Sackett Family Association descendants of Reuben Sacket & Mercy Finney:
Thurmon King, Alyce Beggs, Marie Reid, Sharon Allen, Cindy Torres Owens, Carroll M Lawson, Ruth Rawlings, Steve & Debbie Barbee, Ted Smith, S Howard Dreelan, Debra Leffler Streeter, Charles Crain, Catrina Kohl, Rachel Stella, Jane Kirkendall, Jean Carpenter, Louella Sexsmith, Terry Sackett, Christina Sackett, Michelle Marolis, Mike Fisher, Dennis Gottier, Ron Ruberstell, Wanda Phillips and Michael Trickey.

Family

Mercy Finney
Children

Notes & Citations

  1. [S837] Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sackit, Rubine, s. Jonathan, b. June 17, 1732. Hebron Vital Records, 1:13."
  2. [S467] Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "204. Reuben Sacket, b. June 17, 1732, d. June 5, 1803; m. Mercy Finney."
  3. [S837] Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sacket, Reuben, d. July 5, 1803, æ 71 years. Warren Vital Records, 1:140."
  4. [S837] Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sacket, Ruben, m. Marcy Finney, b. of Kent, Dec. 21, 1752, by Rev. Cyrus Marsh. Kent Vital Records, LR1:12."
  5. [S538] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEHGS, Boston, vol. 60 (1906): 70, Bristol Branch of the Finney Family, "Mercy [Finney], [d. John Finney & Ann Toogood], b. [Swansea, Mass.] Jan. 1, 1729–30; m. Dec. 21, 1752, Reuben Sacket of East Greenwich, now Warren, Conn."
  6. [S837] Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sacket, Marcy, w. Reuben, d. Jan. 23, 1805, æ 75 years. Warren Vital Records, 1:140."