Gurdon L Sackett
| Father | John Sackett (say 1784-1847) |
| Mother | Eunice Leffingwell (c 1790-) |
Gurdon L Sackett, son of John Sackett and Eunice Leffingwell, was born in MassachusettsG about 1814.1,2 He died about 1856.3 He married first about 1850, Margaret ___.1 Margaret was born in IrelandG about 1819.1 He married second in Winnebago County, IllinoisG, on 2 June 1851, Jane Smith.4 She died in 1914.5
In 1837 Gurdon was taxed on a landholding of 50 acres in Denmark, Ashtabula County, OhioG.6
In 1850 Gurdon was living in Newark, Rock County, WisconsinG, and was recorded in the census as Gurdon L Sackett, a farmer, aged 36 and born in Massachusetts. His wife Margaret, 31, was living with him. They had married within the year. There was also a child, Milton Crompton, aged nine, in the household.7
In 1837 Gurdon was taxed on a landholding of 50 acres in Denmark, Ashtabula County, OhioG.6
In 1850 Gurdon was living in Newark, Rock County, WisconsinG, and was recorded in the census as Gurdon L Sackett, a farmer, aged 36 and born in Massachusetts. His wife Margaret, 31, was living with him. They had married within the year. There was also a child, Milton Crompton, aged nine, in the household.7
Child of Gurdon L Sackett and Jane Smith
- John William Sackett b. 19 Apr 1852, d. 24 Nov 1937
Notes & Citations
- Census.
- Albert Leffingwell, The Leffingwell Record: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Lt. Thomas Leffingwell, Leffingwell Publishing Company, Aurora, New York (1897), digital image, Internet Archive (archive.org), "Eunice [Leffingwell, d. of Elisha Leffingwell and Betsey Barney], b. abt. 1790; m. John Sackett, and had children: Gurdon, Elisha, Perit, Alonzo, Corinth, Eunice, and Lucretia."
- Obituary of son John states that he was three when his father died.
- "Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860–1920" (Ancestry transcript), "2 Jun 1851, Winnebago, Illinois, Gurdon Sackett & Jane Smith."
- Son John's obituary.
- "Ohio, U.S., Tax Records, 1800-1850" (Ancestry image), Denmark Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, 1837, "Sackett, Gurdon, lot N, 50 acres, value $92, tax $1.12."
- 1850 United States Federal Census, Roll 1005, p 384a
Newark, Rock, Wisconsin
Sackett, Gurdon L, 36, farmer, real estate $500, b. MA, married within the year
Sackett, Margaret, 31, b. Ireland
Crompton, Milton, 9, b. IL.
| Sackett line | 6th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet 4th great-grandson of Simon Sackett the colonist |
| Charts | Line 3a (American) |
| Generation.Tree | 7O.3 |
| Last Edited | 19 Jul 2024 |
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English line of Thomas Sackett the elder & other English lines
American line of Thomas Sackett the elder through Simon Sackett the colonist
Line of John Sackett of New Haven