The Sackett Family Association

Erastus Sacket Jr

(1750-1838)

Father

Mother

Elizabeth Leonard (1729/30-1816)

Erastus Sacket Jr, son of Erastus Sacket and Elizabeth Leonard, was born in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts^G, on 29 July 1750^1,2,3 and baptized at the Church of Christ, Westfield, Hampden County^G, on 9 September 1750.⁴ He died aged 88 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G, on 28 September 1838^5,6 and was buried at Terrace Grove, Pittsfield Cemetery^G.⁶ He married Sarah ___. Sarah was born in 1758.⁷ She died in Pittsfield^G on 30 April 1833⁶ and was buried in Terrace Grove, Pittsfield Cemetery^G.
     Erastus served in the American Revolutionary War.⁶
     Erastus was included in a 1786 census of Pittsfield householders; his father Erastus was also listed.⁸
     In 1790 Erastus was living in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^G. In his household were one man and six females, presumably his wife Sarah and five of their daughters.⁹
     Erastus was listed in the census in 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830 as a householder in Pittsfield^G.^10,11,12,13
     Erastus was appointed joint administrator, with his daughter Beulah, of the estate of Beulah's husband Jonathan Davis who died intestate in Otsego County, New York, in about 1811.¹⁴

Children of Erastus Sacket Jr and Sarah ___

Betsey Sacket
Diana Sacket
Electa Sacket
Miranda Sacket+
Sophia Sacket
Sylvia Sacket
Sarah C "Sally" Sacket b. late 1700s
Beulah W Sacket+ b. c 1783, d. 16 May 1856

Sackett line

5th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet

Appears in

Sacketts in the Military

Charts

Line 3a (American)

Notes & Citations

Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, not recorded.
Cooke, Pittsfield Families Vol 9, Page 116.
Vital Records, Springfield, Massachusetts, to 1850, Book 2, Births, 1728–1772, "Erastus Sackett Son of Erastus Sackett & Elizabeth Sackett of Springfield was born July 29th anno: Dom. 1750."
Website Baptisms performed in the Church of Christ, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1679–1836 (NewEnglandAncestors.org), "1750 Sacket, Erastus s. Erastus & ---, Sept. 9."
Cooke Collection of Massachusetts genealogical records, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1:293, Pittsfield Sun, 3 Oct 1838, "Died. This town, Sep 28, Mr Erastus Sackett."
Cooke Collection of Massachusetts genealogical records, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 3:12, Record of Revolutionary Soldiers of Berkshire County, Berkshire County Chapter of the State Society of Sons of the American Revolution, "Sackett, Erastus, b. 1750, d. Pittsfield, Sept. 28, 1838, ae 88, son of Erastus and Elizabeth (Chaffee) Sackett. He was buried in Terrace Grove, in Pittsfield Cemetery. Grave has marker. His wife, Sarah, d. April 30, 1833, ae 75."
Date of birth based on age at death.
Cooke Collection of Massachusetts genealogical records, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 26:375, records of First Church of Christ, Pittsfield, [1786 census] Ares. Sackett [next line] Ar. Sackett Junr."
1790 US census, digital image from National Archives microfilm, Ancestry.com, Erastus Sacket, Jun. Pittsfield, Berkshire, MA. 1 white male (16+) and 6 white females.
1800 US census, database, American Ancestors, "Erastus Sackett, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts."
1810 US census, database, American Ancestors, "Erastus Sackett, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts."
1820 US census, database, American Ancestors, "Erastus Sacket, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts."
1830 US census, database, American Ancestors, "Erastus Sacket, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts."
"New York Probate Records", digital image, FamilySearch.

Generation.Tree

6N.3a

Last Edited

7 December 2019