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John Sacket

(1660-1745)
FatherJohn Sackett (1632-1719)
MotherAbigail Hannum (1640-1690)
John Sacket, son of John Sackett and Abigail Hannum, was born in Northampton, MassachusettsG, on 4 November 1660.1,2,3 He died in Westfield, MassachusettsG, on 20 December 1745.1,4,5,6 He married first in Windsor, Hartford County, ConnecticutG, on 1 December 1686, Deborah Filley, of Windsor, daughter of William Filley and Margaret Cockney.1,7,6,8 Deborah was born in WindsorG on 21 March 1660/61.9 She died in WestfieldG on 20 November 1701.4,10,6 He married second at WestfieldG on 17 May 1703, Mahitable (Danks) Harris, daughter of Robert Danks and Elizabeth Swift.1,4,5,11 Mahitable died in WestfieldG in November 1744.4,5,12
     John was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in Westfield, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, on 10 May 1718.
History of Westfield
John Sacket is included in Lockwood's Westfield History in a list (with his father, also John, and brother William) of townsmen of Westfield who had taken the oath of allegiance to the King.
     He is also mentioned in a business account contained in a letter from Rev Samual Mather, pastor of the church in Windsor, Conn. to Rev Edward Taylor, pastor of the church in Westfield.
     There are other references in Lockwood to John Sacket but, as they do not specify "Jr", they are taken to refer to his father, John Sackett Sr.13

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 Weller.
     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 (sic) Sacket, b. Mar 12, 1712, d. in 1764; m. Bethesda Fowler.
     43. Mary Sacket, b. Mar 5, 1715.

Children of John Sacket and Deborah Filley

Children of John Sacket and Mahitable (Danks) Harris

 Notes & Citations

  1. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "8. John Sacket, b. Nov. 4, 1660; d. Dec. 20, 1745; m. Deborah Filley."
  2. "Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts (Corbin Collection)" (American Ancestors transcript), birth, p.7, "Saccot, John, births in 1660, (4) of Noueme John son of John and Abigall Saccot was Borne"; p. 8, "Saccot, John, s. John & Abigall, Nov. (4) 1660"; p.9, "Sacket, John, s. John & Abigall Hannum, Nov. 4 1660."
  3. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1860-62).
  4. Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, A:23.
  5. "Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "Sacket, John, Jr. m. Mehitable Danks, May 17, 1703, d. Dec. 20, 1745."
    "Sacket, Mehitable, w. John, Jr. m. May 17, 1705, d. Nov.--, 1744."
  6. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Boston: NEHGS), 6 (1852): 269, Marriages, Births and Deaths in Westfield, "John Sackett, wife Deborah; chn. John, b. March 3, 1688; Abigail, b. Oct. 16, 1690; Daniel, b. Aug. 14, 1693; David, b. July 7, 1696; Benjamin, b. Oct. 30, 1698; Deborah, b. Nov. 16, 1701. Mrs. D. Sachett d. Nov. 20, 1701. Mr. S. m. again, had several children, d. Dec. 20, 1745."
  7. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sackit, John, of Westfield, m. Deborah Filley, of Windsor, Dec. 1, 1686. Windsor Vital Records, 1:61."
  8. "Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700" (American Ancestors transcript), "John [Sackett] (1660–1745), Westfield & 1/wf Deborah Filley (16611–701); 1 Dec 1686; Windsor, CT/Westfield/Wethersfield. "
  9. Clarence Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society).
  10. "Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "Sacket, Deborah, m. John, Jr. d. Nov. 20, 1701."
  11. "Westfield, Massachusetts, Marriage Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "John Sacket Jr. of W. and Wid. Mehitable Harris of W; m. May 17, 1703."
  12. Vital Records, Westfield, Massachusetts.
  13. John (Rev) Lockwood, Westfield and Its Historic Influences 1669-1919, published by the author (1922).
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Sackett Family Association descendants
Descendants of John Sacket and Deborah Filley
Ray J Sackett, Jeanette Boden, Jack Hume, Eugene Venne, Eva Adams, Pat Stempski, Cathy Schraeder, Claire Tschirky, Matthew C Sackett, Linda Hare, Marc Howard, DeAnna Sackett Johnson, Chris Kimball, Schuyler Sackett, Gene Theroux, Toni Sackett Reyes, Richard Albert Price, Ann Irving, Ansley Sackett, Steve Sackett, Mary Harrison, Kevin Kelley, Sally Trabun Arsove, Susan Nykamp, Kevin M Sackett, Sally Day, Susan Peck, Bette Procknow, Patricia Roberts, Marcia V Daly, Nan McRee Williams, Scott McKennon Sackett, Nancy Daugulis, Amy V Lederman, Jennifer Lundgren, Hollie Sackett, Taylor Sackett, Breffni McGuire, Warren Adams, Donna Yarbrough, Martin Price, Tammy Martin, Zachary Price, Jared Price, Alma Berridge, Kyle Thomas Clark, Anthony Oderlin, Luis Valentin, Tim Sackett and Michelle Henning.
Descendants of John Sacket and Mahitable (Danks) Harris
Fred Sackett, Patty Sackett Chrisman, Patty Bohler, Don Robinson, Lynette Sackett Wilkerson, Dianne Cobb, Ross Hadley, Ron Grammer, Brian Williams, Kathy James, James R Klim, Steven W Frank, Michelle Pearce, Sharon Powalka, Rear Admiral Albert Monroe Sackett, Michelle Morris, Beverley Service, Kay Prindle Corwin, Molly Sackett, Chet McLaren, Jim Gould, Jodee Thomas, Kathleen "Kathi" Normandeau, Jennifer Walz Selby, Timothy Stemper, Marvin L "Bud" Wood, Dawn Howe, Margaret Russell, Donald "Scott" Lee, Angela Bean, Brian Archer Sackett, Rhonda Gower, Karen Sackett, Chuck Fullhart, Kim Polzin, Joshua Leewarner, Sandra Bell, Larry Dale Weller, Richard McClellan, Virginia May "Ginny" Marsh, Darcy C Hoisington, Lucy Weber, Scott Wludyga, Angelina Pease, Henry DeJulia, Ronald R Ulseth, Shannon Miller, Julie Baughman, Grant Werner (non-descendant researcher), Brenda Link, Christine Brimblecom & Barbara Goeckner, Clyde Martin, Elizabeth Stroud, Kathy Brenner and Jon Sackett-Williams.
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