Deacon & Captain Justus Sacket

(1729/30-1815)
FatherJonathan Sacket (1696/97-1773)
MotherAnne Filer (c 1705-1787)
Deacon & Captain Justus Sacket, of Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, son of Jonathan Sacket and Anne Filer, was born in Hebron, ConnecticutG, on 9 March 1729/30.1,2 He died aged 85 in WarrenG on 16 March 18152,3 and was buried at the Old Cemetery, WarrenG.4,5,6 He married in Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 1 January 1756, Lydia Newcomb, 1738-1808, daughter of Benjamin Newcomb and Hannah Clark.7,2 Lydia was born in about 1731.8 She died aged 77 in WarrenG on 16 November 18082,9 and was buried at the Old Cemetery, WarrenG.10
     Justus was commissioned Captain of the Second Train Band of Kent (Warren), Connecticut, in 1765, and served in the American Revolutionary War.11
     Justus was a founding, covenanting, member at the first "gathering" of the Congregational Church at Warren in 1756, and was a deacon of the church. In 1776, when the congregation decided to build a proper church meeting house to replace the old schoolhouse, he was sent to the General Court "to git a committee to Stake A place to Set sd house."12,13,14,15
     Justus was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 12 June 1772. He was left half the house and barn and all the farm stock after specific bequests to his mother.16
     Captain Justus, then a member of the East Greenwich Church, filed a complaint at the First Congregational Church, KentG, against Ebenezer Pack on 15 December 1773.17
     Justus was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made in Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, in June 1783. He was left a one-third share of her estate.
     In 1790 Justus was living in Warren, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG. In his household were three men, and three females.18
     Justus was listed in the census in 1800 and 1810 as a householder in WarrenG.19,20
     In February 1814 Justus, then 83, suffered a fall, breaking a thigh, as described by his nephew Alexander Sackett writing in August 1814 from Warren to Dr Samuel Sackett (Alexander's brother) in Pennsylvania.
Unkle Justus is living and intended to go to New Connecticut this next fall but has yet to see his Son Salmon who lives there he lives in the town of Tallmadge but Unkle has net with a great misfortune. in the month of February last (I think it was) he was walking just out of doors when his feet Slipped from under him and as he fell he broke one of his thies so that he has not been able to walk one step on that leg Since nor is it likely that he ever will again for the bones do not unite and the soreness is gone so there is a large place in the thy, he can walk with Crutches if some body will Steady him. he has been to meeting several times this Summer They lift him in and out of the Waggon and So they Convey him to the Meetinghouse and back again, Unkle retains his Mental faculdies remarkably well. Unkles Children are all living, except Lydia, and well except Minervy. She has a feble Constitution, they are doing well — it is a general time of health here tho there is some Exceptions and some deaths.
Justus Sackett (1730–1815), Warren Center Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut
(Src: Find a Grave, Michael Bradbury)

Children of Deacon & Captain Justus Sacket and Lydia Newcomb


203. Capt. Justus Sacket, 1730–1815, of Kent (now Warren), Conn., son of (47) Jonathan and Ann Filer Sacket, was married, in 1757, to Lydia Newcomb, 1738-1808, daughter of Benjamin Newcomb and his wife Hannah Clark. Capt. Sacket was born in East Greenwich (now Hebron), Conn., but in 1750 removed to and became a permanent resident of Kent. He there took an active part in religious, political and military affairs and gained and held the confidence and respect of his townsmen. His name appears in the list of founders of the first church established in Kent, and in 1753 he was appointed by the General Assembly of Connecticut to collect a tax levied against the property of East Greenwich for support of a minister of the Gospel. He was a Justice of the Peace from 1771 to 1777, and again from 1779 to 1782. In the year last named he represented his town in Connecticut Legislature. In 1765 he was commissioned Captain of the Second Train Band of the town of Kent, and during the War of the Revolution he participated in several short campaigns.
Children.
655. Benjamin Sacket, b. July 28, 1762, d. July 14, 1844; m. Betsey Eldred.
656. Salmon Sacket, b. May 8, 1764, d. Nov. 24, 1846; m. Matilda A. Curtis.
657. Homer Sacket, b. Aug. 6, 1765, d. May 7, 1853; m. Sarah Carter.
658. Lodema Sacket, b. Jan. 27, 1767, d. Dec. 5, 1844; m. Augustus Curtis.
659. Lydia Sacket, b. in year 1768, d. in year 1813; m. Benjamin Carter.
660. Betsey Sacket, b. in year 1770, d. Jan. 19, 1821; m. Elisha Swift.
661. Minerva Sacket, b. in year 1772, d. in year 1820; m. Abel Carter.

 Notes & Citations

  1. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sackit, Justus, s. Jonath [sic], b. Mar. 9, 1729/30. Hebron Vital Records, 1:17."
  2. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "203. Justus Sacket, b. Mar. 9, 1730, d. Mar. 16, 1815; m. Lydia Newcomb."
  3. "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630–1920" (Ancestry image), Church of Christ, Warren, "Sackett, Justus, Esq., d. 16 Mar 1815, age 85. 2:11a."
  4. "Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629–1934" (Ancestry image), 51:12, Inscription, Old Cemetery, Warren, Litchfield County, "Sackett, Justus, died 1815."
    51:13, Inscription, Old Cemetery, Warren, Litchfield County, "Sacket, Justus Esq, died Mar 16, 1815, age 85 yrs."
    27:331, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar 1815, "Sacket, Deac. Justus, Warren, died Mar 16, age 85."
    Connecticut Mirror (Hartford), 3 Apr 1815, "Sacket, Dea. Justus, Warren, died Mar 16, age 85."
    Connecticut Herald (Hartford), 4 Apr 1815, "Sacket, Dea. Justus, Warren, age 85."
  5. Find a Grave.
  6. Gravestone, In/ memory of/ Justus Sackett Esq./ who departed this life/ Mar. 16, 1815/ æ 85/ "in God's own arms he left the breath/ That God's own spirit gave/ His was the noblest road to death/ And his the sweetest grave."
  7. Barbour Collection, "Sackett, Justice, m. Lyddia Newcomb, Jan. 1, 1756, by Timothy Hatch. Kent Vital Records, 1:10."
  8. Sacketts of America, has 1738.
  9. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, Church of Christ, Warren, "Sackett, Lydia, w. Justus, Esq., d. 16 Nov 1808, age 77. 2:5a."
  10. Hale Collection, 51:13, Inscription, Old Cemetery, Warren, Litchfield County, "Sacket, Lydia, wife of Justus Esq, died Nov 16, 1808, age 77 yrs."
    26:184, Danbury Times, 7 Dec 1808, "Sacket, Mrs, Warren, wife of Deacon Justus Sacket, age 77."
    Litchfield Gazette, 7 Dec 1808, "Sacket, Lydia, Warren, wife of Deacon Justus, age 77."
    Connecticut Herald (Hartford), 13 Dec 1808, "Sacket, Lydia, Warren, age 77."
  11. Website National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, "Sackett, Justus
    Service: Connecticut
    Rank(S): Civil Service, Patriotic Service
    Birth: 3-9-1730, Hebron, Windham Co, Connecticut
    Death: 3-16-1815, Warren, Litchfield Co, Connecticut
    Service Source: Hoadly, Pub Recs of the State of Ct 1776-1781, Vol 1, pp 3,62, 90, 379; Vol 2, pp 250, 256; Vol 3, pp 10, 375, Vol 4, pp 81,131, 138; Vol 5, p 115
    Service Description: 1) J.O.P. 1775/6,1779 Etal, Deputy; 2) Rep to Gen Assem Fr Kent 1775-1783
    Residence: Kent, Litchfield Co, Connecticut
    Spouse: Lydia Newcomb."
  12. Lucy Sackett Curtiss, The Congregational Church, Warren, Connecticut, 1756–1956, Brewer-Borg Corp (1956), digital image, Internet Archive (archive.org), vi, "Deacons of the Church ... Justus Sackett [undated, but late 1700s] ... Salmon Sackett, 1808, (Moved to Tallmadge, Ohio)."
    4–5, "Among the pioneers who during the first decade took up land in the section now known as Warren, were some of the town's most influential men .... For example, ... Justus and Homer Sackett; ...."
    12–13, "... September 22, 1756—the day for the "gathering" of the new church ... covenanting members [18, including] Jonathan Sackett, Jonathan Sackett, Jun., Justus Sackett."
    16, "In 1776 Justus Sackett was sent to the General Court "to git a committee to Stake A place to Set sd house" [a proper meeting house to replace the little schoolhouse]."
  13. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, Church of Christ, Warren, "Sackett, Justus, adm. ch. 22 Sep 1756; d. ( ) 1815, age 85. 5:58."; "Sackett, Justus, mem. in full communion in Church of Christ in East Greenwich, 29 Jun 1757. 2:6."; "Sackett, Justus & w. Lydia, mems in full communion with Church of Christ in East Greenwich, 18 Mar 1772. 2:11."; "Sackett, Lydia, adm. ch. 25 Jun 1780. 2:18."; "Sackett, Lydia, adm. ch. 25 Jun 1780, on profession. 5:64."
  14. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, Church of Christ, Warren, "Sackett, Justus, Dea. & w. Lydia, adm. ch. 1 Jan 1801. 2:24."
  15. Howard Carter, Genealogy of Descendants of Thomas Carter ... of MA and CT, Norfolk, CT (1909), digital image, Ancestry.com, pp 23–24, "The church of the "Society of East Greenwich (now Warren) in the town of Kent" was formerly organized Sept. 22, 1756. [First covenant, names included:] Jonathan Sackett, Jonathan Sackett Jun., Justus Sackett. 'Then the above named Persons publickly Covenanted and were declared to be a Church of Christ.' "
  16. Sacketts of America, "47. Jonathan Sacket, b. Mar. 20, 1696; d. Sept. 1, 1773; m. Ann Filer."
  17. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, Kent, First Congregational, "Sackett, Justus, Capt, a member of East Greenwich Ch., filed complaint 15 Dec 1773 against Ebenezer Pack. 1:20."
  18. 1790 United States census, Justus Sacket. Warren, Litchfield, CT. 3 white males (16+) and 3 white females.
  19. 1800 United States census, "Justus Sacket, Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 45 and over, total 3."
  20. 1810 United States census, "Justus Sacket, Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1 male 45 and over, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44, total 5."
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Last Edited11 Nov 2023
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