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Abigail Sacket

(1745-1771)
FatherSamuel Sacket (1704-1760)
MotherRuth Trumble (c 1705-)
Abigail Sacket, daughter of Samuel Sacket and Ruth Trumble, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, on 27 April 17451,2,3 and baptized at the Church of Christ, WestfieldG, on 5 May 1745.4 She died aged 27 in ConnecticutG on 4 October 1771.5 She married in Canaan, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 30 November 1764, John Richards.6
     Abigail was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at Sheffield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsG, on 3 April 1760. She was left a one-fifth share of his estate, subject to her mother's "widow's third."

Child of Abigail Sacket and John Richards

 Notes & Citations

  1. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "234. Abigail Sacket, b. Apr. 27, 1745."
  2. Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, A:172.
  3. "Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "Sacket, Abigail, d. Samuel & Ruth (Trumble) b. Apr. 27, 1745."
  4. "Baptisms performed in the Church of Christ, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1679–1836" (American Ancestors transcript), "1745 Sacket, Abigail d. Samuel & ---, May 5."
  5. "Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650–1934" (Ancestry transcript), "Abigail Richards, 27, d. 4 Oct 1771, wife of John."
  6. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sacket, Abigail, m. John Richards, Nov. 30, 1764. Canaan Vital Records, A:12."
Sackett line4th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Generation.Tree5M.3
Last Edited18 Dec 2019
See also Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
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