John Sackett
| Father | Lieutenant David Sacket (1743-1838) |
| Mother | Lucretia Shepard (1758-) |
John Sackett, son of Lieutenant David Sacket and Lucretia Shepard, was born in MassachusettsG say 1784.1,2 He died in Denmark, Ashtabula County, OhioG, on 1 September 1847.3 He married in Norwich (later Huntington), Hampshire County, MassachusettsG, on 1 April 1813, Eunice Leffingwell, daughter of Elisha Leffingwell and Betsey Barney.4,5,6 Eunice was born in MassachusettsG about 1790.7,8
John was listed in the 1820 census as a householder in Pierpont, Ashtabula CountyG.9
In 1821 John was named in a tax list for Ashtabula County as the original owner of land in the south-east corner of the town (the name of which is not recorded). In 1829, he was resident in Denmark, Ashtabula CountyG, and was taxed on one horse and seven cattle. In 1835, he was taxed there on five horses and nine cattle.10
In 1840 John was a householder in Denmark Township, Ashtabula CountyG.11
In 1850 John's widow Eunice was living in Rockton, Winnebago County, IllinoisG, in the household of her son David, and was recorded in the census as Eunice Sackett, aged 60? and born in Massachusetts.12
John was listed in the 1820 census as a householder in Pierpont, Ashtabula CountyG.9
In 1821 John was named in a tax list for Ashtabula County as the original owner of land in the south-east corner of the town (the name of which is not recorded). In 1829, he was resident in Denmark, Ashtabula CountyG, and was taxed on one horse and seven cattle. In 1835, he was taxed there on five horses and nine cattle.10
In 1840 John was a householder in Denmark Township, Ashtabula CountyG.11
In 1850 John's widow Eunice was living in Rockton, Winnebago County, IllinoisG, in the household of her son David, and was recorded in the census as Eunice Sackett, aged 60? and born in Massachusetts.12
Children of John Sackett and Eunice Leffingwell
- Gurdon L Sackett+ b. c 1814, d. c 1856
- Elisha Shepard Sackett+ b. 28 Apr 1815, d. 10 Jan 1890
- Perit Sackett b. say 1817
- Henry Sackett+ b. c 1819, d. 20 Sep 1865
- David Alonzo Sackett+ b. 1819, d. 28 May 1875
- Corinth E Sackett+ b. 6 Dec 1824, d. 27 Oct 1895
- Zaven Sackett+ b. 1832, d. 1884
- Eunice C Sackett b. c 1833
- Lucretia Sackett b. say 1835
Notes & Citations
- Birthplace given as MA on 1880 census record for son Elisha.
- Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "568. John Sacket."
- Emails from Patty Chrisman to Chris Sackett, August 1998.
- Vital Records, Norwich (Huntington), Massachusetts, p177 "6 Mar 1813 Intention of marriage between Mr John Sacket of Chester & Miss Eunice Leffingwell of Norwich entered by me March 6th 1813. Samll Wright, Town Clerk."
- Vital Records, Norwich (Huntington), Massachusetts, p230 "John Sackets of Chester & Eunice Leffingwell of Norwich were joined together in marriage by Erastus Lyman, Esqr, April 1, 1813. Wm Hooker Jr, Town Clerk."
- "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1620–1850" (American Ancestors image), Chester marriages, "Sacket, John and Eunice Leffingwell of Norwich, int. 6 Mar 1813."
- 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."
- 1820 United States census, "John Sackett, Pierpont, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 4 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44, total 6."
- "Ohio, U.S., Tax Records, 1800-1850" (Ancestry image), Ashtabula, Ohio, 1821, John Sacket listed as original owner of land in SE corner of the town. Denmark Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, 1829, "Sacket, John, 1 horse, value $40, 7 cattle, value $56, tax $0.81."; 1835, "Sacket, John, 5 horses, value $200, 9 cattle, value $72, tax $2.85."
- 1840 United States census, "John Sackett, Denmark, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 50-59, 1 female 5-9, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 40-49, total 6."
- 1850 United States Federal Census, Roll M432_134, p. 405
Rockton, Winnebago, Illinois, 9 Dec 1850
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Sackett, David A, 31, farmer, b. OH
Sackett, Lucinda J, 27, b. CT
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Kingsley, Dewit C, 21, blacksmith, b. PA
Kingsley, Eunice, 17, b. OH
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Sackett, Eunice, 60?, b. MA
Sackett, Zabin, 19, farmer, b. OH.
| Sackett line | 5th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet 3rd great-grandson of Simon Sackett the colonist |
| Charts | Line 3a (American) |
| Generation.Tree | 6N.3 |
| Last Edited | 1 Aug 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