Ezra Sackett

(1782-1856)
FatherEzra Sacket (1750-1834)
MotherLydia Lovering (c 1750-1831)
Ezra Sackett, farmer, son of Ezra Sacket and Lydia Lovering, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, on 22 February 1782.1,2,3 He died aged 74 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsG, on 19 April 18564 and was buried at Beech Plain Cemetery, Sandisfield, Berkshire CountyG.5,6 He married in about 1801, Sarah "Sally" Hurd, daughter of Daniel Hurd and Rebecca Smith.7 Sarah was born in SandisfieldG on 27 October 1783.8 She died there aged 55 on 21 March 18399,10 and was buried at Beech Plain CemeteryG.5,11
     Ezra was listed in the census in 1810, 1820, and 1830 as a householder in SandisfieldG.12,13,14
     Ezra was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in WestfieldG on 1 March 1834. He was to receive a sum of $1.15
     Ezra was listed in the 1840 census as a householder in Egremont, Berkshire CountyG.16
     In 1855 Ezra was living in Monterey, Berkshire CountyG, in the household of Rufus C Fargo, 50, a farmer, and was recorded in the census as Ezra Sackett, aged 72.17
Ezra Sackett (1782–1856), Beech Plain Cemetery, Sandisfield, Massachusetts
(Src: Find a Grave, Andy Anderson)
Sarah (Hurd) Sackett (1783–1839), Beech Plain Cemetery, Sandisfield, Massachusetts
(Src: Find a Grave, Andy Anderson)

Children of Ezra Sackett and Sarah "Sally" Hurd


610. Ezra Sacket, 17__–18__, of Westfield, Mass., son of (191) Ezra and Lydia Lovering Sacket. Of their sons and daughters we have the record of but one.
Child:
1375. Olive Sacket, b. Nov. 15, 1805, d. Sept. 7, 1868; m. (1373) Charles E. Dewey.

 Notes & Citations

  1. Vital Records (LDS), Westfield, Massachusetts, B:241.
  2. "Westfield, Massachusetts, Birth and Death Records (Dougherty abstracts)" (American Ancestors transcript), "Sacket, Ezra, s. Ezra & Lydia Lovering, b. Feb. 22, 1782."
  3. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "610. Ezra Sacket."
  4. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910" (American Ancestors image), v102,     p44, death, "April 19 1856, Ezra Sackett, 74, at Pittsfield, jaundice, widower, farmer, b. Westfield, [parents blank]."
  5. Find a Grave.
  6. Gravestone, "Ezra Sackett / died / Apr 19, 1856 / æ 74."
  7. Date of marriage based on birth of first child.
  8. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639–1915" (FamilySearch transcript), "Sarah Hurd, b. Sandisfield, 27 Oct 1783, father Daniel Hurd, mother Rebeccah."
  9. Website Vital Records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, to 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society), death, "Sarah, wife of Ezra [Sackett], Mar. 25, 1839 aged 56 years."
  10. Cooke Collection of Massachusetts genealogical records, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1:302, Pittsfield Sun, 11 Apr 1839, "Died. Sandisfield, Mar. 24, Sarah, wife of Mr. Ezra Sackett, in 56th yr."
  11. Gravestone, "Sarah / wife of / Ezra Sackett / died / March 21, 1839 / æ 56 yrs."
  12. 1810 United States census, "Ezra Sacket, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-44, 3 females under 10, 1 female 16-25, total 6."
  13. 1820 United States census, "Ezra Sacket, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 3 males under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 2 females under 10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44, total 11."
  14. 1830 United States census, "Ezra Sacket, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1 male under 5, 1 male 10-14, 2 males 15-19, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 5-9, 2 females 15-19, 3 females 20-29, 1 female 40-49, total 13."
  15. "Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991" (Ancestry image), Hampden County Probate Court, 1834, Ezra Sacket, case 9705.
  16. 1840 United States census, "Ezra Sacket, Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1 male 40-49, total 1."
  17. 1855 Massachusetts state census, Monterey, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Ezra Sackett, 72, b. MA.
    [In household of Rufus C Fargo, 50, a farmer]
Sackett line5th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Sackett Family Association descendants
Fred Sackett and Lynette Sackett Wilkerson.
Generation.Tree6N.3
Last Edited29 Nov 2023
See also Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
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