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Samuel Sackett MD

(1754-1833)
FatherReuben Sackett (1732-1803)
MotherMercy Finney (1729/30-1805)
Samuel Sackett MD, son of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, was born in Kent, Litchfield County, ConnecticutG, on 1 April 1754.1,2 He died aged 78 in Georges Township, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG, on 13 February 18332 and was buried at Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Fayette CountyG.3,4 He married first in Sharon, Litchfield CountyG, on 10 February 1777, Sarah Manning.2,5,6,7 She died in 1813.2 He married second in Fayette CountyG on 10 January 1819, Eve Stentz, daughter of Philip Daniel Stentz and Catharine Elizabeth Hertzog.7 Eve was born in 1765.4 She died aged about 81 in 1846 and was buried at Mount Moriah Baptist CemeteryG.4
     Samuel was an army surgeon during the American Revolutionary War, serving in Adjutant John Minten's 2nd Regiment from 1778 to 1781.8,3
     Samuel was an inhabitant and taxpayer of Menallen, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG, in 1783.9 He bought a plot of land in Union Township, Fayette CountyG, on 22 June 178610 and was a taxpayer there in 1786 and 1788.11
     In 1790 Samuel was living in Springhill Township, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaG. In his household were one man, three boys, and four females.12
     In 1798 Samuel owned and occupied a log-built house in Springhill TownshipG. The house measured 26 feet by 30 feet on a plot of 40 perches (a quarter of an acre). The value of the property was assessed at $140 on which he paid a tax of 28 cents. He was also the tenant of 67 acres of land in Springhill. He also owned unoccupied land comprising 216 acres in Wharton Township, Fayette County.13,14,15,16
     Samuel was listed in the 1800 census as a householder in SpringhillG.17
     Samuel was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in Warren, Connecticut, on 19 March 1800. He was then living away and would receive his inheritance if he returned and made claim within ten years. He was to receive £10 from his brother Alexander, the only son still living in Warren, who would then inherit their father's estate.18
     Samuel was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made in Warren, ConnecticutG, on 16 October 1804. He was living some way away and would receive his inheritance if he returned and made claim within five years.
     Samuel was listed in the 1810 census as a householder in German Township, Fayette CountyG.19
     Samuel and his second wife, Eve, were among the original members who met at Dr Sackett's house, a mile south of Smithfield, to organize the Smithfield Methodist Episcopal Church in about 1819.20 In 1820 he was listed in SpringhillG.21 In 1830 he was living in Georges Township, Fayette CountyG.22
     Dr Samuel evidently had a sense of history and carefully kept his personal papers. Family letters have been preserved and images and transcriptions are at Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection.
Dr Samuel Sackett (1754–1833), Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, PA
(Src: Find a Grave, Joe)

Children of Samuel Sackett MD and Sarah Manning


662. Samuel Sacket, M. D., 1754–1833, of East Greenwich, Conn., and Fayette County, Penn., son of (204) Reuben and Mercy Finney Sacket, was married Feb. 10, 1777, to Sarah Manning, 17_ –1813. Dr. Sacket began the practice of his profession as a physician and surgeon in the Revolutionary Army. In 1781 he was at Uniontown, Fayette County, Penn., and seven years later settled permanently at Morgantown, in same county. He was a farmer as well as a physician, and the farm he then lived on was at a recent date in the possession of one of his descendants.
Children.
1534. Reuben T. Sacket, b. Jan. 16, 1778, d. in year 1823.
1535. David Filer Sacket, M. D., b. Jan. 18, 1780, d. in 1864; m. Martha Milliken.
1536. Betsey Sacket, b. Apr. 4, 1782.
1537. Lucinda Sacket, b. Mar. 5, 1784.
1538. Alexander Sacket, M. D., b. Jan. 10, 1786, d. in year 1814.
1539. Mary A. Sacket, b. Sept. 3, 1788.
1540. Anne Sacket, b. Nov. 9, 1790.
1541. Lydia Sacket, b. Nov. 22, 1792.
1542. Samuel Sacket, b. Sept. 20, 1795, d. Apr. 27, 1860; m. Priscilla Caldwell.
1543. Sarah Sacket, b. Oct. 20, 1797.


Dr. Samuel Sackett, son of Reuben Sackett, was born April 5, 1754, died February 13, 1833. In his diary, still preserved, he says he was born at East Greenwich, Kent, Litchfield county, Connecticut. On August 2, 1774, he was living in Spencertown, Connecticut. He studied medicine, and during the revolutionary war served in the Continental army as surgeon. On February 10, 1777, he was married, and in 1780, in company with his brother Aaron, he came to Western Pennsylvania. In a letter still preserved, dated Shistee Settlement, Youghiogheny county, October 27, 1780, he writes to friends in Connecticut: "I do not think I can cross the mountains back home until spring. There are no doctors here between Pittsburgh and Wheeling, and all the way is thickly settled. It is a healthy looking country. I do not think I will get much to do until I get acquainted with the people. Tell Jonathan Hamilton I think this is the best place for land jobbing in the thirteen states, and in case of invasion by Indians it is supposed that fifteen hundred men would rid them out." In the family record, under date of September 15, 1781, he writes: "We set out from New England to come to Redstone township, and arrived at Beesontown, or Uniontown, on October 16, 1781. The following children were born at Beesonstone: Betsey, April 4, 1782; Lucinda, March 5, 1784; Alexander, January 10, 1786; Mary Anna, September 3, 1788. On November 10, 1788, we moved to Georges creek, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where the following children were born: Annie, November 9, 1790; Lydia, November 22, 1792; Samuel, September 21, 1795; Sarah, October 20, 1797; married Dr. Louis Marchant, of Huguenot descent." These entries are in the doctor's handwriting. His eldest son, Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, studied medicine with his father and served as surgeon in the war of 1812. He was attached to General Harrison's command and died of fever at Fort Meigs, aged twenty-seven years. His first born son Reuben (not name previously) learned the printer's trade in Pittsburgh in 1802 at the Gazette office. In 1803 he went to Alexandria, on the Red river, Louisiana, where he was thrown from his horse and killed, being then aged forty-nine years. His second son, David (not mentioned previously), learned the saddler's trade in Pittsburgh and later studied medicine with his father. He located in Centerville, Indiana, where he died, aged eighty-four years. His children: Guiliema, Elizabeth, James, Alexander, Emily, Mary, Martha, David, Margaret and Agnes.
     Dr. Sackett was probably the first physician to practice in Fayette county. He was skilful, successful in his practice and held in highest esteem. He moved in 1788 from Uniontown to the fame [farm] yet known as the old Sackett homestead on Georges Creek, one mile south of Smithfield. He continued his practice and cultivated his farm until his death in 1833. Dr. Sackett's wife was Sarah Manning, to whom he was married in Sharon, Connecticut, by Rev. Smith, February 10, 1777. Children (not previously mentioned): Reuben, born January 16, 1778, died 1823; David Filer, January 18, 1780, died 1864, married Martha Milliken. They were born at Kent, East Greenwich, Litchfield.
     The Sacketts have in their possession many souvenirs of the good doctor, dating back into the eighteenth century. There are nineteen copies of the Pittsburgh Gazette to which paper he was a subscriber, and on which his son was a compositor, dates 1794, 1795 and 1796. There are fourteen letters over one hundred years old written him from friends in Connecticut. There are $700 in Continental money, the largest note being for $80, the smallest two shillings. Probably this money represents his pay as surgeon in the army. There is a doctor's account book printed in London in 1603, and an account book of Dr. Sackett's in which the oldest date is 1774.

—John W Jordan, Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1912)

See also
Sackett letters, Yuma Territorial Prison Museum collection

 Notes & Citations

  1. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, "Sacket, Samuel, Jr., s. Ruben & Marcy, b. Apr. 1, 1754. Kent Vital Records, LR1:12."
  2. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "662. Samuel Sacket, b. Apr. 5, 1754, d. Feb. 13, 1833; m. Sarah Manning."
  3. "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–1999" (Ancestry image), "Fayette County. Sackett, Dr Samuel, [b. blank], [d. blank], veteran of Revolutionary War, Army, service 1778 to 1781, Adj John Minten's 2nd Regt, rank Surgeon, Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Pa, section left front, 2 ft Stone G A R Marker, info from Miss Jane Brownfield, 7/2/34."
  4. Find a Grave.
  5. Barbour Collection, "Sackett, Samuel, m. Sarah Maning, Jan. 10, 1777, by Rev. Cotton Mather Smith. Kent Vital Records, 2:139."
  6. "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630–1920" (Ancestry transcript), Sharon, First Church of Christ (Congregational), "Sackett, Samuel of Spencertown, m. Sarah Manning, of Sharon, 10 Feb 1777."
  7. Copies of records of marriages of Dr Samuel, apparently copied from his personal papers by his son Samuel Jr, submitted in support of a Revolutionary War pension claim in 1856, "Feby 10 AD 1777 there I was married to Sarah Manning at Sharon at Mr. Mays by Mr. Smith P.M. s/s."; "10 January 1819 Sunday, This day in the Evening perhaps between 7 & 8 oclock I Samuel Sackett was married to Eve Stanz by Richard Patton Esquire at her Mothers House."
  8. Website National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, "Sackett, Samuel
    Service: Connecticut - Pennsylvania
    Rank: Physician or Surgeon
    Birth: 4-5-1754, East Greenwich, Connecticut
    Death: 2-13-1833, Fayette Co, Pennsylvania
    Pension Number: *S4811
    Service Description: Surgeon Physician, Surgeon's Mate
    Residence: Connecticut
    Spouse: Sarah Manning."
  9. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801" (Ancestry image), "Menallen, Westmoreland County, 1783, Saml Sackett, state 5s 9d, county 2s."; "Menallen, Westmoreland County, 1783, Saml Sacket, state 7s 8d, county 2s 7d."; "Menallen, Westmoreland County, 1783, Inhabitants' Names of Manallen Township 1783, Saml Sacket."
  10. Sackett Letters & other papers, Museum at Yuma Territorial Prison State Park, Giss Parkway & Prison Hill Road, Yuma, Arizona, Indenture 22 Jun 1786, Henry Beeson, yeoman, vendor, Samuel Sackett, physician, purchaser, Lot of Ground at Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, consideration £5, "Breadth Eastward and Westward on the front or North End of Said lot on a line Forty five feet wide Called Elbow Street Seventy two feet and a half Southward on Medow Alley being in Wedth on said Alley Twenty five feet Bounded on the West by Peter Hooks lot and the East by on Medow Alley Together with all and singular the Buildings whatever on the Said Lot of Ground erected."
  11. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801", (Ancestry image), "Union, Fayette County, 1786, Samuel Sacket, tax 5s."; "Union, Fayette County, 1786, Samuel Sackett, state tax 3s 5d."; "Union, Fayette County, 1788, Samuel Sackett, tax 5s."
  12. 1790 United States census, Samuel Sackett. Springhill, Fayette, PA. 1 white male (16+), 3 white males under 16, and 4 white females.
  13. "Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798" (Ancestry image), Springhill, Fayette County, PA, "Sacket, Samuel, owner & occupant, 1 dwelling house, 26 x 30 feet, log built, 2 stories, 3, 4 windows, 12, no lights, 40 perches, value $140."
  14. "Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798", (Ancestry image), Springhill, Fayette County, PA, "Sacket, Saml, occupant, Andw Oliphant, owner, 1 dwelling house, 40 perches, value $140, assessment 28 cents."
  15. "Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798", (Ancestry image), Springhill, Fayette County, PA, "Sacket, Samuel, occupant, Roger Starling, owner, 67 acres, value $402, assessment 76 cents."
  16. "Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798", (Ancestry image), Wharton, Fayette County, PA, "Sacket, Samuel, owner, land unoccupied, 216 acres, 80 perches, assessed value $72."
  17. 1800 United States census, "Samuel Sackit, Springhill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1 male under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 3 females under 10, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 16-25, 1 female 26-44, total 11."
  18. "Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999" (Ancestry image).
  19. 1810 United States census, "Samuel Sackett, German, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 2 males 26-44, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 10-15, 3 females 16-25, 3 females 26-44, 1 female 45 and over, total 13."
  20. Franklin Ellis, Editor, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L H Everts & Co, 1882), 576-577.
  21. 1820 United States census, "Samuel Sakett, Springhill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 45 and over, total 3."
  22. 1830 United States census, "Samuel Sackett, Georges, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1 male 70-79, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 50-59, total 3."
Appears inSacketts in the Military
Sackett line5th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
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Sackett Family Association descendants
Sharon Allen, Carroll M Lawson, Debra Leffler Streeter, Rachel Ann (Foster) Stella, Carrie Sackett Riddick, Carolyn Kramer, Patrick Kelly, Jessie Kelly and Judy Oliphant.
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See also Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
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