Lots of Sacketts in that area. Both Judge Joseph and his son John had land there. John's son, also named John, had a farm in the Canterbury section of Cornwall which is mentioned in his will from 1811, purchased from a Ketchum and left to John's sons, including Rev. Nathaniel and his brother Justus. According to Weygant that farm later belonged to Congressman Lewis Beach. When I tried to research it further a few years ago it seemed to be the land called Kenridge farm from the owner who purchased it from Lewis Beach and built large barns there. When the land was threatened by development it was purchased by a preservation group and became the Museum of the Hudson Highlands. The web site they had at the time mentioned Justus Sackett as the last of the Sackett owners in the 1800's. His old farmhouse was part of the museum. Do not know what happened to the museum organization, now only the Kenridge Farm property is listed as part of the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum. At least it is nice to think the old farm is a nature preserve. Not sure how this might relate to the original question but perhaps it might help someone or at least be interesting as part of Sackett history. Barbara On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Danielle Otey <danielletotey@gmail.com>wrote: > This is very exciting news! The address is only 46 miles from Hunns Lake. > It's not in Dutchess Co, however so this cannot be the Sackett farm I'm > attempting to locate, nevertheless this is an amazing discovery! > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 6:25 PM, J CARPENTER <pjtc@verizon.net> wrote: > > > Can anyone help him? > > Thanks, > > Jean > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > From: Jason Gayton <jlgayton08@gmail.com> > > > Date: January 8, 2013 5:01:10 PM EST > > > To: "pjtc@verizon.net" <pjtc@verizon.net> > > > Subject: Sackett > > > > > > Ahoy, > > > I am trying to date the property and house my family is living in (and > > has been for 100 years) and came across the name Sackett numerous times. > I > > traced back to the Van Duzers (my ancestors), who bought land from a > > Ketchum (whos descendants live down the street), who purchased it from a > > Sackett. I scoured the deed books for Orange County, New York and found > > references to John and Jospeh Sackett. The Olde English is extremely > hard > > to decipher, plus the deeds are photocopies of quill pen written with > only > > boundaries like "southwesterly stonepile" and "sixty degrees walking > > distance north of alder bushs". No road or town names, except where the > > business parties were from, which was Newtown, Long Island. I found your > > website and researched the names, lo and behold they were prominent in > the > > early days of New Windsor, NY, which is several miles away from here. My > > exact address is 96 Long Hill Rd, Highland Mills NY 10930, and the house > > itself is speculated to have been bui! > > lt around 1750. There have been additions since then, and several > > renovations yielded various antiques and building materials like large > > carved wooden pegs and bundles of grain in the walls. A nearby mountain > > ridge is also called Sackett ridge, here's a link. > > > > > > Sackett Ridge > > > > > > I was wondering what kind of resources you might know of, or have, to > > pinpoint some more of this fascinating history. Would it be possible to > > find maps of these claims? No luck in the Orange County Deeds Office, > but > > I am contacting the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands > to > > try my luck. > > > Cheers, > > > Jason Gayton > > ------------------------------- > > The Sackett Family Association website is at > > http://www.sackettfamily.info/. > > > > To contact the Sackett List Admin, send a message to > > SACKETT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > See list information and search the archives at > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/s/sackett.html > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SACKETT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Danielle Otey > danielletotey@gmail.com > (206) 850-1791 > > “Grow your world around your friends and family and more family and friends > will grow around you.” > ------------------------------- > The Sackett Family Association website is at > http://www.sackettfamily.info/. > > To contact the Sackett List Admin, send a message to > SACKETT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > See list information and search the archives at > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/s/sackett.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SACKETT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >