Chris, You are correct about their locations. Actually Manhatten is an island surrounded by the Hudson and East Rivers. Tom -- The only really bad day is the one you don't wake up to! > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nancy Cluff Siders [mailto:siders@cableone.net] > > Sent: 29 October 2003 12:04 > > > > So where did Capt Richard SACKETT live in relation to this source...? I > > didn't see him listed in my quick scan. > > Nancy, > > I think Capt Richard Sackett and Capt Joseph Sackett were on opposite sides > of the East River - although I'd be grateful for some local knowledge on > this. > > Patty has an old map showing Newtown, Long Island. >>> Patty, could you > kindly help us pinpoint Newtown in relation to modern maps? This is where > all the action took place in the Joseph Sackett and Daniel Bloomfield > households. Looks like Joseph bought up most of Long Island! > > I believe Capt Richard was in Manhattan when he wasn't at Dutchess County. > Weygant says he had a malthouse or brewery at Cherry Street, previously > named Sackett Street. I had figured this would have been the Cherry Street > which is on the Manhattan shore of East River about a block east of > Manhattan Bridge & a block north of East River Piers. Seems to me a brewery > would need lots of water so it would need to be near the river. > > Now if we could establish a link between Capt Richard & Capt Joseph, then > maybe we wouldn't need to be thinking about DNA tests!! > > Best... > Chris > > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To post a message, address it to:sackett-l@rootsweb.com > To subscribe or unsubscribe, address it to: > sackett-l-request@rootsweb.com (SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the body) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >