Blanche, Chris and All: This discussion concerning the children and wife/wives of Capt. Richard Sackett has brought me back to some of the material I have concerning the parentage of 714-Aaron Sackett and the different opinions as to which Aaron Sacket(t) married Phebe Hart in Litchfield, CT. Some time back Mary Lou Sackett sent me photocopies of most of the pages from the booklet; "Frederick Plummer Sackett" by Andrew P. Sackett. Among the pages are three letters; one from A. P. Sackett to a researcher named Percy Hamilto Goodsel, JR in Connecticut, and two from Mr. Goodsell to A. P. Sackett. Of special interest in the letters is the claim/suggestion that Richard Sackett was married to Margery Sleade and to a Mary Crego who was the mother of Josiah Crego Sackett. Of course this is complicated by Richard's will which mentions his wife Margery and his son Josiah Crego: ANDREW P. SACKETT Star Route 1-6 Keaau, Hawaii 96749 November 2, 1978 Mr. Percy Hamilton Goodsell, Jr. Post Office Box 192 Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 Dear Mr. Goodsell: Thank you for your offer to do some genealogical research for me. I'll describe the problem on which I would like your help. my lineage on my father's side is clear back to Aaron Sackett who married Phebe Hart on July 6, 1786, in Litchfield, Connecticut (Vol.1 page 201 Litchfield Vital Records). Charles Sackett, b. May 23, 1793, (Litchfield Vital Records Vol. 1, p. 201) is my great great Grandfather. The problem is to identify the ancestry of Aaron Sackett who was his father. A Mrs. Mamie Phillips used to function as family recorder and historian. She was active about the time that Weygant's book, "Sacketts of America" was published in 1907. She was a granddaughter of Chales Sackett, son of Aaron Sackett, Her account of family history is word for word the same as Weygant's book so obviously she had access to his data. There are several Aaron Sacketts in the index to that book so it has been a popular family name. Four of those listed were contemporaries. Mamie Phillips' account listed her great grandfather Aaron's parentage as being Benjamin Sacket and his wife, Deborah Buell Sacket. There were several things that make we want to check this out. First, Benjamin spelled his name with one 't'. Second, a distant cousin, Asher Sackett, whom I interviewed in the 1940 s when he was in his eighties, was very insistent about one point in the family history; namely that of the two colonist brothers, Simon and John Sackett, we are descended from John. Benjamin Sacket traces back to Simon. Third, at the time of his marriage to Phebe Hart July 6, 1786, Aaron, son of Benjamin Sacket would have been 19 to her 23 years of age. Again, this does not rule him out but in those days, as now, it would have been an unlikely happening. Fourth, the other contemporary Aaron Sacketts were a more appropriate age to have married Phebe Hart and also two of them lived only ten miles away from Litchfield where the marriage took place. Fifth, the other Aaron Sackett whom Weygant lists and who must be considered was number 714 in his system of listing. He was a grandson of Captain Richard Sackett of Long Island who had, among other children not listed by Weygant, two sons, a Charles Sackett and and William Sackett. The latter's birth date is cited as September 2, 1800, the same date on which our ancestor Charles Sackett's brother William was born. Furthermore, Weygant states that this William settled in Indiana as Charles' brother is known to have done and lists Schuyler Sackett of Ligonier as among his descendents. Schuyler was a distant cousin. Frank Sackett, my father's brother, and I visited him in 1951, when he was still alive at about eighty-five years of age. He knew my great grandfather, Joel Bascom Sackett, and my grandfather, Frederick Plummer Sackett, and many of his children, so there is no doubt that Schuyler Sackett was descended from the same Aaron Sackett as my branch of the family. Schuyler said, as does Weygant, that his grandfather,William, married a distant cousin named Mercy Sleade Earle. Captain Richard Sackett's wife was a Sleade. Captain Richard Sackett had three sons. Aaron Sackett is not listed by Weygant as a son of either of the first two although the youngest, Josiah Crego Sackett, born at Dover, N.Y. Dutchess County, N.Y. resided for several years prior to his death at New Milford, Connecticut. He married about 1750, a Miss Douglass. This Mr. Sackett died, and so did his wife, several years prior to the War of the Revolution and their orphan children were distributed among their mother's people. Also enclosed is a series of reports I got from the Latter Day Saints Genealogic Society. As you will note some twenty-f ive years have elapsed since I did anything on the family history. I want to get something written up now. Why don't you work on this for a few days to see what can be found to fill out what I have related and see what further leads might be explored and advise me? Thanks for your help. Andrew P. Sackett ---------------------- POST OFFICE BOX 192 CHESHIRE. CONNECTICUT 06410 March 2, 1979 Mr. Andrew P. 5ackett, Star Route 1-6, Keasau, Hawaii 96749 Dear Mr. 5ackett: At long last I am able to give you a report on work done on your genealogical problem. Illness in the household all winter seriously curtailed my capacity for research. Things are now improved, however, and I am trying to make up for lost time. While I have found nothing to prove the parentage of your Aaron Sackett, I believe that by the process of elimination it is fairly well indicated. As it is known that your Aaron moved to Rutland, Vermont, in 1803, it seems certain that he was not the son of Reuben. The latter's son Aaron is recorded as still living in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the eighteen twenties. Aaron, the son of Benjamin, appears to be ruled out by evidence in Winifred Lovering Holman's work on the Sackett-Stanton families. This leaves Weygant's belief that your Aaron was a grandson of Captain Richard. SACKETTS IN AMERICA states that the latter's youngest son, Josiah Crego Sackett and his wife died early leaving several children one of whom is unnamed. In the Boston Transcript for 5 July, 1922, item 9926, it is stated that Captain Richard settled in Dover, New York, just across the line from Litchfield County, that he married second, Mary Crego, and that their only child was Josiah Crego. It seems probable to me that the latter's unnamed child was your Aaron. As you may know, five of the brothers of Phebe (Hart) Sackett moved to Rutland, Vermont, and this may have had to do with your ancestor's move there. I feel that the possibilities have been pretty well exhausted both at the Connecticut state Library and the Connecticut Historical society. The manuscript collections at the latter have been carefully studied, as have the estate papers and land and church records in the Library. Since Weygant states that the children of Josiah Crego Sackett were raised by unnamed relatives, a search for them does not appear to hold much promise of success. Regretting that more conclusive results were not forthcoming, Sincerely, Percy Hamilton Goodsell, Jr. P. S. Since writing the above I have re-read the reports from the Utah Genealogical Society, and was interested to note that the same conclusions were reached by that group. I had purposely not studied this material too closely before, prefering to approach a problem of this sort relying on known facts and without clouding my thought with the theories of others. ------------------ POST OFFICE BOX 192 CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT 06410 March 25, 1979 Mr. Andrew P. Sackett Star Route 1-6 Keaau, Hawaii 96749 Dear Mr. Andrews:[Sic] Many thanks for your letter of March 7th with check enclosed. I am glad my brief report proved satisfactory. THE HISTORY OF MY GRANDMOTHER SACKET-STANTON; by Winifred Lovering Holman, published 1954-56, devotes nineteen pages to records concerning Benjamin (1) Sacket (b. 1698) and his son, Benjamin (2) (b. 1731). The only mention of the latter's children consists of a direct quote form SACKETTS IN[sic] AMERICA, and no other Aaron is mentioned in the book. Since Weygant indicated in another place his belief that your Aaron was a grandson of Captain Richard, and since the proximity of the latter's family to Litchfield County bears out the known connection with that area, I feel there is very little to substantiate the theory of a descent form Benjamin (2). Mrs Holman apparently made no effort to trace the latter's children beyond the quotatio above mentioned. With all good wishes, Sincerely, Percy Hamilton Goodsell, Jr. ================ Regards, Thurmon

Thurmon, Blanche, & any other sleuths out there, Thanks for the Andrew P Sackett material. As it happens I had also copied some of this while in SLC, but had not yet got around to studying it. Looking at p.12 where APS gives a Summary from the Colonists to Frederick Plummer Sackett, he has the following: "Captain Richard Sackett, born 16__; died 1746; married first Margery L. Sleade on May 11, 1699; second Margery Crego." He repeats the reference to "Margery Crego" on p13, so it would appear not to be a typo. He does not give a source for "Margery Crego", but if this is right it would solve the problem with the wife's name in Richard's will. Unfortunately, it goes against Mr Goodsell's research finding that the Boston Transcript has Richard marrying second, Mary Crego. Either way it looks as if Richard did marry twice. And I have come across English records where Margery and Mary have been inter-changed. Do we know anything of the Boston Transcript? What is it? Can we look it up? We would really need the date of Richard's second marriage & the date of birth of Josiah Crego Sackett to button this up. Regards, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Thurmon E King [mailto:thurmonking@juno.com] > Blanche, Chris and All: > > This discussion concerning the children and wife/wives of Capt. Richard > Sackett has brought me back to some of the material I have concerning the > parentage of 714-Aaron Sackett and the different opinions as to which > Aaron Sacket(t) married Phebe Hart in Litchfield, CT. > > Some time back Mary Lou Sackett sent me photocopies of most of the pages > from the booklet; "Frederick Plummer Sackett" by Andrew P. Sackett. > Among the pages are three letters; one from A. P. Sackett to a researcher > named Percy Hamilto Goodsel, JR in Connecticut, and two from Mr. Goodsell > to A. P. Sackett. Of special interest in the letters is the > claim/suggestion that Richard Sackett was married to Margery Sleade and > to a Mary Crego who was the mother of Josiah Crego Sackett. Of course > this is complicated by Richard's will which mentions his wife Margery and > his son Josiah Crego: