Blanche: On the birth year for Skene D. Sackett; I believe Weygant is right: Year: 1850; State: OH; County: Ashtabula; Township: Windsor Roll: M432_659 Page: 486 1632/1686 Sackett, Skene D. 85 m farmer CT [W #729] [Sackett], Lovilla 64 f CT Griffin, Rensalaer C. 23 m laborer OH ----- Thurmon Harry McKay <bhmckay5743@juno.com> wrote: >Chris and Thurman, > <CLIPPED> > >By the way, some of the websites I pulled up on Josiah Crego Sackett have >that he married Eleanor (Nelly) Douglas. But, I have not come up with >any that had solid proof on that. Their children, according to the >websites, were (1) Eleanor (Nelly) Sackett b. ca 1734/35; Prime Sackett, >b. ca 1736; Prince Sackett b. ca 1738 and Skeene Douglas Sackett b. ca >1740. Weygant's book has Josiah Crego Sackett marrying in 1650 which is >obviously a mistake. Then, he has Skeene's birth as 1765. I don't have >a clue who is correct on that one. > <CLIPPED > >Thanks for the input! > >Blanche McKay > > >==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== >Visit the SACKETT-L Web Page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett > >============================== >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 > > -- Thurmon Accurate Information Is Our Goal. __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

Thurmon, Blanche, I had previously assumed that Weygant's "1650" for the marriage of Josiah Crego Sackett to Miss Douglass was a typo for "1750" in which case the birthdate of 1765 for fifth child Skene Douglas Sackett made sense. Now if we are saying that Eleanor was born c1734/35 closely followed by Prime c1736 and Prince c1738, then we have mor than a 30-year gap between marriage and birth of the last child. Possible but unlikely? This would certainly put paid to the theory that Josiah Crego Sackett was the same as the Josiah Crego b. 1683 as he would then have been 82 at the birth of son Skene Douglas Sackett. This whole Josiah Crego saga is beginning to look very dodgy! :-) Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Thurmon King [mailto:thurmonking@netscape.net] > > Blanche: > > On the birth year for Skene D. Sackett; I believe Weygant is right: > Year: 1850; State: OH; County: Ashtabula; Township: Windsor > Roll: M432_659 Page: 486 > 1632/1686 > Sackett, Skene D. 85 m farmer CT [W #729] > [Sackett], Lovilla 64 f CT > Griffin, Rensalaer C. 23 m laborer OH > > ----- > Thurmon > > Harry McKay <bhmckay5743@juno.com> wrote: > > >Chris and Thurman, > > > <CLIPPED> > > > >By the way, some of the websites I pulled up on Josiah Crego Sackett have > >that he married Eleanor (Nelly) Douglas. But, I have not come up with > >any that had solid proof on that. Their children, according to the > >websites, were (1) Eleanor (Nelly) Sackett b. ca 1734/35; Prime Sackett, > >b. ca 1736; Prince Sackett b. ca 1738 and Skeene Douglas Sackett b. ca > >1740. Weygant's book has Josiah Crego Sackett marrying in 1650 which is > >obviously a mistake. Then, he has Skeene's birth as 1765. I don't have > >a clue who is correct on that one. > > > <CLIPPED > > > >Thanks for the input! > > > >Blanche McKay

Sent the jpeg of the page to Thurmon but Ancestry.com has "Index to New York Wills 1626-1836" which lists John Sackett, Josiah Crego Sackett, Marjery Sackett and Richard Sackett all with number 1501. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Sackett [mailto:chris@sackett.org.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:38 PM To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SACKETT-L] Josiah Crego Sackett/Josias Crego Thurmon, Blanche, I had previously assumed that Weygant's "1650" for the marriage of Josiah Crego Sackett to Miss Douglass was a typo for "1750" in which case the birthdate of 1765 for fifth child Skene Douglas Sackett made sense. Now if we are saying that Eleanor was born c1734/35 closely followed by Prime c1736 and Prince c1738, then we have mor than a 30-year gap between marriage and birth of the last child. Possible but unlikely? This would certainly put paid to the theory that Josiah Crego Sackett was the same as the Josiah Crego b. 1683 as he would then have been 82 at the birth of son Skene Douglas Sackett. This whole Josiah Crego saga is beginning to look very dodgy! :-) Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Thurmon King [mailto:thurmonking@netscape.net] > > Blanche: > > On the birth year for Skene D. Sackett; I believe Weygant is right: > Year: 1850; State: OH; County: Ashtabula; Township: Windsor > Roll: M432_659 Page: 486 > 1632/1686 > Sackett, Skene D. 85 m farmer CT [W #729] > [Sackett], Lovilla 64 f CT > Griffin, Rensalaer C. 23 m laborer OH > > ----- > Thurmon > > Harry McKay <bhmckay5743@juno.com> wrote: > > >Chris and Thurman, > > > <CLIPPED> > > > >By the way, some of the websites I pulled up on Josiah Crego Sackett have > >that he married Eleanor (Nelly) Douglas. But, I have not come up with > >any that had solid proof on that. Their children, according to the > >websites, were (1) Eleanor (Nelly) Sackett b. ca 1734/35; Prime Sackett, > >b. ca 1736; Prince Sackett b. ca 1738 and Skeene Douglas Sackett b. ca > >1740. Weygant's book has Josiah Crego Sackett marrying in 1650 which is > >obviously a mistake. Then, he has Skeene's birth as 1765. I don't have > >a clue who is correct on that one. > > > <CLIPPED > > > >Thanks for the input! > > > >Blanche McKay ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== RootsWeb blocks HTML formatting in email messages. Be sure to set your email software to text only before posting a message to the list. ============================== 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

Blanche, Thurmon, I thought I would look back through the Dutchess County material which Blanche very kindly sent me a few years ago to see if there were any clues regarding the Josiah Crego Sackett saga. The History of Duchess County by James Smith, pub. 1882, gives a list of the 235 freeholders in the county in 1740. This list includes Josias Crego, Richard Sackett, and Stephen Crego. COMMENT: None of Richard's sons is listed as a freeholder at this date, all the Sackett lands presumably being in the name of (Capt) Richard Sackett. Therefore, nothing significant in this record. In the Records of Crum Elbow Precinct, Dutchess County, 1738-1761, there are references to Richard Sackett, Richard Sackett Junior, and John Sackett, but apparently not to Josiah Crego Sackett. COMMENT: Interestingly, there are descriptions of ear marks for cattle of John Sackett (27 Dec 1739), Richard Sackett (3 Jan 1740), and Richard Sackett Junior (also 3 Jan 1740). It would seem odd that Josiah Crego Sackett did not also have an ear mark for his cattle. NOTE: In the same records is an Indenture dated 30 Jan 1741/42 recording the sale of land for £140 from Richard Sackett to Josiah Crego. In The Early History of Amenia by Newton Reed, pub. 1875, there is reference to Josiah Crego Sackett in a footnote to page 15 where the author states, "The children of Mr. Sackett were Richard, John, Josiah Crego, Mary and Catherine." COMMENT: Clearly this author believed there was a Josias Crego Sackett, son of Richard Sackett. The author mentions the will and had sight of it but does not quote the item about Josiah Crego Sackett. In The History of Little Nine Partners by Isaac Huntting, pub. 1897, there are frequent references to Richard Sackett, Richard Sackett junior, and John Sackett, but not to Josiah Crego Sackett. In particular there is a conveyance of 20 Oct 1741 which states, "Capt. Richard Sackett and his two sons Richard Sackett, Jun., and John Sackett all of Crom Elbow Precinct in Dutchess County" convey to "Johan Tise Smith of the Northern Precinct of said county yeoman." COMMENT: I suppose it would be wrong to read too much into the fact that this conveyance refers to Richard Sackett and his two sons. Does this mean that he had only two sons? Not necessarily! But - next question - why were Richard junior and John joined with their father as owners of this land when Josiah Crego Sackett was not also a co-owner? Best.. Chris

Blanche, Thurmon, Another very odd remark in Weygant's entry for Josiah Crego Sackett on page 113. Weygant says, "Mr. Sackett and his wife died several years previous to the commencement of the war of the Revolution, and their orphan children were distributed among their mother's people." According to the birth dates for Eleanor, Prime, and Prince, these children would have been in their late thirties by the outbreak of war in 1775. They would hardly need to have been farmed out among their mother's kin! Admittedly, Skene Douglas would have been only 10 in 1775, but were their other "orphan" children of about this age? Chris