Thurmon and All, Jonathan (74) is a bit of a mystery. In addition to the data in Weygant, we have from New Haven Vital Records another daughter - "Ruth the Daughter of Jonathan Sackitt was Born the 4th day of March 1718/19." Jonathan's marriage to Ruth Hotchkiss and birth of daughter Sarah as recorded by Weygant are both confirmed by NHVRs. These events place him in New Haven up to 1721 but he could well have moved from there after that date. This could be the answer to your question, "And if they did have 10 children; then why don't we have records for all of them?" I think I deduced from my recent enquiry that none of us has yet researched vital records from Dutchess County. Jonathan's age may be a problem if we try to link him to 725 Nelly Sackett. The only clues to his birth date are that we calculate that his brother Richard was b. c1678 and that Weygant places Jonathan before Richard in birth order. If Jonathan was b. bef. 1678 this makes him rather old (40+) for a first marriage to Ruth Hotchkiss in 1717. And he would have been 55+ by the date of Nelly's birth. So maybe this was a second marriage - and some of the alleged 10 chdn. were from an earlier marriage. If any of Jonathan's 10 chdn. were to be candidates for father of Nelly then they would have to have been from an earlier marriage as, clearly, none of Ruth Hotchkiss' chdn. could be father of Nelly. However, if there were sons of the Jonathan-Ruth marriage then certainly these could be candidates for father of Skene Douglas b 1765. (Maybe Wendy already trod this path and has more on this Jonathan? Did someone say there was evidence that Skene was a grandson of Richard, which would rule out Jonathan's line anyway?) If we ignore Weygant's birth order (which does not always signify anything) then the options are open for Jonathan & Ruth to have carried on having chdn. into the 1730s. Best.. Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Thurmon E King [mailto:thurmonking@juno.com] > Sent: 17 November 2003 00:33 > To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SACKETT-L] The New Haven branch > > Chris and all; > > We've been working on the New Haven branch of the Sacketts of America and > I recently remembered something from Weygant that I've wondered about. > In his comments for 74-Jonathan Sackett, Jr. and his wife Ruth Hotchkiss; > Weygant says: "Of their ten children we have been able to record but one, > a daughter." > > The daughter he lists is 259-Sarah Sackett, (b. 9 Aug 1721), m. Lt. > Elisha Booth. > > Now, if there is only a record for one child, then how did Weygant know > that the couple had 10 children? And if they did have 10 children; then > why don't we have records for all of them?