Chris and all: I have been turning all of this over in my mind every since we started the exchanges relating to the family of Richard Sackett and Margery L. Sleade. So far the results have been that we are presented with about four mysteries rather than one. 1. Concerning the matter of the presumed four marriages of Margery and her being the mother of Josias Crego: Roy states this in two ways; "Josias Crego was a son of Margery and I have found no evidence earlier than Weygant for Josiah Crego Sackett." and "Margery (surname unknown) of New York City was married to Stephen Crego, who died in 1690 aboard the frigate Archangel (Admon Book, 1692; Log of the Archangel) . They are presumed to be parents of Josias Crego." The first statement says that "Josias Crego was a son of Margery" while the second one says that Stephen Crego and Margery are "presumed to be parents of Josias Crego." If there are probate records for the estate of Stephen Crego who died in 1690 there should be an account of his children. And considering the legal requirements of that time there should be guardianship records for the presumed son, Josias Crego who would have been about 7 years old at the time. Checking the information we have I find that Richard's father, #18-Jonathan Sackett was born 6 Jun 1655. If Jonathan married at 21, then he would have been married about 1676 and if we assume that Richard was his first child (born after 9 months) then Richard would have been born about 1677-78. This would have made him age 21 when he married Margery L. Sleade in 1699. And, if Margery Sleade was the same woman who was married to Stephen Crego and bore a son Josias Crego (b. about 1683), then she would have been at least 33 years old and had a son about 16-17 years old; assuming he was 21 years old when he married Ann Ellsworth in 1704 If the same Margery married (bef. 1683) Stephen Crego, (28 April 1692) Edward Wislake, (26 December 1694) Peter Slade, and (11 May 1699) Richard Sackett; one would believe that, in addition to records of the death of Stephen Crego, there should be records relating to the deaths of Wislake and Slade, or her divorce from them, which would provide more precise data than the three marriage records. In a post on the 3rd Blanche indicates that Roy's book says that Peter Slade is shown on the tax lists from Dec. 1695-Mar. 1699. And then Marjory L. Sleade marries Richard Sackett 11 May 1699. I will add here that I encountered a situation in another family line where "two individuals were turned into four" and it required not only the marriage records, but a couple of probate records to determine that one brother had married his brother's widow. So I am not saying that Margery was not married four times, I am saying that we need more than three marriage records to prove that she did. 2. Concerning Richard Sackett's will; we still do not have the precise wording of the complete will. But from what we do have Richard did use the full names for John Sackett and Richard Sackett the first time their names were used. However, they are mentioned two more times using just their first names. And, as Chris pointed out the married name of his deceased daughter Mary Dean but he did not give the married name of his widowed daughter Catherine. And there is a question as to whether or not Josias Crego would signed as a witness to a document where his name was spelled as Josiah Crego. I found one website which offers a possible source of some documents that will help in this matter and it points to another possible error in Weygant's account of the family of Richard Sackett. Weygant gives the husband of Richard's daughter Catherine as Thomas Wolcot. However, the website of John B. Wolcott indicates that this is an error and that Catherine's married name is found in a court action relating to Richard's will: "Thomas m. Catherine Sackett, sometimes said to be daughter of Richard Sackett. This is in error as she was b. 1702, 24 years before Thomas, and her youngest child would have been born at age 60. Richard Sackett's will dated 1744 and proved 1746 leaves a bequest to his daughter, Catherine, "during her widowhood". In a court case regarding her father's will she is called Catherine Margeson, which was apparently her married name. Thomas' wife was probably Catherine, b. c.1720, daughter of Catherine's brother, John Sackett." [John B. Wolcott <johnwolcott@wolcottfamily.com> http://www.wolcottfamily.com/index.html] I have sent a note to John asking if he has copies of this court action, or where we might find the court action. If we could get these, or any other court records pertaining to the estate of Richard, we might find some of the answers we are looking for. 3. If we conclude that Josiah Crego and Josias Crego are the same individual and that Josiah Crego Sackett did not exist, then where do we find the parents of Nelly Sackett (b. 1732) who married Simeon Kelsey in 1754 in Kent, CT where they are listed as being "of Dover"? We have Elanor (wife of Simeon Kelsey) who is listed as having died in 1793 at age 61 who is buried in the cemetery at Spencers Corners, Dutchess Co., NY. Elanor's birth year matches that of Nelly Sackett. Nelly does not fit as a family member of either Richard, jr or John Sackett and although she was born before Richard, Sr made his will, she is not listed in his family. So, who were the parents of Nelly, Prince, Prime, and the unnamed child. 4. Concerning Skene Douglas Sackett, he becomes more of a mystery with each bit of informaion I receive. We know that he received a pension for his service in the Rev. War under the name Skene Douglas Sackett and is listed in records in Geauga and Ashtabula counties, Ohio and from the federal census records 1790-1850 that he existed. But I find it interesting that he is listed under several options in the index of pensioners: Douglass, Skene; Douglass, Skeen; Douglass, Sackett; Sackett, Skene; Sackett, Skene Douglass; Sackett, Skeen Douglass. This confusion would appear to arise from him serving under the name Skene Douglass to escape detection by his guardian, Mr. Bull. If this is the situation, then there should be some sort of document in his military pension file to indicate that Skene Douglass Sackett and Skene Douglass are the same individual. Another part of the mystery is that Weygant gives his birth place as probably New Milfore, Litchfield Co., CT. The 1790 census indicates that he was living in Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT and the "Ohio County and Family Histories, 1780-1970; Geauga County, Thompson Township; History of Geauga County, Ohio"; p 795 has two interesting statements: a.) "Skene Douglass Sackett was born in Milford, New Haven county, Connecticut..." b.) "He married Hannah Saxton, a native of that portion of the ancient town of Waterbury, now called Middlebury, the same county." I know that some of the "facts" in some of these county histories are hearsay at best. But the one writing this particular account indicates that he had an interest in Mr Palmer's companion, Skene Douglass Sackett, because he had "some acquaintance with" him. So, are we to conclude that the one writing the account misunderstood Skene D. Sackett when he said he was born in NEW Milford and concluded that he said Milford? Or did Skene D. Sackett actually say that he was born in Milford, New Haven Co., CT? This could open an entirely different possibility for his ancestry. I know ... I have more questions than I do answers, Best Regards, Thurmon On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:41:54 -0000 "Chris Sackett" <chris@sackett.org.uk> writes: > Dear Roy, > > Many thanks for your message to the Sackett List. This is of great > help. The evidence of Margery's four marriages is compelling and your > interpretation of Richard Sackett's will is also persuasive. BTW, we had not > intended to indicate that the will referred to Josiah Crego Sackett; we were > just using this name to distinguish this individual from Josiah Crego. This > distinction becomes meaningless of course if we accept that Josiah Crego Sackett > did not exist. > > Accepting that Josiah Crego Sackett did not exist does however raise > further questions, most obviously with the family which Weygant attaches to > this man. You mention Weygant in your post so I assume you have a copy of > his book but, briefly, he has Josiah Crego Sackett marrying a Miss > Douglass in about 1650 (we have taken this as a typo for 1750) and having five > children: > Nelly who m. Simeon Kelsey; Prime; Prince; [unnamed]; and Skene Douglas > Sackett 1765-1832 who m. Hannah Sexton. The only one of these children for > whom there is subsequent data, (incl. much Rev. War data), is Skene Douglas. > The attachment of this man to "Miss Douglass" has the further attraction > that, according to Weygant, her mother was a "Skeene", having as a brother > Col. Philip Skeene. Weygant describes Josiah Crego Sackett as youngest son > of Capt Richard and Margery L Sleade Sackett, b. at Dover, Dutchess County, > and having lived at New Milford, Conn., for several years before his death. > There is a plausible suggestion, based on researches detailed in Andrew P > Sackett's book on Frederick Plummer Sackett, that the unnamed child in this > family was Aaron Sackett (Weygant # 714 on p491). > > We can guess why Weygant reached his conclusion about Josiah Crego Sackett > being the son of Richard Sackett (i.e. he assumed this from Richard's will) > but there do not appear to be any clues why he then attached a wife and > children to this man. The 'elimination' of Josiah Crego Sackett raises the > obvious question about who was/were the father(s) of these children. However > we should check first the remote possibility that Josiah Crego could have > taken his stepfather Richard Sackett's name and been the father of these > children. > > Blanche McKay found a website ref. to Josiah Crego's date of birth being > 1683. This would fit with his being born bef. c1690 when his father Stephen > Crego died and also with his being of age in 1703-1704 when he was a > co-purchaser with Richard Sackett of lands at Wassaic. But it would make it > nearly impossible that he was the father (aged 82) of Skene Douglas Sackett > b. 1765. I note also from Blanche McKay's report of your book that Josiah > Crego was last mentioned in Dutchess County in June 1747 and is believed to > have died at about that time. All of this seems to rule out any notion that > Josiah Crego "became" Josiah Crego Sackett. > > We are then left with the questions of the parentage of Nelly, Prime, > Prince, [Aaron], and Skene Douglas, and who married Miss Douglas, the > possible mother of these children. (Roy: This is really a question for the > Sackett List but, as you have obviously already had to work on this > material, any suggestions would be gratefully received.) Blanche found > unsourced website data giving birth dates of: Eleanor (Nelly) c1734/35; > Prime c1736; Prince c1738; and Skeene Douglas c1740. We have evidence that > Skene was b. 1765 and Aaron who may also be attached to this family would > have been b. in the early 1760s. It seems to me that what we are looking for > here are the parents of two families - the first three b. in the 1730s and > the last two b. in the 1760s. > > Turning to the much married Margery, the birth span of her children is > long - from Josiah Crego in 1683 to four children by Richard Sackett from > 1701 onwards. A 20+ year span is perfectly possible of course but I wonder > whether the daughters were children of Richard or of one (or two) of > Margery's previous husbands. If the latter, this would reduce the overall > birth span. We have concluded that Richard junior and John were Richard's > natural sons, being referred to in his will by their surname Sackett, and we > have concluded that Richard used the word "son" loosely for "stepson" when > referring to Josiah Crego. I wonder by the same token whether, when he > refers to "my daughter Mary Dean deceased" and "my daughter Catherine during > her widowhood", he means daughter or stepdaughter. Do you have any other > information on this? I wonder why he did not use Catherine's married name. > > Kind regards, and thanks again, > Chris Sackett > Sackett One-Name Study > www.sackett.org.uk > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roy Crego [mailto:rcrego@nac.net] > > Sent: 07 November 2003 00:43 > > To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [SACKETT-L] Josias Crego > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I stumbled across the flurry of emails concerning Josias Crego and > > thought I should let you know what I found when writing my book A > > Selective History of the Crego Family (1993). I believe Weygant > and > > subsequent researchers created four people when there were two, > all in > > an effort to explain Richard Sackett's will. Margery Crego and > Margery > > L. Sleade are the same person, and she was married 4 times. > Josias > > Crego was a son of Margery and I have found no evidence earlier > than > > Weygant for Josiah Crego Sackett. > > > > Margery (surname unknown) of New York City was married to Stephen > Crego, > > who died in 1690 aboard the frigate Archangel (Admon Book, 1692; > Log of > > the Archangel) . They are presumed to be parents of Josias Crego. > > > > Margery "Crege" married Edward Wislake by license dated 28 April > 1692 > > (NY County Will Book 3-4:333) > > > > Margery Wislake married Peter Slade by license dated 26 December > 1694 > > (NY County Will Book 5:92) > > > > Margery L. "Sleade" married Richard Sackett by license dated 11 > May 1699 > > (NY County Will Book 5:340). This is how a Margery Crego became > Margery > > Sackett. > > > > In the will of Richard Sackett (NY County Will Book 15:580), I > found no > > mention of a Josiah Crego Sackett, just the reference within the > will to > > "my wellbeloved son Josiah Crego". Sackett's other sons are > identified > > as Richard Sackett and John Sackett (with the surname). I do not > see > > any reason to assume the Sackett surname was dropped when the will > > referred to "Josiah Crego." Josiah is likely a spelling variant > for > > Josias. Josias Crego was also a witness to the deed and the > witness > > signature is recorded as "Josias Crego." I've seen Josias' actual > > signature on another document and he spelled his name Josias > Crego. > > > > I hope this helps clear things up and I invite the other list > members to > > look up the original documents and verify my findings. > > > > More details can be found in my book. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Roy Crego > > > ==== 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 > >

Thurman, I can't answer all your questions, but two popped out. There is an administration of Stephen Crego, which I cited in the Admon Book in England. However, there is only a mention of his relict Margery Crego of New York City. The will of Richard Sackett consistently refers to his sons Richard Sackett and John Sackett three times with their surname "Sacket" (See New York County Wills, Liber 15, page 580). The transcription that appears in Weygant is not to be trusted. Weygant made many edits. Roy -----Original Message----- From: Thurmon E King [mailto:thurmonking@juno.com] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:41 PM To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SACKETT-L] Josias Crego Chris and all: I have been turning all of this over in my mind every since we started the exchanges relating to the family of Richard Sackett and Margery L. Sleade. So far the results have been that we are presented with about four mysteries rather than one. 1. Concerning the matter of the presumed four marriages of Margery and her being the mother of Josias Crego: Roy states this in two ways; "Josias Crego was a son of Margery and I have found no evidence earlier than Weygant for Josiah Crego Sackett." and "Margery (surname unknown) of New York City was married to Stephen Crego, who died in 1690 aboard the frigate Archangel (Admon Book, 1692; Log of the Archangel) . They are presumed to be parents of Josias Crego." The first statement says that "Josias Crego was a son of Margery" while the second one says that Stephen Crego and Margery are "presumed to be parents of Josias Crego." If there are probate records for the estate of Stephen Crego who died in 1690 there should be an account of his children. And considering the legal requirements of that time there should be guardianship records for the presumed son, Josias Crego who would have been about 7 years old at the time. Checking the information we have I find that Richard's father, #18-Jonathan Sackett was born 6 Jun 1655. If Jonathan married at 21, then he would have been married about 1676 and if we assume that Richard was his first child (born after 9 months) then Richard would have been born about 1677-78. This would have made him age 21 when he married Margery L. Sleade in 1699. And, if Margery Sleade was the same woman who was married to Stephen Crego and bore a son Josias Crego (b. about 1683), then she would have been at least 33 years old and had a son about 16-17 years old; assuming he was 21 years old when he married Ann Ellsworth in 1704 If the same Margery married (bef. 1683) Stephen Crego, (28 April 1692) Edward Wislake, (26 December 1694) Peter Slade, and (11 May 1699) Richard Sackett; one would believe that, in addition to records of the death of Stephen Crego, there should be records relating to the deaths of Wislake and Slade, or her divorce from them, which would provide more precise data than the three marriage records. In a post on the 3rd Blanche indicates that Roy's book says that Peter Slade is shown on the tax lists from Dec. 1695-Mar. 1699. And then Marjory L. Sleade marries Richard Sackett 11 May 1699. I will add here that I encountered a situation in another family line where "two individuals were turned into four" and it required not only the marriage records, but a couple of probate records to determine that one brother had married his brother's widow. So I am not saying that Margery was not married four times, I am saying that we need more than three marriage records to prove that she did. 2. Concerning Richard Sackett's will; we still do not have the precise wording of the complete will. But from what we do have Richard did use the full names for John Sackett and Richard Sackett the first time their names were used. However, they are mentioned two more times using just their first names. And, as Chris pointed out the married name of his deceased daughter Mary Dean but he did not give the married name of his widowed daughter Catherine. And there is a question as to whether or not Josias Crego would signed as a witness to a document where his name was spelled as Josiah Crego. I found one website which offers a possible source of some documents that will help in this matter and it points to another possible error in Weygant's account of the family of Richard Sackett. Weygant gives the husband of Richard's daughter Catherine as Thomas Wolcot. However, the website of John B. Wolcott indicates that this is an error and that Catherine's married name is found in a court action relating to Richard's will: "Thomas m. Catherine Sackett, sometimes said to be daughter of Richard Sackett. This is in error as she was b. 1702, 24 years before Thomas, and her youngest child would have been born at age 60. Richard Sackett's will dated 1744 and proved 1746 leaves a bequest to his daughter, Catherine, "during her widowhood". In a court case regarding her father's will she is called Catherine Margeson, which was apparently her married name. Thomas' wife was probably Catherine, b. c.1720, daughter of Catherine's brother, John Sackett." [John B. Wolcott <johnwolcott@wolcottfamily.com> http://www.wolcottfamily.com/index.html] I have sent a note to John asking if he has copies of this court action, or where we might find the court action. If we could get these, or any other court records pertaining to the estate of Richard, we might find some of the answers we are looking for. 3. If we conclude that Josiah Crego and Josias Crego are the same individual and that Josiah Crego Sackett did not exist, then where do we find the parents of Nelly Sackett (b. 1732) who married Simeon Kelsey in 1754 in Kent, CT where they are listed as being "of Dover"? We have Elanor (wife of Simeon Kelsey) who is listed as having died in 1793 at age 61 who is buried in the cemetery at Spencers Corners, Dutchess Co., NY. Elanor's birth year matches that of Nelly Sackett. Nelly does not fit as a family member of either Richard, jr or John Sackett and although she was born before Richard, Sr made his will, she is not listed in his family. So, who were the parents of Nelly, Prince, Prime, and the unnamed child. 4. Concerning Skene Douglas Sackett, he becomes more of a mystery with each bit of informaion I receive. We know that he received a pension for his service in the Rev. War under the name Skene Douglas Sackett and is listed in records in Geauga and Ashtabula counties, Ohio and from the federal census records 1790-1850 that he existed. But I find it interesting that he is listed under several options in the index of pensioners: Douglass, Skene; Douglass, Skeen; Douglass, Sackett; Sackett, Skene; Sackett, Skene Douglass; Sackett, Skeen Douglass. This confusion would appear to arise from him serving under the name Skene Douglass to escape detection by his guardian, Mr. Bull. If this is the situation, then there should be some sort of document in his military pension file to indicate that Skene Douglass Sackett and Skene Douglass are the same individual. Another part of the mystery is that Weygant gives his birth place as probably New Milfore, Litchfield Co., CT. The 1790 census indicates that he was living in Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT and the "Ohio County and Family Histories, 1780-1970; Geauga County, Thompson Township; History of Geauga County, Ohio"; p 795 has two interesting statements: a.) "Skene Douglass Sackett was born in Milford, New Haven county, Connecticut..." b.) "He married Hannah Saxton, a native of that portion of the ancient town of Waterbury, now called Middlebury, the same county." I know that some of the "facts" in some of these county histories are hearsay at best. But the one writing this particular account indicates that he had an interest in Mr Palmer's companion, Skene Douglass Sackett, because he had "some acquaintance with" him. So, are we to conclude that the one writing the account misunderstood Skene D. Sackett when he said he was born in NEW Milford and concluded that he said Milford? Or did Skene D. Sackett actually say that he was born in Milford, New Haven Co., CT? This could open an entirely different possibility for his ancestry. I know ... I have more questions than I do answers, Best Regards, Thurmon On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:41:54 -0000 "Chris Sackett" <chris@sackett.org.uk> writes: > Dear Roy, > > Many thanks for your message to the Sackett List. This is of great > help. The evidence of Margery's four marriages is compelling and your > interpretation of Richard Sackett's will is also persuasive. BTW, we had not > intended to indicate that the will referred to Josiah Crego Sackett; we were > just using this name to distinguish this individual from Josiah Crego. This > distinction becomes meaningless of course if we accept that Josiah Crego Sackett > did not exist. > > Accepting that Josiah Crego Sackett did not exist does however raise > further questions, most obviously with the family which Weygant attaches to > this man. You mention Weygant in your post so I assume you have a copy of > his book but, briefly, he has Josiah Crego Sackett marrying a Miss > Douglass in about 1650 (we have taken this as a typo for 1750) and having five > children: > Nelly who m. Simeon Kelsey; Prime; Prince; [unnamed]; and Skene Douglas > Sackett 1765-1832 who m. Hannah Sexton. The only one of these children for > whom there is subsequent data, (incl. much Rev. War data), is Skene Douglas. > The attachment of this man to "Miss Douglass" has the further attraction > that, according to Weygant, her mother was a "Skeene", having as a brother > Col. Philip Skeene. Weygant describes Josiah Crego Sackett as youngest son > of Capt Richard and Margery L Sleade Sackett, b. at Dover, Dutchess County, > and having lived at New Milford, Conn., for several years before his death. > There is a plausible suggestion, based on researches detailed in Andrew P > Sackett's book on Frederick Plummer Sackett, that the unnamed child in this > family was Aaron Sackett (Weygant # 714 on p491). > > We can guess why Weygant reached his conclusion about Josiah Crego Sackett > being the son of Richard Sackett (i.e. he assumed this from Richard's will) > but there do not appear to be any clues why he then attached a wife and > children to this man. The 'elimination' of Josiah Crego Sackett raises the > obvious question about who was/were the father(s) of these children. However > we should check first the remote possibility that Josiah Crego could have > taken his stepfather Richard Sackett's name and been the father of these > children. > > Blanche McKay found a website ref. to Josiah Crego's date of birth being > 1683. This would fit with his being born bef. c1690 when his father Stephen > Crego died and also with his being of age in 1703-1704 when he was a > co-purchaser with Richard Sackett of lands at Wassaic. But it would make it > nearly impossible that he was the father (aged 82) of Skene Douglas Sackett > b. 1765. I note also from Blanche McKay's report of your book that Josiah > Crego was last mentioned in Dutchess County in June 1747 and is believed to > have died at about that time. All of this seems to rule out any notion that > Josiah Crego "became" Josiah Crego Sackett. > > We are then left with the questions of the parentage of Nelly, Prime, > Prince, [Aaron], and Skene Douglas, and who married Miss Douglas, the > possible mother of these children. (Roy: This is really a question for the > Sackett List but, as you have obviously already had to work on this > material, any suggestions would be gratefully received.) Blanche found > unsourced website data giving birth dates of: Eleanor (Nelly) c1734/35; > Prime c1736; Prince c1738; and Skeene Douglas c1740. We have evidence that > Skene was b. 1765 and Aaron who may also be attached to this family would > have been b. in the early 1760s. It seems to me that what we are looking for > here are the parents of two families - the first three b. in the 1730s and > the last two b. in the 1760s. > > Turning to the much married Margery, the birth span of her children is > long - from Josiah Crego in 1683 to four children by Richard Sackett from > 1701 onwards. A 20+ year span is perfectly possible of course but I wonder > whether the daughters were children of Richard or of one (or two) of > Margery's previous husbands. If the latter, this would reduce the overall > birth span. We have concluded that Richard junior and John were Richard's > natural sons, being referred to in his will by their surname Sackett, and we > have concluded that Richard used the word "son" loosely for "stepson" when > referring to Josiah Crego. I wonder by the same token whether, when he > refers to "my daughter Mary Dean deceased" and "my daughter Catherine during > her widowhood", he means daughter or stepdaughter. Do you have any other > information on this? I wonder why he did not use Catherine's married name. > > Kind regards, and thanks again, > Chris Sackett > Sackett One-Name Study > www.sackett.org.uk > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roy Crego [mailto:rcrego@nac.net] > > Sent: 07 November 2003 00:43 > > To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [SACKETT-L] Josias Crego > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I stumbled across the flurry of emails concerning Josias Crego and > > thought I should let you know what I found when writing my book A > > Selective History of the Crego Family (1993). I believe Weygant > and > > subsequent researchers created four people when there were two, > all in > > an effort to explain Richard Sackett's will. Margery Crego and > Margery > > L. Sleade are the same person, and she was married 4 times. > Josias > > Crego was a son of Margery and I have found no evidence earlier > than > > Weygant for Josiah Crego Sackett. > > > > Margery (surname unknown) of New York City was married to Stephen > Crego, > > who died in 1690 aboard the frigate Archangel (Admon Book, 1692; > Log of > > the Archangel) . They are presumed to be parents of Josias Crego. > > > > Margery "Crege" married Edward Wislake by license dated 28 April > 1692 > > (NY County Will Book 3-4:333) > > > > Margery Wislake married Peter Slade by license dated 26 December > 1694 > > (NY County Will Book 5:92) > > > > Margery L. "Sleade" married Richard Sackett by license dated 11 > May 1699 > > (NY County Will Book 5:340). This is how a Margery Crego became > Margery > > Sackett. > > > > In the will of Richard Sackett (NY County Will Book 15:580), I > found no > > mention of a Josiah Crego Sackett, just the reference within the > will to > > "my wellbeloved son Josiah Crego". Sackett's other sons are > identified > > as Richard Sackett and John Sackett (with the surname). I do not > see > > any reason to assume the Sackett surname was dropped when the will > > referred to "Josiah Crego." Josiah is likely a spelling variant > for > > Josias. Josias Crego was also a witness to the deed and the > witness > > signature is recorded as "Josias Crego." I've seen Josias' actual > > signature on another document and he spelled his name Josias > Crego. > > > > I hope this helps clear things up and I invite the other list > members to > > look up the original documents and verify my findings. > > > > More details can be found in my book. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Roy Crego > > > ==== 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 > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== RootsWeb blocks attachments. So sharing photos is not possible through the list; send off-list individually. 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