Once again I clicked on the "Send" button before I double checked what I had written ... I notice that Weygant, p. 59-60 includes the part of the will of Richard which includes the reference to his son Josiah Crego sharing in the remainder of the estate. Thurmon On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:55:03 -0500 Harry McKay <bhmckay5743@juno.com> writes: > After I sent the message off yesterday, I realized that I did have > some > land records of Richard Sackett going back to 1716. Of interest is > that > he is called a Husbandman, a Gent. and Capt. > > In Oct. 1741, there are two Indentures made between Capt. Richard > Sackett > and his two sons, Richard Sackett, Jr. and John Sackett when they > sold > some property to a Johann Tise Smith. All three signed the > document. On > 3 Mar. 1744, Richard Sackett sold some land to his son, John > Sackett. > Witnesses were Josias Crego and Richard Sackett, Jr. > > The most interesting is a transaction on 17 Oct.1749 when John > Sackett > sold some property to a Moses Harris (part of the Lower Nine > Partners > tract). This states that John Sackett, Gent., youngest son and sole > Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Capt. Richard Sackett > late of > Dover, deceased. This certainly raises some questions about Josiah > Crego > Sackett since this has that John was the youngest son. I found no > reference to Josiah Crego Sackett in any of the copies of documents > I > have. Granted, he could have left for Connecticut at an early age > and > lived there until death. There are records of Josias Crego in > Dutchess > County, N.Y. which prove he lived there. > > It all raises more question which is what genealogy is all about. > > Blanche McKay > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb blocks attachments. So sharing photos is not possible > through > the list; send off-list individually. If you have a text file you > wish to share, save it as text and insert the text into your > message. > > ============================== > 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 > >