Blanche: Comments and questions inserted below. On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:54:54 -0500 Harry McKay <bhmckay5743@juno.com> writes: > Thurmon, > > Thanks for the interesting information on the Little Nine Partners. > I have the book, "History of Little Nine Partners", by Isaac Huntting, > 1897, but I have never been able to understand all the transactions > that went on. From this book, the last mention of Margery Sackett, > Richard's wife and John's mother, is when she and John sold 400 acres on Lot > #14 to Hendrick Nase of Crom (Crum) Elbow for 140 pounds. The deed to this > property, during Hendrick's lifetime, was "burglariously taken from > his dwelling". Margery was deceased; Hendrick had died, but John > Sackett, on 3 April 1760, gave another deed to Hendrick's son, Philip, for this > same property. It cost Philip 40 shillings. > Do you have the date for the land sale when John and his mother sold the 400 acres. This date would give us a date after which she died. And the 3 Apr 1760 date gives us a "died before" date. > > I have just a portion of an article taken from, "Old Dutchess Forever!", > by Henry Noble MacCracken. The mention of John Sackett and Thomas > Wolcott goes like this, "When Thomas Woolcot became Colden's tenant in the > Oblong, Dr. Sackett broke in upon his field, trod out his corn and > injured his house. Colden threatened him, but he persisted and got > Woolcot lodged in jail for trespass. The net result seems to have > been that Woolcot married his sister Margaret, while John sold 3,497 > acres to Moses Harris and moved on. Dr. John, one of our earliest > physicians, died in Stephentown, but Ezekial, one of his ten children, served in > a Dutchess company in the Revolution". > > Weygant has Thomas Walcot marrying #269 Catherine Sackett, daughter > of Richard Sackett. From the book, "The History of Ancient Windsor, > CT.", Vol. II by Henry Stiles, he has that Thomas Wolcott, b. 1 Sep. 1726, > married Catherine Sackett of Dover, N.Y. and had family. John > Sackett did not have a sister, Margaret, as far as I know. > This is the first I have seen for a Margaret Sackett connected to the family of #75-Richard Sackett. I believe that John B. Wolcott's website probably has the correct information: "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] The confusion could be the result of there being a Thomas Wolcott (b. 1702) and Thomas Wolcott, Jr. (b. 1726)and a Richard Sackett (b. c1678) with daughter Catherine (b. 1702) and Richard Sackett, Jr. (b. 1701) with daughter Catherine (b. 1751); as well as Dr. John having a daughter named Catherine (b. c1720). [How is that for a potential for confusion??] > > To add to all this fun, there was an entry on Ancestry that gave the > spouse of Catherine Sackett, born 1742, died 1826, as Andreas Theodor > Larsdatter. Her parents were given as Richard Sackett and Margery > Sleade. I'm going to try to chase that one down. > This would not be the daughter of Richard and Margery (Sleade) Sackett. The Catherine in Richard's will was a wodow in 1744. Being born in 1742 and a widow in 1744 would make her rather precocious !! A possible solution would be #712-Catherine, (twin sister of Elizabeth) b. 14 Oct 1751; daughters of Dr. John who are listed by Weygant as " Probably died in infancy." > > I'm jumping around here, but #267, Richard Sackett, Jr.'s wife, is > recorded in Dutch records as Maria Breedeth or Mary Brodeth. His > daughter, #710, according to a website I found, was named Mary > Margarete Sackett, and was b. 5 Oct.1742. She married Israel Canfield > (Weygant has Camfield) on 6 Apr.1758 in New Milford, Ct. Mary died in Arlington, > Bennington, Vt. on 18 June 1817. They had more children than what > is recorded in Weygant's book according to this site. > The information for the name of #267-Richard's wife as being Maria Breedth or Mary Brodeth is new infomation. Any way to determine the correct spelling of her name? For #710-Mary Sackett, m. Israel Canfield; I have: From: Pauline Manosh <Pmanosh@pwshift.com> To: VERMONT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VT-L] Arlington, Vermont Bennington County "Canfield Family" Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 From Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer: Arlington, Vermont Bennington County Vol. 1 pg. 136 "... Israel Canfield, who is supposed to have been a cousin of Nathan Canfield, married Mary Sacket and came to Arlington from Connecticut about the same time [about 1768]. Their children were , Sacket, John, Isaac, Nathaniel and Anson Bassett. Israel Canfield was in the American service, but his wife was a most active loyalist. It is said that important messages between the British in Canada, and their friends in this region, passed through her hands. "Aunt Ann :Hawley, the bolder of the two, usually carried food to her son Eli, while to "Molly Sacket,: as she was called, a more quiet woman, was entrusted the duty of transmitting his messages. She died June 18, 1817, in her 75th year. ..." This source gives five children for Mary Sackett and Israel Canfield. Weygant has four. Did I manage to keep up with your "jumping around"?? Thurmon > > To Tom: Sorry I set you back. Hope you had some success when you > went back. > > Enough for now, > Blanche McKay