Chris: The 1st letter by Weygant says: "I will mail with this a letter to the clerk of the County of Litchfield, Conn asking him to inform me what if any records are on file or recorded there relating to any of the Sacketts of New Milford which antedate the close of the War of the Revolution, and if so about what it will cost to have them copied." And in the 2nd letter: "In reply to my letter of inquiry the Justice of Probate of Litchfield wrote as follows: "In this state will are kept in the several Probate Districts which do not include the whole County. The will of Jonathan Sackett of Kent in this county was admitted to probate in this District Oct. 6.1773 --Copy $1. The Will of Ann Sackett of Kent admitted to Probate Nov. 12, 1778 --Copy 50 cents. No other Sackett Wills between 1742 and 1800:--" I sent for both of these wills, or rather copies of them, and while they contained much of interest to me in other connections, they revealed nothing which threw any light on Skene Douglass Sackett line. I think New Milford is in Litchfield Probate District, but am not certain. But we will find the desired missing link without doubt before we give up the search, as I am sending out orders for copies of Wills in the various Probate Districts of both Connecticut and Massachusetts, filed previous to the year 1800, ..." These statements give the sources for finding some of these documents. It appears from what he says in his book that he received the documents and they revealed that Reuben and Nelly were not listed as heirs of Richard, Jr. and, therefore, removed them from his family. I had the same thought about Reuben. And although we have nothing other than 277 Reuben and 278 Joseph being listed as brothers; I have been inclined to believe that these two are the Reuben and Joseph, Sr. found in Addison Co., VT. I'm still trying to determine where Nelly fits in. According to the information I have she was born about 1732 which would be questionable [but not impossible] for her being a daughter of 81-Joseph Sackett who was born in 1712. Concerning Prince and Prime Sackett; Other than finding them in Weygant, I have seen no records for Sacketts with those names. Weygant stated in the 1st letter that he had not traced the family of Richard, jr in The Family Record ... So, after I read the letter again I didn't think you would be able to find his family. (:>) [Of course, you have been known to "invent" things now and then.] (:^D Best wishes, Thurmon On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:04:39 -0000 "Chris Sackett" <chris@sackett.org.uk> writes: > Thurmon, > > I think Weygant may have moved 950 Reuben son of (547)/267 Richard Jr to 277 > Reuben son of 81 Joseph. > > I note that 81 Joseph, who was a 1st cousin of 75 Capt Richard, also had > land in Dutchess County. However, Weygant seems to say that Joseph did not > live there and it was Joseph's son Samuel who was "supposed to have been the > first of his line to settle in Dutchess County." I wonder why, when plucking > Reuben & Nelly from Capt Richard's clutches, he then attached Reuben to > Joseph and Nelly to Josiah Crego. Seems to me we should keep 81 Joseph in > the frame for father of Nelly. Do we know anything else at all about Prime > and Prince other than their listing on Weygant p113? > > I re-checked the 1897 Family Record and find that Weygant did not detail any > of the New Haven lines in that publication. He just did a selection of lines > down from Simon. > > Best.. > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thurmon E King [mailto:thurmonking@juno.com] > > Sent: 16 November 2003 01:34 > > --------snip---------- > He also has a son named > > Reuben in the 1903 version but appears to have placed him in some > other > > family by 1907. [Mary Lou Sackett and I would dearly love to know > where > > the Reuben Sackett in Addison Co., VT came from]. Weygant may > have > > dropped Reuben from the list of children because he was not listed > as an > > heir in the estate settlement of Richard, Jr. viz.; > > --------snip---------- > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > Tried the RootsWeb Archives and Search Engine on the Web yet...? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/ > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > 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 > >