Hello Sackett Searchers: Around 3 Nov 2003 I posted a Register Report for the family of Thomas J. Sackett b. c 1800 MA; d. c 1859 at Potter, Yates Co., NY. Records in Yates co. indicate that T. J. Sackett was in the county by 1819. http://www.linkny.com/~history/potrdm_s.htm Record of Roads 1833 - 1888 Thomas J, 1819 T J, 1829; Thomas G, 1835 Thomas, 1839, 1843; Sackett: T J, 1843; His household is listed in Yates Co. for the years 1835, 1840, 1845, 1850, and 1855. Sacket, Thomas Year: 1840; State: NY;County: Yates; Township: Middlesex Roll: M704_351Page: 350 Census: 100 101 000 000 0 - 121 001 000 000 0 Year: 1850; State: NY; County: Yates; Township: Potter Roll: M432_618Page: 5 82/84 Sackett, Thomas J. 50 m Farmer MA [Sackett], Lina 45 f NY Sackett, Lucina 23 f NY Sackett, Minerva 18 f NY Sackett, Mary Ann 14 f NY Sackett, Asa 11 m NY Sackett, Else 8 f NY Sackett, Charles 4 m NY In 1859 a petition was filed relating to his estate: http://www.linkny.com/~history/estate_s.htm Name / Date filed / Locator / Persons mentioned in petition Sackett Thomas J / 1859 / 128C / Jeremiah Barber; Sina, Minerva, Mary A, Asa, Elcy, Charles & Richard Sackett Sackett Asa & Elsie / 1859 / 122C / GDN; William W Tyler >From the 1840 and 1850 censuses and the estate records it appears that Thomas J. Sackett had children named: Lucina, Minerva, Mary Ann, Asa, Else, Charles, and Richard. Richard was married and his household was enumerated in the 1850, 1855, 1860, and 1865 censuses: Year: 1850; State: NY; County: Yates; Township: Potter Roll: M432_618Page: 26 397/403 Sackett, Richard 26 m Farmer NY Sackett, Lydia 29 f NY Sackett, Charles 2 m NY Sackett, Wilbur 7/12 m NY Sackett, Malinda 20 f NY ------- Aug 1860 Potter, Yates NY., page 911, family 433 Richard Sackett, age 36, born New York, Farming Lydia Sackett, age 38, born New York Asel T. Sackett, (M) , age 11, " Anna M. Sackett, age 8, " Maliala A. Sackett, age 1, born Michigan ------- http://www.linkny.com/~history/1865pot.htm 1865 New York State Census Town of Potter; Index Sackett Lydia 1/73 Sackett Asher[Ansel] T 1/73 Sackett Annie M 1/73 Sackett Mary A [Mahala] 1/73 Sackett Richard J 1/73 ------ It appears that Richard died about 1863 when papers relating to his estate were filed: http://www.linkny.com/~history/estate_s.htm Name / Date filed / Locator / Persons mentioned in petition Sackett Richard / 1863 / 50D / Lydia, Asel J, Anna M, Mahala A & Richard J Sackett Lydia his widow filed papers in 1866: http://www.linkny.com/~history/exparte2.htm Yates County NY; County Court Records Ex Parte Cases 1853 - 1871 S 23-4 / Lydia Sackett / 1866 / Bond, Sale of R.E.,, Guardian Appt., Reports, Contract,Conveyance In the 1870 census his children [and probably his widow] are listed in the household of Cephas Isham: 1870; Potter, Yates Co., NY; page 219; 24 Jun 1870 219/226 Isham, Cephas 55 m stone mason VT Isham, Lydia 45 f keeping house NY Sackett, Anna M. 18 f hs service NY Sackett, Minnie 11 f NY Sackett, Richard 6 m NY -------- Some of the court records in Yates Co. seem to indicate that Lydia Isham (age 45) in the 1870 census above is the same as Lydia Sackett (age 38) in the 1860 census: http://www.linkny.com/~history/estate_s.htm Name / Date filed / Locator / Persons mentioned in petition Sackett Richard J / 1874 / 50D / GDN; Lydia Isham Sackett Mahala A / 1874 / 95D / GDN; Culver S Barber By now you are probably wondering why I am repeating this information. Well, since my hard drive failure I have been going through my recovered data and files I had saved to CDs before the failure and in the process I found a message that was sent to Nancy and she posted it to the SACKETT-L on Mon, 29 Nov 1999. The message was sent to Nancy by Linda Howorth of Grand Rapids, MI. Linda gave her Sackett line from Simon Sackett, Jr. down through; 766-Rev. Nathaniel Sackett m. Margaret Lazier and their son, 1904-Richard Sackett b. 28 Jul 1825. Linda shows this Richard Sackett as being married to a woman named Lydia and having a son, Richard Jefferson Sackett who later moved to MI. After I found this message I discovered that I had entered Linda's information in my database but had not attached her Richard Sackett to 766-Rev. Nathaniel so it appears that I had some question about the relationship at that time. According to information Barbara Bell sent, 766-Rev. Nathaniel Sackett was in the process of moving his family from Cornwall, Orange Co., NY to MI in 1834 and the family was wintering over in Benton, Yates Co., NY when the Rev. became ill and after about four weeks he died on 8 Nov 1834. So this family was in Yates county in 1834 and it appears that some of the family remained in the county for a while. But the information I have found for the family of Thomas J. Sackett seems to indicate that Richard J. Sackett was his grandson rather than the grandson of 766-Rev. Nathaniel Sackett. Anyone have any ideas? Thurmon