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From: "Chris Sackett" <>
Subject: [SACKETT-L] Gen Hist of Conn, part2
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:45:22 +0100

(IV) Captain Samuel, son of Lieutenant John (3) Sackett, was born March 7,
1702, died in February, 1781. Captain Sackett is frequently referred to in
the colonial records of New Haven as "Deacon Samuel Sackett." These early
records show that he was prominent in business and social circles as well
as in military and religious affairs. In 1736 he was appointed a lieutenant
and in 1754 he was commissioned captain of the "5th Company or Train Band"
in the town of New Haven. He was justice of the peace in 1748-49, and again
from 1758 to 1776. In 1759 the governor and general council of Connecticut
authorized Samuel Sackett and several other prominent citizens to organize
a company and build and maintain a bridge across the "New Haven East
River." He married (first), December 11, 1728, Elizabeth, daughter of
Samuel and Susanna (Tuthill) Todd. She died 1737. Before 1741 he married
(second) -- --, and she died before 1751. On August 6, 1752, he married
(third) Mrs. Hannah Russell Pierpont, daughter of Rev. Noahdiah Russell and
widow of Lieutenant Joseph Pierpont. Children: Sarah, born April 9, 1730;
Mahitable, February 23, 1732; Elizabeth; Samuel, March 20, 1741; Elias,
March 27, 1743; Solomon, mentioned below.

(V) Solomon, son of Captain Samuel Sackett, was born in 1748, died August
8, 1823. He lived in New Haven and Norfolk. He married twice and both of
his wives are buried in the "North End Cemetery," at Norfolk. Several of
their descendants resided in 1904 in the adjoining town of Colebrook.
Children: Solomon, born 1785, mentioned below; Thomas; Sylvia, born 1805.

(VI) Solomon (2), son of Solomon (1) Sackett, was born in 1785, died 1855.
He resided in Sandsfield, Massachusetts, and North Canaan, Connecticut. He
married Huldah Webster. Children: Mary; Rhoda; George, born June 9, 1820;
Solomon, May 24, 1823, mentioned below; Lucretia; Cordelia.

(VII) Solomon (3), son of Solomon (2) Sackett, was born in Sandsfield,
Massachusetts, May 24, 1823, died in Colebrook, Connecticut, February 19,
1904. He was a travelling salesman for the Beardsley Scythe Company, and
the Winsted Manufacturing Company of Winsted for twenty years. In later
years he had a small farm in Colebrook, after he had retired from active
business. He settled a great many estates. He was a Republican, and a
representative to the legislature several times. He married Melissa Fargo,
who died September 30, 1909. Children: Grove, born March 18, 1851; George,
December 14, 1857; Frank, mentioned below.

(VIII) Frank, son of Solomon (3) Sackett, was born in Sandsfield,
Massachusetts, May 2, 1861. He attended the public schools of Colebrook and
Winsted, Connecticut. He began his business career in the employ of the
William L. Gilbert Clock Company in 1879 and continued with this concern
until 1905. For twenty years he was foreman of the lever and movement
department. Since 1905 he has been retired, living at Winsted. He is a
member of Clifton Lodge of Odd Fellows. In religion he is a Methodist and
he is trustee and collector of the Winsted Methodist Church. In politics he
is a Republican. He married (first) in Colebrook, October 4, 1883, Alice G.
Greene, who died May 13, 1884. He married (second), July 4, 1887, Nettie
J., daughter of James Edwin and Sarah M. (White) Dean, of Winsted. She died
in 1898. He married (third), March 14, 1900, Sarah C. Chase, who died June
3, 1909. He married (fourth) Belle Hart, born December 7, 1876, daughter of
Walter and Lilly (Church) Hart. Children of second wife: Grove E., born
September 3, 1892; George Solomon, July 4, 1896.

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