Sacket, Benjamin b. 31 Oct 1698 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1753 Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA: Thurmon King's New Sackett Database

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Name Sacket, Benjamin

Christened 1698 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Born 31 Oct 1698 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Gender Male

Died 1753 Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Siblings 5 siblings

	1. Sacket, John, b. 3 Mar 1688, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown
	2. Sacket, Abigail, b. 16 Oct 1690, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown
	3. Sacket, Daniel, b. 14 Aug 1690, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 9 Feb 1776, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)
	4. Sacket, David, b. 7 Jul 1696, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown
	5. Sacket, Benjamin, b. 31 Oct 1698, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1753, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 54 years)
	6. Sacket, Deborah, b. 16 Nov 1701, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown

Person ID I159 Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist

Last Modified 25 Oct 2014

Father Sacket, John, b. 4 Nov 1660, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 20 Dec 1745, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)

Mother Filley, Deborah, b. 1661, d. 20 Nov 1701, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 40 years)

Married 1 Dec 1686 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Children 6 children

	1. Sacket, John, b. 3 Mar 1688, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown
	2. Sacket, Abigail, b. 16 Oct 1690, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown
	3. Sacket, Daniel, b. 14 Aug 1690, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 9 Feb 1776, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)
	4. Sacket, David, b. 7 Jul 1696, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown
	5. Sacket, Benjamin, b. 31 Oct 1698, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1753, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 54 years)
	6. Sacket, Deborah, b. 16 Nov 1701, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown

Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family King, Thankful, b. 25 Dec 1704, d. 4 Nov 1785, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)

Married 4 Dec 1729 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Westfield town Records:
BENJAMIN SACKET married THANKFULL KING December 04, 1729 [A:193].

Children

	1. Sacket, Benjamin, b. 21 Dec 1731, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Aft 1776 (Age 45 years)
	2. Sacket, King, b. 2 Feb 1734, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Aft 1795 (Age 61 years)
	3. Sacket, Zebulon, b. 10 May 1737, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 16 Mar 1777, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 39 years)
	4. Sacket, Abigail, b. 1 Sep 1741, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Abt Mar 1831, Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA (Age 89 years)
	5. Sacket, Deborah, b. 21 Feb 1744/1745, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown
	6. Sacket, Thankful, b. 2 May 1748, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA , d. Unknown

Last Modified 21 Jan 2009

Family ID F87 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Christened - 1698 - Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
	Born - 31 Oct 1698 - Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
	Married - 4 Dec 1729 - Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
	Child - Sacket, Benjamin - 21 Dec 1731 - Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
	Child - Sacket, King - 2 Feb 1734 - Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
	Child - Sacket, Zebulon - 10 May 1737 - Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
	Child - Sacket, Abigail - 1 Sep 1741 - Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
	Child - Sacket, Deborah - 21 Feb 1744/1745 - Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
	Child - Sacket, Thankful - 2 May 1748 - Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
	Died - 1753 - Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

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Website Baptisms performed in the Church of Christ, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1679\endash 1836 (NewEnglandAncestors.org), "1698 Sacket, Benjamin s. John & Deborah, 8 mo 30 d."
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Westfield Town Records:
BENJAMIN SACKET, b. October 31, 1698 [A:23].
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of Westfield and Sheffield in Mass.

Early settler at Sheffield, Mass.
Copy of Will.

In the name of God Amen, the twenty & seventh day of August, 1746. I Benjamin Sacket, of Sheffield in the County of Hampshire, on the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, being in perfect health * * * I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Thankful the improvements of the whole of my estate both real and personal until my children com to be of age - my sons twenty one years and daughters eighteen years old, and each child to their portion as they come of age, and the improvement of one third of my estate real and personal during her natural life as the law provides for her.

Item - I give to my well beloved oldest son Benjamin five pounds money, over and above what I give to his brethren.
Item - I give to my well beloved sons Benjamin Sacket, King Sacket, & Zebulon Sacket the whole of my estate real and personal to have possession each of their portion as they come of age except their mothers thirds, and all at her decease, they paying their sisters portion, and in case either of the sons should die before he is of age his portion shall return to his or their brother or brethren. And in case that I should have another son it is my will that he should be equal to his brethren.
Item - I give to my well beloved daughter Deborah twenty pounds money to be paid to her equally by my sons. And in case that I should have a daughter born after this time I giver her twenty pounds money to be paid out of my estate by my sons equally.

Likewise I constitute, make and ordain my trusty and well beloved brother Daniel Sacket of Westfield & my beloved wife Thankful executors of this my last Will and Testament. [Weygant, p. 47]
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7 Feb. 1799, Benjamin Sacket, of Egremont, yeoman, for
$1500, sold William Coldburne, of same, yeoman, land there;
signs as "Benja Sacket Jr."; wit: John-C. Kline and Henry
Holly; ack. 1799 at Alford; recd. 1806. (Berkshire Deeds, So. Registry, 43:16.)
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There was no Sacket, or Sackett, listed as head of a
family in Sheffield in 1790, but we do find King Sacket, in Egremont that year.
Children of Benjamin and Thankful (King) Sacket, recorded
in Sheffield, Mass