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WILLIAM SACKETT / 1662 - 1700
John Sackett's son, William Sackett, drowned in the Connecticut River near Deerfield, MA., in the winter of 1699-1700, on his return from a wedding that he had attended with relatives and friends. William was survived by his wife Hannah (Graves) Sackett and their children 1- Joseph, b. 25 July 1690; 2- Hannah, 15 Aug. 1692; 3- Rebecca, 16 Sept. 1694; 4- Jonathan, 20 Mar. 1696;
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100938974
https://sackettfamily.info/g3/p3362.htm
William Sacket, son of John Sackett and Abigail Hannum, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on 20 April 1662. He died aged 37 when he drowned in the Connecticut River near Deerfield, Massachusetts, on 28 March 1700 when returning from a wedding. He married first on 26 December 1687, Sarah Crain. He married second in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, on 27 November 1689, Hannah Graves, daughter of Isaac Graves and Hannah Church.
On 5 July 1679, the 17 year-old William with his father John appeared in the Springfield court charging James Sexton with beating and wounding William "at the Pound dore when some of the hogs were in the Pound he gave him 3 blows with his fist and tooke him by the Throat and hindered the putting the rest of the hogs into the Pound." Judge Pynchon found for William and fined Sexton 20 shillings for the wounding and 20 shillings for "Rescuing the swine" together with costs of 17 shillings and six pence.11
William's name appeared (with those of his father John, and brother John) in an undated list of townsmen of Westfield who had taken the oath of allegiance to the King.
1662 |
April 20, 1662
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Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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1690 |
July 25, 1690
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Westfield, Hampden Co., MA
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1692 |
August 15, 1692
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Westfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
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1694 |
September 16, 1694
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Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
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1696 |
March 20, 1696
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Westfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
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1700 |
March 28, 1700
Age 37
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Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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April 1700
Age 37
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Drowned In Ct, River.
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1922 |
December 5, 1922
Age 37
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