Person:Elizabeth Sackett (7)

The notation for Elizabeth's death is actually false. This from the website: [1]

In October 1675 the Indians burned Sackett's [John] house, as well as three others in Westfield.....records show that Elizabeth Sackett died on June 15, 1682, but long research proves this was false. Elizabeth was actually captured by Indians during a raid, other members of the family managing to get safely into the log house. Rev. E. Davis, in a history of this area, mentions that the Indians captured a daughter of John Sackett and took her to northern New York. Here she was raised as an Indian. Later, around 1710, Elizabeth visited Westfield with her Indian husband, son and daughter. As they were not used to living in a log house, they built a teepee where they lived while in Westfield. They eventually left and Elizabeth never returned, but her son grew up to be a Chief and took his mother's name of Sackett.