Person:Jonathan Sackett (6)

Will of Jonathan Sacket

"In the name of God amen. I Jonathan Sacket, of Kent in Litchfield County, Colony of Connecticut, in New England, … give unto Anne my beloved wife the use of the half of my dwelling house and the half of my barn and the use of the half of my lot that 1 now live on, during her widowhood, and I also give unto my beloved wife to be at her disposal as she pleases, two cows and ten sheep and my riding mare and1 side saddle and bridle, and all my household goods and beds and bedding, pots, kettles and co. Also my looms and loom tackling belonging thereto

Item, 1 give to my well beloved son Justus one half of my house and barn to be at his disposal at my decease, and my home lot that I now live on at the decease or marriage of my wife. And I also give unto my son Justus my oxen and all my team tackling, and all my stock excepting the above mentioned cows, mare and sheep that I have given to my beloved wife, and my said son Justus is to find his mother a team cart and plow & co to do her team work with so long as she remains my widow. And also I give unto my son Justus that piece of land 1 bought of James Phelps, that is joining to my lot I now live on, and he to pay unto my son Jonathan three pounds six shilling and eight pence.

Item, I give unto my beloved son Jonathan the above named three pounds six shilling and eight pence that my son Justus is ordered to pay to him, and also four pounds three shillings that my son Reuben is to pay to him in money or spetia. And as to my wearing clothes I give them to my beloved sons Jonathan, Justus and Reuben, to be divided equally between them. And I do appoint my well beloved wife and my son Justus to be my lawful executors of this my last Will and Testament.

In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of June A. D. 1772. And in presence of three witnesses I do publish and pronounce and declare this to be my last Will and Testament.

Jonathan Sacket (ss)

John Bliss, Jr. Samuel Bliss Ephraim Tanner"^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} 47. Jonathan Sacket, in Weygant, Charles. The Sacketts of America: their ancestors and descendants, 1630-1907. (Newburgh, N.Y. : Journal Print, 1907)
   50-52.

   "47. Jonathan Sacket, 1696-1773, of Westfield, Mass., and of the towns of Hebron and Kent (now Warren) in Conn., son of (9) William and Hannah Graves Sacket, was married in February, 1722, to Abigail Ashley, who died before the end of that year. On Jan. 28, 1725, he was married to Ann Filer, daughter of Zebulon Filer and his wife Experience Strong. Jonathan Sacket was born and grew to manhood in the town of Westfield. Immediately after his marriage to Abigail Ashley he took possession of a small farm at Hebron, Conn., which he had purchased the previous year. There is some uncertainty as to just when he removed from Hebron to Kent. The records of Kent show that in the year 1745. 'Jonathan Sacket, of Hebron,' purchased from one Joseph Fuller, certain lands in that town, and that in 1749 he purchased from one Joseph Phillips another tract in same town. These records also show that in 1749 he conveyed certain lands in the town of Kent to his son, Jonathan Sacket, Jr."

2. ↑ Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. Birth and Death Records from Westfield City Hall. (Westfield, Massachusetts, 1937)
   37.

   "Sacket, … Jonathon, s. William & Hanah (Graves), b. Mar. 20, 1696"

3. ↑ Kent Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   73.

   "Sackett, … Jonathan, d. Sept. 1, 1773 [2:41]"

4. ↑ Jonathan Sackett, in Find A Grave.