Diana Kay Finney
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Mother: Vellia Corrine Fisher (1932-1970) 1 2
Donna Ruth Finney
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Mother: Nadine Arney
Edward Parven Woodward and Dorothy Jean Finney
Husband Edward Parven Woodward (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Parven Woodward (1895-1970) 3
Mother: Lena Vesta Coon (1899-1989) 3
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Wife Dorothy Jean Finney (details suppressed for this person)
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1 M Joseph Patrick Woodward (details suppressed for this person)
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Emma Finney
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Wife Emma Finney 4
Born: 1876
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Father: David Branch Finney (1848-1923) 4
Mother: Mary Brawner ( - ) 4
Ernest D Finney and Mary Miller
Husband Ernest D Finney 3
Born: 1904
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Died: 1930
Buried: - St. Paul Cem, Harrison Twp, Mercer Co, MO.
Father: Joseph J. Finney (1872- ) 3
Mother: Lucy Jane Hart (1875-1965) 5
Marriage:
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1 F Bettie Jean Finney (details suppressed for this person)
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Charles Woods and Etta Lena Finney
Husband Charles Woods (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Etta Lena Finney 3
Born: 22 Aug 1898 - MO.
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Died: 16 Dec 1970
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Father: Joseph J. Finney (1872- ) 3
Mother: Lucy Jane Hart (1875-1965) 5
Eva Marie Finney
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Wife Eva Marie Finney (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Thi Van Yen Nguyen
Fanney Finney
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Father: David Branch Finney (1848-1923) 4
Mother: Cansada Fisher (1876- ) 4
Jacob Thompson and Freelove Finney
Husband Jacob Thompson 6
Born: 28 Mar 1738 - Middleboro, MA
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Died: 30 Nov 1805 - Middleboro, MA
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Father: Jacob Thompson (1695-1789) 6
Mother: Elizabeth Tilson (1700-1773) 6
Marriage: 27 Oct 1761
Wife Freelove Finney 6
Born: 27 Jan 1740 - Bridgewater, MA
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Died: 7 Nov 1826 - Middleboro, MA
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Father: Pelatiah Finney ( - ) 6
Mother: Mercy Washburn (1718- ) 6
General Notes (Husband)
!BIRTH:"MF, Cooke", MF, Cooke, pg.227,567
!DEATH:"MF, Cooke", MF, Cooke, pg.567
General Notes (Wife)
!BIRTH:"MF, Cooke", MF, Cooke, pg.567
!DEATH:"MF, Cooke", MF, Cooke, pg.567
Notes (Marriage)
!MARRIAGE:"MF, Cooke", MF, Cooke, pg.227
George Franklin Finney and Hattie Walker Wood
Husband George Franklin Finney 7
Born: 8 Jun 1875 - Delaware County, Indiana 7
Christened:
Died: 22 Mar 1938 - Clinton County, Indiana 7
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Father: William Frazier Finney ( - )
Mother: Alwilda Ann Spencer ( - )
Marriage: 1914 7
Other Spouse: Lilly Effie Brammell (1879-1907) 7 - 25 Dec 1897 - Clinton County, Indiana 7
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptism 7, Whiteman Cem., South Of Michigantown, Clinton Co.N Indiana
• Adoption, 1850 - Whiteman Cem., South Of Michigantown, Clinton Co.N
Wife Hattie Walker Wood
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[bobspu.ged]
m1. Lilly Effie Brammell m2. Hattie Walker Wood
George F. Finney,62, a resident of the Rossville community several weeks, died yesterday morning at his home from a heart attack caused by a blood clot. He jad been ill but a few hours. The family moved one and one-half miles southeast of Rossville from north of Hillisburg the first of March. Mr. Finney became ill shortly before two o'clock but died before the arrival of a physician. Oswell Weidner, county coroner, was called and conducted an inquest.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at two o'clock from the Church of God, north of Hullisburg. Rev. Anderson will officiate and buriel will be at Whiteman Cemetery, south of Michigantown.
Mr. Finney was born in Delaware Co. on June 8 1875 and he was the son of William and Alwilda (Spencer) Finney. He came to this coundy as a young man. He was united in marriage in 1897 to Lillie Brammell, who preceeded him in death in 1007. He was married the second time in 1914 to Hattie Walker Wood, who survives.
Survivors are the wife, a daughter by the first marriage, Mrs, Hazel Kirkpatrick, east of Frankfort and Harold Finnry and Brs George Wood. Goodland; Alva Wood, Michigan City; Roy Roush, Rossville; Mrs. Nora Anderson, South Brnd; three grandchildren and four step grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Hugh Huffer of Winchester and a brother, a Albert Finney of Frankfort.
Source: Reta Kirkpatrick Williams
Wesley William Kirkpatrick and Hazel Florence Finney
Husband Wesley William Kirkpatrick 7
Born: 18 Apr 1899 - Warren County, Indiana 7
Christened: 1938 - East Of Frankfort, Clinton Co., Indiana 7
Died: 16 May 1978 - Clinton County, Indiana 7
Buried:
Father: William Grant Kirkpatrick
Mother: Isabell Battershell
Marriage: 29 Jan 1925 - Clinton County, Indiana 7
Noted events in his life were:
• Adoption, 1938 - East Of Frankfort, Clinton Co., Indiana
Wife Hazel Florence Finney
Born: 4 Oct 1900 - Clinton County, Indiana 7
Christened:
Died: 20 Dec 1987 - Clinton County, Indiana 7
Buried:
Father: George Franklin Finney (1875-1938) 7
Mother: Lilly Effie Brammell (1879-1907) 7
Children
1 M Robert Keith Kirkpatrick 7
Born: 14 Dec 1926 - Clinton County, Indiana 7
Christened: - Michigantown Rt. 1, Clinton Co., Indiana 7
Died: 20 Nov 1991 - Marion Couty, Indiana 7
Buried: - Beard Industries, Independent Trucker , Farmed 7
Spouse: Waneta Madge Branstetter (1927-1993) 7
Marr: 21 Dec 1947 - Clinton County, Indiana 7
2 F Betty Kathleen Kirkpatrick (details suppressed for this person)
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3 M William George Kirkpatrick (details suppressed for this person)
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Wesley William Kirkpatrick was boen near State line City in Warren Co., Indiana. He moved with his parents to Clinton Co., Indiana. He was a farmer all his life.
Source: Reta Kirkpatrick Williams
General Notes (Wife)
[bobspu.ged]
Hazel Florence Finney was born in Clinton Co., Indiana near Scircleville, Indiana. She lived all her life, except for a short period in Hancock Co., Indiana, in Clinton Co., Indiana. After her mother's death in 1907, she lived with varoour relatives including her grandparents, William and Alwilda Finneyand with William and Sarah Brammell. Before her marriage, she worked at Everman's grocery store in Michigantown, Indiana, in the 1960's and 1960's she worked at Wood's Grocery Store and Bogan's Grocery Store.
Source: Reta Kirkpatrick Williams
General Notes for Child Robert Keith Kirkpatrick
Army Air Corps in Germany in 1946.
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Services for Robert K. Kirkpatrick will be held at 2 pm Sunday in the Goodwin Funeral Home.
Mr. Kirkpatrick,64, Michigantown, rt 1, died at 11:20 p.m. Nov. 20 1991, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis, after a brief illness.
Mr. Kirkpatrick was a member of Michigantown Unied Methodist Church, a past master of Hillisburg Masonic Lodge, Clinton County Order of Eastern Star, and Scottish Rite. He had worked for Beard Industries before becoming an independent trucker and farmed, retiring during the past year. He graduated from Michigantown High School in 1945 and served in the Army Air Corps in Germany in 1946.
He was born Dec. 14 1926, in Clinton Co. to Wesley and Hazel Finney Kirkpatrick. He married Wanda Branstetter on Dec. 21 1947 and she survives.
Also surviving are a son, James of Frankfort; two daughters, Mrs. Eugene (Reta) Willians of Frankfort, rt . 3 snd Mrs. William (Janet) Berg of Fredricksburg, Virginia; a brother, William G. of Frankfort; a sister, Mrs. Sam (Betty) Good of Rossville; and six grandchildren.
The Rev. Emmett Ade will officiate services. Entombment will be in Greenlawn Mausoleum. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday at Goodwin Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Clinton County Heart Fund.
(obituary from Nov. 22 1991 Frankfort Times)
Aage N R Malmstedt and Iris Katherine Finney
Husband Aage N R Malmstedt 3
Born: 1899 - Denmark
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Died: 10 Oct 1962
Buried: - St Paul Cem, Mercer Co, MO.
Marriage:
Wife Iris Katherine Finney 3
Born: 1 Dec 1902
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Died: 9 Sep 1981
Buried: - St Paul Cem, Mercer Co, MO
Father: Joseph J. Finney (1872- ) 3
Mother: Lucy Jane Hart (1875-1965) 5
Jabez Finney
Husband Jabez Finney
Born: 21 Nov 1737 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: WFT Est 1738-1831
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Father: John Finney (1696-1773)
Mother: Ann Toogood (Abt 1690-1776)
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Jared Blaine Finney
Husband Jared Blaine Finney (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Betty Lou McFarland
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Joel Finney
Husband Joel Finney
Born: 24 Feb 1717 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: WFT Est 1718-1811
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Father: John Finney (1696-1773)
Mother: Ann Toogood (Abt 1690-1776)
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John Finney
Husband John Finney
Born: 14 Oct 1718 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: WFT Est 1719-1812 - Connecticut
Buried:
Father: John Finney (1696-1773)
Mother: Ann Toogood (Abt 1690-1776)
Marriage:
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John Finney and Ann Toogood
Husband John Finney
Born: 15 Aug 1696 - Bristol Rhode Island, USA
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Died: 5 Jun 1773 - Lebannion Connecticut
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Marriage: 14 Sep 1716 - Lebannion Connecticut
Wife Ann Toogood
Born: Abt 1690 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: 11 Aug 1776 - Connecticut
Buried:
Father: Nathaniel Toogood (1645-1704)
Mother: Martha Bliss (1663-1735)
Children
1 M Joel Finney
Born: 24 Feb 1717 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: WFT Est 1718-1811
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2 M John Finney
Born: 14 Oct 1718 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: WFT Est 1719-1812 - Connecticut
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3 M Nathaniel Phinney
Born: 3 Jan 1721 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: 24 Sep 1809 - Machias, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: Hannah Wood ( - )
4 M Joshua Finney
Born: 24 Feb 1724 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: WFT Est 1725-1818
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5 F Ann Finney
Born: 30 Apr 1727 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: WFT Est 1728-1821
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6 F Mercy Finney 6
Born: 1 Jan 1730 - Swansea, Bristol Co. Mass., USA
Christened:
Died: 1805 - Warren, Litchfield Co., CT USA [See Notes]
Buried:
Spouse: Reuben Sackett (1732-1803) 6
Marr: 21 Dec 1752 - Kent, Litchfield Co., CT., USA
7 M David Finney
Born: 24 Aug 1732 - Swansea Massachusetts
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Died: WFT Est 1733-1836
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8 F Martha Finney
Born: 12 Jun 1735 - Swansea Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 12 Jun 1735 - Swansea Massachusetts
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9 M Jabez Finney
Born: 21 Nov 1737 - Swansea Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: WFT Est 1738-1831
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
[mytree.FTW]
12. Joshua Finney, born 31 December, 1665 in Barnstable, East Parish,
Massachusetts, USA; died 07 September, 1714 in Swansea, Massachusetts,USA.
He was the son of 24. John Finney and 25. Elizabeth Bailey. He married 13.
Mercy Watts Abt. 31 May, 1688 in Bristol, Rhoad Island, USA.
13. Mercy Watts, born 17 February, 1664165 in Beverly, Wenham,
Massachusetts, USA; died 12 February, 1723/24 in Bristol, Rhoad Island,USA.
Mercy was the child of 26. Jeremiah Watts and 27. Eleanor Watts.
Children of Joshua Finney and Mercy Watts are:
i. Elizabeth Finney, born 25 September, 1691 in Bristol, Rhoad Island,USA;
died 19 September, 1701 in Bristol, Rhoad Island, USA.
6 ii. John Finney, born 15 August, 1696 in Bristol, Rhoad Island, USA;died
06 June, 1773 in Lebanon, Connecticut, USA; married Ann Toogood 14
September, 1716 in Swansea, Massachusetts, USA.
iii. Elizabeth Finney, born 01 May, 1707 in Bristol, Rhoad Island, USA;died
Abt. 08 February, 1763 in Swansea, Massachusetts, USA.
Children of Joshua Finney and Mercy Watts are:
i. Joshua Finney, Jr., born 07 May, 1689 in Bristol, Rhoad Island, USA;
died 1781 in Lebanon, Connecticut, USA; married Martha Bet. 1720 - 1746.
ii. Elizabeth Finney, born 25 September, 1692; died 19 September, 1701.
iii. Mary Finney, born 12 April, 1694 in Bristol, Rhoad Island, USA; died
Bet. 1695 - 1788.
iv. Samuel Finney, born 20 May, 1699 in Bristol, Rhoad Island, USA; died
1765 in Warwick, Rhoad Island, USA; married Elizabeth Wood 12 March,
v. Elizabeth Finney, born 01 May, 1701; died Bet. 1738 - 1801; married
Nathan Luther 04 November, 1733.
vi. Josiah Finney, born 26 July, 1701 in Bristol, Rhoad Island, USA; died
Abt. 1773 in Lebanon, Connecticut, USA; married Elizabeth Mann 01 January,
1723/24.
General Notes for Child Mercy Finney
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Notes for Mercy Finney:
Will of Mercy Finney Sackett
Town of Sharon Litchfield County Connecticut
16 October 1804
In the name of God Amen I Mercy Sackett of the town of Warren and Countyof
Litchfield although labouring at present under some im- perfection of body
yet being of sound mind and memory and under- standing through the mercyof
God do mak and ordane this my last Will and Testament in manner & forms
following First and prim- arily I resign my soul with the utmost humility
unto the hand of Almighty God my creator humbly hoping for a blessed
immortality through the unity and of my blessed Savoir and Redeemer Jesus
Christ And my body I desir may be decently buried at the distinction of my
friends and as for such estat as the Lord in his great goodness and mercy
bath intrusted me to be re- warded of I give demise and dispose thereof as
follows that is to say Samuel and Aroon Sackett and Sirus Sackett beingat a
great distance of and if these or those of them return hear and cell forit
within five years onset coming to their date I will and bequeve unto them
ekell a like th'r half of my estat that I leve enkeeping what is hereafter
to my son Alexander Sackett one dollar and sixty eight cents and to Anar
Williams one dollar and sixty eight cents and to Lucinda Fuller one dollar
and sixty eight cents and Voilet Beals one dollar and sixty eight centsand
I do here by revok all other wills by me maid and declair this only to bemy
last Will and Testament in witness the said Mercy Sackett and my will isif
either of my sons above mentioned don't come and call for their share ofmy
estat as in will as above it is to devided ekell alike betwist Anar and
Lucinda and to Veileat hereunto I have put my hand and seal in presente
Mercy Sackett
Dated at Sharon this 16th day of October 1804
Note: Transcribed from a copy of the original document. It appears that
Mercy Sackett wrote her own will. No corrections of spelling made,
!BIRTH: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 8, Ed. 1; ; Release date: January 12, 1997; Tree #3833; , Customer pedigree.
Source Media Type: Family Archive CD. Date of Import: Sep 29, 1998
!DEATH: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 8, Ed. 1; ; Release date: January 12, 1997; Tree #3833; , Customer pedigree.
Source Media Type: Family Archive CD. Date of Import: Sep 29, 1998
Joseph J. Finney and Lucy Jane Hart
Husband Joseph J. Finney 3
Born: Aug 1872 - MO
Christened:
Died:
Buried: - St Paul Cem, Harrison Twp, Mercer Co, MO.
Marriage: 1 Sep 1897
Wife Lucy Jane Hart 5
Born: 10 Aug 1875 - Mercer Co, MO.
Christened:
Died: 5 Nov 1965 - Maryville, Nodaway Co, MO.
Buried: - St. Paul Cem, Harrison Twp, Mercer Co, MO.
Father: James Hart (1831-1915) 5
Mother: Nancy Jane Everitt\ Everett (1836-1925) 5
Children
1 M Francis Finney (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Spouse: Lucille Dunkin (living)
2 F Etta Lena Finney 3
Born: 22 Aug 1898 - MO.
Christened:
Died: 16 Dec 1970
Buried:
Spouse: Charles Woods (living)
3 F Ruth Finney 3
Born: Oct 1899 - MO.
Christened:
Died:
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Spouse: Basil Gates (living)
4 M Walter Joe Finney 3
Born: 26 Mar 1900 - Harrison Co, MO.
Christened:
Died: 10 May 1950
Buried: - St Paul Cem, Harrison Twp, Mercer Co, MO.
Spouse: Edna Mae Dennis (1899-1993) 3
Marr: Abt 1921
5 F Iris Katherine Finney 3
Born: 1 Dec 1902
Christened:
Died: 9 Sep 1981
Buried: - St Paul Cem, Mercer Co, MO
Spouse: Aage N R Malmstedt (1899-1962) 3
6 M Ernest D Finney 3
Born: 1904
Christened:
Died: 1930
Buried: - St. Paul Cem, Harrison Twp, Mercer Co, MO.
Spouse: Mary Miller (living)
7 F Alma Finney 3
Born: 1908
Christened:
Died: 30 Dec 1961
Buried:
8 M William Clifford Finney (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Spouse: Wilma Landfare (living)
9 M James Robert Finney (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Joshua Finney
Husband Joshua Finney
Born: 24 Feb 1724 - Swansea Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: WFT Est 1725-1818
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Father: John Finney (1696-1773)
Mother: Ann Toogood (Abt 1690-1776)
Marriage:
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Josiah Finney and Elizabeth Warren
Husband Josiah Finney 6
Born: 17 Jan 1740
Christened:
Died: Abt 1799
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Father: John Finney (1701- ) 6
Mother: Susanna Doty (1710- ) 6
Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Warren 6
Born: 15 Aug 1662
Christened:
Died:
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Father: Joseph Warren (Abt 1626- ) 6
Mother: Priscilla Faunce (Abt 1633-1707) 6
Children
1 F Elizabeth Finney 6
Born: 8 Feb 1690 - Plymouth, MA
Christened:
Died:
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Spouse: William Bradford (Bef 1686-1730) 6
General Notes (Husband)
!BIRTH:"MB&D", MB&D, Vol.2, pg.391
Notes (Marriage)
!MARRIAGE:"GMB", GMB, Vol.1, pg.651-654
General Notes for Child Elizabeth Finney
!BIRTH:"MB&D", MB&D, Vol.1, pg.167
Judy Kay Finney
Husband
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Wife Judy Kay Finney 3
Born:
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Died: 27 Jan 1951
Buried: - St. Paul Cem, Harrison Twp, Mercer Co, MO.
Father: Joseph Dennis (J. D.) Finney (1927-1998) 3
Mother: Alla B. Clark
Julia Alice Finney
Husband
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Wife Julia Alice Finney 4
Born: 1878
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Father: David Branch Finney (1848-1923) 4
Mother: Mary Brawner ( - ) 4
Katrine Finney
Husband
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Wife Katrine Finney 4
Born:
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Father: David Branch Finney (1848-1923) 4
Mother: Cansada Fisher (1876- ) 4
Larry Houston Finney and Betty Lou McFarland
Husband Larry Houston Finney (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Father: Lonnie Finney
Mother: Melba Clotele Boggs
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Cheryl Ann Bowles
Wife Betty Lou McFarland (details suppressed for this person)
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Children
1 M Scott Allen Finney (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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2 M Jared Blaine Finney (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Lily Helen Finney
Husband (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Wife Lily Helen Finney
Born: 10 Mar 1906 - Clinton Co., Indiana 7
Christened:
Died: Jan 1907 - Clinton Co., Indiana 7
Buried:
Father: George Franklin Finney (1875-1938) 7
Mother: Lilly Effie Brammell (1879-1907) 7
Clifton W Parnell and Mabel Finney
Husband Clifton W Parnell 4
Born: 1902
Christened:
Died: 19 Feb 1980 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Pickens Co., SC
Father: Jenkins Parnell
Mother:
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Clovie Capell (1913-1985) 4
Wife Mabel Finney 4
Born: 1907 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 25 May 1953 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Pickens Co., SC
Father: David Branch Finney (1848-1923) 4
Mother: Cansada Fisher (1876- ) 4
Thomas C Simpson and Margaret Finney
Husband Thomas C Simpson 8
Born:
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Died: 1994 - Ormond Beach, Volusia, FL
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Margaret Finney (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Father: David Branch Finney III (1900-1964) 4 8
Mother: Annie Roper (1901-1988) 4 8
Margaret Ann Finney
Husband (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Wife Margaret Ann Finney (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Father: David Branch Finney IV
Mother: Thi Van Yen Nguyen
Martha Finney
Husband (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Martha Finney
Born: 12 Jun 1735 - Swansea Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 12 Jun 1735 - Swansea Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: John Finney (1696-1773)
Mother: Ann Toogood (Abt 1690-1776)
Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney
Husband Reuben Sackett 6
Born: 17 Jun 1732 - Hebron, Tolland, East Greenwich, CT. USA
Christened:
Died: 5 Jun 1803 - Warren, Litchfield Co., CT USA
Buried:
Father: Jonathan Sackett (1696-1773) 6
Mother: Ann Filer (1705-Abt 1787) 6 9
Marriage: 21 Dec 1752 - Kent, Litchfield Co., CT., USA
Wife Mercy Finney 6
Born: 1 Jan 1730 - Swansea, Bristol Co. Mass., USA
Christened:
Died: 1805 - Warren, Litchfield Co., CT USA [See Notes]
Buried:
Father: John Finney (1696-1773)
Mother: Ann Toogood (Abt 1690-1776)
Children
1 M Samuel Sackett Dr.
Born: 5 Apr 1754 - East Greenwich CT.
Christened:
Died: 13 Feb 1833 - Fayette Co. PA.
Buried:
Spouse: Sarah Manning (1753-1813)
Marr: 10 Feb 1777 - Sharon CT. At Mr. Mays Home.
Spouse: Eve Stantz ( -1848)
Marr: 10 Jan 1819 - Fayette Co. PA.
2 M Alexander Sackett
Born: 6 Mar 1758
Christened:
Died: 7 May 1829
Buried:
Spouse: Patience ( - )
3 M Aaron Sackett
Born: 26 Dec 1760 - Hebron, Tolland, East Greenwich, CT. USA
Christened:
Died: 1825 - Hanover Twp, Butler Co., Ohio, USA
Buried:
Spouse: Dorcas Clark ( -1857)
Marr: 1785 - Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, USA
4 M Sr Sackett Cyrus
Born: 5 Jan 1764 - East Greenwich CT.
Christened:
Died: 13 Oct 1846 - Bell Brook, Greene Co., Ohio, USA
Buried:
Spouse: Nancy Ann Stapleton (1767-WFT Est 1810)
Marr: 1792 - Bourbon Co., Kentucky
5 F Anne Sackett
Born: 10 Apr 1766
Christened:
Died: WFT Est 1767-1860
Buried:
6 F Lucinda Sackett
Born: 23 Jan 1769
Christened:
Died: WFT Est 1770-1863
Buried:
7 F Violet Sackett
Born: 18 Jul 1771
Christened:
Died: WFT Est 1772-1865
Buried:
Spouse: John Gates ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
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Notes for Reuben Sackett:
Ruth Rawlings wrote:
dear cousins-- you know the will of Reuben Sackett is atWarren,Litchfield Co.,Conn.dated 19 March, 1800 and he says that Samuel,Arron and Cyrus (mine) canhave their inheritance when only if they returnfor it. The 3 brothers
went west. I only know my Cyrus went to Bourbon Co. Ky and married
Nancy Ann Stapleton from Rowan Co. N.C. in 1792. in 1799, they went to
Green Co. Ohio and lived near Bellbrook, Ohio until death. See the
history of Green Co. Ohio. in 1791, my Cyrus joined the Ky militia
headed by General St Clair with orders from president Washington to
settle the Indian problem in the Northwest Territory. Little Turtle,
the great chief, massacred them with only some escaping including my
Cyrus -- thank heavens! see history of Adams Co. Indiana 1979.
cheers .....Ruth Rawlings
Will of Rueben Sackett
Town of Warren Litchfield County State of Connecticut
19 March 1800
In the name of God Amen I Rueben Sackett of Warren in the County
of Litchfield and the State of Connecticut being in perfect
health mind & memory do make & ordain this my last Will & Test-
ament in manner and form following
That is to say- First I will and give my soul to God my Maker
beseaching His most generous acurance of it through Jesus Christ myonly Saviour.
I positively order that all my debts be paid.
First I give to Mercy my dear wife all my household furniture
one horse saddle and bridle tow cows & ten sheep & my right
in the library at her own disposal and the whole of my dwelling
house and one half of the barne and loom shop together with three
quarters of my home lot that I have by deed and lease during her
widdowhood and the one third during her lifetime.
To my well beloved, Samuel I give ten pounds.
To my well beloved son Alexander I give one third of my home lot
I have by deed and lease and the other two thirds on condition
that he shall pay sixty five pounds to my other three sons in
the manner following That is to say to Samuel ten pounds to Aaron
ten pounds and to Cyrus thirty five pounds to be paid in net
cattle or money to be paid in one year after my decease-But in
case the above said Samuel & Aaron & Cyrus should not appear at
the time above mentioned to receive sd cattle then he the said
Alexander shall sell and dispose of sd cattle for cash as soon as
it it can be done without loss and put the money at lawful in-
terest so that sd heirs may receive the several sums with in-
terest within the space of ten years But should the sd Alexander
refuse to comply with the above written terms then the above
mentioned two thirds of sd land to be distributed to the sd Samuel
Aaron & Cyrus in the proporation above mentioned
Also to my well beloved sone Aaron I give twenty pounds
Likewise to my well beloved sone Cyrus I give thirty five pounds
Also I give to my well beloved daughter Aner twenty six acres of
land I bought of Ebenezer Tanner & known by the name of Johnson's
lot
To my well beloved daughter Mercy Lucinda also I give ten shill-
ings
Likewise I give to my well beloved daughter Violetty I give ten
shillings
NB if the sd Samuel Aaron & Cyrus above mentioned come forward
or make application for their above mentioned sums anytime with-
in the span of ten years after this --ment is in force then
they shall receive the same but on their neglect or refusal to
make such demand within that term they all or either of them so
neglecting shall forfeit his or their legacy or legacies to be
equally distributed to Alexander Aner Mercy Lucinda and Vio-
letty excepting twenty schillings for each of them which is
never to be distributed until they call for it..meaning Samuel
Aaron & Cyrus.
Whereas I now have an obligation of twenty five pounds aganist
my well beloved son Alexander bareing date the 31 st March 1788
payable in net cattle; I therefore desire that at my desease it
shall be void and of none effect and remain no longer in force
aganist him.
He the sd Alexander to pay all my debts & to have all my farming
uttensils & carpenter tools to have all the benefits that may be
derived from Caverly Strong mortgage Deeds to secure the college
rent,
Furthermore I direct that all my stock & such of my property as
has not bin heretofore mentioned in this writing shall be equally
divided and distributed to my three daughters Aner, Mercy Lucinda
& Violetty,
Lastly I constitute and appoint my well beloved son Alexander
executor of this my last Will & Testament.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand.
In Warren this 19th day of March 1800
Rueben Sackett
Sylvanis Curtiss
Lavina Curtiss
Geo. W. Curtiss
WARREN AUGUST 10 1803
An Inventory of the Real and Personal Estate of Rueben Sackett
late of Warren in Litchfield Probate. District deceased as made
out by us the subscribed heirs.
One farmers parcel of land lying into Warren called The Home
with two-thirds of a dwelling house and barn one-half of a
weavers shop that stands thereon containing about twenty-four
acres estimated at $ 400 -
One lot or parcel of land across the
highway in front of the house being
part of a college lot containing about
thirty-four acres estimated at
One wood lot called the Johson Site
containing about 42 acres
1 Bey trotting mare
1 do ridding do
1 old red cow
I fine cow
1 young do
1 two year old steer
1 two year old heifer
1 year old steer
1 do do heifer
2 calves
20 sheep
1 old knapt hat
1 old fur hat
1 blew great coat
1 blew coat
I pale blew coat
1 old coat
1 old brown coat
1 brown linen coat
1 black satinet vest
1 butternut colored vest
I do do do
1 old Jane vest
1 old lasting vest
1 old pale blew vest
I old pale blew wrapper
I old brown linen vest
1 pair velvet breeches
I do Jane do
I butternut colored breeches
I pair London smoke breeches
I do lasting do
1 do fustian do
1 do linen do
I do new striped linen overalls
I do old do do
1 do do do do
1 pair brown linen overalls
2 fine linen shirts
3 do do
I humhum shirt
2 checked shirts
2 do woolen shirts
Plus four more pages of items
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General Notes (Wife)
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Notes for Mercy Finney:
Will of Mercy Finney Sackett
Town of Sharon Litchfield County Connecticut
16 October 1804
In the name of God Amen I Mercy Sackett of the town of Warren and Countyof
Litchfield although labouring at present under some im- perfection of body
yet being of sound mind and memory and under- standing through the mercyof
God do mak and ordane this my last Will and Testament in manner & forms
following First and prim- arily I resign my soul with the utmost humility
unto the hand of Almighty God my creator humbly hoping for a blessed
immortality through the unity and of my blessed Savoir and Redeemer Jesus
Christ And my body I desir may be decently buried at the distinction of my
friends and as for such estat as the Lord in his great goodness and mercy
bath intrusted me to be re- warded of I give demise and dispose thereof as
follows that is to say Samuel and Aroon Sackett and Sirus Sackett beingat a
great distance of and if these or those of them return hear and cell forit
within five years onset coming to their date I will and bequeve unto them
ekell a like th'r half of my estat that I leve enkeeping what is hereafter
to my son Alexander Sackett one dollar and sixty eight cents and to Anar
Williams one dollar and sixty eight cents and to Lucinda Fuller one dollar
and sixty eight cents and Voilet Beals one dollar and sixty eight centsand
I do here by revok all other wills by me maid and declair this only to bemy
last Will and Testament in witness the said Mercy Sackett and my will isif
either of my sons above mentioned don't come and call for their share ofmy
estat as in will as above it is to devided ekell alike betwist Anar and
Lucinda and to Veileat hereunto I have put my hand and seal in presente
Mercy Sackett
Dated at Sharon this 16th day of October 1804
Note: Transcribed from a copy of the original document. It appears that
Mercy Sackett wrote her own will. No corrections of spelling made,
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General Notes for Child Samuel Sackett Dr.
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Samuel Sackett was commissioned a Surgeons Mate in the RevolutionaryMilitia by Johnathon Trumbull on July 2, 1776. He served in that capacityuntil he resigned the commission in 1779 when he moved to WestmorelandCounty Pennsylvania. He was commissioned Surgeon in the militia ofWestmoreland County, Pa., in 1782 and served in that capacity to theclose of the war.
The following is a verbatim copy of the will of Dr. Samuel Sackett ofFayette County Pennsylvania as
filed in Pension file S4811, National Archives.
S4811 Sackett Samuel Branch: Army State from which he served: Ct. War:Rev Date of death:
13Feb 1833 Place of death: Westmoreland Co. Pa. Name of widow or otherclaimant: Eve Stanz Sackett
Place Veteran lived after Service: Westmoreland Co. Pa.
Copied by C. M. Lawson 10/01/1998
In the name of God Amen. I Doctor Samuel Sackett of Fayette CountyPennsylvania, do make constitute
and appoint this, my last will & testament hereby revoking all formerwills by me made. I st Item It is my
will and desire that my wife shall have the whole of my property of everydescription in trust both real &
personal for & during her natural life or sow long as She remains mywidow my medical Library &
medicines excepted. 2nd 1 will and bequeath unto my Son David H Sacketthe two thirds of my Medical
Libria with all my Sergical Instruments and one Hundred dolars out of theproceeds of my Virginia Lands
if they should Ever be obtained by my Executor 3rd The balance of myMedical Libria with all the
Medicine that may be in my Shop at my decease I give unto Doctor LouisMerchand & one Hundred
dollars out of the proceeds of my Mountain land if my Executor shouldhold the Same 4th It is my will &
desire that one Hundred dolars out of the proceeds of my estate beequally divided between my five
remaining daughters family, Elizabeth Ball, Lucenda Thomas, Mary Freeman,Ann Sharplees and Lidia
Clark 5th It is not my design to give the airs of my oldest Son Rubenanything more than I have given
their Father in his lifetime. 6th The Balance of my property of everydescription including the piece of
land on which I now reside Bonds notes Book acompts rights of credits Igive and bequeath the same unto
my Son Samuel for his own proper use & behoof. Lastly it is my will anddesire and I do by these
Constitute & appoint my Son Samuel to be my Executor to transact myafairs when I am done with them
Witness my hand
26th September 1829
s/s Samuel Sackett
James M. Oliphant
Jas Abrahaws
Fayette County S S
On the 5th day of March Anno Domeni 1833Personally appeared before me the
Subscriber Deputy. Register for for the prohate of wills and grantingletters of administration in and for
said County James M Oliphant the first subscribing witness to theforegoing writing purporting to be the
last will and Testament of Samuel Sackett late of the county of Fayettedeceased and on his solem
affirmation did declare that he saw the Testator Sign the same as and forhis last will & testament when of
sound mind that he knew of no undue influence used or later will made bysaid deceased to his
knowledge or belief. and on the 18th day of the same month personallyappeared James Abrahaws the
later signing witness and on his solem affirmation attested in likemanner. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of the Register office at Union Town the 18thday of March A D 1833
s/s John Keffer D.R.
This will is in the handwriting of his son Samuel Sackett , Executor ofhis estate, it in all probability was copied from the original will as itincludes items 5 and 6.
Further study of the information that I received from the Nationalarchives
leads me to the conclusion that the will was copied by Samuel Sackett, the
son and executor of his fathers estate.
He Lists the surviving children at the time of this submission for the
pension. viz: verbatim transcript as close as I can make it. C.M.Lawson
Feby 10 AD 1777 there I was married to Sarah Manning at Sharon at Mr. Mays
by Mr. Smith P.M.
s/s
Samuel Sackett
10 January 1819 Sunday, This day in the Evening perhaps between 7 & 8oclock
I Samuel Sackett was married to Eve Stanz by Richard Patton Esquire at her
Mothers House
State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County Pa. On this 31st day of March A.D. 1856. Before me a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Samuel
Sackett and made oath in due form of law that the above is a true and
Correct Copy of the marriages of his Father Samuel Sackett as Contained in
the original Family Record. That the following named Children are the only
Children of said Samuel Sackett now alive viz. David Sackett, LucindaHicks,
Mary Freeman, Ann Sharpless Lydia Clark Samuel Sackett the deponent and
Sarah Merchand, who are the offspring of said first marriage and the said
Samuel Sackett had no child or children offspring of the said second
marriage.- That he had no issue from said second marriage.
Sworn to and subscribed before s/s Samuel Sackett
on the day and year above written, and I here certify that
I have no interest in the result of the above case and am not
concerned in its prosecution
s/s Daniel Smith JP
March 31 st 1856 I do hereby certify that the foregoing purporting to be
copies of the marriages of Samuel Sackett is true and correct as given as
appears upon the Family Record produced this day before me and which from
the appearance of the same I believe to be the original family Record
s/s Daniel Smith JP
Notes: Eve Stantz died August 30, 1848
The pension request was granted; numbered 33,345 dtd 13 may
1836 at the rate of 120 dollars per annum.
Other supporting documents were submitted and appeared to
include Samuel Sacketts discharge from the Rev. Army; I wonder if it still
is on file at the Archives.
Extract from Email from Thurmon E King 5/21/2000 follows below
Thurmon
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Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania; Under the
Editorial Supervision of John W. Jordan, LL.D., Librarian of Pennsylvania
Historical Society, Philadelphia, and James Hadden, of Uniontown,
Pennsylvania; author of "Washington and Braddock's Expeditions Through
Fayette County." and the reproductions of Judge James Veech's work entitled
"The Monongahela of Old, or Historical Sketches of Southwestern Pennsylvanial
to the Year 1800"; Illustrated, Volume II.; Lewis Hisstorical Publishing
Company, New York, 1912.
Sackett/Sackett on Pages 341-344 The account of the early Sacketts in
America mostly follows the account given by Weygant.
Page 342
(VI) Dr. Samuel Sackett, son of Reuben Sackett, was born April 5, 1754, died
February 13, 1833. In his diary, still preserved, he says he was born at
East Greenwich, Kent, Litchfield county, Connecticut. On August 2, 1774, he
was living in Spencertown, Connecticut. He studied medicine, and during the
revolutionary war served in the Continental army as surgeon. On February 10
1777, he was married and in 1780, in company with his brother Aaron, he came
to Western Pennsylvania. In a letter still preserved, dated Shistee
Settlement, Youghiogheny county, October 27, 1780, he writes to friends in
Connecticut: "I do not think I can cross the mountains back home until
spring. There are no doctors here between Pittsburg and Wheeling, and all
the way is thickly settled. It is a healthy looking country. I do not think
I will get much to do until I get acquainted with the people. Tell Jonathan
Hamilton I think this is the best place for land jobbing in the thirteen
states, and in case of invasion by Indians it is supposed that fifteen
hundred men would rid them out." In the family record, under date of
September 15, 1781, he writes: "We set out from New England to come to
Redstone township, and arrived at Beesontown, or Uniontown, on October 16,
1781. The following children were born at Beesontown: Betsey, April 4,
1782; Lucinda, March 5, 1784; Alexander, January 10, 1786; Mary Anna,
September 3, 1788. On November 10, 1788 we moved to Georges creek, Fayette
county, Pennsylvania, where the following children were born: Annie,
November9, 1790; Lydia, November 22, 1792; Samuel, September 21, 1793; Sarah,
October 20, 1797, married Dr Louis Marchant, of Huguenot descent." These
entries are in the doctor's handwriting. His eldest son, Alexander, born in
Pennsylvania, studied medicine with his father and served as surgeon in the
war of 1812. He was attached to Genral Harrison's command and died of fever
at Fort Neigs, aged twenty-seven years. His first born son Reuben (not named
previously), learned the printer's trade in Pittsburgh in 1802 at the Gazette
office. In 1803 he went to Alexandria, on the Red river, Louisiana, where he
was thrown from his horse and killed, being then aged forty-nine years. His
second son, David (not mentioned previously), learned the saddler;s trade in
Pittsburgh and later studied medicine with his father. He located in
Centerville, Indiana, where he died, aged eighty-four years. His children:
Guiliena, Elizabeth, James, Alexander, Emily, Mary, Martha, David, Margaret,
and Agnes.
Dr. Sackett was probably the first physician to practice in Fayette county.
He was skillful, successful in his practice and held in highest esteem. He
moved in 1788 from Uniontown to the fame (?farm?) yet known as the old
Sackett homestead on Georges Creek, one mile south of Smithfield. He
continued hes practice and cultivated his farm until his death in 1833. Dr.
Sackett's wife was Sarah Manning, to whom he was married in Sharon,
Connecticut, by Rev. Smith, February 10, 1777. Children (not previously
mentioned): Reuben, born January 16, 1778 died 1823; David Filer, January
18, 1780, died 1864, married Martha Milliken. They were born at Kent, East
Greenwich, Litchfield.
The Sacketts have in their possession many souvenirs of the good doctor,
dating back into the eighteenth century. There are ninteen copies of the
Pittsburg Gazette to which paper he was a subscriber, and on which his son
was a sompositor, dates 1794, 1795, and 1796. There are fourteen letters
over one hundred years old written him from friends in Connecticut. There
are $700 in Continental money, the largest note being for $80, the smallest
two shillings. Probably this money represents his pay as surgeon in the
army. There is a doctor's account book printed in London in 1603, and an
account book of Dr. Sackett's in which the oldest date is 1774.
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General Notes for Child Aaron Sackett
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Notes for Aaron Sackett:
Aaron Sackett Letter to Samuel Sackett, his brother: December 18, 1785
This was transcribed by Thurmon King e-mail address TEKing221 @aol.com
The following letter is the one that is partly written in code. Those
portions are bracketed. A notation in the margin of the copy says it was
written by Aaron Sackett to Samuel. The text indicates that the brother
written to had left town in less than desirable circumstances. I notice
that
it was written in the same year that he married Dorcas Clark InHamilton,
OH.
so the reference to "it will ruin me for I am jest beginning in theworld
and
have nothing to Spair" would fit. In the Sackett letters the upper lefthand
of the first page usually contained the name of the place from which the
letter was written. This one is hard to read but looks like Skipton.Aaron's
"h" and "k" look very much alike. Also in these letters the letters "s""p"
and "f" all look very much alike with the exception being an "s" on theend
of
a word. These are the same as it is written today.
Aaron' descendants should enjoy it.
Thurmon.
(?Skipton?) December 18, 1785
Loving brother I take this oportunity to write to you to let you knowthat I
amin a good state of health as I hope these few lines will find you all.I
must in form you that thare is shocking work here since you left thisplace
(message #1 in cede: "Jacobs has taken all the things that you left inyour
house but the pot cittle and the tea cittle whitch I took and hid and they
are
tobe sold to morrow at publick sail and they have tached what is in the
stales
hand and is trying for the leather and they are going to brake me up
likewise"
) and if you could come and settle up with every body I should be gladfor I
exspect to lose every thing that I have if you don't for they say and ansay
that you an I was in pardner Ship and like wise they say they can provethat
I
assisted you doing it and I exspect a writ sarved on me in a few Days andit
will be hard for me to suffer for your Debts which I never Contracted for
and
if they make out any thing a gainst me it will ruin me for I am jest
beginning
in the world and have nothing to Spair and all you owe is not So much butif
you will you can settle it of and then you Can (message #2 in code: "go
whare
you please in safety and fine in aney place") and if you dont do Something
about it I shall think that you Dont Care about aney one if you Can yet
clear
your Self and I want that you should come or send it soon for I am in a
great
deal of trouble about it like wise thair is Severil Skins that is mising
Some
of jesis thair is too hides one (kid?) too Calfs and one horse Skin hesais
he brought in that their is no a Count of and he sais that he sent anorder
Down with a man to your house after Some and thair was to Skins thair then
and this man Did not take aney away and thair is no Count about it SenceSo
I must Conclude with Subscribing my Self you Loving brother
Aaron Sackett
Notation in margin of copy says: From Aaron to Samuel
General Notes for Child Sr Sackett Cyrus
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Cyrus Sackett was a Revolutionary Solder and served in St. Clairsdisastrous campaign against the Indians of the Northwest in 1791.
From the book "The Sacketts of America"
This information is from the Library of Ruth Rawlings and is for personal
use only. It has been typed into electronic format with her permission by
Daniel & Mary Sackett.
This is verbatim from the Sackett Records, Page 13-15.
(The following taken from the records of Hazel Dickens, daughter ofLouella
Addaline Jesiop Dickens, she being the daughter of Phoebe Thomas Jesiop,who
the daughter of Mercy Sackett and Charles W. Thomas. )
Sackett Records, Page 13 thru 15.
Six Generation Cyrus Sackett
Cyrus Sackett fourth son of Reuben and Mercy (Finney) Sackett, was born at
East Greenwich, Connecticut, January 5, 1764.
Cyrus Sackett, was born in Connecticut about the year 1763. He enteredtheRevolutionary War at about the age of 18 years. He was released onfurlough
subject to being recalled if needed. On returning home on foot he was take
up on Suspicion of being a deserter, but was soon released and he returned
home unmolested.
He remained in Connecticut with his father until he attained majority,when
he set out to try his fortune in the Wilderness of the great southwest,
halting for a time in the "Redstone" region. He reached at last what wasto
be for a time his home, Kentucky. This country was then in a greatly
troubled and unsettled condition through Indian Wars. Indeed, so numerous
and bloody had been their attacks and slaughter of white settlers that it
had become known as "the Dark and Bloody Grounds." Mr. Sackett was living
with Col. Smith, the famous Indian fighter, when St. Clair began raisinghis
army of 2,000 men to attack the Indians of the Northwest.
He joined the expedition, which set out from Fort Washington, now
Cincinnati, and which pushed it's way with great difficulty to the head
waters of the Wabash. The trials of their wilderness march were too great
for many of the Kentucky Militia, and like with Gideon's Band many turned
back, so that when they reached a point where old Fort Recovery was
afterward established by victorious Wayne, but fourteen hundred remained
with St. Clair. Among these Mr. Sackett remained faithful.
Here, however, they suffered an inglorious defeat, being attacked suddenly
by Little Turtle and his warriors in the early morning of November 4th,
1791. The army was thrown into such a confused stated by the sudden attack
of the Indians with their hideous war hoops, that although the American
officers bravely endeavored for about three hours to repulse them, thearmy
became disordered, suffered great loss and fled in confusion. Mr. Sackett
ran for a distance of nine miles expecting all the time to fall into the
hands of the merciless red men. He halted once into an open glade andseeing
his pursuers were gaining on them and greatly fatigued, he took his knife
out from his belt and cut his blanket loose from his body, leaving it with
all the food he had left, a hard dry cake and ran with renewed vigor until
out of reach of the savages. He, with his weary companions reached Fort
Jefferson about dark on that fatal day. He returned with the rest of the
disappointed army to Fort Washington from whenca they had set out, and
thenca back to Kentucky.
Here about the year of 1792, he was married to Miss Nancy Stapleton, unto
them were born eight children.
The subject of our sketch moved from Kentucky to Ohio in October 1799, and
settled on the land owned by Alexander Sackett and Benjamin Vaughan. Hewas
among the first settlers of this region of the county (Greene CountyOhio,)
The only home then built, where Bell Brook now stands, was an old frontier
tavern.
He bought 160 acres of land at $2.00 per acre; it being all timber land he
cleared off a space near a spring, large enough to put up a tent, thesides
of which were covered with bed clothing, while the wagon cover served as a
roof. Here they managed to live and "keep the wolf"(real living wolves)from
entering their door, until he could build a log cabin.
He paid for his farm chiefly by raising hogs and raising and driving themto
Cincinnati market. There being no mills nearer than that place, he
frequently went there on horse back, sometimes taking two horses when
needing both flour and corn meal.
The old deed which Mr. Sackett received for his land, was given by Thomas
Jefferson, March 6, 1806, and contains his signature as President of the
United States and together with that of
James Madison as Secretary of State, both in their own handwriting. Italso
bears the seal of the United States and is plainly written on a very fine
skin, supposed to be groundhog skin. The rare parchment in now in thehands
of Alexander Sackett, who still lives on the farm. It is treasured as acurios
and valuable heirloom.
Cyrus Sackett was an earnest and devoted Christian; he joined the Regular
(Old-Style) Baptists and afterwards went to what was known as Carmine's
Church, which stood on the site of the old burial ground one mile south of
Bell Brook. A few years before his death he became a member of what hasbeen
long known as Owen's Church, founded about 1835 - 1836. He remained amember
of this Church until his death, which occurred 13, October 1846, at theage
of 83 years. Nancy, his wife departed this life September 18 1855, aged 88
years, 6 months, and 12 days. They were both laid to rest in the Carmine
burying grounds above mentioned.
Cyrus Sackett, born January 5, 1764
Died October 13 1846 Wed. to Nancy Ann Stapleton in 1792.
Nancy Ann Stapleton born March 6, 1767.
Children by the above union.
Joseph Sackett born March 30, 1794
died Wed. to Ann Vandolar.
Sarah Sackett born May 24, 1795
died Wed. to Benjamin Hand
Mercy Sackett born February 26, 1797
died June 27, 1859 Wed. to Charles Weaver Thomas
Reuben Sackett born May 17, 1798
died Wed. N.F. R.
Samuel Sackett born December 5, 1799
died Wed. to Isabell Moore.
Anna Sackett born October 8, 1801
died Wed. to Merrit Hablit
Cyrus Sackett bom January 26, 1803
died Wed. to Nancy Jefferies
Aner Sackett born January 24, 1807
died Wed. to Preston Pogue
Alexander Sackett born April 3. 1808
died April 10, 1893 Wed I st to Isabella Preston
Wed 2nd to Mary Brewster
(Note- This Cyrus Sackett- takes up the extra "t" on his name andcontinues
down through his descendants.)
This is verbatim from Robinson's History of Greene County, Ohio. 1902page 92
Sackett Farm, in one name, from 1799 To 1899.
The following is taken from the "Bell Brook Moon:" "One hundred years ago
Cyrus Sackett, accompanied by his wife and three children, came toKentucky
and settled on what has been known in later years as the Alexander Sackett
farm. Mr. Sackett bought this farm of one hundred and fifty acres at two
dollars per acre. They arrived there on October 17, at three o'clock inthe
afternoon. The land was then covered with dense forests. He, however,
cleared a small spaca, where they pitched their tents made of bed clothes,
in which they managed to live for some time. Mr. Sackett then built a log
cabin, which was called a round-log cabin, in which they lived for several
years. He then built a large hewed-log house, which was at that time
considered very fine. Here Mr. Sackett and wife spent the remainder oftheir
lives. After their death the farm was divided into two parts and sold.
Alexander Sackett bought the eastern part containing eighty acres, and
Preston Poague (Pogue) bought the remainder of the farm, which is nowowned
by the heirs of the late Benjamin Vaughan. Alexander Sackett held thisfarm
in his possession until his death, which occurred April 10, 1893. The farm
was then purchased jointly by Phineas Wilson and Emily Sackett,
grandchildren of Cyrus Sackett. The farm remained in their possessionuntil
the end of the year 1899, when they sold it to Jacob Carey. Thus it passed
out of the Sackett name after being in their possession one hundred years,
two months and eighteen days. This is a very rare occurrence."
In the old Baptist graveyard about one mile south of the village of Bell
Brook lies all that is mortal of Cyrus Sackett, Sr. Many more of historic
worth also are buried there; among the number are Rev. Josiah Carman. The
veteran pioneer Baptist preacher, Captain Ammi Maltbie, who made a namefor
himself in the war of 1812, Andrew Byrd, Sr., and others. Mr. CyrusSackett,
Sr., died at his home July 13, 1846, aged eighty-three years, leaving his
wife, Nancy, and the following
children: sons, Alexander, Joseph, Samuel and Cyrus Sackett, Jr.;daughters
Sarah Hand, Mrs. Anna Goblet and Mrs. Poague (Pogue).
Cyrus Sackett was in this battle.
This information was taken verbatim from the
1979 History of Adams County, Indiana, page # 37
by Adams County Historical Society, Inc., 1980
The St. Clair Massacre
Major General Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Territory Northwest of the
Ohio River, was immediately summoned to Philadelphia by President
Washington, and ordered to proceed in person to destroy the Indians.
General Charles Scoff, with 800 Kentucky cavalrymen, was sent up theWabash
as a decoy, to raid Ouiatenon, near the present-day location of Lafayette.
This town, and several others, were destroyed by the troops of Gen. Scott,
Gen. James Wilkinson and Col. John Hardin, and many Indians were killed.It
was obvious, from the papers taken, that many of the inhabitants were
French-Indian, in close touch with the British at Detroit.
Gen. St. Clair, back at Fort Washington, near present day Cincinnati,
readied his forces to proceed to the confluence of the St. Marys and St.
Josephs Rivers, and build a strong fort there.
President Washington was highly desirous of "decisive measures." He got
them, but not exactly as he wished. After many delays, the troops got
underway on Sept. 17, 1791. They built Forts Hamilton and Jefferson asthey
proceeded north, stopping on the banks of a tributary of the Wabash River
near the present-day town of Fort Recovery; the night was Nov. 3, 1791.
About 1,400 soldiers, both regulars and militia, and 86 officers remained.
The weather was bitterly cold, Gen. St. Clair was ill with gout, and
estranged from his second in command, Gen. Richard Butler, who had wishedto
advance with a detachment of 1,000 men, and build a fort at the confluence
of the St. Marys and St. Josephs Rivers.
Meanwhile, the Indians, under Little Turtle, who had massacred LaBiame in
1780 and defeated General Josiah Harmar in 1790, were assembling. Rex M.
Potterf, former Allen County Fort Wayne librarian, in addressing the
dedication of Little Turtle Memorial Park in Fort Wayne June 12, 1960,wrote
the following:
"Little Turtle, in the two previous successes, had based his strategy on
ambush and surprise. He now sought to defeat St. Clair's forces similarly.
. Little Turtle, through his scouts, was aware of the fact that St. Clair
lacked scouts, and hence that he had no sources of information about the
activities of the Indians.
"With rather great confidence in the outcome, Little Turtle approached his
problem. He first assembled the Indians, who had come from different
quarters, on a plateau long the St. Marys River some ten miles southeastof
present-day Fort Wayne. He divided his men into several different groups,or
messes. He designated about
one-fourth of these messes to hunt for game or vegetables; they were to
assemble the food in the late afternoon, when the Indians were to be fed
these provisions. He thus employed a very practical method of living offthe
country."
In the 1930's, the WPA (Works Progress Administration) had a valuable
historical survey in Indiana, which located and marked many historical
spots. While the metal signs had all corroded by the early 1960's, the
locations and messages were preserved in Quinn's "Short, Short Story of
Adams County." An article clipped from a news-
paper of the late 1930' records the following description of the same
event:
"A legendary tradition, known only to a few and handed down through three
generations, has become a matter of permanent record through the effortsof
French Quinn, local historian. Brought down by word of mouth, the legend
directly related to him by his grandmother, Letitia Long, one of Adams
County's early pioneers, has been placed in the permanent records of the
WPA's historical survey. The story tells of the largest single encampmentof
Indians ever to gather in one location which set up camp Just north of the
Adams County line in Marion Township Allen county.
"Little Turtle as commanding chief with his alliance of Miamis, Shawnoes,
Wyandottes, Kickapoos, Pottawatomies, Ottawas, Chippewas, and otherkindred
tribes after leaving only enough men to guard the camp, started that
memorable trip down the St. Marys through what is now Decatur. It was inthe
year 1791 that the band of redskins swooped down on Gen. St. Clair's army.
"The wily judgment in selecting the camp and route down the St. Marys is
credited to Chief Little Turtle, because of the natural drainage of theland
and the centrally located position it afforded. The words of variouspeople,
who have taken from the territory many Indian relics and other evidence of
their camping and the move down the St. Marys corroborated the statementsof
Mr. Quinn ..."
Actually, before the night of Nov. 3, 1791 Captain Slough had led a night
scouting expedition that reported Indians in large numbers nearby.
Unfortunately, Gen. Butler, to whom Capt. Slough reported, did not tellGen.
St. Clair of the report.
The army rose before dawn, and prepared to march toward the confluence of
the rivers to build their fort. Before it was light, the Indians with
bloodcurdling yells, commenced a fierce attack from all sides
simultaneously. For three hours they attacked, hidden by shrubbery andtheir
own smoking rifles.
Major Denny wrote: ''The ground was literally covered with the dead. The
wounded were taken to the canter, where a good many who had quit theirposts
unhurt were crowded together. It appeared as if the officers had been
singled out; a very great proportion fell. The men being thus left withfew
officers, became fearful, despaired of success, gave up the fight, and, to
save themselves for the moment, abandoned entirely their ground, andcrowded
in toward the center of the field, and no exertions could put them inorder
even for defense."
Simon Girty, the American renegade, had written to Col. Alexander McKee at
Detroit on Oct. 28, from Miami Town (Fort Wayne), that 1,040 Indians were
leaving that day to meet St. Clair. With Little Turtle were Blue Jacket,the
Shawnee; Buck-ong-a-helas, the Delaware chief, and Tecumseh heade; up the
scouts.
The Indians finally captured the artillery, and the army broke and ran in
headlong retreat back to Fort Jefferson.
The dead officially included 593 privates, 39 officers including Gen.
Richard Butler, one lieutenant colonel, and three majors. About 250 women
were with the army, 56 of whom were killed in battle, and most of the rest
on the way back. The first whites to return to the battle scene found the
corpses of many women pinned to the ground by large stakes driven through
their bodies.
Just 50 miles southeast of Adams County was fought this most bloody battle
of pioneer American history; the dead were not exceeded until nearlycentury
later when Custer's troops were slaughtered on the Little Big Horn.
Major Denny, whose journal covers this campaign as well as Gen. Harmads,
returned with the news to President Washington, who was reportedly soangry
that he threw his powdered wig to the floor with an oath, exposing his red
hair.
General Notes for Child Anne Sackett
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