Eighth Generation

216. William SACKETT was born on 20 April 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA. He died on 28 March 1700 at the age of 37 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He drowned in the Connecticut River upon returning from a wedding. Did he die at Deerfield, MA?

"William Sacket, son of John Sacket and Abigail Hannum, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on 20 April 1662.1,2 William died at the age of 37 when he drowned in the Connecticut River near Deerfield, Massachusetts, on 28 March 1700 when returning from a wedding.1,3,4,5 He married first on 26 December 1687, Sarah Crain.6,7 He married second in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, on 27 November 1689, Hannah Graves, daughter of Isaac Graves and Hannah Church.1,4,5,8,9,10
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.11
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.12 " Charles Weygant, The Sacketts in America,
Hannah GRAVES and William SACKETT were married on 27 November 1689 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.

217. Hannah GRAVES was born on 24 January 1666 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. She died after 1696 at the age of 30 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.

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