Capt. Richard Sackett and Margery L. Sleade

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Husband Capt. Richard Sackett ¹

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         Father: Jonathon Sackett (1655-      ) 1
         Mother: Hannah [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 11 May 1699 - New York City, NY 1

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Wife Margery L. Sleade ¹

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1 M Capt. John Sackett, M.D. ²

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Richard Sackett

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He appears to have been employed in early life, for a considerable period, in the forests of New England and to have there learned how tar was extracted from the pine tree. In 1699 he was a resident of New York City and the proprietor of a malt house or brewery. This malt house was located on the north side of Cherry Street, which at that time was known as Sackett Street, having been named for said Richard Sackett.
On May 11, 1699, a marriage license was issued in New York City authorizing the marriage of Richard Sackett and Margery L. Slade. At about the same date Richard Sackett was commissioned Captain of the 7th Company of the New York City regiment commanded by Colonel William Peartree. This company was composed in the main of prominent young business men, and Capt. Sackett commanded it for several years.
On March 11, 1703, Capt. Sackett petitioned the Lord Cornbury Government for permission to purchase from the Indian proprietors a certain tract of land in Dutchess County, called Wassaic. The license petitioned for was duly granted, the purchase from the Indian proprietors was made, and a patent for same, covering 7,500 acres, was issued to Richard Sackett and Company (Richard Sackett, Josiah Crego, Joseph Sackett, William Huddleson and John Mitchell), bearing date Nov. 2, 1704.
At the time of which we are writing Capt. Sackett was enjoying marked prominence and popularity in both government and social circles, and his name appears frequently in official records of both New York and Connecticut.
In April, 1703, Lord Cornbury appointed him Chief Revenue Officer for the South Eastern Section of the Province of New York. In April, 1704, he filed a minute of expenses incurred in seizing the sloop Betsey of Oyster Bay, for trading contrary to law, and bringing her up to New York. This proceeding shows that he had jurisdiction over the harbor and seacoast as well as over the city and surrounding country. On June 16, of the same year, he was granted license to dispose by lottery, of several lots and tracts of land in New York City and Dutchess County, New York.

1 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985), Pg 35.

2 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985).