Col Richard Sackett - Asbury Church Cemetery - Nichols, NY - American Revolutionary War Veteran Graves on Waymarking.com

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Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Richard Sackett Gender: Male
Birth Date: 7 Jun 1754
Birth Location: Greenwich
Parent Name: Joseph
Parent Name: Hannah
Sackett Family Association
"Richard Sackett served as an officer throughout the American Revolutionary War. He rose to become a Captain in the 2nd Midland Regiment. He was captured by the British but later exchanged. After the War he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Westchester County Regiment of Militia. His estate was to be shared equally between his two sons after making financial provision for his wife and two daughters. Executors of the will were to be his sons Nathaniel and Caleb, together with Colonel Richard's cousin Richard Sackett of Bedford. "

Location type: Single Grave Date of Birth: 06/07/1754 Date of Death: 10/24/1828 Cause of death: Died Later Grave Marker Text: Col Richard Sackett died Oct. 24, 1828 aged 74 y. 4 m. & 17 d. Wife and 4 daughters Betsy, Clara, Katie, Sally Deborah C, wife of D. W. Lockwood died Jan. 31 1857 ae. 33 yrs. Ranks: Lieutenant Colonel Commandant

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