Reuben Sackett was born 17 Jun 1732, Hebron, Tolland Co. (East Greenwich), CT., the son of Jonathan Sackett and Ann (Filer) Sackett.  Sometime before 1750 Jonathan moved his family to Kent, Litchfield Co., CT. and it was there that Reuben married, 21 Dec 1752, Mercy Finney, daughter of John Finney and Ann Toogood. (For Mercy Finney's line, see Mercy Finney Ancestors)

Weygant, page 109, gives only the bare statistics for Reuben and Mercy Finney.  However, he does give the information that three of Reuben's sons, Dr. Samuel (page 160), Alexander (page 160-61) and Cyrus (page 487) served in the Revolutionary War.  Weygant has no information on the other son, Aaron.

Around 1780 three of Reuben's sons (Dr. Samuel, Aaron, and Cyrus) moved from Connecticut to Pennsylvania.  Cyrus moved on to Bourbon Co., KY. while Dr. Samuel and Aaron remained in Fayette Co., PA.  In 1785 Aaron was married to Dorcas Clark in Fayette Co., PA.

Information contained in several letters written to Dr. Samuel Sackett in Fayette Co., PA. gives a glimpse into part of his life.  One of these letters was one written by Reuben in Warren, CT. to Dr. Samuel in Fayette Co., PA.:

Warren         September 5 ad 1792
Dear and Loving Samuel (three words cannot be read) Love to you and your
(almost a line that cannot be read) goodness having an opertunity
to write to you and let you no of our afares.  I have nothing strange to write to you
I would informe you that I reseved your leter Dated Aug 91 and was glad
to hear of your welfare and you informed me init that that I could have an opor
tunity to write to you by Mr adkins but I did not reseve it till December
and the opertunity of sending was over.  I would informe you that L
Licander Curtis is come home and by him I have had the last account
from you and was very glad to hear by him of your welfare.
I would let you no that I reseved a leter from Cyrus dated Augst
the 6th ad 1791 and was very glad to hear from him altho he is gon to
the  End of the path and my hopes is small of ever seeing of aney of you
aney more in the land of the living But if we might be
so hapy as to meat in the first Resurrection what befals us in
this woild is no grate mater. I would let you no that your
sister violity was maried Last November to John Bates
and now lives in Cornewil anor lives at home and hath her
health beter than in years past.  I saw your father maning
this weak and they are all well,  Likewise that your frends
are all well there was a frost the last nite in August
that Did some Damage altho the wether is very Dry the nites
are very cold as the nuse all comes from your part of the world.
I Shall not attempt to write aney but subscribe my self your
Loving parent til Death   -  Reuben Sackett

PSS
I should be  ?  that you would write Every opertunity and would
informe me partickerly of your afares and of Cyrus afares
altho I subscribe this to the Dr I send it to equal to Aaron

Lodge this at Capt Bartlets Cincinati Ferry
From Mr. Reuben Sackett Sept 5 1792 from Warren
To Dr Samuel Sackett at Georges Creek ten miles from Beason town
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We get an idea of the length of time it took letters to reach their destination at that time from the statement by Reuben:
"I would informe you that I reseved your leter Dated Aug 91 and was glad
to hear of your welfare and you informed me init that that I could have an opor
tunity to write to you by Mr adkins but I did not reseve it till December
and the opertunity of sending was over. . ."
Four months to travel a distance of a little less than 500 miles.

From this letter we learn that Aaron and Dr. Samuel were both located in Fayette Co., PA. and that Cyrus was at a different location.  From other sources we know that at that time Cyrus was in Bourbon Co., KY.  In the letter he mentions that he had received a letter from Cyrus "dated Augst the 6th ad 1791".  This letter would have been written just before General St Clair set out on his ill-fated expedition in the Northwest Territory against the Indian Chief, Little Turtle on 17 Sep 1791.  Cyrus was a part of this expedition, and one of the few who were not massacared in the defeat of Gen. St Clair on 4 Nov 1791.  One can only wonder if Reuben knew of Cyrus' involvement in this expediton.  And if he possibly knew it from the letter he received from Cyrus dated 6 Aug 1791.

In Reuben's letter we get the strong feeling of sadness of Reuben as he faced the probability that in this life, he would never again see his three sons who went west:
" . . . I reseved a leter from Cyrus dated Augst
the 6th ad 1791 and was very glad to hear from him altho he is gon to
the  End of the path and my hopes is small of ever seeing of aney of you
aney more in the land of the living but if we might be
so hapy as to meat in the first Resurrection what befals us in
this woild is no grate mater. . ."
And he closes the letter with:
". . . there was a frost the last nite in August
that Did some Damage altho the wether is very Dry the nites
are very cold as the nuse all comes from your part of the world.
I Shall not attempt to write aney but subscribe my self your
Loving parent til Death   -  Reuben Sackett"
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The other direct information we have for him is found in the wills of Reuben (dated 19 March 1800) and Mercy (dated 16 Oct 1804):

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 &
Testament 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 my only 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 two
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 interest so that sd heirs may receive the several sums with
interest 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 shillings
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 within 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 Violetty 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 31st 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

The will was probated in  WARREN AUGUST 10 1803

It is interesting to note the proportions given to the four sons in his estate and the provision that their share would be held for 10 years.  One can only wonder why the larger portion was alloted to Cyrus.  However, there is no indication that either of the three brothers in the west ever came back to claim their share.  Indeed, from the will of their mother which was written four years after the will of Reuben, and a little over a year after his will was probated, she gives the three brothers a time limit of 5 years to come and claim their share of her estate.
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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 County of Litchfield although labouring at
present under some imperfection of body yet being of sound mind
and memory and understanding through the mercy of God do mak and
ordane this my last Will and Testament in manner & forms following
First and primarily 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 rewarded of I give demise and dispose thereof as
follows that is to say Samuel and Aroon Sackett and Sirus Sackett
being at a great distance of and if these or those of them return hear and call for
it 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 here after 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 Beats one dollar and sixty eight cents
and I do here by revok all other wills by me maid and declair
this only to be my last Will and Testament in witness
the said Mercy Sackett and my will is if either of my sons above mentioned don't come
and call for their share of my estat as in will as above it is to
devided ekell alike betwist Anar and Lucinda and to Voileat
hereunto I have put my hand and seal in presente

Mercy Sackett

Dated at Sharon this 16th day of October 1804
Witnesses:
Hosea Hamlin
Lucy Hamlin
Deborah ?. Ward
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Children listed in the letter written to Dr. Samuel 5 Sep 1792:
Samuel
Aaron
Cyrus
Violity Sackett m. John Bates
Anor (living at home)
 

Children listed in the will of Reuben 19 Mar 1800:
Alexander
Samuel
Aaron
Cyrus
Aner
Mercy Lucinda
Violetty

Children listed in the Will of Mercy 16 Oct 1804:
Alexander
Samuel
Aaron
Anar (Sackett) Williams
Lucinda (Sackett) Fuller
Violet (Sackett) Beats
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Reuben Sackett was born 17 Jun 1732 in Hebron, Tolland, East Greenwich, CT, and died 05 Jun 1803 in Warren, CT.  (formerly Kent, CT.).  He married Mercy Finney 21 Dec 1752 in Kent, Litchfield, CT., daughter of John Finney and Ann Toogood.
 
Children of Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney are:
 

	i.	Cyrus Sackett, born 05 Jun 1764 in Greenwich, CT; died 13 Oct 1846 in Bell Brook, Greene Co., OH.  He married Nancy Anne Stapleton 10 Jun 1792 in Bourbon Co. KY..
	ii.	Samuel Sackett, born 05 Apr 1754 in East Greenwich, CT.; died 13 Feb 1833 in Fayette Co., PA.  He married (1) Sarah Manning 10 Feb 1777 in Sharon, CT..  He married (2) Eve Stanz 10 Jan 1819 in Fayette Co., PA..
	iii.	Alexander Sackett, born 06 Mar 1758; died 17 May 1829.  He married Patience.
	iv.	Aaron Sackett, born 26 Dec 1760 in Hebron, Tolland, CT.; died 1825 in Hanover Twp., Butler Co., OH..  He married Dorcus Clark 1785 in Hamilton, Butler Co., OH..
	v.	Anne Sackett, born 10 Apr 1766.  She married Reuben Williams
	vi.	Lucinda Sackett, born 23 Jan 1769. She married John Fuller
	vii.	Violet Sackett, born 18 Jul 1771.  She married  John Bates 24 Nov 1791 Warren, Litchfield Co., CT.