1686 Joseph Sackett was listed among the residents of Newtown. [1]
1719 In the name of God, Amen. I, Joseph Sackett, of Newtown, in Queens County, being sick and weak. I leave to my wife Mary, the use of all lands and meadows, which I leave to my son Samuel, until he comes of age. And all the wearables she brought with her when married, and £30, and 2 cows and some young cattle. I leave to my son Joseph a certain lot of land and meadow, bounded west by the land of Thomas Betts, north by the middle ditch, east by the land of Joshua Hunt, and south by the road. And he shall pay to my daughter, Sarah Sackett, alias Moore, £20. And to my daughter, Potine Sackett, £10. I leave to my children, Joseph, Richard, John, William, Samuel, Sarah Moore, Abigail Alsop, and Potine Sackett, and the children of my daughter Elizabeth, deceased, all my land and meadow at Hopewell and Maidenhead, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, my son Joseph to have a double share. I leave to my son John a certain lot of land and meadow adjoining to the Narrow Passage, running eastward, joining to the land of Joseph Hallett, and Joseph Moore, and running due eastward to a ditch and piece of meadow that was formerly Samuel Moore's, and south-easterly till it meets a small ditch, that joins a fence, running southerly to the road, and bounding on the road that leads to Hellgate Neck. Also another lot lying on the south side of said road, between the road that leads along by Newtown Spring, to the Kills, and the land of John Sanders. I leave to my son William, a lot of land with the house and buildings lying on the south side of the road, bounded east by the land of Job Wright, and Thomas Hunt, south by the meadow ditch, west by the land of widow Moore, and the piece hereinafter devised to Samuel Sackett. Also 3 lots of land. The first bounded west and north by land of Job Wright, east by land of Nathaniel Woodward, south by the road. The second, being the lot called the Old Lot, bounded west by the land of Benjamin Moore, north by land of Peter Berrian, south by highway. The third lot being upland and meadow, bounded northwest by the middle ditch, north by Thomas Stevenson southeast by highway, and lying near the house of Benjamin Cornish. Also another lot of land and meadow, beginning at a certain road that leads by the house of John Sackett going down on the east side of the cleared land, as the fences now stand, to a certain ditch, till it comes to the middle ditch, and all the land and meadow that lies east of it, belonging to me. I leave to my son Samuel all my mansion where I now dwell, with all the buildings, and the lot of land and garden and orchards. And all that land that I had of my uncle, Daniel Bloomfield, joining my said land near the rear, and westward to the land of Nathaniel Woodward. Also a lot of land over against my said land, being ten rods wide and running down to a small ditch in the meadows bounded west by land of said Woodward, and the widow Moore. Also another lot of land and meadow, lying between the land of Daniel Betts and Benjamin Moore and the widow Moore, running down to the middle ditch. Also a lot of land lying at the end of said town, bounded on two sides by the highway, and on the other two sides by land of Benjamin Moore and George Reynolds. I leave to my sons, William and Samuel, a certain lot of land lying at a certain swamp called Juniper Swamp, bounded east by highway; north by land that was Edward Hunts, and George Brinkerhoffs, west by land that was Edward Hunts. I leave to my sons, John, William and Samuel, all my upland and meadow, lying between the land of (???) Field and Flushing Creek, near the head thereof. I leave to my son John, the time Hugh McCarty has to live with me, by his indenture. I leave to my son William and daughter Potine, each a bed. I leave the rest of my personal property to my children, William, Potine, Richard, Sarah, Joseph, Anna Moore, and Abigail Alsop. I make my sons, Joseph and William, executors. Dated September 20, 1719. Witnesses, Nathaniel Woodward, Lambert Woodward, Peter Berrian. Proved, December 22, 1719. [2]
[1] Charles Werner and Benjamin F. Thompson, History of Long Island, 3rd edition, Vol. 3 (1918), 336, [InternetArchive].
[2] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 2, 1708-1728 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1894), 204, citing liber 9, page 123, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].