In 1753, he resigned the care of tl-.c church in Bedford and settled at once over the church of Hanover, and again he appears to have gone back to Bedford, was dismissed April ist, 1760, and the next year was installed again in Crompond. Mr. Sackett had a great deal of trouble v.-ith his brethren in the Presbytery. He differed widely with them, in both the doctrine and government of the Brcsbyterian church. On the whole he preached for twenty years lierc, and

occasion *^*^''-'^'"^''''^ iJamnsou Cccoiii, of the Mkhiga tribe, prcacheJ la ttiia church oa o-t"

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f'n.illv' rested from his labors on the 5th of June, 17S4. His tomb in the aJjoiaing grave-yard, bears the following inscription : --

REV. SA-MUEL SACKETT,

■who died June 5tli, 17S4. *

He was a judicious, faithful, laborious and successful minister of Christ.

Thrice Mest ilepartKj spirit thou art free From the toUs of mortaiitj.

The remains of his son Joseph, repose close b}', Anth the follomng inscription- on the tomb-Stone : --

Here Ij-es the body of

JOSEPH SACKETT,

Born April ISth, 1735,

and departed this life Dec. 1757.

" Behold all ye thut now pass by, As you are now, so once was I, As i am now, so you m;iy be, Prepare for death and follow me,"

flann^h, his daughter, married Stephen James de Lancey, second son cf the Hon. James de Lancey, and a grand-son of Anna, daughter of Hon. Stephanus van Cortlandt, Lord of the manor of Cortlandt. This lady, mounted on a fine bay horse, was endeavoring to escape from the burning of the meeting-house in July, 1779, when she was overtaken, about one mile north of Crompond, by some of the enemies cavalr)-, who robbed her of her shoe-buckles and ear-rings, and requested her to dismount ; she refused and exclaimed, "• Is this the way you treat unprotected females?