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Sackett Family History
The Sackett family originated in England in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, probably at Sackett's Hill in the parish of St Peter's. The earliest record is that of William Saket of Southborough, St Peter in Thanet, who in 1317 was in a legal dispute with the Abbot of St Augustine. Picture by TSFA member Barbara Bell The Sacketts were among the first colonists of America, with Simon Sackett arriving at the Massachusetts Bay Colony just a few months after the Winthrop Fleet of 1630, and John Sackett, possibly a nephew of Simon, arriving in New Haven sometime before 1641.

Sackett Family History

The Sackett family originated in England in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, probably at Sackett's Hill in the parish of St Peter's. The earliest record is that of William Saket of Southborough, St Peter in Thanet, who in 1317 was in a legal dispute with the Abbot of St Augustine.

Picture by TSFA member Barbara Bell

The Sacketts were among the first colonists of America, with Simon Sackett arriving at the Massachusetts Bay Colony just a few months after the Winthrop Fleet of 1630, and John Sackett, possibly a nephew of Simon, arriving in New Haven sometime before 1641.

The Sackett Family Association
The objectives of the Association are to research and record historical and genealogical data on Sackett descendants worldwide. Membership Membership of the Association is open to anyone with an interest in the Sackett family history. The only requirements for membership are a declared interest in Sackett family history and a willingness to share research findings with other members. There are no fees for membership. Discussion List The Sackett Family Discussion List is the main forum for the exchange of research findings and the posting of queries about Sackett family history and genealogy. The discussion list is lively and informative and has its own website. A separate TSFA List is used for communications amongst the membership concerning Association business. Association members are automatically subscribed (free) to both lists. Lists Administrator Nancy Siders will be pleased to help with any subscription matters. Newsletter The Association publishes a quarterly newsletter. Members are encouraged to submit articles for publication. Write Newsletter Editor Liesa Robarge for editorial guidelines for submissions. The current edition leads with an article by Marion Sackett, with an example of a late 18th century apprenticeship indenture for a London shipwright on the Thames. Reunions The Association holds regular Reunions. The first Family Gathering was held in September 2003 in Salt Lake City and the most recent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in August 2007. Plans are being made for reunions to be held in England in September 2008, and on the U.S. west coast, either California or Washington State, in 2009. DNA Project The Association is conducting a DNA project with the primary objective of establishing a genetic link between the lines of Simon Sackett the colonist, 1595-1635, and John Sackett of New Haven, c1623-1684. Further details are available from DNA Project Administrator Tom Smith or visit www.familytreedna.com and search on surname Sackett.

The Sackett Family Association

The objectives of the Association are to research and record historical and genealogical data on Sackett descendants worldwide.

Membership

TSFA logo Membership of the Association is open to anyone with an interest in the Sackett family history. The only requirements for membership are a declared interest in Sackett family history and a willingness to share research findings with other members. There are no fees for membership.

Discussion List

The Sackett Family Discussion List is the main forum for the exchange of research findings and the posting of queries about Sackett family history and genealogy. The discussion list is lively and informative and has its own website. A separate TSFA List is used for communications amongst the membership concerning Association business. Association members are automatically subscribed (free) to both lists. Lists Administrator Nancy Siders will be pleased to help with any subscription matters.

The Association publishes a quarterly newsletter. Members are encouraged to submit articles for publication. Write Newsletter Editor Liesa Robarge for editorial guidelines for submissions. The current edition leads with an article by Marion Sackett, with an example of a late 18th century apprenticeship indenture for a London shipwright on the Thames.

Reunions

The Association holds regular Reunions. The first Family Gathering was held in September 2003 in Salt Lake City and the most recent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in August 2007. Plans are being made for reunions to be held in England in September 2008, and on the U.S. west coast, either California or Washington State, in 2009.

DNA Project

The Association is conducting a DNA project with the primary objective of establishing a genetic link between the lines of Simon Sackett the colonist, 1595-1635, and John Sackett of New Haven, c1623-1684. Further details are available from DNA Project Administrator Tom Smith or visit www.familytreedna.com and search on surname Sackett.

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The Sacket and Sackett names are registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies.

Sackett Research
ON THIS SITE Articles on the history of the Sackett family. Research data on births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, burials, monumental inscriptions, censuses, and wills. Sacketts in the military. Extracts from published sources. The Genealogy section has journal reports on `1,985` Sackett descendants. Includes some notable Sacketts — the famous, infamous, and some just interesting. MEMBERS' WEBSITES Sackett Family History and Ancestry by Thurmon King. The primary Sackett genealogical database, mainly of the American branches, including much data not in Weygant. The Sacketts of America by Charles Weygant. The complete text transcribed by Thurmon King. Mary Lou Sackett's Genealogy Home Page. Includes descendants of Joseph Sackett of Vermont. The Sackett Family Photo Album by Ted Smith. Sackett Family Headstones by Fred Sackett. The Sackett Family Discussion List website by Nancy Siders. Sackett Discussion List Archives

Sackett Research

ON THIS SITE

Articles on the history of the Sackett family.
Research data on births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, burials, monumental inscriptions, censuses, and wills.
Sacketts in the military.
Extracts from published sources.
The Genealogy section has journal reports on 1,985 Sackett descendants. Includes some notable Sacketts — the famous, infamous, and some just interesting.

MEMBERS' WEBSITES

Sackett Family History and Ancestry by Thurmon King. The primary Sackett genealogical database, mainly of the American branches, including much data not in Weygant.
The Sacketts of America by Charles Weygant. The complete text transcribed by Thurmon King.
Mary Lou Sackett's Genealogy Home Page. Includes descendants of Joseph Sackett of Vermont.
The Sackett Family Photo Album by Ted Smith.
Sackett Family Headstones by Fred Sackett.
The Sackett Family Discussion List website by Nancy Siders.
Sackett Discussion List Archives

Recent additions
June 2008 Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Knox Genealogy William Knox of Blandford, Mass. Springfield, MA, Vital Records to 1850 (NEHGS) Church Records, Greenwich, CT (NEHGS) Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscript Collection New members 206 John D Sackett, 207 Dennis Gottier Revised 11 Mary Lou Sackett, 139 Susan Wood, 187 Wendy Heath, 202 Michelle Marolis Change Log

Recent additions

June 2008

Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Knox Genealogy William Knox of Blandford, Mass.
Springfield, MA, Vital Records to 1850 (NEHGS)
Church Records, Greenwich, CT (NEHGS)
Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscript Collection
New members 206 John D Sackett, 207 Dennis Gottier
Revised 11 Mary Lou Sackett, 139 Susan Wood, 187 Wendy Heath, 202 Michelle Marolis

Change Log

And finally ... a Sackett snippet
Sackett brothers' half-millennium In June 1813, seven sons of Henry and Elizabeth (Clifford) Sackett attended service at the church of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, afterwards dining together at Jeremiah Sackett's Northwood farm. The combined ages of the seven brothers totalled 503 years. The brothers were Thomas (1734-1817), Henry (1738-1818), William (1741-1819), John (1743-1827), Richard (1746-1831), Jeremiah (1749-1838) and Edward (1753-1844). Oldest stay-at-home? Mr John James Sackett (94), the oldest Methodist lay preacher in Kent, lived all his life at Myrtle Cottage, Thanet, the house in which he was born, and in which he has died. He had slept under another roof only twice in all that time. — noted by Jabez Sackett (1840-1925) in an addendum to an obituary of his father Benjamin Sackett, 13 August 1885. Half-century in pulpit The Revd. John Sackette was Vicar of Folkestone, Kent, for 54 years from 1699 to his death in 1753. He preached the sermon at the Archbishop's Visitation in May 1702. He was also Rector of Hawkinge, Kent, for 40 years from 1713, and Vicar of West Hythe for 21 years from 1732. — Cambridge Alumni records. Is this a record? When Beatrice Beldon Sackett, wife of Edward, died June 1981 in Dodge Center, Minnesota, at age 99, she was survived by 155 descendants: 3 children, 24 grandchildren, 98 great-grandchildren, and 30 great-great-grandchildren. — Karen Gerke. Thomas Sackett escapes the hangman Thomas Baker Sackett (c1796-1837), convicted of highway robbery on the streets of the City of London, was sentenced to death by hanging but, following representations on his behalf, was granted an eleventh-hour reprieve from execution. Ann breaks live births record The child-producing record amongst women known to historical demographers is at present shared between the wife of a solicitor of Geneva who had 21 births in the late 17th century and a girl from Kent, Ann Sackett, who was born in 1779 at Ash in that county. At 18 she married John Cook, a labourer there. By 1823 they had had 21 children at 20 births, and Ann was still alive in 1851. — from The World We Have Lost, pp 116-7. Ann was a daughter of John and Catherine (Andrews) Sackett.

And finally ... a Sackett snippet

Sackett brothers' half-millennium

In June 1813, seven sons of Henry and Elizabeth (Clifford) Sackett attended service at the church of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, afterwards dining together at Jeremiah Sackett's Northwood farm. The combined ages of the seven brothers totalled 503 years. The brothers were Thomas (1734-1817), Henry (1738-1818), William (1741-1819), John (1743-1827), Richard (1746-1831), Jeremiah (1749-1838) and Edward (1753-1844).
Oldest stay-at-home?

Mr John James Sackett (94), the oldest Methodist lay preacher in Kent, lived all his life at Myrtle Cottage, Thanet, the house in which he was born, and in which he has died. He had slept under another roof only twice in all that time.

— noted by Jabez Sackett (1840-1925) in an addendum to an obituary of his father Benjamin Sackett, 13 August 1885.
Half-century in pulpit

The Revd. John Sackette was Vicar of Folkestone, Kent, for 54 years from 1699 to his death in 1753. He preached the sermon at the Archbishop's Visitation in May 1702. He was also Rector of Hawkinge, Kent, for 40 years from 1713, and Vicar of West Hythe for 21 years from 1732.

— Cambridge Alumni records.
Is this a record?

When Beatrice Beldon Sackett, wife of Edward, died June 1981 in Dodge Center, Minnesota, at age 99, she was survived by 155 descendants: 3 children, 24 grandchildren, 98 great-grandchildren, and 30 great-great-grandchildren.

— Karen Gerke.
Thomas Sackett escapes the hangman

Thomas Baker Sackett (c1796-1837), convicted of highway robbery on the streets of the City of London, was sentenced to death by hanging but, following representations on his behalf, was granted an eleventh-hour reprieve from execution.
Ann breaks live births record

The child-producing record amongst women known to historical demographers is at present shared between the wife of a solicitor of Geneva who had 21 births in the late 17th century and a girl from Kent, Ann Sackett, who was born in 1779 at Ash in that county. At 18 she married John Cook, a labourer there. By 1823 they had had 21 children at 20 births, and Ann was still alive in 1851.

— from The World We Have Lost, pp 116-7. Ann was a daughter of John and Catherine (Andrews) Sackett.