Gordon Sackett Adams
TSFA member: 13 (founding)
Joined: 28 September 2003
Address: California
Email: Gordon Sackett Adams
Sackett Ancestry:
Thomas Sackett the elder c1530–1595 and Joane ___
George Sackett c1565–1612 (father of John 1594–) and Katherine Tompson
John Sackett (1594 if the son of George)–aft.1642 and Mary ___
Thomas Sackett 1642–1680 and Anne Brown
Thomas Sackett 1676–1760 and Elizabeth Nuby
Henry Sackett 1711–1790 and Elizabeth Clifford
John Sackett 1743–1827 and Catherine Andrews
Jeremiah Sackett 1775–1847 and Sarah Hodgeman
Henry Sackett 1806-1851 and Elizabeth Mary Elgar
Thomas Elgar Sackett 1827-1887 and Elizabeth Ann Hawkins
Edward Elgar Sackett 1861-1945 and Maria Banta
Beatrice Sackett 1890-1985 and Berkley Dickenson Adams
Research notes:
Gordon writes on 22 June 2002: Thomas ELGAR, Sr., b. 8 Jul 1787, Kent, England, d. Kent, England & Mary BIRD, b. 26 Mar 1780, St. Mary’s, Dover, Kent, England, d. 14 Aug 1868, Thanet Reg., Distr., Kent, England, m. 16 Oct 1807, St. Mary’s Parish Church, Lambeth (London), England Elizabeth Mary ELGAR, IMMIGRANT- c1836, b. 11 Sep 1808, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent, England, d. 11 May 1876, Intestate, NYC & Henry (NMI) SACKETT IMMIGRANT-c1836, MY G-G-GRANDFATHER, b. 16 Sep 1806, St. Lawrence Par., Ramsgate, Kent, England, d. 19 May 1851, New York City, m. 26 Dec 1826, Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent, England Thomas Elgar SACKETT IMMIGRANT-c.1838 (MY G.-GRANDFATHER) b. 12 May 1827, St. Lawrence Par., Ramsgate, Kent, England, d. 17 Oct 1887, Englewood, NJ & Elizabeth A.(nn?) HAWKINS (sp?) Immigrant, b. abt 1830, Devonshire(?), England, d. 1900/1901, St. Vincent's Hosp.,(?), NYC, m. 23 Jan 1849, New York City. Thomas ELGAR SACKETT was born 22 May 1827, St. Lawrence Parish, Ramsgate, Kent, England. When his parents and siblings (except Mary Bird) emmigrated to NYC 1830-1835, for some reason, he was left in England. Family legend says that at age about 15, he signed on as a seaman, on a ship sailing to NYC. On arrival there, he jumped ship, and remained in New York. I have his Certificate of USA Citizenship, dated 15 February 1845, he then age 19. He was a portrait painter. On 23 or 28 January 1849, NYC, he married Elizabeth Ann Hawkins, an immigrant, supposedly from Devonshire, England. I have seen her surname written as HAWKINS, HOCKING, HOCKINS, HOPKINGS, and HOSKINS. Sackett relatives in England thought it was HOSKINS, but had never met her; the clerk who prepared her application for widow's pension, filled in her maiden name as Elizabeth A. HAWKINS; to this document, she signed her "X" nark, and the clerk wrote in: "Elizabeth A. SACKETT." There is no evidence they knew each other in England. Her parents have not been found. On 1 September 1862, in The Civil War, he enlisted in the US (Union) Army.
About Gordon:
Member Gordon Adams is 83 years old and currently lives in California. He was born and raised in Virginia and because of his career in the United States Air Force has lived in most of the states in the USA as well as “one year in Labrador and seven years in Europe.” Gordon says he “started [researching] on my family about 1935, and have hundreds of ancestral surnames, primarily English, Dutch, French, and Belgian.” Chris Sackett shares that Gordon is “unusual amongst American Sacketts in that he does not descend from either Simon the colonist or John of New Haven, but comes from a later arrival - his great-great-grandfather Henry Sackett who emigrated from Thanet, Kent, to New York City in about 1836.” The reason he began researching his family history is because “my family had many, many snapshots. I felt a need to understand if and how I was related to all of these people; primarily an identification problem at first; is this guy husband of my first cousin standing with him? Which of my seven uncles was her father?” [TSFA Newsletter January 2006].
Joined: 28 September 2003
Address: California
Email: Gordon Sackett Adams
Sackett Ancestry:
Thomas Sackett the elder c1530–1595 and Joane ___
George Sackett c1565–1612 (father of John 1594–) and Katherine Tompson
John Sackett (1594 if the son of George)–aft.1642 and Mary ___
Thomas Sackett 1642–1680 and Anne Brown
Thomas Sackett 1676–1760 and Elizabeth Nuby
Henry Sackett 1711–1790 and Elizabeth Clifford
John Sackett 1743–1827 and Catherine Andrews
Jeremiah Sackett 1775–1847 and Sarah Hodgeman
Henry Sackett 1806-1851 and Elizabeth Mary Elgar
Thomas Elgar Sackett 1827-1887 and Elizabeth Ann Hawkins
Edward Elgar Sackett 1861-1945 and Maria Banta
Beatrice Sackett 1890-1985 and Berkley Dickenson Adams
Research notes:
Gordon writes on 22 June 2002: Thomas ELGAR, Sr., b. 8 Jul 1787, Kent, England, d. Kent, England & Mary BIRD, b. 26 Mar 1780, St. Mary’s, Dover, Kent, England, d. 14 Aug 1868, Thanet Reg., Distr., Kent, England, m. 16 Oct 1807, St. Mary’s Parish Church, Lambeth (London), England Elizabeth Mary ELGAR, IMMIGRANT- c1836, b. 11 Sep 1808, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent, England, d. 11 May 1876, Intestate, NYC & Henry (NMI) SACKETT IMMIGRANT-c1836, MY G-G-GRANDFATHER, b. 16 Sep 1806, St. Lawrence Par., Ramsgate, Kent, England, d. 19 May 1851, New York City, m. 26 Dec 1826, Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent, England Thomas Elgar SACKETT IMMIGRANT-c.1838 (MY G.-GRANDFATHER) b. 12 May 1827, St. Lawrence Par., Ramsgate, Kent, England, d. 17 Oct 1887, Englewood, NJ & Elizabeth A.(nn?) HAWKINS (sp?) Immigrant, b. abt 1830, Devonshire(?), England, d. 1900/1901, St. Vincent's Hosp.,(?), NYC, m. 23 Jan 1849, New York City. Thomas ELGAR SACKETT was born 22 May 1827, St. Lawrence Parish, Ramsgate, Kent, England. When his parents and siblings (except Mary Bird) emmigrated to NYC 1830-1835, for some reason, he was left in England. Family legend says that at age about 15, he signed on as a seaman, on a ship sailing to NYC. On arrival there, he jumped ship, and remained in New York. I have his Certificate of USA Citizenship, dated 15 February 1845, he then age 19. He was a portrait painter. On 23 or 28 January 1849, NYC, he married Elizabeth Ann Hawkins, an immigrant, supposedly from Devonshire, England. I have seen her surname written as HAWKINS, HOCKING, HOCKINS, HOPKINGS, and HOSKINS. Sackett relatives in England thought it was HOSKINS, but had never met her; the clerk who prepared her application for widow's pension, filled in her maiden name as Elizabeth A. HAWKINS; to this document, she signed her "X" nark, and the clerk wrote in: "Elizabeth A. SACKETT." There is no evidence they knew each other in England. Her parents have not been found. On 1 September 1862, in The Civil War, he enlisted in the US (Union) Army.
About Gordon:
Member Gordon Adams is 83 years old and currently lives in California. He was born and raised in Virginia and because of his career in the United States Air Force has lived in most of the states in the USA as well as “one year in Labrador and seven years in Europe.” Gordon says he “started [researching] on my family about 1935, and have hundreds of ancestral surnames, primarily English, Dutch, French, and Belgian.” Chris Sackett shares that Gordon is “unusual amongst American Sacketts in that he does not descend from either Simon the colonist or John of New Haven, but comes from a later arrival - his great-great-grandfather Henry Sackett who emigrated from Thanet, Kent, to New York City in about 1836.” The reason he began researching his family history is because “my family had many, many snapshots. I felt a need to understand if and how I was related to all of these people; primarily an identification problem at first; is this guy husband of my first cousin standing with him? Which of my seven uncles was her father?” [TSFA Newsletter January 2006].
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