Tom Smith (Member's Page)

TSFA member: 20 (founding)
Joined: 28 September 2003
TSFA Officer: Registrar 2004–8; DNA Project Administrator 2004–; Vice President 2008–
Address: Clinton, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
Email: Tom Smith
TSFA Family Gatherings: Salt Lake City 2003, 2004; Boston 2006; Thanet 2008

Sackett Ancestry:
Thomas Sackett the elder c1530–1595 and Joane ___
Thomas Sackett the younger c1557–1615 and Martha Strowde
Simon Sackett the colonist 1595–1635 and Isabel Pearce
Simon Sackett 1630-1659 and Sarah Bloomfield
Capt. Joseph Sackett 1656-1719 and Elizabeth Betts
Judge Joseph Sackett 1680-1755 and Hannah Alsop
William Sackett 1731-1776 and Sarah Fish
William W Sackett 1765-1833 and Susan Smith
James W Sackett 1803-1887 and Nancy Beers
William W Sackett 1836- and Anna Maria Lentz
Henry Stark Sackett 1876- and Edith May Knarr
Edna Mae Sackett and Lloyd Smith

About Tom:
I was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on October 29, 1943. It was in this area of Dutchess County that I spent the first 25 years of my life. My wife Toni and I were married shortly after graduation from F.D. Roosevelt High School in 1964 and have two great children, son Tom and daughter Toni Marie.
In 1968 we decided to forsake the humidity of the Hudson River Valley for the humidity of the Connecticut shoreline and moved to the New Haven area. Except for a short “working vacation” in Albuquerque, NM in 1979-1980, we have remained in CT in the small shoreline community of Clinton, in a log home we built as a family project in 1987. I presently serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals, Republican Town Committee, and Building Committee for a new Police Headquarters and have been the Clinton, CT coordinator for our 2nd District Congressman, for the last two election cycles. I have worked for a restoration company in New Haven for 36 years, presently as an Estimator and have represented my company as an officer in several trade organizations both locally and nationally.
I attended The University of New Haven, studying Business Administration and History and have attended classes of interest throughout my life. I’m on the Board of Trustees for the Godfrey Memorial Library, a genealogical library in Middletown, CT, belong to the Clinton Historical Society, CT Society of Genealogists, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, National Genealogical Society, Sons of Union Veterans, Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants, 1650-1700 and of course TSFA.
I enjoy traveling, especially in the Caribbean and Toni and I are avid scuba divers. I served as a Dive Master at a local shop for several years and I’m certified as a Master Diver. When not chasing dead relatives or sharks, I enjoy gardening, reading (especially historical novels), antiques, because they are older than me, and spending time with my two grandchildren, Christopher, age 15 and Brittany, age 14. [TSFA Newsletter July 2004].