Thomas Sackett the elder

Thomas Sackett, of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, whose parents have not been identified, was born in say 1530. He was buried at St Peter's Church on 26 March 1595.¹ He married in about 1555, Joane ___.² She was buried at St Peter's Church on 19 December 1593.³
     Thomas made his will in St Peter in Thanet on 30 March 1594, naming as beneficiaries his sons Thomas and George, and his daughters Anne and Mildred.⁴ Thomas's description of himself in his will as a 'labourer' suggests that he was not a wealthy man. However, the fact of his making a will at all, and the bequests to his children, define him as a landowner and suggest that he was a man of some substance. The extent of his tenement and land holdings is not known but the monetary amounts mentioned would have a present day value of a few thousand pounds. The will was proved in the Archdeaconry Court, Canterbury, Kent, on 2 June 1596.⁴
     Thomas died in the same year as, but probably a few months before, the birth of his grandson Simon who was to emigrate to the New World.

Sackett Family Association descendants of Thomas Sackett the elder & Joane ___:
Fred Sackett, Chris Sackett (of Guernsey), Thurmon King, Darlene Sackett, Patty Sackett Chrisman, Glenna Hertzler, Gordon Sackett Adams, Alyce Beggs, Ray J Sackett, Jeanette Boden, Tom Smith, Marie Reid, Donn Patrick Cutler, Sharon Allen, Cindy Torres Owens, Jack Hume, Carroll M Lawson, Ruth Rawlings, Patty Bohler, Pam Schuster Offerdahl, Steve & Debbie Barbee, Bob Schuster, Charles L Sackett, Karen Gerke, Don Robinson, Robert A Sackett, Diane Francis, Don Hertzler, Wayne Sacket, Lynette Sackett Wilkerson, Marion Sackett, Ted Smith, Barbara Bell, S Howard Dreelan, Eugene Venne, Debra Leffler Streeter, Kari Roehl, Charles Crain, John L Sackett, Catrina Kohl, Barbara Barbarow, Rita Sackett, Ralph Sackett, Karen Pritchett, Kathleen Giusti, Floyd Oster, Michael Anthony Sackett, Brian Williams, Rachel Stella, Theresa Cotton, Paul & Verena-Maria Martin-Dickin, Jane Kirkendall, Kathy James, James R Klim, Lynn Tinsley, Sheila Partington, Jeremy Sackett, Steven W Frank, Jean Carpenter, Louella Sexsmith, Jake Braden, Terry Sackett, Martha Thayer Evans, Susan Wood, Grace Keir, Ned Randall, Jan Roberts, Michelle Pearce, Becky Moncrief, Marlene Bekey, Irene Grissom, Carol Sackett, Christina Sackett, Eva Adams, Donna Spink, Sharon Powalka, Albert M Sackett, Pat Stempski, Michael E Gray, Michael James Sackett, Glenn Glaus, Daniel Scott Sackett, Cathy Schraeder, Joan Leary, Rita E Sackett, Sheila Phythian, Chris Sackett (of Australia), Joe Sparks, Elizabeth Hoening, Wendy Heath, Kenneth John Sackett, Michelle Morris, Beverley Service, Jane Harnden, Angela Robertson, Michelle Marolis, Mike Fisher, Dennis Gottier, Kay Prindle Corwin, Ron Ruberstell, Alvin Oglesby, Wanda Phillips, Brian J Sackett, Janet Tutt, Michael Trickey, William & Jennifer Hancock, Linda Drew and Arthur LeBeau.