Thomas Sackett the younger
(c 1557-1615)
Thomas Sackett the younger|b. c 1557\nd. 1615|p981.htm|Thomas Sackett the elder|b. say 1530\nd. 1595|p861.htm|Joane ___|b. in say 1532\nd. 1593||||||||||||||
| Father | Thomas Sackett the elder (say 1530-1595) |
| Mother | Joane ___ (in say 1532-1593) |
Thomas Sackett, yeoman of Birchington, Kent, and father of Simon Sackett the colonist, son of Thomas Sackett the elder and Joane ___, was born in Thanet, Kent, in about 1557. He was buried at Birchington on 4 November 1615.1 He married at St Peter's Church, Thanet, on 8 February 1581/82, Martha Strowde.2 She was buried at St Peter's Church on 4 January 1631/32.3
Thomas was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in St Peter in Thanet on 30 March 1594.4
Thomas made his will at Birchington on 23 June 1615, naming as beneficiaries his wife Martha, his son Thomas, his daughter Johan, his grandson Hugh Wright, and his granddaughter Martha Wright.5
Sackett Family Association descendants of Thomas Sackett the younger and Martha Strowde:
Fred Sackett (of Georgia), Thurmon King, Darlene Sackett, Patty Sackett Chrisman, Glenna Hertzler, 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, Diane Francis, Don Hertzler, Wayne Sacket, Lynette Sackett Wilkerson, Ted Smith, Barbara Bell, S Howard Dreelan, Eugene Venne, Debra Leffler Streeter, Kari Roehl, Charles Crain, John L Sackett, Catrina Kohl, Ross Hadley, Barbara Barbarow, Karen Pritchett, Kathleen Giusti, Floyd Oster, Brian Williams, Rachel Stella, Theresa Cotton, Paul & Verena-Maria Martin-Dickin, Jane Kirkendall, Kathy James, James R Klim, Lynn Tinsley, Sheila Partington, Steven W Frank, Jean Carpenter, Louella Sexsmith, Terry Sackett, Martha Thayer Evans, John Howard Sackett, Richard 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, Glenn Glaus, Daniel Scott Sackett, Cathy Schraeder, Rita E Sackett, Joe Sparks, Elizabeth Hoening, Michelle Morris, Beverley Service, Michelle Marolis, Mike Fisher, Dennis Gottier, Kay Prindle Corwin, Ron Ruberstell, Alvin Oglesby, Wanda Phillips, Michael Trickey, Linda Drew, Kay Wilmore, Lisa Owens, Pat Williamson, Eva Saether, Claire Tschirky, Anne Murray, Amanda Ihde, Chet McLaren, Jim Gould, Roland Gautier, Jodee Thomas, Kent A Mauk, Debbie Hill, Janet French, Glen Sackett, Jeff Bellairs, Gary Rood, Joe Shorter, Matthew C Sackett and Linda Hare.
Thomas was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in St Peter in Thanet on 30 March 1594.4
Will of Thomas Sackett of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, 30 March 1594, proved in the Canterbury Archdeaconry Court, 2 June 1596 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-51-184). (Researched by Michael Callé & Marion Sackett).
Will of Thomas Sackett [Abstract by Michael Callé]
Dated 30 Mar 1594. Proved 2 Jun 1596.
Labourer, St. Peter in Thanet.
Eldest dau = Anne: Various chattels to be valued plus balance of £5
Dau = Mildred: Ditto
Godson = John Sackett: £1
Son = George: £12 plus various chattels
Eldest son = Thomas: Tenement & lands plus residue of estate. Executor.
Will of Thomas Sackett [Transcript by Marion Sackett]
In the name of God amen The thirtieth day of
March in the yeare of our Lord 1594 and the thirtiefifth yeare of the
raigne of our Sovereigne Lady Queen Elizabeth I Thomas
Sacket of the parishe of St Peter the Apostle in the Isle of
Tannet in the Countie of Kent Laborer of perfect memorie [& mind]
do make and ordayne this my will contayninge therin my last will and
Testament in manner and form as following first and before all things
I bequeath my Soule into the handes of allmightie god my maker
Redemer and Saviour and my bodye to be buryed in the church yard
of St Peters aforesaid Item I give and bequeth [unto] Anne
Sacket my eldest Daughter one cowe five peawter platters
And one chaffinge dishe and a lattin panne and a [……] kettell and five
payer of sheetes A flockbed one [trameser] one blanket and my
best coverlit This being prised by sufficient and honest men
in part of five poundes of good and lawfull money of england
I give unto her imediatly after my decesse and the rest to be payd
in money lacking the some of five pounds I will that it be payd
unto her by mine execytor one year after my decesse Item I give
unto Mildred Sacket my daughter one brasse pot one cupbord my
best parlor [plaker] and a lattin morter and pessell on blancket
and a coverlit two payer of sheetes and five ewes and a lame
This to be prised as before and the [……..] it imediatly after my
decesse the rest that wanteth of five poundes of lawfull money I will
that my executor do pay it within one yeare after my deceasse Item
I give unto John Sacket my godsonne one lame imediatly after my
my deceasse Item I give unto my sonne George Sacket twelve
poundes of lawfull money to be payd unto him within one yeare
after my deceasse To be payd by my exector out of my Tenemant
or landes also I give to him one payer of sheetes and two little [p…..]
imediatly after my deceasse Item I give unto the reparation of the
church of St Peters five shilinges to be payd within one yeare
after my deceasse The rest of my movable goodes unbequeathed I
give unto Thomas Sacket my eldest sonne whom I make and
ordayne my executor of this my present Testament and This
is the last will of me Thomas Sacket aforesaid of and upon all
my tenament and landes lyinge wthin the pish of Saint Peters
in the Isle of Thannet and elsewhere I give it hole unto
my sonne Thomas in Fee simple to him witnesses herin to [ ……]
Nicholas W… Thomas Sacket Hy Marke Simon Stome
John Brooke
His father died in 1595 and Thomas inherited his father's tenement and lands at St Peter in Thanet and the residue of the estate after various monetary bequests to his brother and sisters. Thomas was the executor of the estate. Will of Thomas Sackett [Abstract by Michael Callé]
Dated 30 Mar 1594. Proved 2 Jun 1596.
Labourer, St. Peter in Thanet.
Eldest dau = Anne: Various chattels to be valued plus balance of £5
Dau = Mildred: Ditto
Godson = John Sackett: £1
Son = George: £12 plus various chattels
Eldest son = Thomas: Tenement & lands plus residue of estate. Executor.
Will of Thomas Sackett [Transcript by Marion Sackett]
In the name of God amen The thirtieth day of
March in the yeare of our Lord 1594 and the thirtiefifth yeare of the
raigne of our Sovereigne Lady Queen Elizabeth I Thomas
Sacket of the parishe of St Peter the Apostle in the Isle of
Tannet in the Countie of Kent Laborer of perfect memorie [& mind]
do make and ordayne this my will contayninge therin my last will and
Testament in manner and form as following first and before all things
I bequeath my Soule into the handes of allmightie god my maker
Redemer and Saviour and my bodye to be buryed in the church yard
of St Peters aforesaid Item I give and bequeth [unto] Anne
Sacket my eldest Daughter one cowe five peawter platters
And one chaffinge dishe and a lattin panne and a [……] kettell and five
payer of sheetes A flockbed one [trameser] one blanket and my
best coverlit This being prised by sufficient and honest men
in part of five poundes of good and lawfull money of england
I give unto her imediatly after my decesse and the rest to be payd
in money lacking the some of five pounds I will that it be payd
unto her by mine execytor one year after my decesse Item I give
unto Mildred Sacket my daughter one brasse pot one cupbord my
best parlor [plaker] and a lattin morter and pessell on blancket
and a coverlit two payer of sheetes and five ewes and a lame
This to be prised as before and the [……..] it imediatly after my
decesse the rest that wanteth of five poundes of lawfull money I will
that my executor do pay it within one yeare after my deceasse Item
I give unto John Sacket my godsonne one lame imediatly after my
my deceasse Item I give unto my sonne George Sacket twelve
poundes of lawfull money to be payd unto him within one yeare
after my deceasse To be payd by my exector out of my Tenemant
or landes also I give to him one payer of sheetes and two little [p…..]
imediatly after my deceasse Item I give unto the reparation of the
church of St Peters five shilinges to be payd within one yeare
after my deceasse The rest of my movable goodes unbequeathed I
give unto Thomas Sacket my eldest sonne whom I make and
ordayne my executor of this my present Testament and This
is the last will of me Thomas Sacket aforesaid of and upon all
my tenament and landes lyinge wthin the pish of Saint Peters
in the Isle of Thannet and elsewhere I give it hole unto
my sonne Thomas in Fee simple to him witnesses herin to [ ……]
Nicholas W… Thomas Sacket Hy Marke Simon Stome
John Brooke
Thomas made his will at Birchington on 23 June 1615, naming as beneficiaries his wife Martha, his son Thomas, his daughter Johan, his grandson Hugh Wright, and his granddaughter Martha Wright.5
Will of Thomas Sackett of Birchington, Kent, 23 June 1615, proved in the Consistory Court of Canterbury, 7 November1615 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 32-44-380). (Researched by Marion Sackett & Michael Callé).
Thomas Sackett [Abstract by Michael Callé]
23 Jun 1615 Consistory Court of Canterbury
Thomas Sackett, yeoman, Birchington
Beneficiaries
- Wife Martha & Son Thomas
- joint executors
- to sell house & land at St Peters to pay debts & legacies
- Sons (when 21 years) - £10 each, 1 year after expiry of lease on his house & land at Birchington
- Daughters - £5 each, same proviso
- Grandchildren Martha & Hugh Wright, children of his dau Joane - 50/- each
Overseer of the will
- Brother in law = Richard Stroude
Witnesses
- Silas Hanker (?); Richard Stroud
Executors
- Wife Martha & Son Thomas
Probate
- 7 Nov 1615
[Transcript by Marion Sackett]
In the name of God, Amen.
The three and twentith day of June Ao Do 1615 And in the
years of the raigne of our Sovreigne Lord James by the
grace of God King of England France and Ireland
defender of the faith etc the thirteenth and of Scotland the
eight and forthieth I Thomas Sackett of the p’ish of Birchington
in the Iland of Thannett in the Countie of Kent
yeoman being weake in body but of sound and p’fecte
memorye (thank be geven unto God) doe make and ordayne
this my last will and Testament in manner and form
following First of all I yeald my Sowle unto the
mercifull hand of my maker and Redeemer stedfastlie
trustinge to obtaine eternall life by the passion and mediaton of
Christ Jesus mine onely Saviour And my body I
bequeath ?bur to the earth from whence it had his beginninge
to be intered at the discretion of myne Executor here-
after to be named Item I give and bequeath to
every one of mine owne Sonnes tenn pounds apeece
of good and lawfull monie of England to be paid unto
them wch are of one and twentie yeares of adge the yeere
after the expiraton of the lease of the house and lands wh
I now have in Birchington and to be paid unto the
rest wch are under adge at the full terme and end of
one and twentie yeeres of adge by myne executors and if
any of them dye in the meane time each to be the
others heire
others heire and the survivors to p’te the portion ore portions
equallie betweene them Item I geve and bequeath unto
each of mine owne daughters five pounds a peice of
good and lawfull monie of England to be paid unto
them and every of them the year after the expiraton of the
lease of the house and land wch I now have in Birchington
by mine executors and each to be the others heire as
aforesaid Item I give to Martha and Hugh Wright
the Children of my daughter Joane fiftie shillings apeice
of good and lawfull money of England to be paid unto
them at the full adge of one and twentie yeeres by mine
executors and the one to be the others heire as aforesaid
and if both of them dye in the meane tyme I will the
said portions unto mine owne Children aforesaid
equallie to be devided among them Item I will that my
house and landes situate and being in the p’sih of St Peters
in Thanet aforesaid to be sould as soone as may be Conve-
niently for the payment of my debts and toward the
discharge of the foresaid legacies in the meane tyme my
will is mine executors shall stand to the repairing thereof
reserving the benefit thereof to themselves Itm I
will at ?tyme of expiraton of my lease aforesaid that all my
goodes chattels wh wagons Courtes(?) and all other
necessaries be sold towards the payment of the said
legaties in manner aforesaid And all the rest of my
goods household stuff whatsoever and wheresoever wh the rest of
the same bequethed to my Children and Childrens children
till they come to the age aforesaid I will and bequeath unto
Martha my loving wife towards the bringing up of the
said children Item I will and bequeath unto my sonne
Thomas my bedstedde in the p’lour wh every thing
thereunto belonging after the decease of my wife Itm
I doe make and ordayne my loving wife Martha and my son
Thomas executors to this my last will and Testament
and my brother
And my brother in lawe Richard Stroude of St Lawrence
in Thanett aforesaid Maultman myne Overseer unto
whome I give and bequeath tenn shillinges towarde
his pagnes to be taken above this my last will and
Testament wch I promise to be mine onely last will
and Testament and doe hereby revocke all othere wills
heretofore by me made in witnes whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seale the day and year first above
written in p’sence of Silas ?Hanker, Richard Stroud
p signid Signid et sigillu Thomas Sacket
[Probate granted to Martha Sacket, 7 Nov 1615]
He instructed his executors (his wife Martha and son Thomas) to sell his house and land at St Peter's to pay debts and legacies. He was also possessed of a house and land at Birchington. He willed that each of his sons should receive £10, and each of his daughters £5, after the expiry of a lease on the Birchington property. The will was proved in the Consistory Court, Canterbury, Kent, on 7 November 1615.5 Thomas was a yeoman farmer in the Thanet parish of Birchington and was a churchwarden (oeconomus) at Birchington Church. His sons and daughters, other than Thomas and Johan, are not referred to by name in the will. Among his sons not named was Simon Sackett who, some fifteen years later, was to emigrate to the New World. Thomas Sackett [Abstract by Michael Callé]
23 Jun 1615 Consistory Court of Canterbury
Thomas Sackett, yeoman, Birchington
Beneficiaries
- Wife Martha & Son Thomas
- joint executors
- to sell house & land at St Peters to pay debts & legacies
- Sons (when 21 years) - £10 each, 1 year after expiry of lease on his house & land at Birchington
- Daughters - £5 each, same proviso
- Grandchildren Martha & Hugh Wright, children of his dau Joane - 50/- each
Overseer of the will
- Brother in law = Richard Stroude
Witnesses
- Silas Hanker (?); Richard Stroud
Executors
- Wife Martha & Son Thomas
Probate
- 7 Nov 1615
[Transcript by Marion Sackett]
In the name of God, Amen.
The three and twentith day of June Ao Do 1615 And in the
years of the raigne of our Sovreigne Lord James by the
grace of God King of England France and Ireland
defender of the faith etc the thirteenth and of Scotland the
eight and forthieth I Thomas Sackett of the p’ish of Birchington
in the Iland of Thannett in the Countie of Kent
yeoman being weake in body but of sound and p’fecte
memorye (thank be geven unto God) doe make and ordayne
this my last will and Testament in manner and form
following First of all I yeald my Sowle unto the
mercifull hand of my maker and Redeemer stedfastlie
trustinge to obtaine eternall life by the passion and mediaton of
Christ Jesus mine onely Saviour And my body I
bequeath ?bur to the earth from whence it had his beginninge
to be intered at the discretion of myne Executor here-
after to be named Item I give and bequeath to
every one of mine owne Sonnes tenn pounds apeece
of good and lawfull monie of England to be paid unto
them wch are of one and twentie yeares of adge the yeere
after the expiraton of the lease of the house and lands wh
I now have in Birchington and to be paid unto the
rest wch are under adge at the full terme and end of
one and twentie yeeres of adge by myne executors and if
any of them dye in the meane time each to be the
others heire
others heire and the survivors to p’te the portion ore portions
equallie betweene them Item I geve and bequeath unto
each of mine owne daughters five pounds a peice of
good and lawfull monie of England to be paid unto
them and every of them the year after the expiraton of the
lease of the house and land wch I now have in Birchington
by mine executors and each to be the others heire as
aforesaid Item I give to Martha and Hugh Wright
the Children of my daughter Joane fiftie shillings apeice
of good and lawfull money of England to be paid unto
them at the full adge of one and twentie yeeres by mine
executors and the one to be the others heire as aforesaid
and if both of them dye in the meane tyme I will the
said portions unto mine owne Children aforesaid
equallie to be devided among them Item I will that my
house and landes situate and being in the p’sih of St Peters
in Thanet aforesaid to be sould as soone as may be Conve-
niently for the payment of my debts and toward the
discharge of the foresaid legacies in the meane tyme my
will is mine executors shall stand to the repairing thereof
reserving the benefit thereof to themselves Itm I
will at ?tyme of expiraton of my lease aforesaid that all my
goodes chattels wh wagons Courtes(?) and all other
necessaries be sold towards the payment of the said
legaties in manner aforesaid And all the rest of my
goods household stuff whatsoever and wheresoever wh the rest of
the same bequethed to my Children and Childrens children
till they come to the age aforesaid I will and bequeath unto
Martha my loving wife towards the bringing up of the
said children Item I will and bequeath unto my sonne
Thomas my bedstedde in the p’lour wh every thing
thereunto belonging after the decease of my wife Itm
I doe make and ordayne my loving wife Martha and my son
Thomas executors to this my last will and Testament
and my brother
And my brother in lawe Richard Stroude of St Lawrence
in Thanett aforesaid Maultman myne Overseer unto
whome I give and bequeath tenn shillinges towarde
his pagnes to be taken above this my last will and
Testament wch I promise to be mine onely last will
and Testament and doe hereby revocke all othere wills
heretofore by me made in witnes whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seale the day and year first above
written in p’sence of Silas ?Hanker, Richard Stroud
p signid Signid et sigillu Thomas Sacket
[Probate granted to Martha Sacket, 7 Nov 1615]
Sackett Family Association descendants of Thomas Sackett the younger and Martha Strowde:
Fred Sackett (of Georgia), Thurmon King, Darlene Sackett, Patty Sackett Chrisman, Glenna Hertzler, 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, Diane Francis, Don Hertzler, Wayne Sacket, Lynette Sackett Wilkerson, Ted Smith, Barbara Bell, S Howard Dreelan, Eugene Venne, Debra Leffler Streeter, Kari Roehl, Charles Crain, John L Sackett, Catrina Kohl, Ross Hadley, Barbara Barbarow, Karen Pritchett, Kathleen Giusti, Floyd Oster, Brian Williams, Rachel Stella, Theresa Cotton, Paul & Verena-Maria Martin-Dickin, Jane Kirkendall, Kathy James, James R Klim, Lynn Tinsley, Sheila Partington, Steven W Frank, Jean Carpenter, Louella Sexsmith, Terry Sackett, Martha Thayer Evans, John Howard Sackett, Richard 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, Glenn Glaus, Daniel Scott Sackett, Cathy Schraeder, Rita E Sackett, Joe Sparks, Elizabeth Hoening, Michelle Morris, Beverley Service, Michelle Marolis, Mike Fisher, Dennis Gottier, Kay Prindle Corwin, Ron Ruberstell, Alvin Oglesby, Wanda Phillips, Michael Trickey, Linda Drew, Kay Wilmore, Lisa Owens, Pat Williamson, Eva Saether, Claire Tschirky, Anne Murray, Amanda Ihde, Chet McLaren, Jim Gould, Roland Gautier, Jodee Thomas, Kent A Mauk, Debbie Hill, Janet French, Glen Sackett, Jeff Bellairs, Gary Rood, Joe Shorter, Matthew C Sackett and Linda Hare.
Family | Martha Strowde (c 1560-1631/32) |
| Children |
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| Charts | Thanet chart 1 |
| Reference | H.7 |
Notes & Citations
- [S376] Burials Register, Birchington, Kent, "4 November 1615 Thomas Sackett, oeconom [churchwarden]."
- [S336] Marriages Register, St Peter the Apostle, Thanet, Kent, "8 February 1581/82 Thomas Sacket & Martha Strowde."
- [S337] Burials Register, St Peter the Apostle, Thanet, Kent, "4 January 1631/32 Martha Sackett widow."
- [S370] Will of Thomas Sackett of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, 30 March 1594, proved in the Canterbury Archdeaconry Court, 2 June 1596 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-51-184).
- [S375] Will of Thomas Sackett of Birchington, Kent, 23 June 1615, proved in the Consistory Court of Canterbury, 7 November1615 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 32-44-380).
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