Genealogical database
Records of more than 27,000 individuals, including 15,000+ Sackett descendants, mainly American Sackett lines.
Genealogical sketches
Some 3,000 sketches in narrative format, including ancestors of TSFA members, and many English Sacketts.
- Name index — Sacketts with variant spellings, Saket, Sacket, Sackette, etc., are indexed under both the variant name and the standard name Sackett. Women's married names are indexed.
- Place index — Search people by place. Lists people having any event in each place, detailed down to county level. Women's married names are not indexed.
- Notables — A selection of notable Sackett descendants, famous, infamous, and some just interesting.
- Members' register — Includes Association members' Sackett ancestries.
Descendant charts
These dynamic indented descendant charts include and symbols to expand or collapse sections of the tree. Chart entries are linked to persons who have a sketch in the database, and there are links back to the tree from the person's page. Some trees are large and may take a few moments to expand fully.
English lines
- Tree 1. William Sackett of Jordan Down (c 1520–1572) (12 generations)
- Tree 3. Thomas Sackett the elder (say 1530–1595) (11 generations)
American lines
- Tree 7. Simon Sackett the colonist (1595–1635 (7 generations)
- Tree 9. John Sackett of New Haven (1620s–1684) (10 generations)
- Tree V. Joseph Sackett of Vermont (bef 1755–bef 1830) (7 generations)
- Aaron Sackett (say 1763–aft 1820) (5 generations)
Timeline charts
These timeline charts show the lifespans of selected Sacketts in the context of historical events. Names on the charts are linked to the database and there are links back to the chart from the person's page.
The Sacketts of America
- The Sacketts of America by Charles Weygant. The complete text transcribed by Thurmon King.
Notable Sacketts
— the famous, the infamous, and some just interesting.
The Sacketts have been adventurers, ambassadors, colonists, generals, historians, sea captains, settlers, and spymasters. The family even boasts a town mayor, a bigamist, and a highway robber.
Picture gallery
Thomas Edward & Florence Sackett
from the Jabez Sackett family gallery.
Contribute to the Sackett story!
Send your Sackett pictures for inclusion in these pages to the Webmaster.
Members' websites
- 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.
Sackett on Wikipedia
- Sackett (surname) describes the origin, distribution, and frequency of the name.
- Sackets Harbor, Lake Ontario, was founded by Augustus Sacket (1769–1827).
- General Delos Bennett Sackett (1822–1885) was Inspector General of the United States Army.
- Frederic Moseley Sackett (1868–1941) was US Ambassador to Germany.
- Julia Sanderson (née Sackett) (1888–1975) was a singer and actress.
- David Lawrence Sackett (1934– ) is a pioneer in evidence-based medicine.
- Susan Sackett (1943– ) is an American author and screenwriter.
- Penny Diane Sackett (1956– ) is Chief Scientist of Australia.
Other links
- Sackett One-Name Study Profile (Guild of One-Name Studies)
- Village of Sackets Harbor, New York (visitor guide).
