Sackett, John

Birth Name Sackett, John 1a 2a
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Narrative

John Sackett, fisherman of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, son of Thomas Sackett the younger and Martha Strowde, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet on 9 January 1585/86.1 He died aged about 48 and was buried there on 2 December 1634. He married there on 4 November 1611, Elizabeth Kitchen. After John's death, Elizabeth married second at St Peter in Thanet on 4 April 1635 Thomas Wilkins.
John would have been the godson John Sackett who was left £1 in the will of his grandfather Thomas Sackett the elder made at St Peter in Thanet on 30 March 1594. John would also have been one of the unnamed sons each left £10 in their father's will made at Birchington on 23 June 1615.
John made his will at St Peter in Thanet on 1 April 1628. It was proved in January 1634/35 by his widow Elizabeth, to whom he left all his estate after bequests of six pence to each of his siblings.
The will identifies a brother Simon. The only Simon Sackett known in this period was Simon the colonist. According to the family legend, it would have been this John Sackett who accompanied Simon to the New World, and this John Sackett's son, also a John Sackett, who was later identified living in New Haven, Connecticut. The will, while not directly disproving the legend, provides no evidence to support it. It would appear from his will that John Sackett the fisherman did not have children. He would not, therefore, have been the father of John Sackett of New Haven.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Death 1633/34 St Peter's, Kent, England    
Birth 1586 St Peter's, Kent, England    
Baptism 9 Jan 1585/6 (Julian) St Peter, St Peter's, Kent, England   2b
Will 1 Apr 1628     2c
Residence 22 Mar 1633/4 (Julian) St Peter's, Kent, England   1b
Burial 2 Dec 1634 St Peter, St Peter's, Kent, England   2d
Probate 8 Jan 1635 Archdeaconry Court, Canterbury, Kent, England   2e

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Sackett, THOMAS the youngerabout 15571615
Mother Strowde, MARTHAabout 15571631/32
    Sister     Sackett, SARA 1591 Jun 1634
         Sackett, John 1586 1633/34
    Sister     Sacket, Johan 1583 1622
    Sister     Sackett, Martha 1588
    Brother     Sackett, Thomas 1593 1619
    Brother     Sackett, Simon the colonist 1595 between 5 and 10 Oct 1635
    Brother     Sackett, William 1598 1615
    Brother     Sackett, Henry 1601
    Sister     Sackett, Elizabeth 1604 1672

Families

Family of Sackett, John and Kitchen, Elizabeth
Married Wife Kitchen, Elizabeth ( * + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 4 Nov 1611 St Peter, St Peter's, Kent, England   2f

Source References

  1. Family Files
      • Page: Will of Sara Mockett
      • Page: Will of Sara Mockett
  2. The Sackett Family Association
      • Page: 1586 John Sackett
      • Source text:

        Baptisms Register, St Peter in Thanet, Kent (Society of Genealogists), "9 January 1585/86 John s. Thomas Sacket the younger."

      • Page: 1586 John Sackett
      • Source text:

        Baptisms Register, St Peter in Thanet, Kent (Society of Genealogists), "9 January 1585/86 John s. Thomas Sacket the younger."

      • Page: 1628 John Sacket
      • Source text:

        Will
        Aprill the first day 1628:
        Memorand that John Sackett have made my last will and testament In I will and bequeath my soule unto my God Allmighty and my body to bee buryed in the pish Church of St. Peters in the Isle of Thanett in the County of Kent fisherman. In It Is my will that Elesebeth my wife shall be my whole exsteres [executrix] which I doe give unto hir all my goods and chattells shee paying my debtes and lageste [legacies] and my funerall dischardged In It is my will that my wife shall not nomain [underlined, in margin: demand hee ment] that my brother Simon Sackitt owe unto mee In my will is that I give unto all my broders and sisters vid a peece, Whereunto I Jhon Sackett have sett my usuall marke: JII. Witness George Marly to this will Wittnes to this William Kort by his marke.
        Probate 8 January 1634 on the oath of Elizabeth Sackett, the widow and relict of the deceased and executrix named in the will.

      • Page: 1634 John Sacket
      • Source text:

        Burials Register, St Peter in Thanet, Kent (Tyler transcripts, Society of Genealogists), "2 December 1634 John Sackett householder."

      • Page: 1628 John Sackett
      • Source text:

        Will of John Sackett of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, 1 April 1628, proved at Canterbury Archdeaconry Court, 8 January 1635 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-69-312).

      • Page: 1611 John Sacket & Elizabeth Kitchen
      • Source text:

        Marriages Register, St Peter in Thanet, Kent (Tyler transcripts, Society of Genealogists), "4 November 1611 John Sacket & Elizabeth Kitchen."
        The conclusion that it was John Sackett, the fisherman of the 1628 will, who married Elizabeth Kitchen in 1611 is based on the naming in the will of his wife Elizabeth. He would have been about 25 on marriage to Elizabeth, thus giving a good age match.