Sackett, THOMAS the younger

Birth Name Sackett, THOMAS the younger
Also Known As Sackett, Thomas 1a
Gender male
Age at Death about 58 years

Narrative

Thomas Sackett, yeoman of Birchington, was presumably born around 1557. He was buried at Birchington on 4 November 1615. He married Martha Strowde at St Peter in Thanet on 8 February 1581/82. Martha was buried at St Peter in Thanet on 4 January 1631/32.
Thomas was named as a beneficiary, and the eldest son, in his father's will made in St Peter in Thanet on 30 March 1594. 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.
Thomas was listed on the Thanet militia muster roll of 16 August 1599 as a member of St Peter's Wagoners.
Thomas lived at Birchington and it would appear that his house and lands in St Peter were occupied and managed by John Edmunds who was buried at St Peter in Thanet on 8 October 1611, described as a servant to Thomas Sackett.
Thomas made his will at Birchington on 23 June 1615. He named as beneficiaries his wife Martha, his son Thomas, his daughter Johan, and his grandchildren Hugh and Martha Wright. 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 at the Consistory Court of Canterbury on 7 November 1615. 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.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1557 Thanet, Kent, England    
Death 1615      
Will 23 Jun 1615 Birchington, Kent, England   1b
Burial 4 Nov 1615 All Saints, Birchington, Kent, England   1c
Occupation 4 Nov 1615 All Saints, Birchington, Kent, England oeconom [churchwarden] 1d
Probate 7 Nov 1615 Consistory Court, Canterbury, Kent, England   1e

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Sackett, Thomas the elder15301595
Mother Sackett*, Joane1593
         Sackett, THOMAS the younger about 1557 1615
    Sister     Sackett, Anne 1560
    Sister     Sackett, Mildred 1562 27 Nov 1597
    Brother     Sackett, George 1565 26 Mar 1612

Families

Family of Sackett, THOMAS the younger and Strowde, MARTHA
Married Wife Strowde, MARTHA ( * about 1557 + 1631/32 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 8 Feb 1581/2 (Julian) St Peter, St Peter's, Kent, England   1f
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Sacket, Johan15831622
Sackett, John15861633/34
Sackett, Martha1588
Sackett, SARA1591Jun 1634
Sackett, Thomas15931619
Sackett, Simon the colonist1595between 5 and 10 Oct 1635
Sackett, William15981615
Sackett, Henry1601
Sackett, Elizabeth16041672

Source References

  1. The Sackett Family Association
      • Page: 1615 Thomas Sackett
      • Source text:

        Will of Thomas Sackett of Birchington, Kent.
        Abstract
        Date: 23 June 1615.
        Proved: Consistory Court of Canterbury, 7 November 1615.
        Source: Kent Archives Office, PRC 32-44-380.
        Testator: Thomas Sackett, yeoman, Birchington.
        Beneficiaries:
        Wife Martha & son Thomas, to sell house & land at St Peters to pay debts & legacies.
        Sons, when 21 years, £10 each, 1 year after expiry of lease on house & land at Birchington.
        Daughters, £5 each, same proviso.
        Grandchildren Martha & Hugh Wright, children of daughter Joane, 50/- each.
        Overseer of the will, brother-in-law Richard Stroude.
        Witnesses:
        Silas Hanker?, Richard Stroud.
        Executors:
        Wife Martha & son Thomas.
        Transcript
        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 hereafter 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 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 Conveniently 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

      • Page: 1615 Thomas Sackett
      • Source text:

        Burials Register, All Saints, Birchington, Kent (Transcript), "4 November 1615 Thomas Sackett, oeconom [churchwarden]."

      • Page: 1615 Thomas Sackett
      • Source text:

        Burials Register, All Saints, Birchington, Kent (Transcript), "4 November 1615 Thomas Sackett, oeconom [churchwarden]."

      • Page: 1615 Thomas Sackett
      • Source text:

        Will of Thomas Sackett of Birchington, Kent.
        Abstract
        Date: 23 June 1615.
        Proved: Consistory Court of Canterbury, 7 November 1615.
        Source: Kent Archives Office, PRC 32-44-380.
        Testator: Thomas Sackett, yeoman, Birchington.
        Beneficiaries:
        Wife Martha & son Thomas, to sell house & land at St Peters to pay debts & legacies.
        Sons, when 21 years, £10 each, 1 year after expiry of lease on house & land at Birchington.
        Daughters, £5 each, same proviso.
        Grandchildren Martha & Hugh Wright, children of daughter Joane, 50/- each.
        Overseer of the will, brother-in-law Richard Stroude.
        Witnesses:
        Silas Hanker?, Richard Stroud.
        Executors:
        Wife Martha & son Thomas.
        Transcript
        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 hereafter 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 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 Conveniently 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

      • Page: 1582 Thomas Sacket & Martha Strowde.
      • Source text:

        Marriages Register, St Peter in Thanet, Kent (Tyler transcripts, Society of Genealogists), "8 February 1581/82 Thomas Sacket & Martha Strowde."