Change log

June 2022

  • New members
  • New & revised genealogical sketches
    • Charles Sacket (1783–1835), farmer, of Westfield, Massachusetts, son of Ezra Sacket and Lydia Lovering. Includes administration of estate.
    • Charlotte Sacket (1785–1875), of Westfield, Massachusetts, daughter of Ezra Sacket and Lydia Lovering. Includes will of husband Horace Nelson.
    • Clarissa Bagg Sackett (1812–1901), of Westfield and Springfield, Massachusetts, daughter of Elijah Sackett and Cynthia Sackett. Includes administration of husband Noah Ashley's estate.
    • Claude Charles Sackett (1885–1966), farmer and carpenter, of Summit County, Ohio, son of Charles Clark Sackett and Cora Alling. Includes obituary.
    • Woodie Ray Sackett (1907–1977), of Texas, son of Elisha Winrow Sackett and Bertha Griffin, was killed in a car crash. Includes newspaper report and obituaries of Woodie and his wife Lissie. At her death aged 91 in 2012 Lissie was survived by 160 descendants: 8 children, 53 grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren, and 27 great-great-grandchildren.
    • Robert Ray Sackett (1943–2022), of Ames, Texas, son of Woodie Ray Sackett and Lissie Jane Billingsley. Includes obituary.
    • Charlie Willard Sackett (1919–2022), of Texas, son of Charlie Rufus Sackett and Ida Ruby Hornbeck. Includes obituary. Charlie Willard Sackett and his wife Marjorie Carter had been married for 80 years.
  • Website tip
    • Sackett snippets has a selection of Sackett family oddities and record-breakers, now including Charlie Willard Sackett's record-breaking 80-year marriage. Worth a read!

May 2022

  • New members
  • Revised member page
  • New & revised genealogical sketches
    • Zavan Sacket Sr (1751–1840), Revolutionary War veteran, son of Isaac Sacket and Elizabeth Sheppard. Removed from Massachusetts to Mead, Pennsylvania, with several of his adult sons following.
    • Zavan Sacket Jr (1781–1857), removed from Massachusetts to Mead, Pennsylvania, son of Zavan Sacket Sr and Abigail Bills.
    • Isaac Sackett (1783–1869), farmer, removed from Massachusetts to Mead, Pennsylvania, then to Ashtabula County, Ohio, son of Zavan Sacket Sr and Abigail Bills. Includes will & obituary of wife Mercy.
    • Rolin Sackett (early 1780s–1863), farmer, removed from Massachusetts to Mead, Pennsylvania, son of Zavan Sacket Sr and Abigail Bills. Had 17 children in two marriages.
    • James Sacket (1786–1862), farmer, of Huntington, Massachusetts, and Mead, Pennsylvania, son of Zavan Sacket Sr and Abigail Bills.
    • Jabez B Sackett (1788–1870), farmer, removed from Massachusetts to Mead, Pennsylvania, in 1824, son of Zavan Sacket Sr and Abigail Bills. Includes will.
    • Abigail Sackett (1790–1882), of Huntington, Massachusetts, daughter of Zavan Sacket Sr and Abigail Bills. Includes obituary. See also Sackett Snippets, Longest widowed.
    • Edward B R Sackett (1816–1890), farmer and church elder, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, son of Jabez B Sackett and Anna Dewey. Includes golden wedding report & obituaries of Edward and his wife Sabrina Wright.
    • Levi Dewey Sackett (1828–1898), farmer, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, son of Jabez B Sackett and Anna Dewey. Includes obituaries of Levi and his third wife Mary Williamson.
  • Added to Research data, Books
  • Website tip
    • The Family Explorer item at the top of each person page reveals a navigable chart with links to ancestors, siblings, and children. The item may be toggled on and off.

April 2022

  • New members
  • New & revised genealogical sketches
    • Norman A Sackett (1824–1889), school teacher, Civil War soldier, of Connecticut, son of Norman Sackett and Sally Northrup.
    • Heman S Sackett (1825–1890), of New York State and California, son of Marvin Sackett and Polly Nelson.
    • William Caldwell Sackett (1834–1916), farmer, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, son of Samuel Sackett and Priscilla Caldwell. Includes obituary.
    • George Sackett (1852–1902), plasterer, of Thanet, Kent, son of Thomas Sackett and Mary Ann Stanner.
    • William Paul Sackett (1893–1987), of Rock Island, Illinois, son of William O Sackett and Martha Moody. Includes obituary,
    • William P Sackett Jr (1932–2022), of Rock Island, Illinois, son of William Paul Sackett and Lillie Payton. Includes obituary.
    • Charles Frederick Sackett Sr (1900–1975), of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, son of William Harvy Sackett and Hattie Lytle.
    • Charles F Sackett Jr (1934–2022), of Meadville, Pennsylvania, son of Charles Frederick Sackett Sr and Alberta Watson. Includes obituary.
    • Charles Henry "Chuck" Sackett (1928–2020), of Dutchess County, New York, son of Benjamin Joseph Sackett and Ruth Spencer. Includes obituary.
    • James Thomas Sackett (1942–1970), police patrolman killed on duty, of St Paul, Minnesota, son of Melvin William Sackett and Blanche Harvey.

March 2022

February 2022

  • New members
  • New & revised genealogical sketches
    • Sidney Sackett (1858–1945), Texas Ranger and hotel keeper, emigrated from Essex, England, to Texas. Includes obituary.
    • Mamie Lucille Sackett (1900–1991), of Texas, daughter of Sidney Sackett and Pauline Sjöholm. Includes obituary.
    • Alexander Arthur Sackett (1880–1965), farmer, teamster, of Springhill, Pennsylvania, son of Hugh Rosboro Sackett and Anna Vance.
    • Hugh William Sackett (1908–1988), of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, son of Alexander Arthur Sackett and Della Burchinal.
    • Ralph Emerson Sackett (1905–2000), of Fostoria, Ohio, proprietor of Sackett's Greenhouse, son of Emerson R Sackett and Laura Imber. Includes obituary.
    • James Bruce Sackett (1944–2010), US Navy officer, police patrolman, of Virginia, son of Elmer Leo Sackett and June Bandfield. Includes obituary.

January 2022

 

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