Change log

May 2025

  • New members
  • New & revised genealogical sketches
    • Guy Sackett (1784–1855), of Delaware County, Ohio, son of Elijah Sackett and Catharine Gibson. Includes will.
    • Katharyn Aurelia Sackett (1897–1973), of Albion, Michigan, daughter of Fred C Sackett and Carrie Dorrance. Includes obituary.
    • William Howard Sackett (1908–1964), of Pennsylvania and Ohio, son of Harry Elzy Sackett and Berty Lyle. New record.
    • Harry Lee Sackett (1933–2003), of California, Korean War veteran, son of Noble William Sackett and Edith Sherman.
    • James C "Bud" Sackett (1935–2011), of Pennsylvania and Ohio, son of William Howard Sackett and Althea Kline. New record.
    • Nancy Jane Sackett (1957–2025), of Lewistown, Montana, daughter of John Wallace Sackett Sr and Lucy Skaggs.

April 2025

  • New members
  • New & revised genealogical sketches
    • Benjamin Watten Sackett (1805–1881), Trinity House pilot of Dover, Kent, and Richard Henry Sackett, baker and confectioner of Margate, Kent, sons of Henry and Elizabeth (Sackett) Sackett. By coincidence, the wives of brothers Benjamin and Richard were both admitted for periods of treatment at London's notorious Bethlem "Bedlam" Hospital. Patient records indicate that inmates were treated with compassion and professionalism, contrary to its sinister reputation.
    • Richard B Sackett (c1839–1914), of Rochester, New York, son of Benjamin Sackett and Chloe ___. New record. The parentage of Richard's father Benjamin is so far unknown.
    • Henry Richmond Sackett (1907–1988), lawyer, son of Judge Homer Eddy Sackett and Verona Heck, served as a deputy for the United States War Crimes Commission at the Nuremburg war crimes trials in Germany and as a member of the prosecution team at the Japanese war crimes trials in Tokyo.

March 2025

  • New members
  • New & revised genealogical sketches
    • Edmund Sackett (1795–1870), of Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio, son of Royal Sacket and Catharine Noble. Includes will.
    • Sarepta Sacket (1811–1894), of Westfield, Massachusetts, daughter of Moses Sacket and Tryphena Hiscock.
    • Nancy Sacket (1813–1905), of Westfield, Massachusetts, daughter of Moses Sacket and Tryphena Hiscock. Nancy married her 4th cousin, Jeremiah Atwater.
    • Frank L Sackett (1857–1949), of Fredonia, New York, son of Morgan H Sackett and Mary Newton. Includes obituary.
    • Leonard Frank Sackett (1902–1977), of Utah and California, son of Frank Edwin Sackett and Etta Ellison.
    • James Elmer Sackett (1931–2025), of California and Arizona, son of Leonard Frank Sackett and Cora Beggs. Includes obituary.
    • Henry Moseley Sackett III (1942–2020), of Virginia, son of Henry Moseley Sackett Jr and Vera Dickens. Includes obituaries.
    • Eugene Louis Sackett (1951–2025), of Alton, Illinois, son of Glen Adrian Sackett and Violet Meisenheimer. Includes obituary.

February 2025

  • New members
  • New & revised genealogical sketches
    • Andrew Roswell Sackett (1839–1901), of Massachusetts and Connecticut, son of Smith Chapel Sackett and Jemima Heath.
    • Oliver Benjamin Sackett (1843–1911), of New York and Michigan, son of Oliver Sackett and Esther Wing.
    • John Harris Sackett (1846–1909), of New York and Michigan, son of Oliver Sackett and Esther Wing.
    • Frederick Ezra Sackett (1860–1942), of Massachusetts and Georgia, son of Smith Chapel Sackett and Jemima Heath.
    • Captain John Sackett (1842–1893), of Connecticut and Long Island, son of John Sackett and Cornelia Olmstead, was a sea captain who plied the Atlantic Coast. He made newspaper headlines, including in The New York Times, when he was involved in a brawl at a church supper.
    • Frederick William Sackett (1891–1984), of New York State, son of Friederich Saegert (Fred Sackett) and Johanna Peglow.

January 2025

  • New & revised genealogical sketches
    • Smith Chapel Sackett (1814–1892), of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, son of Ezra Sackett and Sarah Hurd. Includes newspaper reports of assault on neighbor by sons Andrew and Frederick.
    • Edwin Sackett (1823–1896), of New York, Michigan, and Iowa, son of Pliny Sacket and Nancy Bartlett. Includes obituary.
    • Royal Almeron Sackett (1823–1903), of Massachusetts, son of Royal Sacket and Eunice Hastings.
    • Samuel W Sackett (1830–1909), of Broome County, New York, son of Oliver Sackett and Esther Wing.
    • Kirtland Sackett (1831–1908), of New York State and Napa, California, son of Pliny Sacket and Nancy Bartlett.
    • Theodore Noble Sackett (1833–1911), of Utah and California, son of Edmond Sackett and Cynthia Field. Includes obituary.
    • Oscar J Sackett (1846–1882), of Connecticut, son of Edward Sackett and Mary Janes. Army veteran. Died by suicide, aged 35.
    • Judson E Sackett (c1851–1908), of Hanover, New York, son of Leonard Sackett and Orie Landon. The Sackett who came back from the dead!
    • Addie J Sackett (c1867–1942), of Chenango County, New York, daughter of Charles W Sackett and Emma Bailey. New record.
    • Charles A Sackett (1867–1940), liveryman, auctioneer, realtor, of Connecticut, son of Andrew Roswell Sackett and Elnora (Harrigan) Phillips.
    • Walter Wallace Sackett Sr (1869–1959), store manager, of Connecticut, son of Andrew Roswell Sackett and Elnora (Harrigan) Phillips.
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