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Elizabeth Sackett, daughter of Robert Sackett and Elizabeth Neame, was baptized at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 30 August 1685.¹

Mary Sackett, daughter of Robert Sackett and Elizabeth Neame, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, on 16 November 1691.¹ She died in childhood and was buried there on 6 December 1695.²

Captain John Sackett, mariner of Margate, Kent, son of Robert Sackett and Elizabeth Neame, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, on 11 October 1697.¹ He died aged 56 in Margate^G on 17 November 1753² and was buried at St John in Thanet^G on 26 November 1753.^5,2 He married at Canterbury St Mary Magdalen, Kent^G, on 2 May 1728, Elizabeth Mockett.^3,4 Elizabeth was born about 1704.⁶ She died aged 92 in Margate^G on 9 March 1797² and was buried at St John in Thanet^G on 11 March 1797.^7,2
     Captain John Sackett, as master of the ship Bedwell, was involved in a trade dispute in 1734/35 when he brought an action in the Court of Chancery against Richard Griffin and James Bradley, alleging that Griffin and Bradley were in breach of contract having failed to provide a cargo of 150 hogsheads of tobacco which Captain Sackett was to have shipped from Virginia to London in 1733. The defendants argued that Sackett's ship was late in arriving at Virginia because he had called first without agreement at Lisbon in Portugal, a charge refuted by Sackett who claimed the Lisbon diversion was agreed and that he had arrived in Virginia in good time.⁸
     The Bedwell foundered on the coast of Cadiz, Spain, on 4 July 1734, the newspapers reporting that


     Captain Sackett, and his ship Prince William, survived an Atlantic storm in October and November 1738 when returning to London from Antigua. Once safely anchored at Spithead, in the shelter of the Solent estuary, and before sailing on to London, Captain Sackett reported


     In 1746 Captain Sackett's ship Sarah and Elizabeth and another ship were captured by French Men of War while returning to England from Antigua in company with the West India Fleet. Both ships were subsequently retaken by British privateers, and Captain Sackett was able to sail to Kinsale in southern Ireland.¹²
     John made his will in Margate^G on 25 April 1741.¹³ He left all his real and personal estate to his wife Elizabeth, and appointed her executrix. The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury^G on 18 December 1753.
     John's widow Elizabeth made her will in Margate^G on 20 April 1754, naming as beneficiaries her daughters Mary and Elizabeth.¹⁴ She made special provision for her younger daughter Elizabeth, bequeathing to her all goods and furniture in the back chamber, plus £50, "to make her equal with my eldest daughter who was so much better advanced and provided for by my late and loving husband John Sackett deceased than my youngest daughter was by him." Elizabeth made her will just a few months after the death of her husband, presumably with the intention of rectifying what she thought to have been unfair, although she was herself to live for a further 43 years. Subject to this adjustment in favour of Elizabeth, the two daughters were to share equally the remaining monies, stocks, and personal estate "both in England and in the Island of Autego [Antigua]." Her will was proved on 29 March 1797 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury^G, probate being granted to her daughter Elizabeth as the surviving executrix.

Mary Sackett, daughter of Robert Sackett and Elizabeth Neame, was baptized at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 2 November 1701.¹

Henry Sackett, son of Thomas Sackett and Frances Cooke, was baptized at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 20 February 1693/94.¹

Elizabeth Sackett, daughter of Thomas Sackett and Frances Cooke, was baptized at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 8 November 1696.¹ She died in infancy and was buried there on 26 December 1696.²

Frances Sackett, daughter of Thomas Sackett and Frances Cooke, was baptized at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 15 April 1699.¹ She died aged about 66 and was buried there on 28 February 1766.³ She married there on 24 October 1725, Henry Rolfe.²

Sarah Sackett, daughter of Thomas Sackett and Frances Cooke, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, on 2 August 1702.¹

Elizabeth Sackett, daughter of Thomas Sackett and Frances Cooke, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, on 11 February 1704/5.¹ She may have been the Elizabeth Sackett who married John Hodgeman at St Peter in Thanet in 1737.²

Thomas Sackett, yeoman of Broadstairs, Kent, son of Thomas Sackett and Frances Cooke, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 25 July 1708.¹ He died aged 67 on 31 August 1775 and was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G on 3 September 1775.^3,4 He married at St Peter in Thanet^G on 2 September 1735, Mary Philpot.² Mary was born about 1708.⁵ She died aged 67 on 9 September 1775, nine days after her husband, and was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G.⁴ There were no children of the marriage.
     Thomas made his will in Broadstairs, Kent^G, on 9 October 1769. The sole beneficiary was his wife Mary to whom he left all his real and personal estate.⁶