Henry Sackett

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FatherHenry Sackett (c 1738-1774)
MotherMartha Higgs
Baptism25 March 1762, Hornchurch, EssexG,1
DeathDecember 1765, HornchurchG,2
Henry Sackett, son of Henry Sackett and Martha Higgs, was baptized in Hornchurch, EssexG, on 25 March 1762.1 He died there in infancy in December 17652 and was buried at St Andrew, HornchurchG, on 31 December 1765.2
Sackett lineGreat-grandson of Richard Sackett of South Weald, Essex

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Essex Baptisms" (Findmypast transcript), Baptisms Register, Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex, "25 Mar 1762, Henry Sacket, father Hen Sacket, mother Martha."
  2. Burials Register, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sacket, Henry, s. of Henry & Martha, 31 Dec 1765."
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John Sackett

Family Chart
FatherHenry Sackett (c 1738-1774)
MotherMartha Higgs
Baptism3 May 1764, Hornchurch, EssexG,1
Death1828, HornchurchG
Marriage23 September 1791, Marylebone, MiddlesexGCharlotte Tucker2
Marriage18 February 1800, St Mary le Bone ChurchGSarah Fallover3
John Sackett, son of Henry Sackett and Martha Higgs, was baptized in Hornchurch, EssexG, on 3 May 1764.1 He died aged 68 according to the record but probably a few years younger and was buried at St Andrew, HornchurchG, on 3 February 1828.4,5 He married first at St Mary le Bone Church, Marylebone, MiddlesexG, on 23 September 1791, Charlotte Tucker, daughter of Jeremiah Tucker and Elizabeth ___.2 Charlotte was born in 1764.6 She died aged about 33 in Romford, EssexG,7 and was buried at St Andrew, HornchurchG, on 9 March 1797.7 He married second at St Mary le Bone ChurchG on 18 February 1800, Sarah Fallover.3 She was born about 17708 and died aged 39 in HornchurchG on 17 July 1809.8,9 She was buried at St Andrew, HornchurchG, on 23 July 1809.10,11,12
     On 6 September 1792, John was licensed to keep the Fox & Hounds public house at South Street, RomfordG. One of John's two sureties was Edward Thomas Carder, a Romford brewer and husband of John's cousin, Penelope Arnold. John's license was renewed annually and granted for the last time on 6 September 1798. At the 1799 session, the license was granted to David Warwicker.13
     John Sackett was employed as a bailiff to the sheriff of Essex when, on 1 July 1801, he was called to give evidence for the prosecution at London's Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, in the case of a thirteen-year-old boy charged with stealing a watch.14
     John was listed in Holden's Triennial Directory of 1805–07 as a sheriff's officer of Ilford, EssexG.15

Children of John Sackett and Charlotte Tucker

Children of John Sackett and Sarah Fallover


Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1801

Joseph Jay, Theft: grand larceny, 1st July 1801.
Reference Number: t18010701-59
Offence: Theft: grand larceny
Verdict: Guilty
Punishment: No Punishment: sentence respited

Joseph Jay was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 21st of June, a watch, value 20s. a watch-chain, value 20s. and a watch-key, value 1d. the property of Thomas Hinton.
Thomas Hinton sworn. – I am a greengrocer, in Little Moorfields; the prisoner is a lad that I employ to run of errands: On Monday morning, the 23d of June, the boy came as usual, about six o'clock, but did not come to market; I came home about seven o'clock and could not hear of him; about seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, an officer came to me from Barking, in Essex, and asked if we knew any thing about a watch; I then missed the watch, it hung in the back-room, where we sat, it had a chain and a key belonging to it.
Q. Are you sure your house is in the city of London? – A. Yes; I was ordered to attend at the Justice's the next morning, Tuesday, and there I saw the prisoner and the watch; Pearson the constable has the watch.
John Sackett sworn. – I am bailiff to the sheriff of Essex; I was going down the road between Ilford and Rumford, and saw the prisoner upon his knees, looking at a watch; I asked him what he had there, he said, a watch that he had found in the bridge, near Ilford; I then asked him what he would have for it, his answer was, what will you give me for it; I asked him then to let me look at the watch; when I had got it in my possession, I said, my lad, I am afraid you came dishonestly by this; he said, no, indeed, he found it upon the bridge, beyond Ilford; I then sent for a constable, and gave charge of him; I took the watch before the Magistrate, at Barking, and then delivered it to the constable.
Thomas Pearson sworn. – I am constable of Ilford; I received this watch from Sackett. (Produces it.)
Sackett. This is the same watch.
Hinton. This is my watch, there is my wife's name on the front of it.
The prisoner did not say any thing in his defence.
Prosecutor. The boy had been with me five weeks; I had trusted him to serve in the shop, he has taken a great deal of money for me, and I always found him honest.
Guilty, aged 13. – Judgment respited.
London Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

—The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, 1674 to 1913

Sackett lineGreat-grandson of Richard Sackett of South Weald, Essex

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Essex Baptisms" (Findmypast transcript), Baptisms Register, Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex, "3 May 1764, John Sacket, father Henry Sacket, mother Martha."
  2. Marriages Register, St Mary le Bone, Middlesex, "23 September 1791 John Sackett, bachelor, & Charlotte Tucker, spinster. Licence. Witnesses: Charles Rogers, Sarah Humphary."
  3. Marriages Register, St Mary le Bone, Middlesex, "18 February 1800 John Sackett, widower, & Sarah Fallover, spinster. Licence. Witnesses: Ann Waghorn, James Clark."
  4. Church Records, Monumental Inscriptions, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sacred To The Memory of/Sarah Sackett the wife of/John Sackett of this parish/who departed this life the 17th day of/July 1809 aged 39? Years/also of John Sackett son of the above/who died Sep. 12th 1806 aged 10 months/also of the above John Sackett/who died July 27th 1828 aged 68 years." [Transcript by Joan Leary. There is a discrepancy with the Findmypast burial transcript having the John Sackett burial date 3 Feb 1828.]
  5. "Essex Burial Index 1530-1994" (Findmypast transcript), Burials Register, Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex, "3 Feb 1828, John Sackett, 68, of Hornchurch."
  6. Email from Ted Sackett to Chris Sackett.
  7. Burials Register, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sacket, Charlotte, from Romford, 9 Mar 1797."
  8. Church Records, Monumental Inscriptions, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sacred To The Memory of/Sarah Sackett the wife of/John Sackett of this parish/who departed this life the 17th day of/July 1809 aged 39? Years/also of John Sackett son of the above/who died Sep. 12th 1806 aged 10 months/also of the above John Sackett/who died July 27th 1828 aged 68 years."
  9. Burials Register, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sackett, Sarah, 39?, d. 17 Jul 1809, bur. 23 Jul 1809."
  10. Burials Register, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sackett, Sarah, 39?, d. 17 Jul 1809, bur. 23 Jul 1809."
  11. "Essex Burial Index 1530-1994" , Burials Register, Hornchurch, Essex, "23 Jul 1809, Sarah Sackett, 30."
  12. Transcripts of Sarah's death records are inconsistent. She may have been aged 30 or 39 at death.
  13. Email from Matthew Abel to Chris Sackett, Jul 2023, citing Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, Petty and Special Sessions minutes, 1770-1832 (Essex Record Office, P/Hv M1).
  14. Website The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, 1674 to 1913 (http://www.oldbaileyonline.org).
  15. "Holden's Triennial Directory Directory" (Ancestry image), 1805, 1806, 1807, "Sackett John, sheriff's officer, Ilford, Essex."
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Sackett Family Association descendants
Alison Sackett, Joanne Smandych, Denise Molyneux and Betty-Jeanne Grant.
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Thomas Sackett

Family Chart
FatherHenry Sackett (c 1738-1774)
MotherMartha Higgs
Birth1766, Hornchurch, EssexG
Baptism28 February 1766, HornchurchG,1
Death18172
Marriage18 August 1794, Shoreditch, MiddlesexGRachel Baker3
Marriage20 May 1813, ShoreditchGCatherine Cox4
Thomas Sackett, son of Henry Sackett and Martha Higgs, was born in Hornchurch, EssexG, in 1766 and baptized at St Andrew, HornchurchG, on 28 February 1766.1 He died aged 512 and was buried at St Andrew's Church, HornchurchG, on 7 January 1817, described in the record as "of Romford."2 He married first at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, MiddlesexG, on 18 August 1794, Rachel Baker.3 Rachel died in September 18095 and was buried at St Andrew's Church, HornchurchG, on 1 October 1809.5 He married second at St Leonard's Church, ShoreditchG, on 20 May 1813, Catherine Cox.4 She died aged 79 in Orsett, EssexG, in 18406 and was buried at St Michael's Church, Aveley, EssexG, on 10 March 1840.7
     Thomas was a butcher and had a shop and slaughterhouse in Hornchurch. An advertisement in the London Times in 1796 showed that he had a 21-year lease on the premises from 1794 at £25 a year. He was later described (in newspaper reports of his son's arrest for highway robbery) as a "calves' salesman to a very great extent, constantly attending Romford-market."8 He was in a business partnership with John Eve Sr, of Grays, also a salesman, the partnership being dissolved on 24 June 1806.9
     Rachel Baker would appear to have had a daughter, Elizabeth Baker, born illegitimately in about 1790. Elizabeth died aged 40 in Colchester in 1831. She married at St Mary's Church, Bocking, Essex, on 1 November 1813, Lionel Garrard, a merchant and private banker. Lionel Garrard was a signatory to the petition to the King, pleading for the life of Thomas Baker Sackett who had been convicted of robbery in 1827. Lionel Garrard described himself on the petition as a brother-in-law to the convicted man, and it is on this basis that his wife Elizabeth is identified as a daughter of Rachel Baker.10

Children of Thomas Sackett and Rachel Baker

Child of Thomas Sackett and Catherine Cox

Sackett lineGreat-grandson of Richard Sackett of South Weald, Essex

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Essex Baptisms" (Findmypast transcript), Baptisms Register, Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex, "28 Feb 1766, Thomas Sacket, father Henry Sacket, mother Martha."
  2. Burials Register, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sacket, Thomas, 51, of Romford, 7 Jan 1817."
  3. Marriages Register, St Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middlesex, "18 August 1794 Thomas Sackett, bachelor, of this parish, & Rachel Baker, spinster, of this parish. Banns. [Both signed]. By Joseph Rose, Minister. Witnesses: John Croms?, Henrietta Sackett."
  4. Marriages Register, St Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middlesex, "20 May 1813 Thomas Sackett, widower, of this parish, & Catherine Cox, widow, of this parish. Banns. [Both signed]. Witnesses: George Limming, Dinah Adams."
  5. Burials Register, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sackett, wife of Mr. Thom:, 1 Oct 1809."
  6. General Register Office, Online Index to Deaths, "Mar qtr 1840. Sackett, Catherine, 86. Orset. 12:157."
  7. Burials Register, St Michael, Aveley, Essex (Findmypast transcript), "10 Mar 1840 Catherine Sackett, 79."
  8. The Times, (London), 5 November 1796, p. 4.
  9. "Morning Chronicle", London (Findmypast image), 2 July 1806, "From the London Gazette, July 1. / Partnerships dissolved. / John Eve, sen. of Grays, and Thomas Sackett, of Romford, Essex, salesmen—June 24, 1806."
  10. Emails from Valerie Tranfield to Chris Sackett, November 2009.
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Henrietta Sackett

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FatherHenry Sackett (c 1738-1774)
MotherMartha Higgs
Birth1768, Hornchurch, EssexG
Baptism31 March 1768, HornchurchG,1
DeathMay 1819, Grays Thurrock, EssexG
Marriage18 January 1796, Clerkenwell, MiddlesexGJohn Edwards Eve2,3
Henrietta Sackett, daughter of Henry Sackett and Martha Higgs, was born in Hornchurch, EssexG, in 1768 and baptized at St Andrew, HornchurchG, on 31 March 1768.1 She died aged 51 in Grays Thurrock, EssexG, and was buried there on 21 May 1819.4 She married at St John the Baptist, Clerkenwell, MiddlesexG, on 18 January 1796, John Edwards Eve, son of John Eve and Jane ___.2,3 John was baptized at Grays ThurrockG on 5 December 1772.5 He died aged 42 and was buried at Grays ThurrockG on 8 November 1815.6
     John Eve, butcher and salesman, made his will at Grays ThurrockG on 10 September 1812. He appointed as executors his wife Henrietta, unmarried sister Anne Eve, and brother-in-law William Sackett. They were to sell his real estate, placing the proceeds in trust for the benefit of his wife and children. The will was proved on 10 January 1816.7
Abstract of Will of John Edwards Eve, butcher & salesman, of Grays Thurrock, Essex.
Date: 10 Sep 1812.
Proved: London, 10 Jan 1816.
Beneficiaries:
Wife Henrietta, sister Anne Elizabeth Eve, & William Sackett of Orsett, farmer, appointed executors to set up trust from sale of freehold messuages, tenements & lands in parish of Grays Thurrock.
Wife, all household furniture, plate, linen, china. £100 pa from trust fund while unmarried, £30 pa if she remarries. £500 advance from trust fund if she enters into trade or business.
Refers to "such child or children as I may have living at the time of my decease" but does not name them. Wife to pay for maintenance of children from income of trust fund.
Executors to share residue of personal estate.
Executors: Wife Henrietta Eve, Sister Anne Elizabeth Eve spinster, William Sackett of Orsett, farmer.
Witnesses: Thomas Seabrook, Mark Summers, Thos Townsend.

Children of Henrietta Sackett and John Edwards Eve

Sackett lineGreat-granddaughter of Richard Sackett of South Weald, Essex

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Essex Baptisms" (Findmypast transcript), Baptisms Register, Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex, "31 Mar 1768, Henrietta Sacket, father Henry Sacket, mother Martha."
  2. Marriage Licence Allegations, Faculty Office (Society of Genealogists), "16 January 1796 John Eve, bachelor, 21+, of Grays, Essex, & Henrietta Sackett, spinster, 21+, of St John's, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, at St John's, Clerkenwell, Middlesex."
  3. Marriages Register, St John the Baptist, Clerkenwell, Middlesex (image on Ancestry.co.uk), "18 January 1796 John Eve, of Grays in Esex, bachelor, and Henrietta Sackett, spr, by licence. Both signed. Witnesses: William Higgs, Alice Armstrong."
  4. Burials Register, St Peter & St Paul, Grays Thurrock, Essex (Ancestry transcript), "21 May 1819, Henrietta Eve, 51."
  5. Baptisms Register, St Peter & St Paul, Grays Thurrock, Essex (Ancestry transcript), "5 Dec 1772, John Edward Eve, father John Eve, mother Jane."
  6. Burials Register, "8 Nov 1815, John Edward Eve, 42."
  7. "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858" (Ancestry image).
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William Sackett

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FatherHenry Sackett (c 1738-1774)
MotherMartha Higgs
Baptism23 April 1769, Hornchurch, EssexG,1
Death25 April 1819, OrsettG
Marriage1795, Walthamstow, EssexGCatherine Sargeant2
William Sackett, farmer of Orsett, Essex, son of Henry Sackett and Martha Higgs, was baptized at Hornchurch, EssexG, on 23 April 1769.1 He died aged about 50 in OrsettG on 25 April 1819 and was buried at St Giles and All Saints, OrsettG.3,4 He married in Walthamstow, EssexG, in 1795, Catherine Sargeant.2 Catherine was born in Binfield, BerkshireG, about 1770. She died aged 84 in OrsettG on 30 April 18555,6 and was buried at St Giles and All Saints, OrsettG, on 7 May 1855.3,7
     Administration of William's estate was granted on 3 June 1819 to his widow Catherine.8
     In 1841 William's widow was living in Orsett, EssexG, and was recorded in the census as Catherine Sackett, of independent means, aged 70 and born in Essex. Living with her was her unmarried daughter Martha Ann, aged 35.9
     In 1851 she was living in Orsett, EssexG, and was recorded as Catherine Sackett, head of household, a widow, aged 80, and born in Binfield, Berkshire. Living with her was her unmarried daughter Martha, 45, a schoolmistress. Also in the household were three schoolchildren, and two female servants.10

Children of William Sackett and Catherine Sargeant

Sackett lineGreat-grandson of Richard Sackett of South Weald, Essex

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Essex Baptisms" (Findmypast transcript), Baptisms Register, Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex, "23 Apr 1769, William Sacket, father Henry Sacket, mother Martha."
  2. Boyd's Marriage Index, Walthamstow, Essex, "1795 William Sackett & Catherine Sargeant. Licence."
  3. "Essex Monumental Inscriptions" (Findmypast transcript), St Giles & All Saints, Orsett, Essex, "Large flat ledger, slightly raised, on a small brick plinth. // To the memory of / William Sackett / who died April 25 1819 aged (76) / also Catherine his wife / who died April 30 18(33or55) aged 8(1)? / and of their children / Catherine died (in infancy) / Jane died (Jan 19th 1810 aged 3 years)? / John (June 28 18--)? / Henrietta (Dec ----)? / James (May 22 18(1or4)6)? (---- 11 or 44) / Martha (Ann June--)? / aged (1)? /."
  4. "Essex Burial Index 1530-1994" (Findmypast transcript), Burials Register, Orsett, Essex, "30 Apr 1819, William Sackett, 50, of Orsett."
  5. General Register Office, Online Index to Deaths, "Jun qtr 1855. Sackett, Catherine. Orsett."
  6. Email from Judy Foster to Chris Sackett, 11 May 2006.
  7. "Essex Burial Index 1530-1994" , Burials Register, Orsett, Essex, "7 May 1855, Catherine Sackett, 84, of Orsett."
  8. Letters of administration of the estate of William Sackett of Orsett, Essex, granted at Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 3 June 1819 (National Archives), "William Sackett, late of Orsett, Essex; farmer.
    Admon granted to Catherine Sackett, widow & relict of deceased."
  9. 1841 England census, HO107, piece 322, book 24, folio 14, p. 23, GSU roll 241360
    Orsett, Essex
    Catherine Sackett, 70, ind, b. Essex
    Martha Ann Sackett, 35, b. Essex.
  10. 1851 England census, HO107/1773/f.339
    Orsett, Essex
    Catherine Sackett, head, widow, 80, b. Berkshire, Binfield
    Martha A. Sackett, dau, unmarried, 45, schoolmistress, b. Essex, Orsett
    Louisa Rea, scholar, 8, b. Essex
    Albert Skinner, scholar, 7, b. Essex, West Thurrock
    Frank Skinner, scholar, 5, b. Essex, West Thurrock
    Susan Franklin, serv., unmarried, 32, cook, b. Essex, Orsett
    Ann Robinson, serv., 13, housemaid, b. Suffolk.
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Sackett Family Association descendants
Judy Foster, Norman Todd, Robin Aubrey Mills, Marcus Crockett and Sidney Faust.
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Henry Sackett

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FatherHenry Sackett (c 1738-1774)
MotherMartha Higgs
Baptism14 April 1771, Hornchurch, EssexG,1
DeathMarch 17722
Henry Sackett, son of Henry Sackett and Martha Higgs, was baptized in Hornchurch, EssexG, on 14 April 1771.1 He died there in infancy2 and was buried at St Andrew's Church, HornchurchG, on 1 April 1772.2
Sackett lineGreat-grandson of Richard Sackett of South Weald, Essex

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Essex Baptisms" (Findmypast transcript), Baptisms Register, Hornchurch, Essex, "14 Apr 1771, Henry Sacket, father Henry Sacket, mother Martha."
  2. Burials Register, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sacket, Henry, s. of Henry & Martha, 1 Apr 1772."
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Frances Sackett

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FatherHenry Sackett (c 1738-1774)
MotherMartha Higgs
Baptism5 August 1772, Hornchurch, EssexG,1,2
Frances Sackett, daughter of Henry Sackett and Martha Higgs, was baptized at St Andrew, Hornchurch, EssexG, on 5 August 1772.1,2 No further record has been found. She may have died young.
Sackett lineGreat-granddaughter of Richard Sackett of South Weald, Essex

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960" (Ancestry transcript), Baptisms Register, Hornchurch, Essex, "5 Aug 1772, Frances Sacket, father Henry Sacket, mother Martha."
  2. "Essex Baptisms" (Findmypast transcript), Baptisms Register, Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex, "5 Aug 1772, Frances Sacket, father Henry Sacket, mother Martha."
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Last Edited15 Sep 2023
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Jane Sackett

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FatherHenry Sackett (c 1738-1774)
MotherMartha Higgs
Birth1774, Hornchurch, EssexG
Baptism25 September 1774, HornchurchG,1
DeathFebruary 1775, HornchurchG,2
Jane Sackett, daughter of Henry Sackett and Martha Higgs, was born in Hornchurch, EssexG, in 1774 and baptized at St Andrew, HornchurchG, on 25 September 1774.1 She died in infancy2 and was buried at St Andrew, HornchurchG, on 7 February 1775.2
Sackett lineGreat-granddaughter of Richard Sackett of South Weald, Essex

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Essex Baptisms" (Findmypast transcript), Baptisms Register, Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex, "25 Sep 1774, Jane Sacket, father Henry Sacket, mother Martha."
  2. Burials Register, St Andrew's, Hornchurch, Essex, "Sacket, Jane, d. of Martha, widow, 7 Feb 1775."
ChartsLine 6 (English)
Generation.TreeN.6
Last Edited16 Sep 2023
Research StatusCompleted