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Mary Sackett, daughter of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was born about 1597.¹ She married first at St Clement, Sandwich, Kent^G, in 1624, John Philpott.² John was born about 1584.¹ She married second before 1639, Robert Chilten.³
     Mary was named as a beneficiary in her grandfather Robert Sackett's will made at St John in Thanet^G in October 1622.⁴ She was left a sum of £5.
     Mary was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at Ash next Sandwich^G on 27 June 1639.⁵ She was left a sum of ten shillings and her children, Joan and Mary, were each left £5.

Elizabeth Sackett, of Great Mongeham, Kent, daughter of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was baptized at Blean, Kent^G, on 24 June 1606.¹ She married at Great Mongeham^G on 9 July 1629, Nicholas Saffery.²
     Elizabeth was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at Ash next Sandwich^G on 27 June 1639.³ She was left a sum of £5.

William Sackett, of Great Mongeham, Kent, son of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was baptized at Blean, Kent^G, on 3 June 1603.¹ He died aged about 80 and was buried at Great Mongeham^G on 27 December 1683.⁴ He married there on 23 June 1636, Agnes Fagg.^2,3 She predeceased William and was buried there on 22 April 1674.⁵
     William was named as a beneficiary in his grandfather Robert Sackett's will made at St John in Thanet^G in October 1622.⁶ He was to receive a sum of £3 at age 21.
     William was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at Ash next Sandwich^G on 27 June 1639.⁷ He was identified as the eldest son and was left a sum of £30. He was also to share in an annuity if this was successfully recovered as a result of a legal action "now in suit".
     William was named as a beneficiary in his brother Robert's will made in Herne, Kent^G, on 14 November 1658.⁸ He was left a sum of one pound.

John Sackett, son of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was baptized at Wingham, Kent^G, on 28 February 1607/8.¹ He died between 14 November 1658, when he was named in his brother Robert's will, and 27 April 1663, when he was recorded in his daughter Mary's marriage licence allegation as having died. He married at St Paul, Canterbury^G, on 25 June 1635, Elizabeth Turner.^2,3 She died before 1663 (daughter Mary's marriage licence allegation.)
     John was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at Ash next Sandwich^G on 27 June 1639.⁴ He was described as the 'second son' (after William) and was to inherit £15 as well as sharing with his brothers and sisters in an annuity which was the subject of a legal dispute. He was also named as a beneficiary in his brother Robert's will made in Herne, Kent^G, on 14 November 1658.⁵ He was to inherit forty shillings. Robert also made bequests to John's children, John and Mary.

Robert Sackett, yeoman of Herne, Kent, son of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was baptized at Ickham, Kent^G, on 17 June 1610.¹ He died aged about 52 and was buried at Herne^G on 13 August 1662.³ He married there on 15 June 1643, Mary (___) Woodward.² She was probably the widow Sacket buried at Herne^G on 12 November 1669.⁴
     Robert was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at Ash next Sandwich^G on 27 June 1639.⁵ He was left (with his brother Thomas) his father's dwelling house, malthouses and the residue of the estate after other specific bequests. He was also left a share in an annuity which was the subject of a law suit.
     Robert made his will at Herne on 14 November 1658, naming as beneficiaries his wife Mary, his brothers Paul, Jeffery, Thomas, William and John, his nephews John Sackett and Thomas Sackett, and his niece Mary Sackett.⁶ From his will, it would appear that Robert and Mary were childless, although the bequest to his wife's granddaughter indicates that Mary had at least one child from her previous marriage.

Joan Sackett, of Ash next Sandwich, Kent, daughter of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was born about 1611.¹ She married at Canterbury All Saints^G on 2 August 1631, Matthew Jefford, yeoman of Ash.^2,3 Matthew was born about 1601.¹
     Joan was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at Ash next Sandwich^G on 27 June 1639.⁴ She was left a sum of £5.

Edward Sackett, son of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was born probably in the 1620s.  He died probably in childhood and was buried at St Nicholas, Ash next Sandwich, Kent^G, on 30 December 1630.¹

Paul Sackett, of Staple and Teynham, Kent, son of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was baptized at St John in Thanet^G on 2 April 1615.¹ He died aged about 54 and was buried at Borden, Kent^G, on 15 October 1669.⁴ He married at Ringwould, Kent^G, on 20 January 1635/36, Ann Awdley, daughter of Christian Awdley.^2,3 Ann was born about 1616.⁵ She died aged about 68 and was buried at Borden^G on 8 November 1684.⁶
     Paul was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at Ash next Sandwich^G on 27 June 1639.⁷ He was to receive a sum of £20.
     Paul was named as a beneficiary in his brother Robert's will made in Herne, Kent^G, on 14 November 1658.⁸ He was left a sum of £1.

Jeffery Sackett, Mayor of Sandwich, Kent, son of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was baptized at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 30 March 1617.¹ He died aged about 78 on 22 September 1695² and was buried at St Mary, Sandwich^G, where, set into the floor of the church, is a stone inscribed, He married first at St Nicholas, Ash next Sandwich^G, on 2 April 1638, Sarah Swaine.³ He married second at Canterbury St Mary Bredin^G on 6 September 1669, Elizabeth (Seaman) Haite, widow of Simon Haite, having obtained a licence at Canterbury the same day.^4,5
     Jeffery was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at Ash next Sandwich^G on 27 June 1639.⁷ He was left one shilling while his siblings were left substantial amounts. It may have been the case that Jeffery had already been provided for by his father. However, had this been so, it would have been expected that this would have been referred to in the will, and the leaving of a token amount would not have been necessary. The more likely conclusion is that this derisory bequest was a calculated insult.
     Jeffery was named as a beneficiary in his brother Robert's will made in Herne, Kent^G, on 14 November 1658.⁸ He was left a sum of £1. Robert also left a sum of £3 to his nephew John, with the instruction that the amount was "to be paid by my brother Jeffery Sackett which he owes me."
     Jeffrey Sackett was elected a freeman of the city of Sandwich on 2 December 1639 by marriage. (This would suggest that he was not previously of Sandwich and became a landowner there as a result of his marriage.) He was elected as a common councillor in 1660 and was mayor of Sandwich on three occasions—1674, 1687 and 1693.⁹
     Upon marriage to his second wife, Elizabeth Haite, in 1669, Jeffery's household was also enlarged by the arrival of Elizabeth's young sons, Richard and William. Elizabeth's late husband, Simon Haite, a farmer, had left her well provided for, but financial arrangements between her and Jeffery, in particular over the costs of the maintenance of her sons, were to prove a long-running sore, blighting the marriage and resulting in a protracted and acrimonious legal case in the Court of Chancery.¹⁰ The verdict in the case is not known, but the witness statements in Sackett v. Haite reveal much detail of domestic disharmony.
     The initial action was taken by Jeffery in May 1677 when he sued his stepson William Haite for the costs of his maintenance. The other stepson Richard Haite had died by then. Jeffery claimed that his stepsons' father, Simon Haite, had left them a substantial inheritance and that, under the terms of a settlement at the time of Jeffery and Elizabeth's marriage in 1669, Jeffery was entitled to payment to cover the costs of the boys' maintenance and schooling.
     William Haite's formal answers, and those of his uncle and guardian, Robert Seaman, were given in June 1677. They counter-claimed that Jeffery had, on marrying Elizabeth, entered into a commitment to provide for Elizabeth and her sons in the sum of £100 should he predecease her or them. This inheritance was secured on a bond for £300 entered into on the day of his marriage by Jeffery Sackett in favour of Richard Crippen acting on behalf of Elizabeth and her sons. It was acknowledged that Jeffery was entitled to recompense for maintenance out of the profits of the boys' estate but it was claimed that he had been fully paid for the periods during which he had provided for them.
     The matter appears to have rested there until 1682 when, about a year after his mother Elizabeth's death, William Haite actioned his stepfather Jeffery Sackett in the Court of King's Bench for alleged debt under the terms of the bond.
     Jeffery responded by resurrecting the claim for maintenance costs, lodging a complaint in the Chancery Court in November 1682 against his stepson William Haite, William's uncle Robert Seaman, Robert's wife Elizabeth, and other "confederates". The court action dragged on for two years with each side producing a number of witnesses, including two of Jeffery's daughters and his son-in-law, Isaac Pierce, a surgeon.
     The witnesses' depositions give much intimate detail, even including the information that the young William, "by reason he was duringe that time troubled with a flux of urine whereby he did rott and spoile the beddinge and linnen whereon he lay", caused Jeffery to incur a maintenance cost of £14 in the year instead of £12.
     Jeffery Sackett does not emerge well from the record of the case, with some witnesses testifying to his unkindness and cruelty. No blame appears to have attached to his wife for her decision to leave the matrimonial home. Jeffery, through his achievement in becoming three times the mayor of Sandwich, is seen to have been an ambitious man. He evidently had aspirations to leadership or, at least, to a certain standing in the community. But the damaging revelations in the court case suggest the possibility that Jeffery's father, William, had the measure of his son when, years earlier, he had cut him out of his will. Jeffery's story is a reminder that human nature is not much changed down the centuries!
     Tragedy touched Jeffery's own immediate family, three of his four children dying young: Patience and Jeffery both at 21, and Sarah at 28.
     In 1680, in an unrelated case in the Chancery Court (Denne & Verrier v. Combes), Jeffery appeared as a witness. He was described as a gentleman of Sandwich and farmer of land belonging to the parsonage of Wednesborow.¹¹
     An inventory of Jeffery's estate was taken at Sandwich, Kent^G, on 5 October 1695. The total value was £120, of which a stock of fifty quarters of malt was valued at £40, and his cattle and sheep had a value of £39.¹²

Thomas Sackett, maltster of Ash, Kent, son of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was born on 25 December 1618 and baptized at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 3 January 1618/19.¹ He died aged 47 and was buried at St Nicholas, Ash next Sandwich^G, on 3 October 1666.⁴ He married at St Mary, Sandwich, Kent^G, on 19 May 1642, Mary Coleman, by licence.^2,3
     Thomas was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at Ash next Sandwich^G on 27 June 1639.⁵ He was left (with brother Robert) his father's dwelling house, malthouses and the residue of the estate after various specific bequests.
     Thomas was named as a beneficiary in his brother Robert's will made in Herne, Kent^G, on 14 November 1658.⁶ He was left a sum of £1.
     An inventory of Thomas's estate was taken at Ash next Sandwich^G on 30 October 1673. His livestock, crops, and household goods were valued at £54.^7,8 The date of the inventory, seven years after Thomas's death in 1666, is puzzling, but no other candidate to whom the inventory could relate is found. It may be assumed that the Jeffery Sacket Jnr who signed the inventory was Thomas's brother, although the suffix "Jnr" is also puzzling. Jeffery, the brother, had a son Jeffery, but the son would have been only about 13 at the date of the inventory.

Hannah Sackett, daughter of William Sackett and Joan Parker, was baptized at St John in Thanet^G on 16 January 1619/20.¹ She married at St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 March 1646/47, John Nicholls.²

Paul Sackett, yeoman of Buckland-by-Faversham, Kent, son of Paul Sackett and Ann (___) Lee, was baptized at St John in Thanet^G on 30 January 1621/22.¹ He died aged about 49 and was buried at Buckland-by-Faversham^G on 5 September 1671.⁴ He married first at Canterbury All Saints^G on 24 May 1652, Susanna Sackett, his first cousin once removed, daughter of Henry Sackett and Susan Pettit.² She died following the birth of their son Henry in St John in Thanet^G and was buried at St John in Thanet^G on 13 January 1657/58.⁵ Paul married second at Canterbury^G after 13 February 1663, Ann (Chambers) Court, daughter of Abraham Chambers and Joan ___, and widow of Stephen Court of Reculver.³ Ann died before 14 October 1674.⁶
     Paul made his will at Little Buckland^G on 31 August 1671.⁷ He instructed his executor to sell all his lands and goods to pay his debts, the residue of his estate to be shared equally between his wife Ann and his children.
     Paul's widow Ann made her will in Buckland-by-Faversham^G on 27 September 1674, naming as beneficiaries her son John and her daughters Anne and Elizabeth.⁸ She left half of her estate to her son John and half to her daughters Anne and Elizabeth. She also left £5 each to the children (these would be Susan and Henry) of her late husband Paul.

Mary Sackett, daughter of Paul Sackett and Ann (___) Lee, was baptized at St John in Thanet^G on 18 May 1623.¹

Elizabeth Sackett, daughter of Paul Sackett and Ann (___) Lee, was baptized at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 20 February 1624/25.¹ Two possible marriages have been found. She may have been the Elizabeth Sackett who married at St Peter in Thanet^G on 19 September 1644, Abram Browning.² She may have been the Elizabeth Sackett who married at St Peter in Thanet^G on 14 October 1649, John Chittenden.³ (Other candidates are Elizabeth, daughter of Simon Sackett, and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Sackett.)

Anna Sackett, daughter of Paul Sackett and Ann (___) Lee, was baptized at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 23 September 1627.¹

Faith Sackett, daughter of Paul Sackett and Ann (___) Lee, was baptized at Canterbury St Mary Bredin, Kent^G, on 25 March 1632.¹ She died aged about 87 in St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, and was buried there on 30 May 1719.³ She married at Canterbury St Mary Magdalen^G on 28 September 1653, William Clunn.² He died on 9 May 1697 and was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G.^4,5