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Alyce Sackett, of Thanet, Kent, daughter of William Sackett and Johan ___, was born before 1550. She married before 1572, Symon Norwood.
     Alyce was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at Jordan Dane, St John in Thanet^G, on 20 December 1572. Alyce's husband Symon was granted a waiver on £3 of the £8 he owed his father-in-law, subject to his paying £1 to his son William.¹

Robert Sackett, yeoman of St John in Thanet, Kent, son of William Sackett and Johan ___, was born about 1550.¹ He was buried at St Nicholas, Ash next Sandwich, Kent^G, on 23 December 1622.⁵ He married first at St John in Thanet, Kent^G, on 9 November 1573, Faith Norwood.² She died a few months after the death in infancy of their daughter Katherine and was buried at Minster in Thanet^G on 18 April 1591.⁶ He married second at Minster in Thanet^G on 12 July 1591, Margarita (___) Hart.³ She was buried at Minster in Thanet^G on 2 November 1597.⁷ He married third at St Nicholas, Ash next Sandwich^G, on 23 October 1598, Susan Harrison.⁴
     Robert was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at Jordan Dane, St John in Thanet^G, on 20 December 1572.⁸ As eldest son, he inherited his father's tenement and lands at Jordan Dane and the residue of other land. He was the executor of his father's estate.
     Robert made his will at St John in Thanet^G in October 1622.⁹ He named as beneficiaries his sons, Robert, William, Edward, and Paul, his daughter Bennet, and his grandchildren Thomas, Henry, Edward, William, Faith, and Mary Sackett. He left a sum of £5 to each, except grandson Thomas who was to receive £10 and grandson William who was left £3. His son Paul was to receive the residue of money, goods, and chattels, and was appointed executor. It seems unusual that Paul, as a younger son, was made executor and was left the residue, but the will contains complicated arrangements for the land and it may be that the other sons benefitted through the inheritance of land holdings. It would appear from his will that Robert was a landowning farmer of reasonable means. The will was proved in the Consistory Court of Canterbury^G in January 1623.⁹
     Robert's estate was the subject of actions in the Court of Chancery, London, in 1632 and 1638–39, involving the disputed ownership of some of his lands in Ickham and Wingham, Kent. The court proceedings are summarised in the entry for Robert's son Paul. [See also Transcript of Proceedings]

Robert's will

Edward Sackett, yeoman of Thanet, Kent, son of William Sackett and Johan ___, was born about 1555. He died aged about 74 and was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G on 4 February 1628/29, described in the burials register as "an old man."⁵ He married first about 1580, Alice ___.¹ She was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G on 22 July 1594.⁶ He married second at St Peter in Thanet^G on 23 December 1595, Johan (___) Sampson, a widow.^2,3 She was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G on 11 May 1621.⁷ He married third at St Peter in Thanet^G on 12 August 1622, Rebecca (___) Thatcher, a widow.⁴ Rebecca died only a few days after their marriage and was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G on 25 August 1622.⁸
     Edward was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at Jordan Dane, St John in Thanet^G, on 20 December 1572.⁹ He was to inherit, when 21, a tenement with arable and pasture lands at St Peter's and more arable land at St John's.
     Edward may have been the godparent Edward Sackett named in the baptism record at Birchington in 1602 of Edward Sackett the son of William Sackett.
     Edward made his will at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 20 October 1624.¹⁰ He named as beneficiaries his sons, Richard and Robert, and his daughters, Alice, Ellen, Elizabeth, and Margaret. Edward owned land in St John in Thanet and St Peter in Thanet, as well as, presumably, in St Lawrence in Thanet. He left monetary amounts to each of his daughters, money and land at St John in Thanet to his son Richard, and land at St Peter in Thanet to his son Robert, who was appointed executor and was to inherit the residue of the estate. The will was proved at the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury^G on 21 February 1629.

Helen Sackett, of Thanet, Kent, daughter of William Sackett and Johan ___, was born after 1555.
     Helen was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at Jordan Dane, St John in Thanet^G, on 20 December 1572.¹ She was to receive £10 at age 18.

Joyce Sackett, daughter of William Sackett and Johan ___, was baptized at St Lawrence in Thanet, Kent^G, on 12 October 1562.¹ She married at St Peter in Thanet^G on 7 November 1581, Richard Tomlin.²
     Joyce was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at Jordan Dane, St John in Thanet^G, on 20 December 1572.³ She was to receive £10 at age 18.

John Sackett, yeoman of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, son of William Sackett and Johan ___, was baptized at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 22 October 1564.¹ He died aged 59 at St Peter in Thanet^G on 24 February 1623/24^2,3 and was buried there on 27 February 1623/24.^6,7 A memorial brass plate on a pillar in St Peter's Church reads John married at St Peter in Thanet^G on 14 October 1588, Agnes Sampson.^4,5 She was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G on 5 February 1630/31.⁸ (Agnes was so named in her marriage record, but was Ann or Anna in John's will and in her will and in her burial record. The detail of the wills makes it clear that Ann and Agnes were the same.)
     John was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at Jordan Dane, St John in Thanet^G, on 20 December 1572.⁹ John was just eight years old when his father died but his father created a Trust providing that, upon reaching 20, he was to inherit a tenement and lands at Church Hill, St Peter's, and other lands at Mill Dane and Bennett Hill.
     John was listed on the militia muster roll for Thanet on 11 August 1599, having furnished arms for one of the St Peter's armed men and for one of the calivers. On the 16 August 1599 roll, he was listed as a member of the St Peter's Pikes.¹⁰ On the muster roll for St Peter's on 12/13 October 1614, he was listed as John Sackett senior, bound to furnish two corslets (light body armour.)¹¹ He may have been the John Sackett listed as a corslet (armoured soldier) in Thanet on 1 April 1619.¹² (This John Sackett was not identified senior or junior. He would not have been Rev John Sackett who was at university, but may have been John Sackett (the fisherman).
     The muster rolls give a clue to John Sackett's status and prosperity. In 1614, St Peter's parish as a whole furnished 25 corslets. Of the parishioners bound to furnish them, one provided three corslets, and two parishioners, of whom John was one, provided two corslets each, the remainder being furnished one per parishioner so bound.
     John is recorded as having given his consent in the marriage licences of his son Richard and of his daughter Ann, both marriages taking place in 1620.^13,14
     John made his will in St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 February 1623/24.¹⁵ He named as beneficiaries his wife Ann, his sons, William, Richard, John, and Stephen, his daughters, Margaret, Marie, and Ann, and his granddaughters, Ann, Elizabeth, and Margaret Cleybrooke. (The granddaughter Elizabeth named in his will is assumed to have been a transcription error for Etheldred). John was a prosperous yeoman farmer and he left farms to each of his four sons, that to his youngest son Stephen being held by John's widow Ann until Stephen came of age. The will was proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury^G on 14 April 1624.
     After his death, John's widow Ann would appear to have moved to Swalecliffe, Kent^G, where her daughter Margaret and son-in-law Rev Thomas Cleybrooke lived. She made her will there on 31 January 1630/31.¹⁶ She named as beneficiaries her sons, William, John, Richard, and Stephen, and her daughters, Margaret, Marie, and Ann. She left twenty shillings to each of her daughters and five shillings each to her sons, William, John, and Richard [they having already inherited land in their father's will]. The rest of her estate went to her son Stephen, who was also appointed executor. Her will was proved on 15 February 1631 in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury^G.