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Alice Sackett, daughter of Edward Sackett and Alice ___, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, on 12 November 1581.¹ She died aged 84 and was buried at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 30 October 1666.⁴ She married first at St Peter in Thanet^G on 25 November 1605, William Dades.² She married second at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 31 May 1630, William Robinson.³
     Alice was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 20 October 1624.⁵ She was left £3 per year for life.
     Alice was named as a beneficiary in her brother Robert's will made at St John in Thanet^G on 16 February 1660.⁶ She was to share equally with her three sisters an amount of £10 to be paid to them half-yearly by her nephew Leonard Austen, son of her sister Helen and Helen's first husband Valentine Austen. Robert's will also provided for bequests of £6 to each of Alice's six children, not named in the will, of whom three are identified below.

Richard Sackett, son of Edward Sackett and Alice ___, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, on 6 January 1583/84.¹ He died aged about 56 and was buried at St John in Thanet^G on 5 June 1640.²
     Richard was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 20 October 1624.³ He was left £4 plus land in the parish of St John in Thanet for life with reversion to his children if any. Richard would have been 40 at the time of his father's will and the reference to "children if any" suggests that he was then unmarried and childless. No subsequent marriage record nor record of children have been found.
     Richard was most likely the "cousin" Richard Sackett appointed overseer of the will of 1633 of his brother-in-law Valentine Austen.⁴

Ellen Sackett, daughter of Edward Sackett and Alice ___, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, on 1 November 1585.¹ She married first at St Peter in Thanet^G on 18 October 1608, Valentine Austen.² He died in Tilmanstone, Kent^G, between 1 May 1633 and 23 May 1633.⁴ She married second before 1660, James Owen.³
     Ellen was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 20 October 1624.⁵ She was left a sum of £17.
     Ellen was the executrix of her husband Valentine's will made in Tilmanstone on 1 May 1633. She was to inherit the residue of his estate after bequests of £50 each to their sons, Leonard and Valentine, and £20 each to their daughters, Susan, Mary, Alice, and Ellen.⁶ The overseer of Valentine's will, "cousin" Richard Sackett, was most likely Ellen's brother.
     Ellen was named as a beneficiary in her brother Robert's will made at St John in Thanet^G on 16 February 1660.³ She was to share equally with her three sisters an amount of £10 to be paid to them half-yearly by her son Leonard Austen who was the main beneficiary of his uncle Robert's will. Robert also left £6 to each of Ellen's six children.
     Ellen's death/burial record has not been found, but she would have been about 75 at the date of her brother Robert's will.

Robert Sackett, yeoman of St John in Thanet, Kent, son of Edward Sackett and Alice ___, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 3 November 1587.¹ He died aged 75 and was buried there on 15 March 1662/63, described in the burials register as "an ancient bachelor."²
     Robert was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 20 October 1624.³ He was appointed executor of his father's estate and inherited land at St Peter in Thanet and the residue of the estate.
     Robert made his will at St John in Thanet^G on 16 February 1660, naming as beneficiaries his sisters Alice, Ellen, Margaret and Elizabeth, his nephews Leonard Austen, John Jarvis, Thomas Jenkin and Daniel Jenkin, and his nieces Mary Jarvis, Margaret Jarvis, Sarah Jenkin, Elizabeth Gillowe and Mildred Gillowe.⁴ Robert was evidently a reasonably prosperous yeoman farmer, leaving several land holdings to his nephew Leonard Austen as well as significant moneys to his other nephews and nieces. Robert's will was witnessed by a Richard Sackett who was probably his first cousin once removed Richard Sackett (1626–1692.) The will was proved at the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury^G on 25 March 1664.⁴

Margaret Sackett, of Thanet, Kent, daughter of Edward Sackett and Alice ___, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 14 June 1590.¹ She was probably the widow Margarett Jenkin who was buried at St John in Thanet^G on 17 December 1665.³ She married first at St Peter in Thanet^G on 1 August 1614, John Jarvis.² He was buried there on 22 April 1627.⁴ She married second about 1628, Daniel Jenkin.
     Margaret was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 20 October 1624.⁵
     Margaret was named as a beneficiary in her brother Robert's will made at St John in Thanet^G on 16 February 1660.⁶
     Margaret's father left her a sum of £16 in his will, while her bachelor brother Robert left her a share (with sisters Alice, Helen, and Elizabeth) in an income of £10 to be paid half-yearly to her by her nephew Leonard Austen. Robert also left £39 to Margaret's six surviving children to be shared among them in specified amounts.

Elizabeth Sackett, of Thanet, Kent, daughter of Edward Sackett and Alice ___, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 12 August 1593.¹ She married there on 29 January 1617/18, William Gillowe.²
     Elizabeth was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 20 October 1624.³ Her father left her an amount of £3.
     Elizabeth was named as a beneficiary in her brother Robert's will made at St John in Thanet^G on 16 February 1660.⁴ Robert, who was unmarried, left her a share (with sisters Alice, Helen, and Margaret) in an income of £10 to be paid half-yearly to her by her nephew Leonard Austen. Robert also left £6 to each of Elizabeth's children, Elizabeth and Mildred.

Margaret Sackett, of Thanet and Swalecliffe, Kent, daughter of John Sackett and Ann/Agnes Sampson, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 7 August 1589.¹ She died aged 58 and was buried at Swalecliffe^G on 9 November 1647.⁴ She married first at Minster in Thanet^G on 13 July 1607, Richard Sandwell.² He was buried there on 28 August 1610.⁵ She married second at St Peter in Thanet^G on 10 August 1612, Rev Thomas Cleybrooke.³ Thomas was buried at Swalecliffe^G on 12 June 1641.⁶
     Margaret was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 February 1623/24.⁷ She was left a sum of £5, and her father also left fifty shillings to each of Margaret's children, Ann, Elizabeth [assumed to be a transcription error for Etheldred] and Margaret.
     Margaret was named as a beneficiary in her mother's will made at Swalecliffe on 31 January 1630/31. She was left a sum of twenty shillings.⁸

Marie Sackett, of Thanet, Kent, daughter of John Sackett and Ann/Agnes Sampson, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 5 September 1591.¹ She died aged about 68 and was buried at Minster in Thanet^G in 1659.⁷ She married at St Peter in Thanet^G on 24 February 1616/17, William Jenkin, a yeoman, son of Thomas Jenkin and Margaret ___.^2,3,4,5,6 William was baptized at Coldred, Kent^G, on 2 June 1594.^7,6 He died aged about 45 and was buried at Minster in Thanet^G on 17 February 1639/40.^7,6
     Marie was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 February 1623/24.⁸ She was left a sum of £5, and each of her children was left fifty shillings.
     Marie was named as a beneficiary in her mother's will made at Swalecliffe, Kent^G, on 31 January 1630/31.⁹ Her mother left her a sum of twenty shillings.
     Marie was named as a beneficiary in her husband William's will made at Minster in Thanet^G on 12 February 1639/40.^10,11 William was a prosperous yeoman farmer, making substantial monetary bequests to his children. Marie was granted a life interest in the tenements at Minster, together with the household goods. William appointed his brother Thomas Jenkin and Marie's brother Rev John Sackett to be overseers of his will.
     Marie made her will in Birchington, Kent^G, on 14 October 1656, naming as beneficiaries her son Thomas, her daughters Hannah, Margaret and Mary, her grandsons William Jenkin, William Harty, Richard Harty and Valentine Harty, her granddaughters Mary Franklin, Mary Harty, Mary Pamphlet, Elizabeth Pamphlet and Ann Pamphlet, and her brother William.¹² The will was proved in the Consistory Court, Canterbury^G, on 20 September 1661.¹²

William Sackett, yeoman of Thanet, Kent, son of John Sackett and Ann/Agnes Sampson, was born on 1 January 1593/94 and baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 5 January 1593/94.¹ He died aged about 86 and was buried at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 21 September 1679.⁴ He married at St Peter in Thanet^G on 28 September 1618, Ellen Sampson, daughter of Stephen Sampson.^2,3 Ellen was baptized at St Lawrence in Thanet^G on 25 May 1600.⁵ She died aged about 59⁶ and was buried there on 2 August 1659.⁶
     William was a churchwarden at St Peter in Thanet^G in 1621.⁷
     William was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 February 1623/24.⁸ He was left the farm and lands upon which his father had lived at St Peter, together with other tenements and lands.
     William was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made at Swalecliffe, Kent^G, on 31 January 1630/31.⁹ He was left a sum of five shillings.
     William was named in his sister Marie's will made in Birchington, Kent^G, on 14 October 1656.¹⁰
     William was named as a beneficiary in his brother John's will made at Great Mongeham^G in 1664. He was left a sum of forty shillings a year for life.¹¹

Rev John Sackett, rector of Great Mongeham, Kent, son of John Sackett and Ann/Agnes Sampson, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 6 February 1596/97.¹ He died aged about 67, within a day or two of making a codicil to his will on 20 August 1664 and was buried at Great Mongeham^G on 24 August 1664.⁵ He married first at Denton, Kent^G, on 19 April 1624, Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Francis Rogers DD, having obtained a licence at Canterbury on the 8th of that month.^2,3 Elizabeth died aged eighteen and was buried at Eythorne, Kent^G, on 8 November 1627.^6,7 John married second at Ickham, Kent^G, on 15 May 1628, Sarah Frisby, daughter of Samuel Frisby and Sarah Abbot.⁴ Sarah was baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 25 July 1613.⁸ She was a sister of Alice Frisby who married John's brother Stephen. She died aged about 62 in Braunston, Lincolnshire^G, on 22 May 1676.⁹
     John was admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, on 20 May 1614. He was awarded a BA degree in 1617/18 and an MA in 1621. He was ordained a deacon in London on 12 March 1619/20, and appointed a priest in Peterborough, then in Northamptonshire, now in Cambridgeshire, on 24 September 1621. He was a curate at Herne, Kent, in 1624, and was rector of Betteshanger, Kent, from 1626 to 1628. He was awarded a BD degree at Oxford University in 1628. He was rector of Eastbridge, Kent, from 1628 to 1646 and was master of Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury. He served as rector of Great Mongeham for 36 years from 1628 until his death in 1664.^10,11
     John was named as a bondsman in the marriage licences of his brother William in 1618, of his sister Ann in 1620, and of his brother Rev Stephen Sackett in 1632.^12,13,14
     John was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 February 1623/24.¹⁵ He was left the unspecified residue of lands and tenements after specific bequests of properties to his brothers William and Richard. The three brothers were joint executors of their father's estate.
     John was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made at Swalecliffe, Kent^G, on 31 January 1630/31.¹⁶ John (and each of his brothers William and Richard), having been well provided for by his father, was left just five shillings in his mother's will, the residue of her estate going to the youngest son Stephen.
     John was appointed as an overseer of the will of his brother-in-law William Jenkin made at Minster in Thanet^G on 12 February 1639/40.
     John's name appears on several surviving Lay Subsidy rolls. In 1629/30 he had £3 in land on which he paid 12/- to 14/- tax. In 1642/3 he had £2 in land and paid 16/- rates. He made a contribution of £1-10s to the Collection for the Relief of Distressed Protestants (in Ireland) made throughout England in 1641/2. In the 1664 Hearth Tax returns, he had 6 hearths (in what would have been a large vicarage), and a non-chargeable empty cottage.¹⁷
The Eastman court case
     Rev John Sackett, as master of Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury, and his brother Rev Stephen Sackett were involved as defendants in proceedings in the Chancery Court, London, in 1650–51.
     Ann Eastman, widow of Edward Eastman, claimed to be entitled to possession of six houses in Canterbury owned by the Eastbridge Hospital. Edward's father John Eastman had purchased a 40-year leasehold of the houses sometime before 1633. He had transferred the leasehold benefit to Edward by way of a marriage settlement, Ann having been given £100 as her portion by her own father.
     John Eastman later came to regret the settlement and, without consultation or agreement with his son and daughter-in-law, sold the lease back to John Sackett. Ann alleged that her father-in-law had conspired with John Sackett and Stephen Sackett to sell them the leasehold for a small sum, destroying the documentation in the process. The houses had subsequently been let to tenants.
     John Sackett confirmed that he had, as master of Eastbridge Hospital, granted a 40-year lease in 1630 to John Eastman for five houses and a shop, subject to maintenance of the premises in good order at the tenant's cost and to a yearly rent of 34 shillings. In 1635, after Eastman had consistently failed to pay the rent and had allowed the properties to fall into "very greate ruine", the parties agreed a buy-back of the lease, and this was effected by John Sackett paying John Eastman £70, a sum well in excess of the value of the properties. (The transaction was somewhat convoluted, with the properties being first put in the name of John's brother Richard Sackett, then put in trust for John to Stephen Sampson, who was probably John's brother William's father-in-law, and then mortgaged by John to his brother Stephen Sackett.)
     The court dismissed Ann's claim, but John Sackett agreed to pay her £10 and to grant her a lease to continue living in one of the houses.¹⁸
John's will.
     John made his will at Great Mongeham in 1664, naming as beneficiaries his sons Nathaniel, George, Samuel and John, his daughters Margaret, Elizabeth and Patience, and his brother William. As a result of his church living at Great Mongeham and as Master of Eastbridge Hospital and by inheritance, Rev John Sackett was a wealthy man. He left some £900 in money as well as several land holdings, and his will refers also to his wife's fortune of £40 a year.
     He left £100 each to his sons Nathaniel and George and £200 each to his daughters Margaret, Elizabeth and Patience, plus £20 to each daughter to buy necessaries on marriage. He left tenements, a malthouse, and lands in Great Mongeham to his son Samuel, and tenements and lands in St Peter and St John in Thanet to his son John, the Prebendary of Lincoln. In a codicil to the will, he left his brother William an annuity of 40 shillings. He also left an annuity of 40 shillings to his brother-in-law George Frisby, brother of his wife Sarah. John appointed his two elder sons John and Nathaniel as executors.¹⁹ The will was proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury^G on 14 September 1664.¹⁹
Sarah's will.
     John's widow Sarah made her will in Braunston, Lincolnshire^G, on 13 April 1676, naming as beneficiaries her daughters Elizabeth and Patience. She left to her daughter Elizabeth £5 in silver, her wedding ring and half her 'wearing cloaths', while the residue of her goods and chattels were to go to Patience, who was also appointed executrix. A George Sackett, presumably her son, was named as a witness to the will. Neither George, nor her other sons, John, Nathaniel and Samuel, known to be then surviving, are mentioned in her will, presumably because they had been well provided for by their father. A detailed inventory made shortly after her death valued Sarah's personal estate at £78.²⁰

Robert Sackett, son of John Sackett and Ann/Agnes Sampson, was born in St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, on 17 October 1599 and baptized there on 18 October 1599.¹ He died in infancy and was buried there on 17 November 1599.²

Richard Sackett, yeoman of St Peter in Thanet, Kent, son of John Sackett and Ann/Agnes Sampson, was born in St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 March 1600/1 and baptized there on 13 March 1600/1.¹ He died aged 34 when he "fell over the cliffe" and was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G on 26 January 1635/36.⁴ He married at Swalecliffe, Kent^G, on 31 January 1619/20, Susan Lunce, daughter of Joan Lunce.^2,3 Susan was born about 1602.⁵ After Richard's death, Susan married second at St Peter in Thanet^G on 1 May 1639, William Dunkin, vicar of St Lawrence in Thanet.⁶ Susan died aged about 59 as the widow of William Dunkin on 24 February 1661/62 and was buried at St Peter in Thanet^G on 27 February 1661/62.⁷
     Richard was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 February 1623/24.⁸ He was to inherit his father's farm and lands at East Northdown and a house at Margate near to the sea. Richard was an executor of the estate, jointly with his brothers William and John.
     Richard was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made at Swalecliffe on 31 January 1630/31.⁹ He was left a sum of five shillings.

Ann Sackett, of Minster in Thanet, Kent, daughter of John Sackett and Ann/Agnes Sampson, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet^G on 24 July 1603.¹ She died aged about 35 and was buried at Minster in Thanet^G on 6 November 1638.³ She married at Canterbury St Mary Bredman, Kent^G, on or after 3 June 1620, Daniel Pamflett.² Daniel was baptized at St John in Thanet^G on 8 October 1598.⁴
     Ann was named as a beneficiary in her father's will made at St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 February 1623/24.⁵ She was left a sum of £5.
     Ann was named as a beneficiary in her mother's will made at Swalecliffe, Kent^G, on 31 January 1630/31.⁶ She was left a sum of twenty shillings.

Rev Stephen Sackett, vicar of Blean, Kent, son of John Sackett and Ann/Agnes Sampson, was baptized at St Peter in Thanet, Kent^G, on 10 November 1605.¹ He died aged 73 and was buried at Blean^G on 13 December 1678.⁵ He married first at Great Mongeham, Kent^G, on 16 July 1632, Alice Frisby, daughter of Samuel Frisby and Sarah Abbot, having obtained a licence from Canterbury three days earlier.^2,3 Alice was baptized at St John in Thanet^G on 29 October 1615.⁶ She was a sister of Sarah Frisby who married Stephen's brother John. Alice died aged about 31 a few months after the birth of her seventh child and fifth daughter Anne (who herself survived but a few days longer) and was buried at Blean^G on 10 August 1647.⁷ Stephen married second at St Mary the Virgin, Bishopsbourne, Kent^G, on 13 December 1652, Marie White.⁴
     Stephen was admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, on 20 July 1621 at the age of 15, having matriculated that year from his school at St John in Thanet. He was awarded a BA degree in 1624/25 and an MA in 1628. He was awarded a further BA degree at Oxford University on 25 June 1631.⁸
     Stephen was vicar of St Cosmos in Blean from June 1631, and of West Hythe from November 1633, until his death in 1678.⁹ He appears to have visited his second parish only rarely, one such occasion being when he baptized his granddaughter Mary White in 1664. In the 1660s he recorded that the church was defaced, that there was no burial place, and that Lympne church, where the West Hythe registers should be kept, itself had no minister. In 1644 he paid Hearth Tax in the Hundred of Whitstable for four hearths, presumably the Blean rectory.¹⁰
     An account of Stephen's incumbency of his second parish at West Hythe appears in Archaeologia Cantiana, "Vicars of St. Mary, Westhythe":
     Rev Stephen Sackett was involved with his brother Rev John Sackett as defendants in an action in the Court of Chancery, London, in 1650, involving a dispute over ownership of the leasehold of properties. A summary of the court proceedings is given under Rev John's entry.
     In 1659 Stephen made a marriage settlement on his daughter Damaris a few days before her marriage to James White, executing an indenture of feoffment in favour of James White.¹¹ (It is conjectured that James may have been the son of Stephen's second wife Marie White.)
     Stephen was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made at St Peter in Thanet^G on 8 February 1623/24.¹²
     Stephen was named as a beneficiary in his mother's will made at Swalecliffe, Kent^G, on 31 January 1630/31.¹³ By his father's will, Stephen was to inherit the farm at Reading Street on reaching 21 and the farm at Boars Hill after the death of his mother Ann. In her will, she accordingly left Stephen the residue of her estate and appointed him executor.
     Stephen made his will at Blean^G on 9 December 1678, listing as beneficiaries his wife (unnamed); his daughters Damaris, Mary, Patience and Sarah; his grandson James White; and his granddaughter Patience White. He left to his wife "all she had brought on marriage plus £5", to each of his daughters and grandchildren he left twenty shillings, and the residue of his estate was to go to his eldest daughter Sarah.¹⁴ The will was proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury^G on 18 December 1678.