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Margaret Sackett, daughter of Jeffery Sackett and Sarah Swaine, was baptized at St Mary the Virgin, Chislet, Kent^G, on 15 February 1638/39.¹ She died aged about 59 and was buried at Ss Peter & Paul, Eythorne, Kent^G, on 4 August 1698.⁴ She married at Knowlton, Kent^G, on 28 July 1663, Isaac Pierce, a maltster of St Clement, Sandwich, son of Henry Pierce and Thomasin ___.^2,3 Isaac was baptized at Ss Peter & Paul, Eythorne^G, on 7 April 1638.⁵ He died aged about 68 and was buried at Ss Peter & Paul^G on 13 May 1706.⁶ Isaac gave evidence as a witness for his father-in-law, Jeffery Sackett, in the court action Sackett v. Haite in 1684. Isaac had by then become a surgeon.⁷

Thomas Sackett, maltster and grazier of Minster in Thanet, Kent, son of Thomas Sackett and Mary Coleman, was born about 1641.¹ He died aged about 48² and was buried at Minster in Thanet^G on 11 November 1689.⁵ He married first at Canterbury St Margaret, Kent^G, in 1668, Sarah (___) Fuller, widow of John Fuller.³ Sarah died just four years later and was buried at Minster in Thanet^G on 7 September 1672.⁶ He married second at Minster in Thanet^G on 21 December 1673, Jane Spratt.⁴ Jane was buried at Minster in Thanet, Kent^G, on 11 November 1689, the same day as her husband Thomas.⁵
     Thomas, then a maltster, acted as bondsman on his sister Elizabeth's marriage licence issued on 12 November 1672.
     Thomas made his will in Minster in Thanet^G on 16 October 1689, naming as beneficiaries his wife Jane, his brother Paul, his sister Catherine, his nephew Peter Allen, his nieces Ann Allen and Mary Allen, and his brother-in-law John Walker.^7,8 He left his house to his wife during her widowhood. In the event, she died at about the same time as her husband. The house and household goods would then have gone to his unmarried brother Paul, who he also appointed the executor of the will. Thomas left £10 to his sister Catherine, and £5 each to the three surviving children of his deceased sister Elizabeth. From an inventory of his estate, it is apparent that Thomas was a reasonably prosperous middle-rank farmer. He also kept a shop. The value of his estate was £128, which included 16 cattle and 20 sheep. He owned a feather bed, valued at £5.
     As far as is known, there were no children of Thomas's marriages. At the time of his death, however, he was maintaining a child. An unusual stipulation in his will, that his wife give the executor a bond for the large sum of £100 to "secure him from any charge which may arise by reason of a certain child which I now keep supposed to be Robert Gisby's", would suggest that he suspected a claim by the child upon his estate.

Elizabeth Sackett, daughter of Thomas Sackett and Mary Coleman, was born about 1648.¹ She died aged about 30 and was buried at Minster in Thanet, Kent^G, on 16 February 1678.³ She married at Canterbury St Margaret^G in 1672, John Allen.² Elizabeth's brother Thomas was bondsman on their marriage licence application. After Elizabeth's death, John married at Reculver, Kent, on 22 December 1681, Elizabeth Friend, with whom he had children: Elizabeth 1682, Sarah 1684, Ruth 1685, and Hannah in 1687.

Catherine Sackett, daughter of Thomas Sackett and Mary Coleman, was baptized at Ash next Sandwich, Kent^G, on 28 September 1659.¹ She died aged 33 and was buried there on 13 June 1693.³ She married at Ash next Sandwich^G on 18 September 1684, John Walker.²
     Catherine was named as a beneficiary in her brother Thomas's will made in Minster in Thanet^G on 16 October 1689. She was left a sum of £10.^4,5

Paul Sackett, yeoman of Minster in Thanet, Kent, son of Thomas Sackett and Mary Coleman, was baptized at Ash next Sandwich, Kent^G, on 26 July 1663.¹ He died aged about 30 and was buried at Minster in Thanet^G on 9 March 1692/93.⁴ He married at Canterbury St Alphege, Kent^G, on 10 July 1690, Ann Hammerden, daughter of Richard Hammerden and Margaret ___.^2,3 Ann was baptized at Minster in Thanet^G on 14 July 1672.⁵ After Paul's death, Ann married George Dunkin, a miller of Chartham, at Minster in Thanet^G on 17 October 1696.^6,7
     Paul was named as a beneficiary in his brother Thomas's will made in Minster in Thanet^G on 16 October 1689.^8,9 He was to be permitted to remain living in Thomas's house while he remained single and was given a bed and furnishings. He was appointed executor of Thomas's will. Paul would also have inherited Thomas's house by reversion following the death of Thomas's wife Jane who had been left the house during her widowhood but who died at about the same time as her husband.
     An inventory of Paul's estate was taken at Minster in Thanet^G on 15 March 1692/93. His estate, including sheep and cattle, was valued at £119.¹⁰