On Genealogy pages
Genealogical databases
There are two compiled Sackett genealogical databases on the website.
Genealogical sketches
Sketches in narrative format of 9,000 Sackett descendants, including ancestors of Sackett Family Association members, and all known English Sacketts. Compiled by Chris Sackett.
Thurmon King's database
Records of 36,000 Sackett descendants, mainly American Sackett lines. Compiled by Thurmon King and Ted Smith.
Notable Sacketts
— the famous, the infamous, and some just interesting.
The Sacketts have been adventurers, ambassadors, colonists, generals, historians, sea captains, settlers, and spymasters. The family even boasts a town mayor, a bigamist, and a highway robber.
Picture gallery
Thomas Edward & Florence Sackett
from the Jabez Sackett family gallery.
Contribute to the Sackett story!
Send your Sackett pictures for inclusion in these pages to the Webmaster.
Sacketts in the church
Pictured: Rev Benjamin Sackett (1834–1900), Independent Congregational minister of Shadwell, London
Sacketts in the military
Sackett family descendants have served in the military in all ranks and in all the major British and American wars.
Members' websites
- The Sacketts of America by Charles Weygant. The complete text transcribed by Thurmon King.
- Mary Lou Sackett's Genealogy Home Page. Includes descendants of Joseph Sackett of Vermont.
- The Sackett Family Photo Album by Ted Smith.
- Sackett Family Headstones by Fred Sackett.
Sackett on Wikipedia
- Sackett (surname) describes the origin, distribution, and frequency of the name.
- Sackets Harbor, Lake Ontario, was founded by Augustus Sacket (1769–1827).
- General Delos Bennett Sackett (1822–1885) was Inspector General of the United States Army.
- Frederic Moseley Sackett (1868–1941) was US Ambassador to Germany.
- Julia Sanderson (née Sackett) (1888–1975) was a singer and actress.
- David Lawrence Sackett (1934–2015) was a pioneer in evidence-based medicine.
- Susan Sackett (1943– ) is an American author and screenwriter.
- Penny Diane Sackett (1956– ) is Chief Scientist of Australia.
Other links
- Sackett One-Name Study Profile (Guild of One-Name Studies)
- Village of Sackets Harbor, New York (visitor guide).
