Mehitabel Sacket

Isaac married Elizabeth Shepard on 18 Dec 1735 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Shepard, Sr and Elizabeth Woodruff) was born on 14 Feb 1712 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Apr 1785 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mehitable Danks on 17 May 1702 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Mehitable (daughter of Robert Danks and Elizabeth Swift) was born on 4 Nov 1660 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died in Nov 1744 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Woodruff on 21 Dec 1703 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Matthew Woodruff and Mary Plumb) was born in 1679 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Oct 1731 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Sacket

John married Abigail Hannum on 23 Nov 1659 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail (daughter of William Hannum and Honor Capen) was born on 22 Nov 1640 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 9 Oct 1690 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Elizabeth Swift in Mar 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Swift, Sr and Elizabeth Capen) was born on 26 Feb 1641 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Dec 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Experience Hart. Experience was born in 1650 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Mary Plumb. Mary was born on 9 Feb 1644 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died in Jan 1680 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1627, Margate, Kent, England
• Arrival: 1632, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Departure: 1632
• Residence: 1635, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Simon married Isabel Pearce on 6 Aug 1627 in St John Margate, Isle of Thanet, Kent, England. Isabel was born in 1610 in St Peter, Isle of Thanet, Kent, England; died on 1 Apr 1682 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Honor Capen in 1634 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Honor was born in 1614 in Dorchester, Dorset, England; died on 1 Dec 1680 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Grace Coveney on 26 Apr 1635 in Saint Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England. Grace was born in 1606 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland; died in 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth Capen on 18 Oct 1630 in Dorchester Holy Trinity, Dorset, England. Elizabeth was born on 29 Oct 1616 in Dorchester, Dorset, England; died on 26 Jan 1678 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edward SHEPARD wrote his will, "having arrived unto old age." Bequeathed to wife Mary; children John, Elizabeth, Deborah, Sarah, and to their children in case of their own decease before himself; also to the children of his deceased daughter Abigail, formerly wife of Daniel POND. (4c) Edward SHIPHEARD of Cambridge, New England, mariner, "being through the favor of God arrived unto old age," wrote his will. Gives to dear wife Mary either 20 pounds to be paid her by my executors within 3 months after my decease in such household goods and other things as may be suitable for her, or else the use of my dwelling house, barn, and orchard that lie on the north side of the street during her life, provided she keep the same in tenantable repair. The remainder of my estate to be divided into 6 equal parts. Two parts I give to my son John SHIPARD, or in case of his death before me, to be equally divided among his children; to my daughter Elizabeth, 1/6 part or in case of her death before me to be divided among her children; to my daughter Deborah (the same as to daughter Elizabeth); to the children of Daniel POND which he had by my daughter Abigail deceased 1/6 part to be equally divided; to my daughter Sarah (the same as to daughters Elizabeth & Deborah). Appoints my dear son John SHIPARD executor, and in case he should decease before me, I appoint his eldest son my executor. Wits. Daniel GOOKIN Sr., Daniel GOOKIN Jr.

Land bought 1639
Bought house and lands from James HERRING, Cambridge, MA. Edward SHEPARD bought of James HERRINGE one dwelling house, with a garden, abutting on John BETTS north east, Edward MICKERSON on the north, Mr. ANDREWS west, the highway (now South Street, between Holyoke & Dunster) south. Also a small garden, on the other side of the highway, abutting on John THRUMBULL east and south, on Mr. PAINE's yard west, on the highway north. Also, upon the south side of Charles River, a lot of planting land, 5 acres more or less, abutting Boston field east, John THRUMBULL and Mrs. ANDREWS's lands west and south, upon the highway and Creek north. Surveyed by Richard JACKSON, Joseph ISAKE and Robert SAUNDERS.

Edward Shepard & Family, Members of the Church of Cambridge.
The valuable list of members of the Church of Cambridge 1658-1667 written by Rev Jonathan Mitchell gives the following account: "Edward Shepard member in full Communion. So was also his wife Violet deceased. Their children that were in minority when He Joyned are
"Abigail now living at Dedham.
"Deborah now also at Dedham.
Sarah now dwelling at Braintree.
"The eldest of these aged 12 years the 2d, 10: the 3d., 7 yeares when their parents Joyned here being all baptized in England. Mary now the wife of the foresaid Edward Shepard was dismissed hither from Ch. at Dorchester & is in f. C. with us. Her daughter Mary Pond baptized at Dorchester was 11 years old at her mothers joyning with us."

Edward SHEPARD was admitted to the church in Cambridge with "his first wife Violet." Their children that were in minority when he joined were Abigail, now (1658) living at Dedham, Deborah now also at Dedham, Sarah now dwelling at Braintree. The eldest of these was aged 12 years, the second, age 10, and the third, age 7, when their parents joined, being all baptised in England. Mary, now the wife of Edward SHEPARD, was dismissed hither from the church at Dorchester and is in full communion with us. Her daughter Mary POND baptized at Dorchester, was 11 years old at her mother's joining with us. Recorded 1658. (NOTE: Daughter Sarah would have been age 7 in 1643. See notes under Sarah.)

Gregory WOLTERTON of Hartford, upon the river of Conictticote, wrote his will. Mentions wife Jane, James WOLTERTON, son of Matthew WOLTERTON of Ipsago, Suffolk, England, Matthew WALLER of New London, Rebecka WALLER, and Sara WALLER, and the sons of William WALLER, dec'd, at Lyme: John, Samuel and Matthew. Gives to John SHEPEARD Sen., the son of Edward SHEPARD, one piece of land, he to pay 20s. to his father Edward SHEPARD, 20s. to his sister Debora FAIRBANKS, and 20s. to sister Sara THOMPSON, and 20s. to his sister's abovesaid children.

Elmstead Market is a village in the Tendring district of Essex. It lies 3 km northeast of Wivenhoe and 6 km east of Colchester. It is on the A133 road which until a few years ago was the main road to Clacton, Frinton and Harwich. The A120 road constructed to bypass Colchester and Elmstead Market has reduced the volume of through traffic considerably.

The identity of Edward Shepard's wife Violet has occasioned much controversey. Her only son, John Shepard, married for his first wife a Hartford, Connecticutt, girl, and removed to Hartford before the death of Gregory Wolterton of that town. Wolerton made his will 17 July 1674, dying shortly after, and in his will remembered many relatives of his own and of his several wives. One of the first legacies is that of four acres to John Shepard, Sr., son of Edward Shepard, the said John to pay 20 schillings each to his father Edward, to his sister Deborah Fairbanks, his sister Sara Tomson, and his sister Abigail's children. Thus he left something to four of Edward Shepard's five children, only omitting the elderst Shepard girl Elizabeth; but shortly before making the will, he had given land by deed to Elizabeth (Shepard) (Strickland) Disbourough for life, to go at her death to her four Strickland sons; and in the willhe gave 2 pounds to Elizabeth wife of John Andrews, Jr., whom we can identify as Elizabeth Shepard's only daughter. Thus, he made some provision for ALL of Biolet Shepard's children or their representatives. Furthermore, in 1668, Wintrop's Medical Journal mentions that he treated one of the Strickland boys [children of Elizabeth Shepard] at G[oodman] Wolerton's house in Hartford; so the Stricklands were then visiting or living with Wolerton. Finally, when Edward's son John received a legacy in the will of the childless brother of John Shepard's wife, while John was still living in Cambridge, (1654), he appointed his Uncle Gregory "Winterton" to collect this legacy for him in Hartford. It seems extremely probable, from the foregoing, that Edward Shepard's wife Violet was a sister of Gregory Wolerton. (For a full discussion of the Wolerton will and relationships, see the editor's articles in The American Genealogist, 32: 197-201, 33:95-98. --Editor.

Edward married Violet (Stanley) Charnould on 6 Dec 1620 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Violet was born on 26 Sep 1596 in Harwich, Essex, England; died on 9 Jan 1649 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

http://www.sackettfamily.info/g0/p981.htm
The Sackett Family Association
Thomas Sackett the younger (c 1557-1615)
Father Thomas Sackett the elder (say 1530-1595)
Mother Joane ___ (in say 1532-1593)

Thomas Sackett, yeoman of Birchington, Kent, and father of Simon Sackett the colonist, son of Thomas Sackett the elder and Joane ___, was born in Thanet, Kent, in about 1557. He was buried at Birchington on 4 November 1615. 1 He married at St Peter's Church, Thanet, on 8 February 1581/82, Martha Strowde. 2 She was buried at St Peter's Church on 4 January 1631/32. 3
Thomas was named as a beneficiary in his father's will made in St Peter in Thanet on 30 March 1594. 4 His father died in 1595 and Thomas inherited his father's tenement and lands at St Peter in Thanet and the residue of the estate after various monetary bequests to his brother and sisters. Thomas was the executor of the estate.
Thomas made his will at Birchington on 23 June 1615, naming as beneficiaries his wife Martha, his son Thomas, his daughter Johan, his grandson Hugh Wright, and his granddaughter Martha Wright. 5
Will of Thomas Sackett of Birchington, Kent, 23 June 1615, proved in the Consistory Court of Canterbury, 7 November1615 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 32-44-380). (Researched by Marion Sackett & Michael Callé).Thomas Sackett [Abstract by Michael Callé]
23 Jun 1615 Consistory Court of Canterbury

Thomas Sackett, yeoman, Birchington

Beneficiaries
- Wife Martha & Son Thomas
- joint executors
- to sell house & land at St Peters to pay debts & legacies
- Sons (when 21 years) - £10 each, 1 year after expiry of lease on his house & land at Birchington
- Daughters - £5 each, same proviso
- Grandchildren Martha & Hugh Wright, children of his dau Joane - 50/- each
Overseer of the will
- Brother in law = Richard Stroude
Witnesses
- Silas Hanker (?); Richard Stroud
Executors
- Wife Martha & Son Thomas
Probate
- 7 Nov 1615

[Transcript by Marion Sackett]

In the name of God, Amen.
The three and twentith day of June Ao Do 1615 And in the
years of the raigne of our Sovreigne Lord James by the
grace of God King of England France and Ireland
defender of the faith etc the thirteenth and of Scotland the
eight and forthieth I Thomas Sackett of the p’ish of Birchington
in the Iland of Thannett in the Countie of Kent
yeoman being weake in body but of sound and p’fecte
memorye (thank be geven unto God) doe make and ordayne
this my last will and Testament in manner and form
following First of all I yeald my Sowle unto the
mercifull hand of my maker and Redeemer stedfastlie
trustinge to obtaine eternall life by the passion and mediaton of
Christ Jesus mine onely Saviour And my body I
bequeath ?bur to the earth from whence it had his beginninge
to be intered at the discretion of myne Executor here-
after to be named Item I give and bequeath to
every one of mine owne Sonnes tenn pounds apeece
of good and lawfull monie of England to be paid unto
them wch are of one and twentie yeares of adge the yeere
after the expiraton of the lease of the house and lands wh
I now have in Birchington and to be paid unto the
rest wch are under adge at the full terme and end of
one and twentie yeeres of adge by myne executors and if
any of them dye in the meane time each to be the
others heire
others heire and the survivors to p’te the portion ore portions
equallie betweene them Item I geve and bequeath unto
each of mine owne daughters five pounds a peice of
good and lawfull monie of England to be paid unto
them and every of them the year after the expiraton of the
lease of the house and land wch I now have in Birchington
by mine executors and each to be the others heire as
aforesaid Item I give to Martha and Hugh Wright
the Children of my daughter Joane fiftie shillings apeice
of good and lawfull money of England to be paid unto
them at the full adge of one and twentie yeeres by mine
executors and the one to be the others heire as aforesaid
and if both of them dye in the meane tyme I will the
said portions unto mine owne Children aforesaid
equallie to be devided among them Item I will that my
house and landes situate and being in the p’sih of St Peters
in Thanet aforesaid to be sould as soone as may be Conve-
niently for the payment of my debts and toward the
discharge of the foresaid legacies in the meane tyme my
will is mine executors shall stand to the repairing thereof
reserving the benefit thereof to themselves Itm I
will at ?tyme of expiraton of my lease aforesaid that all my
goodes chattels wh wagons Courtes(?) and all other
necessaries be sold towards the payment of the said
legaties in manner aforesaid And all the rest of my
goods household stuff whatsoever and wheresoever wh the rest of
the same bequethed to my Children and Childrens children
till they come to the age aforesaid I will and bequeath unto
Martha my loving wife towards the bringing up of the
said children Item I will and bequeath unto my sonne
Thomas my bedstedde in the p’lour wh every thing
thereunto belonging after the decease of my wife Itm
I doe make and ordayne my loving wife Martha and my son
Thomas executors to this my last will and Testament
and my brother
And my brother in lawe Richard Stroude of St Lawrence
in Thanett aforesaid Maultman myne Overseer unto
whome I give and bequeath tenn shillinges towarde
his pagnes to be taken above this my last will and
Testament wch I promise to be mine onely last will
and Testament and doe hereby revocke all othere wills
heretofore by me made in witnes whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seale the day and year first above
written in p’sence of Silas ?Hanker, Richard Stroud
p signid Signid et sigillu Thomas Sacket
[Probate granted to Martha Sacket, 7 Nov 1615]

He instructed his executors (his wife Martha and son Thomas) to sell his house and land at St Peter's to pay debts and legacies. He was also possessed of a house and land at Birchington. He willed that each of his sons should receive £10, and each of his daughters £5, after the expiry of a lease on the Birchington property. The will was proved in theConsistory Court, Canterbury, Kent, on 7 November 1615. 5 Thomas was a yeoman farmer in the Thanet parish of Birchington and was a churchwarden (oeconomus) at Birchington Church. His sons and daughters, other than Thomas and Johan, are not referred to by name in the will. Among his sons not named was Simon Sackett who, some fifteen years later, was to emigrate to the New World.

Children of Thomas Sackett the younger and Martha Strowde
Sara Sackett + d. 3 Jun 1634
William Sackett d. Sep 1615
Johan Sackett+ b. 1582
John Sackett (the fisherman) b. bt 1585 - 1586, d. Nov 1634
Martha Sackett b. 1588
Thomas Sackett b. 1593, d. Apr 1619
Simon Sackett the colonist+ b. 1595, d. Oct 1635
Henry Sackett b. 1601
Elizabeth Sackett b. bt 1603 - 1604, d. aft 1625

Thomas married Martha Strowde in 1582 in Thanet, Kent, England. Martha was born in 1560 in Thanet, Kent, England; died on 4 Jan 1632 in Thanet, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Katherine Becham on 7 Dec 1595 in Little Bentley, Essex, England. Katherine was born on 13 Apr 1572 in Elmstead, Essex, England; died on 1 May 1608 in Elmstead, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]