Paul Sackett (bef. 1663 - bef. 1693)

Ancestors

Biography

Paul was baptized at Ash next Sandwich, Kent, on 26 July 1663.
He died aged about 30 and was buried at Minster in Thanet on 9 March 1692/93.
Paul was named as a beneficiary in his brother Thomas's will made in Minster in Thanet on 16 October 1689. 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 on 15 March 1692/93. His estate, including sheep and cattle, was valued at £119.

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His Brother's Will

Abstract of will of Thomas Sackett of Minster in Thanet, Kent. Date: 16 October 1689. Proved: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 26 November 1689. Source: Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-77-345. Testator: Thomas Sackett, grazier, of Minster in Thanet. Beneficiaries: Wife Jane, 5/- and all household goods, and house for life if she remains his widow, paying £3 a year to executor, conditional on giving executor £100 bond 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". Brother Paul, dwelling in house so long as he remains single, bed, furnishings, etc. Residue & reversion of house & household goods. Executor: brother Paul. John Walker, 5/-. Sister Catherine, £10. Children of John Alen: Ann, Mary, Peter, each £5 at 21. Witnesses: Andrew Wooten, Wm. Milward, [3rd name illegible]. Inventory of the estate of Thomas Sackett of Minster in Thanet, Kent. Date: 19 November 1689. Source: Kent Archives Office, PRC 11-53-192. Appraised by: Roger Wells, Andrew Neeter. Value: £128 7s 6d [includes 16 cattle & 20 sheep]

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Sources

• Baptisms Register, St Nicholas, Ash next Sandwich, Kent, digital image, Findmypast, "26 July 1663 Paul Sackett son of Thomas & Mary."
• Burials Register, Minster in Thanet, Kent (Transcript U3/143/1/1 - Debretts), "9 March 1692/93 Paul Sackett a housekeeper [?horsekeeper]."
• Marriage Licences, Canterbury, Kent, "10 July 1690 Paul Sackett of Minster in Thanet, yeoman, bachelor, 26 & Ann Hammerden, same parish, spinster, 20. At St Alphege Canterbury. John Delillers of Canterbury, silkweaver, bondsman."
• Marriages Register, St Alphege, Canterbury, Kent (Parish Register and Bishops' Transcript), "10 July 1690 Paul Sackett & Ann Hamerden. Licence."
• Will of Thomas Sackett of Minster in Thanet, Kent, 16 October 1689, proved at Canterbury Archdeaconry Court, 26 November 1689 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-77-345).
• Inventory of the estate of Thomas Sackett of Minster in Thanet, Kent, taken 19 November 1689 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 11-53-192).
• Inventory of the estate of Paul Sackett of Minster in Thanet, Kent, taken 15 March 1692/93 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 11-57-190).
• https://sackettfamily.info/g2/p2124.htm