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Simon Sackett

Birth
Thanet District, Kent, England
Death
5 Oct 1635 (aged 39–40)
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
W # 1
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Simon Sackett was a Colonist. In founding and laying out the embryo city of Newtown, (three years later it was re-christened Cambridge) in the wilderness, Simon was a potent factor, but the exposure and privations of his mid-winter voyage on the ship Lyon had undermined his health and he died. Son of Thomas Sackett, II and Martha Strowde-Sackett.Born about 1602 based on date of marriage. Came from St. John Margate, Isle of Thanet, Kent to Massachusetts Bay in 1632 & settled in Cambridge.
Died in Cambridge between 5 and 10 October 1635.
Married at St. John Margate, Isle of Thanet, Kent, 6 August 1627 Isabel Pearce. She married (2) William Bloomfield of Cambridge and Hartford.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins

Simon was born 1595 in St Peters in Thanet, Kent, England, this is verified from the Sackett Family Association: http://www.sackettfamily.info/g1/p1306.htm
Simon Sackett was a Colonist. In founding and laying out the embryo city of Newtown, (three years later it was re-christened Cambridge) in the wilderness, Simon was a potent factor, but the exposure and privations of his mid-winter voyage on the ship Lyon had undermined his health and he died. Son of Thomas Sackett, II and Martha Strowde-Sackett.Born about 1602 based on date of marriage. Came from St. John Margate, Isle of Thanet, Kent to Massachusetts Bay in 1632 & settled in Cambridge.
Died in Cambridge between 5 and 10 October 1635.
Married at St. John Margate, Isle of Thanet, Kent, 6 August 1627 Isabel Pearce. She married (2) William Bloomfield of Cambridge and Hartford.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins

Simon was born 1595 in St Peters in Thanet, Kent, England, this is verified from the Sackett Family Association: http://www.sackettfamily.info/g1/p1306.htm


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  • Created by: Sandy Bell
  • Added: Jan 7, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195879054/simon-sackett: accessed ), memorial page for Simon Sackett (1595–5 Oct 1635), Find a Grave Memorial ID 195879054, citing Old Burying Ground, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Sandy Bell (contributor 46972729).