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The Book of Sacketts

2 April 2021 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

 A new e-book The Book of Sacketts is announced.  This first edition (there will be further updated editions) has entries…

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Posted in: Genealogy & Research, History & Places

Ozem Sackett, pharmacist

4 August 2019 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Eagle-eyed Kelly Jo Brown took the trouble to write The Sackett Family Association with a picture of an old medicine…

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Posted in: History & Places

Florence Marr died in a German internment camp

13 November 2013 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

As we remember the fallen of the World Wars and other conflicts, Association member Charlotte Wruck sends a most unusual…

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Posted in: History & Places, Members, Military

Sackett Association helps Clinton Police identify rediscovered 1796 gravestone

27 January 2011 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

When police in Clinton, Connecticut, found an old gravestone during building work in the basement of their station earlier this…

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Posted in: History & Places, News

Was this rifle made by Jacob Sackett?

15 October 2009 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Kelly Harriger of Brookville, PA, writes asking for help in identifying a late-percussion period target rifle. A collector of western…

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Nathaniel Sackett, Washington’s spymaster

30 September 2009 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

One of the more colorful characters in Sackett history is Nathaniel Sackett who was one of George Washington’s spymasters during…

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Posted in: Brief Lives, History & Places, Military

Origin is discovered of grand piano at Sackett’s Hill House

14 May 2009 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

The following, received from a visitor to sackettfamily.info, not only adds a snippet of Sackett history, but also demonstrates the…

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Sackett’s Hill House photographs

5 April 2009 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

A splendid collection of photographs of Sackett’s Hill House has come our way, courtesy of Nick Smyth, who was born…

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The Sackett Family Association

The Association has two websites.

The Sackett Family Association website, maintained by Chris Sackett

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Blog maintained by Chris Sackett

Recent Posts

  • War Museum pays tribute to Vietnam War hero David Lee Sackett
  • Richard Price, former president of the Sackett Family Association, dies
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  • Catrina Kohl is elected Sackett Family Association president

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This blog is part of the Sackett surname study conducted by Chris Sackett for the Guild of One-Name Studies.

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