Alice; Tom Smith contacted Chris Sackett and me concerning David's DNA and your Sackett line as put forth in "The Sacketts of America" First; Using Census data your line traces through Capt. Richard Sackett of Dutchess County, New York. And, Weygant traces Capt. Richard Sackett back to John Sackett of New Haven, Connecticut. However, as Wendy said, Weygant appears to have made some errors concerning the family of Capt. Richard. A.) Weygant had Wendy's ancestor, Skene D. Sackett listed as a grandson of Capt. Richard through a son named Josiah Crego Sackett. Research has shown that Weygant used an abstraction of Capt. Richard Sackett's will which led him to the erroneous conclusion that there was a son named Josiah Crego Sackett. Josiah Crego was Richard's step-son, the son of Richard's wife, Margery L.______ ,by her first husband, Stephen Crego. Therefore, we are uncertain as to the parents of the children ascribed to Josiah Crego Sackett and Miss Douglass. Added to that is the fact that DNA shows that Wendy's line is related to Simon. B.) Weygant has an Aaron Sackett listed as a grandson of Capt. Richard, but doesn't say who his father was. Research by John Sackett and myself has shown that Aaron did not descend from Capt. Richard. David's DNA confirms a connection between your line and the DNA of Sacketts who descend from Simon. Second: The fact that David's line traces back to Capt. Richard shows that Capt. Richard Sackett was related to Simon. However, although I may be alone with this, I am not certain that Capt. Richard Sackett descended from John Sackett of New Haven. Weygant has Richard as a grandson of John of New Haven through John's son, Jonathan Sackett. Jacobus in his "Families of Ancient New Haven" [published a few years after Weygant's book] does not list Richard as a son of Jonathan. And Jacobus has thorough documentation for his work while Weygant is somewhat lacking in his documentation. Therefore, as stated above, David's DNA does show a relationship between Capt. Richard Sackett and Simon Sackett of MA. In my opinion, we will not be certain about a relationship between John of New Haven and Simon until we are able to get a participant in the DNA project who descends from John of New Haven through someone other than Capt. Richard Sackett. Thurmon Sackett Historian for TSFA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Sacket" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [SACKETT] Robert E. Sackett > Alice: > The match is to my uncle, who is the Robert Sacket (with one T) who is > in the DNA project. The AOL address is an old one that belonged to my > aunt who has since passed. I am the one who is the genealogy keeper in > our branch of the family, so you are welcome to contact me directly > off the list at [email protected] > Our family line is posted on the TSFA web site, and I would just > repeat what I posted earlier on this list--that the DNA test seems to > indicate that the connection between our ancestor Skend Sackett and > John the colonist's line is incorrect. > I look forward to hearing from you. > Best regards, > Wendy Sacket > Irvine, CA (but visiting London through May 21) > > > Sent from my iPod touch > > On May 19, 2009, at 10:46 PM, Alice Sackett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My son, David Sackett, took part in the DNA program, and has >> received the results, which we cannot interpret. He had an exact >> match with Robert E. Sackett for 25 markers, and I attempted to >> contact him for more possible enlightenment, but the address given : >> [email protected] >> was returned by Mailer [email protected] On the table with other >> participants, David is listed as "Unassigned" which doesn't >> enlighten us, either. We were trying to get more information on >> whether David was descended from Simon or John of New Haven; >> according to Weygant it is John, but doubt has been cast. Alice >> Sackett >> SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. >> Associated URL's for this surname: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ >> and http://www.sackettfamily.info/ >> If you need any help, email the List Admin at: [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > Associated URL's for this surname: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ and > http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > If you need any help, email the List Admin at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pamela, The DNA project is something The Sackett Family Association (TSFA) started several years ago using Family Tree DNA to help us learn more about our Sackett family connections. Several male Sackett's have provided samples which have helped to make connections that we haven't had definitive proof for yet. If you would like more information about the project you can go to TSFA's website: sackettfamily.info You can also contact our project coordinator, Tom Smith. He is a member of this list and can probably answer your questions better than I can. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Thurmon King <[email protected]>wrote: > Alice; > > Tom Smith contacted Chris Sackett and me concerning David's DNA and your > Sackett line as put forth in "The Sacketts of America" > > First; Using Census data your line traces through Capt. Richard Sackett of > Dutchess County, New York. And, Weygant traces Capt. Richard Sackett back > to > John Sackett of New Haven, Connecticut. However, as Wendy said, Weygant > appears to have made some errors concerning the family of Capt. Richard. > > A.) Weygant had Wendy's ancestor, Skene D. Sackett listed as a grandson of > Capt. Richard through a son named Josiah Crego Sackett. Research has shown > that Weygant used an abstraction of Capt. Richard Sackett's will which led > him to the erroneous conclusion that there was a son named Josiah Crego > Sackett. Josiah Crego was Richard's step-son, the son of Richard's wife, > Margery L.______ ,by her first husband, Stephen Crego. Therefore, we are > uncertain as to the parents of the children ascribed to Josiah Crego > Sackett > and Miss Douglass. Added to that is the fact that DNA shows that Wendy's > line is related to Simon. > > B.) Weygant has an Aaron Sackett listed as a grandson of Capt. Richard, > but > doesn't say who his father was. Research by John Sackett and myself has > shown that Aaron did not descend from Capt. Richard. > David's DNA confirms a connection between your line and the DNA of Sacketts > who descend from Simon. > > Second: The fact that David's line traces back to Capt. Richard shows that > Capt. Richard Sackett was related to Simon. > > However, although I may be alone with this, I am not certain that Capt. > Richard Sackett descended from John Sackett of New Haven. Weygant has > Richard as a grandson of John of New Haven through John's son, Jonathan > Sackett. Jacobus in his "Families of Ancient New Haven" [published a few > years after Weygant's book] does not list Richard as a son of Jonathan. And > Jacobus has thorough documentation for his work while Weygant is somewhat > lacking in his documentation. > > Therefore, as stated above, David's DNA does show a relationship between > Capt. Richard Sackett and Simon Sackett of MA. In my opinion, we will not > be > certain about a relationship between John of New Haven and Simon until we > are able to get a participant in the DNA project who descends from John of > New Haven through someone other than Capt. Richard Sackett. > > Thurmon > Sackett Historian for TSFA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wendy Sacket" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: [SACKETT] Robert E. Sackett > > > > Alice: > > The match is to my uncle, who is the Robert Sacket (with one T) who is > > in the DNA project. The AOL address is an old one that belonged to my > > aunt who has since passed. I am the one who is the genealogy keeper in > > our branch of the family, so you are welcome to contact me directly > > off the list at [email protected] > > Our family line is posted on the TSFA web site, and I would just > > repeat what I posted earlier on this list--that the DNA test seems to > > indicate that the connection between our ancestor Skend Sackett and > > John the colonist's line is incorrect. > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Best regards, > > Wendy Sacket > > Irvine, CA (but visiting London through May 21) > > > > > > Sent from my iPod touch > > > > On May 19, 2009, at 10:46 PM, Alice Sackett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> My son, David Sackett, took part in the DNA program, and has > >> received the results, which we cannot interpret. He had an exact > >> match with Robert E. Sackett for 25 markers, and I attempted to > >> contact him for more possible enlightenment, but the address given : > >> [email protected] > >> was returned by Mailer [email protected] On the table with other > >> participants, David is listed as "Unassigned" which doesn't > >> enlighten us, either. We were trying to get more information on > >> whether David was descended from Simon or John of New Haven; > >> according to Weygant it is John, but doubt has been cast. Alice > >> Sackett > >> SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > >> Associated URL's for this surname: > >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ > >> and http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > >> If you need any help, email the List Admin at: > [email protected] > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] > >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > >> the body of the message > > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > > Associated URL's for this surname: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ and > > http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > > If you need any help, email the List Admin at: > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > Associated URL's for this surname: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ and > http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > If you need any help, email the List Admin at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >