Thank you for your swift reply. I will check my source who is a big history buff. But he seems sure that the Sacketts did sail on the Mayflower. But we all can make mistakes. I have been so busy with my paid work that Sackett searching has had to take second place for the moment. But even when covering the Michael Flatley event in Monaco, last August I found myself sitting next to a Sackett. Michael was dancing for the Prince Rainier and Princess Caroline at the Red Cross Ball. We Sacketts do get about. I would love to hear from any Sacketts in California and Canada. My very best from one cold and snow bound England. Arabella Sackett. -----Original Message----- From: Thurmon E King [mailto:thurmonking@juno.com] Sent: 23 February 2004 02:05 To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SACKETT-L] RE: Church The Sackett History... The English side of the pond. Arabella; Its been a while since we heard from you. After your earlier posts concerning the Sacketts coming to America on the Mayflower, we have done some more checking into the matter. If one is talking about THE Mayflower which came over in 1620; we can say that Simon Sackett did not come over on that voyage. That voyage was connected to the Plymouth Colony while Simon Sackett came over in connection with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. The plaque in Old Newtowne in Cambridge, MA names a Sackett [Simon] as one of those who first built there by July 26, 1631. The prevalent belief has been that Simon Sackett and his wife came over on the ship Lyon leaving England in Dec. 1630 and arriving in America in Feb. 1631. Now, if there was a ship named Mayflower that made a voyage to America in connection with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in late 1630 or early 1631; then Simon Sackett could possibly have been one of the passengers. Warm regards, Thurmon King TSFA Historian On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 23:21:40 -0000 "Sackett" <Sackett@BTinternet.com> writes: > Hello to you Sackets out there. Gosh I didn't know just how many > existed. And to think I with the help of my Sackett husband seem to > be swelling the numbers. Our six children seem to be adding to the > Sacketts, with some enthusiasm. I am researching my husband's > family. > Which we understand started the journey over on the Mayflower. Well > that's what my research tells me. As a writer I find the whole story > and journey so exciting. BUT is also very tiresome, not being able to > trace simple links. When in the USA you have more freedom, to paper files, > than we do over here because of the data protection act. If I can > help please, do contact me as I have been to the Church in Thanet . Best > wishes Arabella Sackett..Nee Blake. ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== Visit the SACKETT-L Web Page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237