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Sackett (occasionally Sacket) is an English surname originating in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, probably at Sackett's Hill in the parish of St Peter in Thanet (now Broadstairs and St Peter's). The earliest record of the name dates from 1317 when William Saket of Southborough, St Peter in Thanet, was in a legal dispute with the Abbot of St ...
Sackett's Land, published in 1974, is the first novel chronologically of the Sackett novels, taking place around AD 1600 in England (including The Fens and Queen Elizabeth I's London), on the Atlantic Ocean, and the Atlantic Seaboard of North America, particularly in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras.
Crest: On a chapeau gules furred ermine a hand holding up a skene in pale argent, hilted and pommelled Or. [101] Motto: Je pense plus [101] [French, 'I think more'] [101] Chief: James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar and 16th Earl of Kellie: Ewing [citation needed] Crest: A demi-lion rampant holding in its dexter paw a star or mullet
Davidson. A Victorian depiction of the clan painted by R. R. McIan.. The Clan Davidson or Clan Dhai are recorded as being wiped out as a fighting force in 1370 at the Battle of Invernahavon, which was fought between the Chattan Confederation and the Clan Cameron. [4]
Crest: An eagle's head erased or. [9] Connections to other presidents' arms: Same arms as used by his grandson, Benjamin Harrison — John Tyler, 10th president, 1841–1845 No arms known. — James K. Polk, 11th president, 1845–1849 No arms known. Crest of Zachary Taylor, 12th president, 1849–1850 Crest: A naked arm embowed holding an ...
Nathaniel Sackett (April 10, 1737 – July 28, 1805) was the spymaster appointed by General George Washington to create a network of civilian spies located in New York during the American Revolution. Sackett and his new spy ring would report to William Duer , a Continental Congressman, and General Washington.
The Daybreakers is a 1960 novel set in the latter half of 19th-century America (1867), written by Louis L'Amour.It is the first novel that he wrote about a Welsh and English family surnamed Sackett.
McConnell or McConnel is an Irish and Scottish surname. [1] It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill (see MacDonnell). [2] Alternatively in Ireland, it may be derived from Mac Conaill meaning 'son of Conall', a given name composed of the elements con (from cú meaning 'hound') and gal (meaning 'valour').