one barton family.net's Genealogy Project
Print Bookmark

Contents

Contact Us

Search

Last Name:
First Name:


Meet the Barton's

TNG version: 15.0.2

Deacon Richard Brackett[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]

Male Abt 1610 - 1690  (~ 80 years)


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Richard Brackett 
    Prefix Deacon 
    Birth Abt 1610  Sudbury, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 8, 19] 
    • He was 80 when he died.
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 16 Sep 1610  Sudbury, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10, 11, 13] 
    Church:
    St. Gregory's
    Emigration 1632  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Event 1633  [8] 
    went back to England to marry
    Event 1634  [8] 
    returned to New England
    Property 21 Mar 1635/6  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    was on a list issued by the Boston selectmen of those who had been ordered on 30 November 1635 to build upon their allotments for habitation and had not done so
    Freeman 25 May 1636  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 13] 
    Occupation From 1637 to 1640  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    jailkeeper
    Property 18 Feb 1638/9  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    was one of six men ordered to "make suffient the cartway against Mr. Hutchinson's house, under which they drain their gardens"
    Member 1639  [8] 
    the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company 
    Property 24 Feb 1639/40  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    was granted leave by the Boston selectmen "to mow the marsh lying in the New Field, which he hath usually mown, for this next summer time"
    Removed to 1641  Braintree, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    From: Boston
    Office From 1646 to 1654  Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    clerk of writs
    Office 1652  Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    selectman
    Office 23 May 1655  Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    deputy to General Court
    Office 29 May 1655  [8] 
    commissioner to meet with men of Plymouth "to lay out that marsh lying at Connahassett"
    Property 25 Oct 1667  Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    for £5 5s. thirty acres "within the woods in ... Braintry, but belonging to the said town of Boston & about twenty-five years past by the said town of Boston granted & laid out, to other men"
    Deposition 2 Jul 1668  [20] 
    aged about 56 years, "saith that about four days before the late Mr. Flint departed this life himself & Mrs. Joanna Quincy being with him, they heard him say he had made & written his will"
    Property 13 Jul 1671  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    for £12 "a parcel of land lying & being a part of the land purchased by him the said James Brackett & Richard Brackett his father of Jeremiah Bumstead of Boston aforesaid joiner, Richard Brackett his said father consenting thereto, & being a witness hereunto"
    James Brackett
    • Role: Witness
    Appointed 15 Oct 1679  Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    by General Court "to join persons in marriage in the town of Braintry ... also to administer oaths in civil cases"
    Office 5 Dec 1683  [8] 
    commissioner to lay out land
    Event 15 Oct 1684  [8] 
    "on request of Captain Richard Brackett being above seventy-three years of age, & infirmities of age upon him, having desired formerly, & now also, to lay down his place as chief military commander in Braintry, the Court grants his request ..."
    Occupation husbandman  [8]
    Will 29 Jan 1688/9  [8] 


    • Richard Brackett of Braintree bequeathed:
      to wife Alice Brackett for life entire estate in Braintree and all income from estate in Billerica;
      to the children of his son John "by his wife Hannah Brackett" one-fourth of his lands and housing in Billerica; to son Peter Brackett, son-in-law Simon Crosbey and son-in-law Joseph Thompson the remaining three parts of the Billerica estate to be divided equally;
      to son Peter Brackett £5;
      to "the two daughters of my son Josiah deceased Elizabeth and Sarah, "£20 apiece at age of twenty (to be paid by Peter Brackett, Simon Crosby, Joseph Thompson and the children of John Brackett);
      to "the said Sarah daughter of my son Josiah" £5 and "the feather bed her mother carried away";
      to "my son James Brackett all my now dwelling house, barn, orchards, lands & meadows lying & being in Braintrey";
      to "my son-in-law Joseph Crosby" £10; to "my daughter Hannah Blancher" 20s.;
      "my great Bible to my daughter Rachell Crosby for her use during her life & at her decease to be to my grandchild Abigall Tompson";
      to "Hannah Brackett the daughter of my son John" movable goods worth £20;
      to "my beloved wife Allice Brackett" the rest of the movables for her to dispose of as she wishes;
      "whereas I have given to my grandchild Sarah Brackett the daughter of my son Josiah Brackett deceased five pounds, my will is that it should be null void & of none effect as also the ten pounds given to Joseph Crosby I give to his daughter Anna Crosby"
    Death 5 Mar 1689/90  Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 8, 12, 19, 21] 
    Probate 19 Dec 1690  [8] 
    Burial Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Cemetery:
    Hancock Cemetery
    Person ID I6774  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2020 

    Father Peter Brackett,   b. Between 1580 and 1585, Sudbury, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1616 (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Mother Rachel ________,   b. Abt 1594   d. 15 Sep 1651, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1608  [8, 11] 
    Family ID F602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Blower,   b. Abt 1614, Sudbury, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1690, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)  [8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24] 
    Marriage 6 Jan 1633/4  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 23] 
    Church:
    St. Katherine by the Tower
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Brackett,   b. Abt 1634/5, Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1706, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years)
    +2. John Brackett, Sr.   d. 18 Mar 1686/7, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Peter Brackett
    +4. Rachel Brackett,   b. 3 Nov 1639, Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1726 (Age > 88 years)
     5. Mary Brackett,   b. 1 Feb 1641/2, Braintree, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1678, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     6. James Brackett,   b. Abt 1645/6, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1718, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     7. Josiah Brackett,   b. 8 Jul 1652, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 14 Jan 1681/2 (Age < 29 years)
     8. Sarah Brackett,   b. Abt 1655, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1690 and 1695 (Age ~ 35 years)
    Family ID F3560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1610 - Sudbury, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - Church:
    St. Gregory's - 16 Sep 1610 - Sudbury, Suffolk, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - 1632 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Church:
    St. Katherine by the Tower - 6 Jan 1633/4 - London, Middlesex, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was on a list issued by the Boston selectmen of those who had been ordered on 30 November 1635 to build upon their allotments for habitation and had not done so - 21 Mar 1635/6 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 25 May 1636 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - jailkeeper - From 1637 to 1640 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was one of six men ordered to "make suffient the cartway against Mr. Hutchinson's house, under which they drain their gardens" - 18 Feb 1638/9 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted leave by the Boston selectmen "to mow the marsh lying in the New Field, which he hath usually mown, for this next summer time" - 24 Feb 1639/40 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Boston - 1641 - Braintree, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - clerk of writs - From 1646 to 1654 - Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - selectman - 1652 - Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - deputy to General Court - 23 May 1655 - Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - for £5 5s. thirty acres "within the woods in ... Braintry, but belonging to the said town of Boston & about twenty-five years past by the said town of Boston granted & laid out, to other men" - 25 Oct 1667 - Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - for £12 "a parcel of land lying & being a part of the land purchased by him the said James Brackett & Richard Brackett his father of Jeremiah Bumstead of Boston aforesaid joiner, Richard Brackett his said father consenting thereto, & being a witness hereunto",James Brackett - 13 Jul 1671 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - by General Court "to join persons in marriage in the town of Braintry ... also to administer oaths in civil cases" - 15 Oct 1679 - Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Mar 1689/90 - Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Hancock Cemetery - - Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S939] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 1, 477, 00190.

    2.  2.  [S939] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 1, 229, 00190.

    3.  3.  [S12] Mercer Co. NJ, 474, 00377.

    4.  4.  [S22] The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus, 58, 00532.

    5.  5.  [S520] Simon Crosby, 66, 00480.

    6.  6.  [S764] Torrey 2nd, 23, 00766.

    7.  7.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 157:204, 00390.

    8.  8.  [S576] TGMSP, Richard Brackett, 00516.

    9.  9.  [S905] Founders of Old Dunstable, 4, 00901.

    10.  10.  [S921] Torrey 3rd, 33, 00917.

    11.  11.  [S867] TAG, 52:73, 00863.

    12.  12.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 11534942, 00974.

    13.  13.  [S1282] Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins, 65, 01124.

    14.  14.  [S576] TGMSP, Francis Newcomb, 00516.

    15.  15.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:10:21, 00516.

    16.  16.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Blower, 00516.

    17.  17.  [S576] TGMSP, Simon Crosby, 00516.

    18.  18.  [S867] TAG, 52:74, 00863.

    19.  19.  [S217] History of Old Braintree, bvr1.txt, 00277.

    20.  20.  [S576] TGMSP, Henry Flint, 00516.

    21.  21.  [S1282] Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins, 69, 01124.

    22.  22.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 93:164, 00390.

    23.  23.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 25250563, 00974.

    24.  24.  [S576] TGMSP, William French, 00516.