Samuel Brackett, Sr., of Billerica & Kittery

Not the same as Samuel Brackett {Fictional} or as Samuel Brackett of Rye

Samuel Brackett

• Born 4 Mar 1672/73 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States son of John Bracket and Hannah French (see below)
• Died 27 Apr 1752 Berwick, York, Maine, United States
• Married Elizabeth Botts 20 Nov 1694 Berwick, York, Maine, United States
• Read critically, widely and often - you'll notice several errors which have been corrected.

Birth

Foster, F. Apthorp (ed.). Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908) 28.

BRACKET, Samuel, s. John and Hannath, [born] Mar. 4, [16]72-3.

Children

1. SAMUEL BRACKETT, born 6 Sept. 1695; died by 9 March 1786; married (1) Berwick 3 Sept. 1819, SARAH EMERY daughter of Job and Charity (Nason) Emery. He married (2) in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., N.H., 13 Sept. 1743, ABIGAIL (BANFIELD) CROSS. Abigail died in 1786. Samuel and Sarah had eleven children, all born in Berwick between 1720 and 1742.[23] He lived on the westerly slope of Blackberry Hill, about three and one-half miles south from the house of his father, and the farm that he cleared is still owned by his descendants, having passed from father to son through five generations. In various conveyances of land, he is described as “turner,” though it is probable that farming was his chief occupation.
2. MARY BRACKETT, owned the covenant 20 Dec. 1719; died 28 Feb. 1773; married ca. 1722 THOMAS TUTTLE.
3. ELIZABETH BRACKETT, owned the covenant 20 Dec. 1719; married by 1730 SAMUEL ABBOTT.
4. BATHSHEBA BRACKETT, baptized 24 Dec. 1719; died 1802; married Berwick 28 Feb. 1725, JONATHAN ABBOT.
5. HANNAH BRACKETT, baptized 24 Dec. 1719; married, intentions 11 Nov. 1730, SAMUEL THOMPSON of York.

Genealogical Errors

Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn. Old Kittery and her families. (Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States: Press of Lewiston journal company, 1903) 298.

Stackpole listed the children of Thomas Brackett, son of Anthony Brackett:

1. Joshua, b. 1671: m. Mary Weeks and settled in Greenland, N. H.
2. Samuel, b. 27 April 1672 in Falmouth: m. Elizabeth Botts
3. Sarah, b. 1673: m. John Hill of Portsmouth
4. Mary, b. 1674: m. Christopher Mitchell of Kittery

[Samuel was the only child with a full birthdate. And there is no record of this birth. Stackpole seems to have invented this son out of whole cloth].

GDMNH

Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)94.

Brackett: SAMUEL, turner, Berwick, b. in Billerica 4 Mar. 1672-3, s. of John and Hannah (French), m. in Braintree 6 Sep. 1661. Con-temp, accts. ment. only 3 ch. of (6) and Wm. Willis excludes Samuel, of whom nothing appears here back of his m. record. Mr. Willis in 1827 had Nathaniel Adams see a sis., ag. 87, of Dr. Joshua Brackett, who said that four Brackett brothers came to this country, one to Boston, one to Casco and two to Greenland, one of whom rem. to Portland. Of greater weight, would Anthony (1) in his will give a heifer to grs. Samuel without saying which one if he had two? James H. Brackett, author of the Brackett Gen., must have asked his old folk leading questions. Lists 290, 298. He m. 25 Nov. 1694 Elizabeth Botts, and was called 80 at death, 27 Apr. 1752. Wid. d. 21 Apr. 1753. Kn. ch: Samuel, b. S Sep. 1695, will prov. 1786. List 298. He m. 1st Sarah Emery (Job 2), d. 20 Dec. 1742, 11 ch.; 2d 13 Sep. 1743 Abigail (Banfield d. of Hugh 2), wid. of Thos. Coss (2), 3 ch. Mary, owned covt. 20 Dec. 1719, m. Thos. Tuttle, d. 28 Feb. 1773. Elizabeth, owned covt. 20 Dec. 1719; July Ct. 1723 accus. Barsham Allen; m. by 1730 Samuel Abbott, a. of John (4). Bathsheba, bp. 24 Dec. 1719, m. Jonathan Abbott, son of John (4); d. 21 Feb. 1802. Hannah, bp. 24 Dec. 1719, owned covt.; m. (int. 11 Nov. 1730) Samuel Thompson of York. Their father had sisters Bathsheba, Elizabeth, Hannah.

Correct Lineage

George Martin, Samuel Brackett of Billerica, Massachusetts, Married Elizabeth Botts of Berwick, Maine, Where They Raised Their Family, in Massachusetts Society of Genealogists. Massog. (Ashland, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, 1977-) Vol 47.1 2021-2022.

SAMUEL3 BRACKETT (John2, Richard1, PeterA) was born in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 4 March 1672/3 and died in Berwick, York County, Maine, on 27 April 1752.[6] Samuel Brackett married on 25 November 1694, ELIZABETH BOTTS, the Rev. Edward Thompson, minister of Berwick, officiating. She was an inhabitant of Berwick, was one year younger than her husband, and was a daughter of Isaac Botts. The daughter of Isaac1 and Elizabeth (Freethy) Botts, she was born in Berwick in 1673, and died there 21 April 1753. “Elizabeth was their only child.

Did not attend Church

Little, George Thomas, compiler. Genealogical and Family History 
of the 
State of Maine. (New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909) 4:1759.

In June 1696, Samuel Brackett was charged with “not frequenting the public worship on the
Lord’s day.” Later he and his wife were charged with a similar offense; he was fined 5s and she was admonished.

Austin, John Osborne. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families. (Salem, Massachusetts, 1893)
42.

At a legal town meeting held at Kittery 10 May 1703, Samuel was granted 50 acres.

Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn. Old Kittery and her families. (Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States: Press of Lewiston journal company, 1903) 298.

“Samuel Brackett was fined in 1697 for not attending church.”

Probate

Samuel Brackett, in Probate Court, York County. Maine, York County, probate estate files, 1690-1917 File 1632, images 588–600, online at FamilySearch.org.

Administrative Bond posted 14 Nov 1753 by Samuel Brackett; inventory, taken on 16 November 1753; account of widow’s funeral charges; Distribution n 3 July 1753 to eldest son Samuel (who received a double share), then to Samuel Abbot for his wife (Elizabeth), Samuel Thomson for his wife (Hannah), Thomas Tuttle for his wife (Mary), and Jonathan Abbot for his wife (Bathsheba)

The inventory of his estate suggests that he accumulated considerable property. His wife died soon after he did, and the list of her clothing, which was included in his estate, would seem to indicate some level of affluence. “The list enumerates 7 gowns, 3 silk crepe ones, 8 petticoats, 3 under-vests, 2 silk hoods, 1 riding hood, 1 pair of stays, black gauze handkerchief, black fan, 1 pr. of sleeve buttons, 3 pr. of cotton gloves, muslin and linen aprons, considerable number of other articles.

Rootsweb with errors!

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Samuel Brackett became imbued with more liberal religious views and in June 1696, he was charged with the crime of "not frequenting the public worship on the Lord's day." He and his wife were later charged with a similar offense, and he was fined five shillings and she was admonished. In those days, when men were in hourly danger from a savage foe, they were not spared persecutions by the saints. In the Indian war which lasted from 1703 to 1713, Samuel Brackett received a long knife cut in the abdomen, which let out the intestines. He hastily replaced the parts, and by pressing his hand tightly over the opening, and by being fleet of foot fled to the garrison house. His eighty years (when he died) was more due to his youth and strength rather than surgical skill available at the time of this incident. His wife died at about the same time that he did. In the estate there was a list of her clothing: "7 gowns, 3 silk crepe ones, 3 petticoats, 3 undervests, 2 silk hoods, 1 riding hood, 1 pair of stays, black gauze handkerchief, black fan, 1 pair of sleeve buttons, 3 pair of cotton gloves, muslin and linen aprons..." these and other items suggest that they had accumulated considerable property and enjoyed affluence.

Other Sources

   Title: History of Weston ME 1835-1985

   Author: Basil E Kinney

   Publication: The J.S. McCarthy Co Augusta ME

   Note: good

   Repository:

   Note: Personal Library

   Media: Book

   Page: 104 

   Media: Book

   Abbrev: ME Familes

   Title: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine

   Author: Henry S Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, George Thomas Little

   Publication: Published 1909;

   Lewis Historical Pub. Co

   Page: pg. 1758

   Quality: 3

   Media: Book

   Abbrev: ME Familes

   Title: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine

   Author: Henry S Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, George Thomas Little

   Publication: Published 1909;

   Lewis Historical Pub. Co

   Page: pg. 1759

   Quality: 3

   Media: Book

   Abbrev: ME: Kittery

   Title: Old Kittery and Her Families

   Author: Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole

   Page: pg. 298

   Quality: 3

   Media: Book

   Abbrev: Brackett, A.

   Title: Brackett Genealogy: Descendants of Anthony Brackett of Portsmouth and Captain Richard Brackett

   Author: Herbert Ierson Brackett

   Publication: Published 1907 H. I. Brackett;

   608 pages;

   Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison

   Repository:

       Name: Google Books

       http://books.google.com/books

   Page: pg. 94

   Quality: 3

   Media: Book

   Abbrev: ME: Kittery

   Title: Old Kittery and Her Families

   Author: Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole

   Page: pg. 298