Post by benotforgot on Aug 11, 2008 21:09:24 GMT -6
On this date in our family history . . . the 11th day of August . . . in the year 1720 . . . Sarah Emery becomes the bride of Samuel Brackett in York County, Maine . . . this Sarah and Samuel are 7th great-grandparents of the Keeper of this genealogy website . . .
By George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser
(IV) Samuel (2), eldest child of Samuel (1) and Elizabeth (Botts) Brackett, was born September 6, 1695, at Berwick, Maine, and died December 31, 1786.
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.
On August I1, 1720, Deacon Samuel (2) Brackett married (first) Sarah, daughter of Job and Charity (Nason) Emery, of Berwick. She was one of a family of fourteen, was born February 4, 1700, and died December 20, 1742, shortly after giving birth to her eleventh child.
Children were:
1. John, born June 29, 1721.
2. Isaac, October 7, 1722.
3. Samuel, August 5, 1724.
4. James, whose sketch follows.
5. Joshua, July 9, 1728.
6. Mary, October 2, 1730, married John Woodsum.
7. Elizabeth, February 20, 1733, married John Kilgore.
8. Sarah, June 8, 1736, died at the age of three.
9. Jacob, November 8, 1737, died at the age of two.
10. Joseph, April 7, 1739, died at the age of three,
11. Sarah, November 15, 1742, married Zebulon Libby.
On September 12, 1743, Deacon Samuel (2) Brackett married (second) Mrs. Abigail Cass, widow of Thomas Cass and daughter of Jonathan Banfill, of Portsmouth.
Children of second marriage were:
1. Bathsheba, June 19, 1744, married Pray.
2. Joseph, October 22, 1746, died February 3, 1755.
3. Olive, September 6, 1750, died October 13, 1751.
The Second Church of Berwick was organized in 1755, and Samuel (2) Brackett and his wife were charter members. He was chosen deacon, June 12, 1755, and elder, July 21, 1768. He was selectman in 1749 and 1750, and probably held other town offices.
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