BROCKETT, Abigail

1658 - 1729  (71 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	BROCKETT, Abigail
  Christening	24 Mar 1650	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Birth	10 Mar 1658	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Jul 1729	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Burial	4 Jul 1729	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  WAC	10 Nov 1930	SLAKE
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I30283	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  F17134

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  Family	PAYNE, John ,   b. 27 Apr 1646, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesd. 4 Jun 1729, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	22 Jan 1693	England   [1]
  Family ID	F17133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  by Ruth Dorius John Brockett, the first person of that name to come to America was born in England in 1609. He came to America probably in ship Hector in 1637. The passengers were “gentlemen of wealth and character.” In 1638 John Brockett helped lay the foundations of New Haven, Connecticut. He was a Civil Engineer and Surveyor, and in June 1639 laid out the large square in the center of the city of New Haven. Tradition has existed for 200 years in New Haven that John Brockett was the eldest son of Sir John Brockett of Brockett Hall, Hertfordshire, England. On Account of his Puritanical ideas, his father (who had been knighted by Queen Elizabeth) disinherited him, and John then gave up all claims to the titles and estates of the Brocketts in England, and came with Rev. John Davenport to America. One source said that Sir John Brockett also had his son, John; name removed from all the family records so that it should never appear in any published lists of the family. There is no record of John Brockett’s marriage, but it is generally supposed that he was married in England, having gone back there. His first son, John, was born in England in 1642. His wife followed him to America in 1644. The finished Archive sheet states she was a Miss Prudden. Their daughter, Abigail Brockett, born in 1650 married John Payne. (In searching the vital records of Gravely, Hertfordshire, England, the Payne name was noted. Archive sheet gives William as father of John Payne, with no birthplace in England given.) In the back of the Rockwell Genealogy by Edward J. Rockwell, is a beautiful pedigree chart of the Rockwells. The early ones were in Yorkshire, and they eventually owned land in Hertfordshire. Recommend research in Hertfordshire, especially Wheat Hampstead where Sire John Brockett is buried. On his tomb is stated he had ten sons and five daughters. With the new GIANT system of the Church, names on the pedigree in the Rockwell Genealogy should be checked and many names could be submitted.

  
  

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  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. ABIGAIL BROCKETT; Female; Birth: 10 MAR 1658 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; Spouse: JOHN PAYNE; Marriage: 22 JAN 1673 , , England; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 16 Aug 2004