BRACKETT FAMILY of Virginia STUDY

• THE NAME BRACKETT
• ORIGINS
• EARLIEST VIRGINIA BRACKETTS
• NAME INDEX
• FAMILY INDEX
• SOURCES

• Mark Brackett [F93] and wife Elizabeth were in James City County in 1694.
  
• Thomas Brackett [S99] and Elizabeth Ashe. Their son John Brackett [F81] (born about 1720) was a prominent landowner in Henrico County and Cumberland County.
  
• John Brackett [F81]. Thought to possibly be a brother of Thomas Brackett [F49].
• Thomas Brackett [F49]. Thought to possibly be a brother of John Brackett [F81]. Born in 1718 in Amelia County, Virginia. Thomas Brackett married Judith Ludwell in 1740 in Amelia, VA.
  
• William Brackett [S94] sold land in Boochland County in 1743.

• Adkins Brackett (1780-1830) [F33] son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. He md. Barbara Anderson
• Ann Brackett (1744-?) [F58] daughter of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. Ann Brackett married Francis Baines
• Ann Brackett (c1780-?) [F14] Md Aaron Haskins on 16 December 1801 in Powhatan County, Virginia
• Ann Harris Brackett (c1786-1846) [F46] Md Thomas Hatcher 28 October 1806 Amelia County, Virginia
• Appolis Brackett (c1800-?) [F3] Married E. Nixon on 06 April 1821 in Frederick County, Virginia
• Argyle Pleasant Brackett (c1797-1890 [F82] son of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah Pleasant Anyan. He md Nancy Ann Mills
• Benjamin Brackett (?-?) [F76] He married Jane Curry. settled in Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Benjamin Brackett (?-?) [F67] Of Amelia Co, VA in 1800 lists Benjamin Brackett. Apparently different than Benjamin [F50] or [F59]
• Benjamin Brackett (?-?) [F74] Of North Carolina. Son of Thomas Brackett [F73] and Betsy.
• Benjamin Brackett (c1750-?) [F59] son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. Md. Elizabeth Upton
• Benjamin Brackett (1754-1792) [F50] son of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. Benjamin Brackett married Ann Adkins
• Betsy Bracket (c1770-?) [F11] Md Thomas Binford
• Boyle Brackett (1750-1801) [F53] son of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell
• Burrell Brackett (?-c1828) [F91] He married Rebecca Woodward
• Catherine BRACKET (c1795-?) [F8] She married William Alger on 29 December 1814 in Norfolk, Virginia
• Charity Brackett (c1765-?) [F10] Md Alexander Barker
• Chastain Brackett (c1810-?) [F19] Md Ann B. Stovall 6 May 1830 Powhatan County, Virginia
• Corbin Bracket (c1770-?) [F12] Md Elizabeth Holdness
• Cornelia J. Brackett (c1820-?) [F36] Md Richard L. Baugh 18 February 1839 Powhatan County, Virginia
• Eliza Brackett (c1830-?) [F40] Md. Shirlee P. Binford 4 March 1847 Henrico County, Virginia
• Elizabeth Brackett (c1755-1820) [F92] She married Samuel Whitesides in 1777 in Bedford County, Virginia
• Elizabeth P. Brackett (c1795-?) [F31] Md John Harris 25 April 1814 Amelia County, Virginia
• Elizabeth (Eliza) Jane Brackett (1805-?) [F84] dau. of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah (Sally) Pleasant Anyan. She md Samuel Lion Messer
• Frances Brackett (c1790-?) [F65] daughter of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. She married Robert Bolling
• Frances Brackett (c1790-?) [F25] Md James Bennett on 22 January 1811 in Lunenberg County, Virginia
• Frances C. Brackett (c1810-?) [F42] Md. Theodorick Carter Jr. 20 December 1830 Henrico County, Virginia
• Henry Brackett (c1840-?) [F22] Son of Thomas Henry Brackett [F43] and Sarah Miller Bransford
• Isabella Brackett (c1820-?) [F27] Md John C. Allen 19 December 1839 Henrico County, Virginia
• James Bracket (?-?) [F64] of Halifax Co 1752-1755.
• James Brackett (c1790-?) [F26] Md (Mrs) Peggy E. ROSS 23 December 1811 Norfolk, Virginia
• (Mrs) Jane S. Brackett (c1820-?) [F21] Md Herbert Eanes
• Jane F. Brackett (c1820-?) [F41] Md. Smith W. Ligon 17 December 1840 Amelia County, Virginia
• John Brackett (?-?) [F75] He married Phoebe Davison on 20 November 1781 in Prince Edward Co, VA.
• John Brackett (?-?) [F62] of Prince Edward County in 1773. Married (possibly) Judy.
• John Brackett (1720-1785) [F81] He married Elizabeth. Of Henrico and Cumberland Counties, VA
• John Bracket (c1775-?) [F7] He married Sally P. Anyan on 14 December 1796 Prince Edward County, Virginia
• John Bracket (c1790-?) [F6] He married Dorcas TART on 17 April 1815 Norfolk, Virginia
• John Pleasant Brackett (III) (1801-1888) [F86] son of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah (Sally) Pleasant Anyan. Md. Elizabeth Piercefield
• John Brackett (c1820-?) [F30] Md Rebecca Jane Allen on 30 May 1843 in Henrico County, Virginia
• Jonathan Brackett (c1780-?) [F68] He married Elizabeth Carter
• Johnson Brackett (c1810-?) [F29] Md Margaret Bowen 10 August 1831 Richmond, Virginia
• Joseph Brackett (c1790-?) [F32] Md Jane Thompson 13 January 1810 Cumberland County, Virginia
• Joseph Brackett (?-1831) [F80] Son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. Of Amelia County, Virginia
• Judith Ann Brackett (c1795-?) [F16] Md Benjamin P. Howard 16 Sep 1813 in Amelia County, Virginia. Dau. of Ludwell Brackett [F52 and Ann Elizabeth Cox
• Judith W. Brackett (c1785-?) [F48] Md Bevill Woodley
• Louisa Brackett (c1800-?) [F37] Md. Robert Henderson 28 March 1820 Cumberland County, Virginia
• Lucy Brackett (c1770-?) [F70] She married William Francess (Francis) on 1 June 1790 in Henrico County, Virginia
• Ludwell Brackett (c1760-c1816) [F52] son of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. He married Ann Elizabeth Cox
• (Rev) Ludwell Brackett (1799-?) [F90] son of Burrell Brackett [F91] and Rebecca Woodward. Md. Gilly Sisk
• Ludwell Brackett Jr. (c1804-1834) [F66] son of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox
• Ludwell Brackett (c1818-?) [F34] Md Martha H. Frayser 26 December 1836 Henrico County, Virginia
• Ludwell Brackett (c1840-?) [F23] Son of Thomas Henry Brackett [F43] and Sarah Miller Bransford
• (Mrs) Margaret Brackett (c1815-?) [F35] Md Peter Everett 16 November 1835 Richmond, Virginia
• Mark Brackett (?-?) [F93] He married Elizabeth Brackett. They were in James City County in 1694
• Martha H. Brackett (c1805-c1834) [F20] Md George C. Chesley on 18 January 1823 in Cumberland County, Virginia
• Martha Brackett (c1820-?) [F15] Md Albert Fisher 19 January 1841 Henrico County, Virginia
• Mary Brackett (1763-?) [F71] daughter of Benjamin Brackett pF50] and Ann Adkins
• Mary L. Brackett (c1795-?) [F28] Md John W. NASH 17 October 1816 Amelia County, Virginia
• Mary L. BRACKETT (c1820-?) [F38] Md. Samuel R. Seay 27 April 1837 Powhatan County, Virginia
• Molly Brackett (1761-?) [F55] dau of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell
• Nancy Brackett (?-?) [F85] Daughter of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah (Sally) Pleasant Anyan
• Nancy Brackett (?-?) [F95] daughter of John Brackett and Jane Devan (Devon)
• Nancy Brackett (1759-?) [F56] dau. of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell
• Nancy Brackett (c1760-1853) [F89] she married Abner Johnson of Prince Edward county on March 14, 1783
• Nancy Brackett (1770-1853) [F57] Said to be the daughter of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell, but this date is probably too late
• Nancy BRACKET (c1790-?) [F5] She married James Bond on 17 September 1811 in Norfolk, Virginia
• Nancy Brackett (1796-?) [F72] daughter of Benjamin Brackett (F50] and Ann Adkins
• Nanny Brackett (c1840-?) [F44] Daughter of Thomas Henry Brackett [F43] and Sarah Miller Bransford
• Nimrod Hezekiah Brackett (1803-?) [F83] son of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah (Sally) Pleasant Anyan. He married Ruth Gregory
• Phebe Brackett (1755-1821) [F9] daughter of Thomas Brackett [S49] and Judith Ludwell. Md Caleb Hobson
• Phebe BRACKETT (c1805-?) [F39] Md. Samuel Warrinner 24 May 1823 Henrico County, Virginia
• Philip Brackett (c1840-?) [45] Son of Thomas Henry Brackett [F43] and Sarah Miller Bransford
• Polly Brackett (c1785-?) [F4] She married Hezekiah Warrinner on (15 December 1803)(20 December 1805) in Richmond, Virginia
• Rebecca Brackett (c1775-?) [F78] daughter of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins
• Ruel Brackett (c1785-c1848) [F77] son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins
• Sally Brackett (?-?) [F79] Daughter of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins
• Sally Brackett (c1744-c1795) [F54] daughter of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. She married Bartholomew STOVALL III
• Sally Brackett (c1770-?) [F69] She married Brackett Davis on 21 January 1788 in Henrico County, Virginia
• Sally Brackett (c1810-?) [F24] Md James R. Thompson 12 September 1831 Chesterfield County, Virginia
• Sally/Sarah Brackett (c1700-?) [F1] She married John Owen in 1718
• Thomas Brackett (?-?) [F2] of Saint James Parish. Deed dated 4 MAY 1738
• Thomas Brackett (?-c1773) [F60] Will dated 1773, Amelia County, Virginia
• Thomas Brackett (1718-1772) [F49] Married Judith Ludwell in 1740 in Amelia, VA.
• Thomas Brackett (1759-1801) [F51] son of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell
• Thomas Brackett (c1760-?) [F88] He married Mary Moore on 24 September 1783 in Powhatan County, Virginia
• Thomas Brackett (1775-1840) [F73] He married Betsy.
• Thomas Brackett (1775-?) [F87] son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. He married Margaret Betsy Merrill
• Thomas Brackett (c1785-?) [F13] He married Elizabeth Elam 14 August 1804 Chesterfield County, Virginia
• Thomas Henry Brackett (c1784-c1850) [F43] Md Sarah M. Bransford 29 August 1834 Cumberland County, VA
• William Bracket (?-?) [F63] of Albemarle County, August 1748
• William Brackett (?-?) [F94] William and Sarah of Goochland County sold land 16 August 1743
• Wilson Brackett (c1800-?) [F47] Md Mary Breeden 10 September 1819 Richmond, Virginia

• [F1]. Sarah Brackett. Born in 1694. She married John Owen in 1718. John Owen was born in 1676 in Henrico County, Virginia. He is listed as a member of Old Bruton Church in 1697. John Owen lived on and around the Sandy River and Little Sandy River area of Prince Edward Co, VA. The area was until 1754 a part of Amelia Co, VA.
  
  First item: Amelia Co, VA deed book 1: Deed. William Lax of Saint James Parish, Goochland, Co, VA to Thomas Brackett of Saint James Parish, Goochland Co, VA. Dated May 4, 1738....200 acres southside of Appomattox River...now Amelia.... Witnesses: John 'X' Owen, Adam 'X' Loven, and Thommas 'X' Callrk (sic). (S1).
  (Note that a John Owen which appears to be the same as above also owned some land next to the river (northside) in Goochland in the 1730s.). (S1).
  
  There is a will in Henrico Co. Va by John Brackett [F?] that names 2 daughters Sarah and Phoebe. John Owens must have married sisters. (S28).
  
  Second item: Deed. Richard Womack of Lunenburg Co, VA to John Owen of Lunenburg Co, VA. Dated July 1, 1747. .... 200 acres southside Sandy River.... Witnesses: Peter Davis, John Hudson, and Michael McDearmonroe. (S1).
  Deed. John Hudson to John Owen of Lunenburg Co, VA. Dated July 1, 1747.... 308 acres beside Sandy River... (west side).... Witnesses: Peter Davis, Richard Womack, and Michael McDearmonroe. (S1).
  
  CHILDREN of John Owen and Sarah:
  1. Sarah ( Sally ) Owen Born (1719-S23)(1732-S?)(1747-S14) Prince Edward Co. Va. What evidence do you have that Sarah (Sally) Owen was the daughter of Phoebe Brackett by John Owen rather than Sarah Brackett, John's first wife? What evidence do you have for Sally's 1747 birth year? (S14). Sarah Sally Owen, b 1732, who marries Joshua Davidson in 1759 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. (S27). Sarah Sally and Joshua Davidson have a daughter named Phebe Brackett Davidson b. 1763 who marries in 1781 in Prince Edward Co, VA, to John Brackett.
  2. Agnes OWEN b c1721 Henrico Co, VA d 1803 PE Co, VA. m c1740 Amelia Co, VA Thomas CLARK b c1720 VA d 1791 VA?
  3. John Owen Jr.
  4. William OWEN b c1727 d bef 26 Sep 1806 Halifax Co, VA. m Amelia Co, VA Lucy WOOTTON b VA, 6 ch.
  5. Thomas OWEN b 1730 Goochland Co, VA d 19 Mar 1812 Shelby Co, KY. m 1759 PE Co, VA Mary Jane HAWKINS/HOSKINS? b c1730 d 1804, 6 ch.
  6. (Col) Brackett OWEN. b c1733 (served in Revolutionary War). Of Prince Edward County, Virginia. He ends up in Shelby Co, Ky. d 14 Mar 1802 Shelby Co, KY. m c1761 VA? Elizabeth WOOTTON (sister to Capt. William WOOTTON, below, who m Lucy OWEN) b 1744 Henrico Co, VA d 1800 or 1806 Shelby Co, KY (where they had moved in 1785), 10 ch.
  
  Sarah died in 1734 in Amelia County, Virginia.
  
  John Owen married (2) Phoebe (Brackett-S1,S20)(Staples-S2)(Morton) (before 1747-S14). [NOTE: According to the birth of the children, they were probably married about 1739]. Pheobe Brackett was born in 1707 in Henrico County, Virginia.
  
  Thomas and brothers William and John immigrated before 1700 and settled in Henrico County, VA (near Richmond). Family tradition has Wales as the country of origin. Apparently, they all were surveyors. John married Phoebe Brackett and moved to Williamsburg, VA. (S26).
  
  CHILDREN of John Owen and Phoebe:
  1. (Capt) Jesse Owen. Born in 1740 in Henrico County, Virginia. Md Ann Crawford in 1760. He died in March 1793 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  2. Lucy Owen. Born about 1742 in Amelia County, Virginia. She married (Capt) William Wootten (brother of Elizabeth WOOTTON, who m Bracket OWEN, above) in 1762-1763. She died in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  3. Kesiah OWEN b c1745 Amelia Co, VA m 1769 PE Co, VA Thomas PENICK
  4. Lydia OWEN b c1747 VA? m ___ BALDWIN
  5. Jemimeah OWEN. (Jeremiah?). Born about 1748 Amelia Co, VA m 12 Jan 1769 PE Co, VA John ROWLETT, who d 1785 VA
  6. Mary OWEN b c1748 d unmarried
  
  John's will was written in 1767 in Prince Edward county, Virginia. (S21). He died on 18 August 1767 at home on Sandy River, Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  
  John Owen's will was written February 24, 1767 and probated on August 23, 1767.
  WILL: 24 Feb 1767 @ Prince Edward County, VA "I, John OWEN, of P, planter, in a low state of health, but of sound mind do make this my last will and tesiment,-To my wife Phoebe Owen-my plantation on Sandy River in P, together with the land which is bounded by James Hamlett's line on the river. A lso my negro man named LAND, my negro woman named JUD, and 2 feather beds and furniture, 1 oval table, 2 chests, 6 chairs, 6 pewter plates and other kitchenware, 4 cows and 4 yearlings, 2 horses, all my hogs, 1 axe, 1 plow hoe, 2 narrow hoe, and all my geese and fowl. Also, 1 woman's saddle 1 pail , tubs, wheels and cards, during her natural life. After her death, all moveable estate to be equally divided among all my children, except the negro JUD, if any. To my daughter, Mary OWEN--after my wife's death, the land and plantation first above mentioned to my wife. If Mary wants to resettl e on any part of the land, except the plantation, before my wife's death, she may. Also to Mary, 1 negro man named SAM, and 1 feather bed and furniture, 1 cow and 1 calf, 1 young steer and 1 iron pot. To my daughter Lidia OWEN--land on Sandy River bounded by Thomas Clarke and Jemima OWEN. Also, 1 negro girl named MILLA, 1 feather bed and furniture, 1 cow, 1 calf and 1 heifer. To my daughter Jemima OWEN--1 tract of land bounded by my daughter Lidia's line on Sandy River, my daughter Mary's line. Also 1 negro woman named Sarah, 1 feather bed and furniture, 1 cow, 1 calf and 1 young steer. To my daughter Kessiah OWEN, a tract of land in P, on the branch of Sandy River containing 243 acres bounded by Thomas Clarke, John Ligon, Henry Dickerson, and John Clarke. Also, 1 negro boy named Sampson, 1 feather bed and furniture, 1 cow, 1 calf and 1 heifer. To my daughter Lucy WOOTON, 1 negro woman named PATT. To my sons John, William, Thomas, Brackett and Jesse OWEN and my daughters Agness Clarke and Sally DAVIDSON--2 shillings and 6 pence sterling each. The rest of my estate to be equally divided among all my children, after paying my just debts. Executors: my wife Feebe OWEN my son Brackett OWEN and my friend James HAMLETT Signed 24 Feb 1767--John (his mark) OWEN Wit: Henry Dickinson Arnold (his mark) Thomason John Holloway At P Court of August 28th 1767, the will of John OWEN, deceased, was present in court by Brackett OWEN and James HAMLETT, 2 of the executors. Pheebe OWEN came into the court and relenquished her execution of the will. Brackett OWEN and James HAMLETT gave bond, and certificate was granted them for obtaining probate, John OWEN, the heir at law being present."
  LAND: John OWEN, 400 acres--Goochland County, Virginia on the northside of Appomattock River @ 30 June 1730. (S26).
  
  
• [F2]. Thomas Brackett. Amelia Co, VA deed book 1: Deed. William Lax of Saint James Parish, Goochland, Co, VA to Thomas Brackett of Saint James Parish, Goochland Co, VA. Dated May 4, 1738....200 acres southside of Appomattox River...now Amelia.... Witnesses: John 'X' Owen, Adam 'X' Loven, and Thommas 'X' Callrk (sic). (S1). This could possibly be the same person as Thomas Brackett [F49].
  
  
• [F3]. Appolis BRACKET. Married E. NIXON on 6 April 1821 in Frederick County, Virginia. (S3). There is an Apollos Brackett b 1792, who is residing in Hampton Co, VA in 1820. He is the s/o Nathan Brackett c1724 of Upton Mass., who is s/o Nathan c1678 and Hannah Owens.
  
  
• [F4]. Polly Brackett. She married Hezekiah WARRINER on (15 December 1803)(20 December 1805) in Richmond, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F5]. Nancy BRACKET. She married James BOND on 17 September 1811 in Norfolk, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F6]. John BRACKET. Probably the son of William Brackett [F94] and Sarah Atkinson. Deed of 9 October 1804: Deed Bk 42, p 47. Mary Hudson and her son John to Robert Culpepper, all of Portsmouth Parish, for £100, 100 acres on the south side of Deep Creek adj. William Carter, the heirs of Corbin Bracket, James Cherry, Thomas Culpepper, and Matthew Cherry. This land formerly belonged to Henry Culpepper. Excepted is a piece where William Carter and his wife now live. Wit: Arthur Cherry, John Bracket, and John Hudson. He married Dorcas TART on 17 April 1815 Norfolk, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F7]. John BRACKET. Born (about 1763-S22,S27,S35)(in 1766-S21,S27) (in Richmond-S21)(near Richmond-S22), Virginia; son of John Brackett [F81]. (S22). He married (Sally P. AUYAN)(Sarah Pleasant Anyan-S21) on (14)(15-S22,S27) December 1796 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. (S3). Sarah was born in 1761 in Virginia, daughter of John Anyan of Amelia County. About 1803 John II and Sarah Plesant Anyan Brackett moved to four mile near Flatlick Station in present Bell County, Kentucky. At one time in 1817, John Brackett was member of the Cumberland River Baptist Church. John Sr. and his family were farmers and his descendants were large land owners. John died on or shortly before 20 December 1853 in Knox, Kentucky. (S22,S27). Sarah died in Bell County, Kentucky. (S21). CHILDREN: Argile (Argyle) Plesant Brackett [F82], Nancy Brackett [F85], John (Jack?) Plesant Brackett [F86], Nimrod Hezekiah Brackett [F83], Elizabeth (Eliza) Jane Brackett [F84].
  
  
• [F8]. Catherine BRACKET. She married William ALGER on 29 December 1814 in Norfolk, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F9]. Phebe Brackett. Born in 1755 in Amelia County, Virginia; daughter of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. She married (William-S3)(Caleb-S10,S14a) Hobson on 28 January 1777 in Amelia County or Cumberland County, Virginia. She died on 2 October 1821 in Cumberland County, Virginia. (S3). [Check this. Other sources indicate she is the daughter of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell, not the granddaughter.].
  
  
• [F10]. Charity Bracket. She married Alexander Barker on 27 August 1785. (S3).
  
  
• [F11]. Betsy Bracket. She married Thomas Binford on 12 August 1790. (S3).
  
  
• [F12]. Corbin Bracket. He married Elizabeth Holdness on 9 August 1791. (S3).
  
  
• [F13]. Thomas Brackett. He married Elizabeth Elam 14 August 1804 Chesterfield County, Virginia. (S3,S9).
  
  
• [F14]. Ann BRACKETT. Born about 1780. She married Aaron Haskins on 16 December 1801 in Powhatan County, Virginia; daughter of Thomas, deceased. Minister was Ludwell Brackett. (S3). Aaron was born about 1780 in Cumberland County, Virginia. CHILDREN: James Vaughn Haskins
  
  
• [F15]. Martha BRACKETT. She married Albert FISHER on 19 January 1841 in Henrico County, Virginia. (S3,S17).
  
  
• [F16]. Judith Ann BRACKETT. Born about 1793 in Amelia County, Virginia; daughter of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. She married Benjamin Peterson Howard on 16 September 1813 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S3, S14a,S38,S44).
  
  
• [F17]. Joseph Brackett. In the 1810 Census in Powhattan County, Virginia.
  
  
• [F18]. Joseph Brackett. He married Jane Thompson on 13 January 1810 in Cumberland County, Virginia. S. Jos. Brackett, Tho. Gordon. (S11).
  
  
• [F19]. Chastain BRACKETT. He married Ann B. STOVALL on 6 May 1830 in Powhatan County, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F20]. Martha H. BRACKETT. (Margaret H.-S14c). Born about 1799 in (Amelia County-S3,S14a)(Cumberland County), Virginia; daughter of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. She married (Rev) George C. Chesley on 18 January 1823 in Cumberland County, Virginia. Marriage Records 1749-1840 Cumberland County Virginia does indeed have Martha H. Brackett as "Daughter of L. Brackett, deceased." Also, "Surety: Thomas H. Brackett." They lived for a while in Fluvanna County. Martha's health was so poor that they moved to Buckingham county to be near her sister, Frances. Martha died about 1834. (S44). [The Woodson book has Martha dying in 1843; Boddie has 1834.]. Her husband went to Iowa and died there before 1850. Rev. Chesley died about (1843-S44)(1845). (S3,S14a,S38,S44). George and Martha Brackett had one daughter, Martha Louisa Chesley, b. (1 October 1823)(1825), who married (1) Lewis J. Davis (died 15 August 1864 in the Civil War), and (2) John Morton Woodson in 1868. (S38).
  
  
• [F21]. [Mrs] Jane S. Brackett. (widow). She married Herbert EANES on (3 September 1836 in Amelia County, Virginia-S3)(7 October 1840 in Powhatan County, Virginia-S3). Herbert was from Amelia county.
  
  
• [F22]. Henry Brackett. Son of Thomas Henry Brackett [F43] and Sarah Miller Bransford. (S14a).
  
  
• [F23]. Ludwell Jacob Brackett. Son of Thomas Henry Brackett [F43] and Sarah Miller Bransford. (S14a). He enlisted in 1861 in Company C, Thirteenth Tennessee ingantry of the Confederate Army. He died in service in the summer of 1862.
  
  
• [F24]. Sally BRACKETT. Md. James R. THOMPSON 12 September 1831 Chesterfield County, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F25]. Frances BRACKETT. Md. James BENNETT on 22 January 1811 in Lunenberg County, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F26]. James BRACKETT. Md. (Mrs.) Peggy E. ROSS on 23 December 1811 in Norfolk, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F27]. Isabella BRACKETT. She married John C. ALLEN on 19 December 1839 in Henrico County, Virginia. (S3,S17).
  
  
• [F28]. Mary L. BRACKETT. Born about 1795 in Amelia County, Virginia; daughter of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. She married John W. Nash on 17 October 1816 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S3,S14a,S14c,S44).
  
  
• [F29]. Johnson BRACKETT. Md. MARGARET BOWEN 10 August 1831 Richmond, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F30]. John BRACKETT. He married Rebecca Jane ALLEN on 30 May 1843 in Henrico County, Virginia. (S3,S17).
  
  
• [F31]. Elizabeth P. BRACKETT. (Betsy). Born (about 1802)(about 1810-S14c) in Amelia County, Virginia; daughter of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. She married John S. HARRIS on 25 April 1814 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S3,S14a,S44). (Amelia County Marriages, p. 50.) Wits: Benj. P. Howard and Thos. A. Walton. (S14a,S14c). [Woodson Book (S38) has Betsy Brackett m. Isham Harris and Mr Atkinson; Boddie has Elizabeth Brackett m. John S. Harris.].
  
  
• [F32]. Joseph BRACKETT. He married JANE THOMPSON on 13 January 1810 in Cumberland County, Virginia. (S3,S12). He was deceased by 1837 when his daughter Mary was married. (S12) CHILDREN: Cornelia J. Brackett [F36], Mary L. Brackett [F38].
  
  
• [F33]. Adkins Brackett. Born in 1780; son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. He md. Barbara Anderson. He died in 1830 in McDowell County, NC. CHILDREN: Benjamin Brackett (1810-1895).
  
  
• [F34]. Ludwell BRACKETT. He married Martha H. FRAYSER on 26 December 1836 in Henrico County, Virginia. (S3,S17).
  
  
• [F35]. (Mrs) Margaret BRACKETT. Md. Peter EVERETT on 16 November 1835 in Richmond, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F36]. Cornelia J. BRACKETT. Daughter of Joseph Brackett [F32] and Jane. She married Richard L. Baugh on 18 February 1839 in Powhatan County, Virginia. (S3, S12).
  
  
• [F37]. Louisa BRACKETT. Born about 1804 in Amelia County, Virginia; daughter of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. She married (Dr.) Robert Henderson on 28 March 1820 in Cumberland County, Virginia. (S3,S14a,S44).
  
  
• [F38]. Mary L. BRACKETT. Daughter of Joseph Brackett [F32] and Jane. She married Samuel R. Seay on 27 April 1837 in Powhatan County, Virginia; married by George C. Brackett. (S3,S12).
  
  
• [F39]. Phebe BRACKETT. She married Samuel WARRINNER on 24 May 1823 in Henrico County, Virginia. (S3,S17).
  
  
• [F40]. Eliza BRACKETT. She married Shirlee P. BINFORD on 4 March 1847 in Henrico County, Virginia. (S3,S17).
  
  
• [F41]. Jane F. BRACKETT. Md. Smith W. LIGON on 17 December 1840 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F42]. Frances C. BRACKETT. She married Theodorick CARTER Jr. on 20 December 1830 in Henrico County, Virginia. (S3,S17).
  
  
• [F43]. Thomas Henry BRACKETT. Born (during or possibly about the closing of the Revolutionary War-S38)(about 1784-S44)(about 1788-S14c) in (Amelia County)(Cumberland County-S38), Virginia; son of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. Thomas H. Brackett was enlisted as a private in the War of 1812. He was in Captain Allen Wilson's Company, Seventeenth Regiment, Cumberland, attached to the First Regiment, First Brigade of Virginia, Commanded by Colonel William Trueheart, at Camp Bottom's Bridge, under the command of Brigadier General Willliam Chamberlayne, from 28 August to 30 Novemter in 1814. He married Sarah Miller BRANSFORD on 29 August 1834 in Cumberland County. Sarah was born in 1806, daughter of Capt. Jacob Bransford and Elizabeth Greenhaugh Hobson of Buckingham County, Virginia. He was a polished gentleman and said to be an unusually Handsome man. He was greatly beloved by all who knew him and especially was he revered by all the members of the family, for his noble character, generous impulses and unfailing kindness to everybody. (S38). He was alive in 1850, and died shortly after that date. Thomas died (after 1850-S44)(about 1853). CHILDREN: Nannie Brackett [F44], Philip Brackett [F45], Ludwell Jacob Brackett [F23], Henry Brackett [F22]. (S14a,S44).
  
  
• [F44]. Nanny Brackett. Daughter of Thomas Henry Brackett [F43] and Sarah Miller Bransford. (S14a). She married Isaiah Stout of Shelby County, Tennessee.
  
  
• [F45]. Philip Brackett. Son of Thomas Henry Brackett [F43] and Sarah Miller Bransford. (S14a). He died young.
  
  
• [F46]. Ann Harris BRACKETT. (Anne-S44). Born on 21 June 1786; daughter of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. She married (1) Thomas HATCHER on 28 October 1806 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S3,S14a). She married (2) Thomas Hobson Walton on 3 March 1809 in Cumberland County, Virginia. (S14a,14c,S44). Ann died on 20 July 1846 in Mississippi. (S14c,S38).
  
  
• [F47]. Wilson BRACKETT. He married Mary BREEDEN on 10 September 1819 in Richmond, Virginia. (S3).
  
  
• [F48]. Judith Winston BRACKETT. Born 20 July 1781 (in 1782)(in 1789) in Virginia; daughter of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkin. She married Woodley (Woodcliff)(Woodliff) BEVILL (Beville) on 6 December 1804 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S3). She died on 10 October 1857 in Eutaw, Greene, Alabama; and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. CHILDREN: Anne Miller Beville, Sarah Beville, Thaomas Ludwell Beville, Martha Beville.
  
  
• [F49]. Thomas Brackett. Born in 1718 in Amelia County, Virginia; possibly the son of Thomas Brackett [S107]. Many sources (S41,S42,S43) give the parents of Thomas as John Brackett and Eliza Pickering of Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; but none give a source for this. A review of Thomas, the son of John and Eliza, show different dates than Thomas of Amelia county, Virginia, and no indication that he left New England.
  It is thought that he was probably a brother of John Brackett [F81].
  Thomas could have been the Thomas Brackett who made the deed dated 4 May 1738 for 200 acres southside of Appomattox River...now Amelia County. (S1).
  Thomas Brackett married Judith Ludwell in 1740 in Amelia, VA. Judith Ludwell was born 1722 in Amelia, VA, and died (1791)(1843) in Amelia, VA.
  The will of Thomas Brackett was written on 14 March 1772 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S7,S44).
  He died on 28 May 1772 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S44).
  His will was probated 28 May 1772. (W.Bk.2,p.34).
  CHILDREN of Judith Ludwell and Thomas Brackett are: Benjamin Brackett [F50], Thomas Brackett [F51], Ludwell Brackett [F52], Boyle Brackett [F53], Sally Brackett [F54], Molly Brackett [F55], Nancy Brackett [F56], Phebe Brackett [F9]. (S4).
  
  
• [F50]. Benjamin Brackett. Born on 10 May 1754, Amelia County, Virginia; son of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. Benjamin Brackett married Ann Adkins about 1770. Heads of Families - Virginia, 1782, Amelia County: Benjamin Brackett. 6 White. 12 Black. Heads of Families - Virginia, 1785, Amelia County: Thomas Brackett. 2 White souls. 1 Dwelling. 3 Other buildings. (S46). Benjamin Brackett died on 8 November 1791 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S4). [Benjamin Brackett Will, Will book number 4 pages 230-231, proved on 23 February 1792. {REEL 30}. (S13).]. [Benjamin Brackett Estate Inventory, Will book number 4 pages 262-263 dated 22 Mar 1772. (1792?). REEL 30.]. His will was filed and probated in Amelia County Va in 1791-1792. This will named Ann as his wife and the children listed are Thomas, Joseph, Judith and Sally. Ann died in 1815 in Amelia County, Virginia. CHILDREN: Benjamin Brackett [F59], Judith Winston Brackett [F48], Mary Brackett [F71], Nancy Brackett [F72], Adkins Brackett [F33], Ruel Brackett [F77], Rebecca Brackett [F78], Sally Brackett [F79], Joseph Brackett [F80], Thomas Brackett [F87].
  
  Heres the text of the will (Minus the two words I cant make out). Any comments/errors.... (S37).
  
  In the name of God Amen.
  I BENJAMIN BRACKETT of the County of Amelia being weak of body but of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form as follows.
  
  FIRST I give and bequeath unto my loving wife ANN during her widowhood one hundred acres of the land I now live on, taken where she choose so that an equal quantity be taken from the lands of each of my sons hereafter named.
  I further give and bequeath unto my said wife on the same condition that I have given the land, my two negroe wenches DELOARY and RACHEL.
  
  ITEM. It is my will and desire that the land I now live on be equally divided between my two sons JOSEPH and THOMAS and my son JOSEPH to have his choice of tracts after such division when he arrives to the age of twenty one years and in case either of my said sons should not arrive to the age of twenty one years in that case it is my will and desire that the surviving son shall have the whole of my land.
  
  ITEM. It is my will that as soon as may be after my decease that my said land be divided into two equal parts as above mentioned and that the hundred acres that I have loand to my wife during the time she remains my widow a land of liking an equal quantity from each son first as mentioned above.
  
  ITEM. It is further my will and desire that after my just debts are paid that all my negroes not otherwise disposed of also all my stock of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs and also all the remainder of my estate of whatsoever nature or kind, be equally divided among my four children namely JOSEPH, THOMAS, JUDITH WILSON, and SALLY BRACKETT. It is my will that the two negroes lent my wife after her death or marriage be divided among my same children above named in the same manner as my other estate.
  
  ITEM. I lend unto my said wife during the time she remains my widow, the sum of all my household and _____ _____.
  
  ITEM. It is my will and desire that my Executors hereafter named dispose of as much of property at public auction as they shall judge sufficient to pay my just debts. Lastly, I appoint my friends VINCENT MARTHAM, JOHN ARCHER and JOHN ROYALL also my son JOSEPH Executors to this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and affirm my seal this Twenty Eighth day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety one.
  
  Signed Sealed and Acknowledged
  BENJAMIN BRACKETT
  
  Then the list of his estate follows, I won't list it all (I havent actually figured it all out) but heres the slave names as far as I can tell:
  1. Teborn?
  2. Pleasant
  3. Shepherd
  4. Hanaby ?
  5. Deloary
  6. Delphia
  7. Tony ?
  8. Rachel
  
  
• [F51]. Thomas Brackett. Born in 1759 in Amelia County, Virginia.; son of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. He married Ann Harris. Heads of Families - Virginia, 1785, Amelia County: Thomas Brackett. 2 White souls. 1 Dwelling. 3 Other buildings. (S46). He died in 1800-1801 in Cumberland County, Virgina. (S4).
  
  Amelia County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Part 2, Order Book 17 June 1785: John Daniel, administrator of Benjamin Bedford, deceased, P vs. Benjamin Bracket and Thomas Brackett, and Benjamin Brackett, bail for Thomas, D} In Debt-
  
  The same as before except for 1200 lb. of inspected crop tobacco with casks, clear of expenses in notes of not more than one year old at the time of payment, passed at some of the upper warehouses on the James River, with interest from 24 December 1784, and costs.
  
  John Daniel, administrator of Benjamin Bedford, deceased, unadministered by Robert Smith, his late executor, P vs. Nicholas Murray and Benjamin Brackett, D} In Debt-
  
  The same as before against Brackett, except for 1800 lb. of inspected tobacco clear of expenses, with interest from (cont.)
  
  
• [F52]. Ludwell Brackett. Born (about 1760)(in 1763-S14c) in Amelia County, Virginia; son of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. He married Ann Elzabeth Cox, daughter of Henry Cox and Ann Harris, on 17 June 1783. Ann was born about 1765 in Amelia County, Virginia. Ludwell's Occupation: Farmer.
  
  Heads of Families - Virginia, 1782, Amelia County: Ludwell Brackett. 3 White. 17 Black. (S45).
  
  Heads of Families - Virginia, 1785, Amelia County: Ludwell Brackett 2 White Souls. 1 Dwelling. 6 Other buildings. (46).
  
  1800 Tax List for Amelia Co, VA lists Ludwell Brackett.
  
  1810 census of Amelia Co, VA.:
  Ludwell Bracket Household has 10 individuals:
  Males: 1 male age 45+ (born before 1765)
  1 male age 16-26 (born 1784-1794)
  1 male age 10-16 (born 1794-1800)
  Females: l Female age 26-45 (born 1765-1784)
  2 Females age 16-26 (born 1784-1794)
  1 Female age 10-16 (born 1794-1800)
  3 Females age 0-10 (born 1800-1810)
  
  His will was written on 6 September 1814. The death of Capt Ludwell Brackett on 21 December 1815 is recorded in the Richmond Enquire, Virginia Newspaper Obituaries. (S38). His will was proved on 25 January 1816 in Cumberland County, Virginia. The will of Ann Cox Brackett was proved at the October Court in 1837, in which she names her son Thomas H. Brackett and daughter Judith Howard. CHILDREN of Ludwell Brackett and Ann Elizabeth Cox (s14a,S14c): Thomas Henry Brackett [F43], Judith Ann Brackett [F16], Martha Brackett [F20], Frances Brackett [F65], Mary L. Brackett [F28], Louisa Brackett [F37], Phebe Brackett [F103], Anne Brackett [F46], Elizabeth P. Brackett [F31], Ludwell Brackett Jr. [F66].
  
  
• [F53]. Boyle Brackett. Born in 1750 in Amelia County, Virginia.; son of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. In 1797 he received a deed from his nephew, Jesse Stovall, of land in Powhatan County, Virginia. 1800 Tax List for Amelia Co, VA lists Boyal Brackett. He died on 27 February 1801 in Amelia County, Virginia. (S1). Will dated 27 February 1801, probated 19 August 1801.
  
  
• [F54]. Sally Brackett. Born (in 1742-S26)(in 1744)(about 1754) in Amelia County, Virginia; daughter of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. She married Bartholomew STOVALL III on 28 January 1762 in Amelia County, Virginia. Surety is Thomas Brackett. (S8). She died about 1795.
  
  
• [F55]. Molly Brackett. b. 1761, Amelia, VA; dau. of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. (S4).
  
  
• [F56]. Nancy Brackett. Born (in 1757)(in 1759) in Amelia County, Virginia; daughter of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. (S4). She married William Hobson on 28 June 1777 in Amelia County or Cumberland County, Virginia. William Hobson d. 1835. She died in 1853. CHILDREN: William and Nancy had four children: Epaphroditus, Joanna Lawson, Sarah, and Nancy.
  
  
• [F57]. Nancy Brackett, b. 1770, Amelia, VA. Said to be the daughter of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell, but this date is probably too late. She died in 1853, Cumberland, VA. (S4).
  
  
• [F58]. Ann Brackett. Born in 1744 in Amelia County, Virginia; daughter of Thomas Brackett [F49] and Judith Ludwell. Ann Brackett married Francis Baines on 27 August 1761. Surety is Thomas Brackett. (S16).
  
  
• [F59]. Benjamin Brackett. Born in 1770; son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. He arrived by the scooner Lloyd in Charleston, South Carolina in 1768. He married Elizabeth Upton on 1 August (1773)(1793). He is probably the Benjamin Brackett who served in the Revolutionary War, for he was granted land (LAND GRANT 1772, LAND GRANTED 1774) which was normally given for military service. This land grant at the edge of Rutherford & Cleveland County. Casar NC. In 1774, this was part of "Old Tryon County". He died (about 1809)(after the 1810 Census)(in 1822) in Burke County, North Carolina. It is said (S6) that this Benjamin (b.1770-d.1822)is the son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. It appears to me that this is the correct connection of the Virginia Brackett family to the North Carolina family. (S8). CHILDREN: Daniel Leonidas Brackett [].
  
  
• [F60]. Thomas Brackett. Will dated 1773, Amelia County, Virginia. (S7).
  
  
• [F61]. Not used.
  
  
• [F62]. John Brackett. On a Prince Edward County Tithables list in 1773:
  Prince Edward CO VA Tithables, 1773
  Vol XXXIV No. 2 (Feb 1996)
  “A List of Tithables Taken by Henry Walker 1773 lists
  John Brackett, Judey, Sam 3 in household.
  Source Ancestry.com, VA Gen. Soc. Qtrly. (S13).
  
  Heads of Families - Virginia, 1783, Prince Edward County, Virginia: John Brackett. 7 White. 5 Black.
  
  Heads of Families - Virginia, 1785, Prince Edward County: John Bracket. 7 White souls. 1 Dwelling. 3 Other buildings.
  
  
• [F63]. William Bracket. In Albemarle County, August 1748:
  Albemarle Co VA Court Orders 1744/45 – 1748, Jun 1748, Aug 1748
  Vol XXIX, No. 3 (01 Aug 1991)
  1748 (Aug)
  Grand Jurors having presented William Bracket for profainly swearing 1 oath George McDanniel for 2 oaths, Samuel Davis for 4 oaths Samuel Culbreath for 4 oaths. Fines for the offenses by paying the following sums to the church wardens of St Ann’s for the use of the poor to wit; sd Bracket 5/ or 50 lbs tob, George McDaniel 10/ or 100 lbs tob. Samuel Davis & Samuel Culbreath, each 20/ or 200 lbs tob. They also to pay prosecution costs.
  Source Ancestry.com, VA Gen. Soc. Qtrly. (S13).
  
  
• [F64]. James Bracket.
  Halifax Co, Pleas
  Vol XXV No 4 (Nov 1987)
  Pleas No. 1 1752-1755
  James Bracket by James Cary, Jr. his atty. Agst John Smallman for trespass, assault & battery, the sheriff returned that the capieas awarded agst deft came to late to hand, an alias capias awarded.
  Source Ancestry.com, VA Gen. Soc. Qtrly. (S13).
  
  
• [F65]. Frances Brackett. Born (about 1790)(about 1809-1810-S38) in (Amelia County-S14)(Columbia County-S38), Virginia; daughter of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. She married Robert M. Bolling (1795-1876), probably in the early 1840s. (S14a,S14c,S44). [Pocahontas' Descendants confuse Martha and Frances]. Francis and Robert settled in Buckingham county where they spent the rest of their lives. Her sister, Martha's [F20] health was so poor that they moved to Buckingham county to be near Frances The are in the 1850 US census for Buckingham County, Virginia with four year old son Robert. In 1851 daughter Susan Peyton Bolling was born.
  
  
• [F66]. Ludwell Brackett Jr. Born about 1804 in Amelia County, Virginia; son of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. He died on 26 May 1834 in Cumberland County, Virginia. (S14c).
  
  
• [F67]. Benjamin Brackett. The 1800 Tax List for Amelia Co, VA lists Benjamin Brackett. This is apparently a different Benjamin that [F50] or [F59].
  
  
• [F68]. Jonathan Brackett. Son of John Brackett [F81] and Elizabeth. He witnesses the marriage of his sister Lucy on 1 June 1790 in Henrico County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Carter on 10 November 1800 in Henrico County, Virginia. (S17).
  
  
• [F69]. Sally Brackett. She married Brackett Davis on 21 January 1788 in Henrico County, Virginia, with the consent of her mother Betsey Brackett. Thomas Boradway is surety. Thomas Broadway and William Binford are witnesses to the consent. (S17).
  
  
• [F70]. Lucy Brackett. She married William Francess (Francis) on 1 June 1790 in Henrico County, Virginia; with the consent of her mother Elizabeth Brackett. Jonathan Brackett and Thomas Burford were witnesses. (S17).
  
  
• [F71]. Mary Brackett. Born in 1763; daughter of Benjamin Brackett (F50] and Ann Adkins. (S18).
  
  One of Benjamin Brackett's daughters, Mary Catherine Brackett married Samuel Eakin, pronounced "Akin", in earlier censuses it is found spelled either with a A or E or with or without an s at the end. Samuel was born 1835 Meigs Co., Tn d0d 3/5/1865 in Mo.died in Civil war, hve more info on that. His father was James Eakens, mother Milla Whitmore. James born Scott Co. Va. 1804 Milla born S.C. 7/17/1806/they married in Tenn. (S33).
  
  
• [F72]. Nancy Brackett. Born in 1796; daughter of Benjamin Brackett (F50] and Ann Adkins. (S18).
  
  
• [F73]. Thomas Brackett. Born in 1775. He married Betsy. He is named in a will in Amelia County, Virginia in 1791. He died in 1840. CHILDREN: Benjamin Brackett [F74]. (S19). [Compare with F87].
  
  
• [F74]. Benjamin Brackett. Born in North Carolina. Son of Thomas Brackett [F73] and Betsy. In the Cherokee app's of Bens children, they stated their Grandparents were Thomas and Betsy Brackett. He made his way to Georgia. (S19).
  
  
• [F75]. John Brackett. Joshua and Sally DAVISON's daughter Phoebe married John BRACKETT 20-Nov-1781 in Prince Edward Co, VA. (S21).
  
  
• [F76]. Benjamin Brackett. He married Jane Curry. The Brackett book, located on page 584,586. it says "Bracketts settled at an early day in Rutherford County, North Carolina; Their descendants removed from there to Franklin county, Georgia, and Jackson county, Tennesse. Since the civil War, Families of this brach have found homes in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. The progenitor of this branch was Benjamin Bracket; his wife Jane Curry. Amoung their children were Thomas, born about 1780; Morgan born about 1790; William, called buck; and Atkins." (S24,S25).
  
  
• [F77]. Ruel Brackett. Born about 1785; son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. He died about 1848.
  
  
• [F78]. Rebecca Brackett. Born about 1775; daughter of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins.
  
  
• [F79]. Sally Brackett. Daughter of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins.
  
  
• [F80]. Joseph Brackett. Son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. He died in 1831 in Amelia County, Virginia.
  
  
• [F81]. John Brackett. Born (in 1720)(in 1735-S35) in Virginia; son of Thomas Brackett [S99] and Elizabeth Ashe. He married Elizabeth. Excerpt from History of Bell County: "John Brackett I born 1720 and died 1785 and Elizabeth Brackett are the progenitors of the first Bracketts of whom we have reliable record. John Brackett I was a Revolutionary Patriot who provided supplies to the Continental Army of Virginia. He owned several landed estates in Henrico and Cumberland Counties, VA, which he bequeathed to his 12 children at his death." (S22,S27). John Brackett signed his will 13 November 1784. In his will probated in Henrico County he names among other children daughters Sarah and Phoebe. (S22,S27). He died on 5 October 1785 in Henrico County, Virginia. (S22,S35). CHILDREN: John Brackett [F7], Sarah Brackett [], Phoebe Brackett [], Lucy Brackett [F70], and possibly Jonathan Brackett [F68].
  
  
• [F82]. Argyle Pleasant Brackett. (Argile). Born (in 1797-S22)(in 1799-S21); son of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah (Sally) Pleasant Anyan. He married Nancy Ann Mills. Nancy was born in 1798, Argyle died in 1890. (S21,S22).
  
  
• [F83]. Nimrod Hezekiah Brackett. Born in 1803; son of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah (Sally) Pleasant Anyan. He married Ruth Gregory in 1823. (S21,S22). He apparently moved to Bell County, Kentucky.
  
  
• [F84]. Elizabeth (Eliza) Jane Brackett. Born in 1805 at Four Mile, near Flatlick Station in present Bell County, KY; daughter of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah (Sally) Pleasant Anyan. She married Samuel Lion Messer. She died in Knox, Kentucky. (S21,S22).
  
  
• [F85]. Nancy Brackett. Daughter of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah (Sally) Pleasant Anyan.
  
  
• [F86]. John Pleasant Brackett. (Jack?). Born in 1801 in Prince Edward County, Virginia; son of John Brackett [F7] and Sarah (Sally) Pleasant Anyan. John Plesant III married Elizabeth (Betty)(Betsy) Peircefield (Piercefield)(Pursifull) on 29 August 1832 in Knox County, Kentucky. Elizabeth was born in 1818 on the clear fork of Yellow Creek in Bell County, Kentucky; daughter of Jerimiah Peircefield and Hannah Durham. (S21,S22). He died in 1888 in Fourmile, Bell County, Kentucky. CHILDREN of John Pleasant III and Elizabeth, all born at Fourmile:
  1. Elizabeth Brackett. Born 1835.
  2. Maston G. Brackett. Born 1837, married 1856 Latitia Wyatt. He was a soldier in Co. F. 1st KY Cav.
  3. Marshall Mathew Brackett. Born 1838 married Catherine. He was a soldier in the 6th, 4th, and 24th regiments of KY Inf.
  4. Nancy Jane Brackett. Born 1840. Md. Albert Newton Smith
  5. Mely (Wiley) Brackett. Born 1843.
  6. John Nimrod Brackett (IV). Born 1845 in Knox County, KY. He marred Mary Charles. He was a soldier in Company A. of the 24th and 25th KY Inf. He died in Lincoln County, KY.
  7. Ebinezer Brackett. Born December 1847 md. (1) 1871 Leah North, then (2) Susannah. He was a soldier in the Co H 49th Ky inf. He died 17 June 1906 in Estill County, KY.
  8. Sarah Amanda Brackett. Born 1849 married 1870 William Plesant Brackett, son of Felix Brackett.
  9. James Brackett. Born 1851. 10. Elias Brackett. Born July 4 1855. Removed to Pinchem in Clark Co.KY. md. On Sept 8th, 1879, Virginia Bell (Jane) Patterson, daughter of Samuel Peircefield and Virginia (Jane) Patterson of Bell County, KY." Elias died on 2 October 1929 in Fayette County, KY. (S22).
  
  
• [F87]. Thomas Brackett. Born in 1775; son of Benjamin Brackett [F50] and Ann Adkins. He married Margaret Betsy Merrill on Abt. 1793, daughter of Benjamin Merrill and Nancy/Nannie Thomas. Thomas and Betsy split up, with some children moving to north GA while the others remained in NC. [Compare with F73]. Children of THOMAS BRACKETT and Margaret Betsy Merrill:
  1. BENJAMIN BRACKETT, b. 1810, North Carolina, Rutherford County. He married Susan Hubbard on June 25, 1830 in Hamilton/Hall County TN., daughter of Uriah Hubbard and Nellie Wilkerson. Benjamin d. December 8, 1890, Cherokee County, OK.
  2. Majamin/Megeamin Brackett, b. 1813, d. 1888, Gilmer. Georgia.
  3. Lewis Brackett, d. date unknown.
  
  
• [F88]. Thomas Brackett. He married Mary Moore on 24 September 1783 in Powhatan County, Virginia.
  
  
• [F89]. Nancy Brackett. she married Abner Johnson on March 14, 1783. Abner Johnson (1758-Oct. 22, 1850). Abner was born in Prince Edward Co., VA, shortly after his father had purchased the farm along Saylor’s Creek. No family or religious reason has been found for the naming of Abner or his brother Mordecai or sister Naomi.
  
  Abner is said to have been wounded at the tide-turning battle of Guilford (N.C.) Courthouse although he made no such claim when he applied for a war pension. In October 1777, while living in the Dan River valley, Abner volunteered for militia service under his neighbor, Capt. John Nelson; if not enough volunteered, then able-bodied men were drafted to fill out the unit. Capt. Nelson's company was organized under Col. Paseley's regiment with Charles Hughes as lieutenant, Allen Walker as sergeant and George Parks and Abner as ensigns. Col. Paseley's regiment from Guilford Co. was joined with Col. Saunders' regiment from Granville County under the command of Gen. Rutherford.
  
  The troops reported to Guilford Court House and then marched to SC through Salisbury and Charlotte, NC and Camden, SC. The destination was Smoky Camp near the town of Purrysburgh, according to Abner's pension papers. The troops ranged across the Black Swamp and as far as Augusta and Savannah in Georgia. Around May 10, 1778, Abner was discharged, and he made his way back to the Dan River settlement with his neighbor, Capt. Nelson. In a second stint of duty, Abner was called up for three months as a bodyguard against British and Tory attacks for "Governor Martin," who lived in the same county and was traveling to Nutbush for a meeting of the state legislature. However, a quorum of legislators failed to attend. Finally, he again was called to accompany Alexander Martin to "Marcurian Tavern" for another session of the legislature, but again sufficient members failed to gather.
  
  (The royal governor of North Carolina at the time was Josiah Martin. Abner, however, accompanied Alexander Martin of Guilford Co., who was only a member of the NC legislature. Alexander later became governor of North Carolina after statehood, and Abner referred to him as governor out of habit and respect in the pension papers.)
  
  Abner's pension affidavit lists no other action except in "scouting parties" when the neighbors "were engaged against the Tories," probably simply other neighbors or small troop units sympathetic to the British.
  
  He produced the testimony of David Dobbins, his brother Gideon and sister-in-law Sarah (Mrs. William) Johnson, but only that of Sarah has survived. In general she confirmed that the entire family lived in households on the Dan River and Abner was absent for long periods to fight in the Revolution. Stories of service in the Revolution were often subject to embellishment, and the tale persists that Abner fought and was wounded at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781 despite no references in his pension papers. It is difficult to imagine that one of the bloodiest encounters of the Revolution occurred almost in his back yard and he didn't participate despite three tours of duty. Then again, the NC militia embarrassed itself at Guilford Court House, and he may have omitted the service from his official papers.
  
  On March 15, 1781 about 2,000 men of British Gen. Cornwallis bore down on the Guilford Co. Courthouse near New Garden (NC) and the American forces under Gen. Nathanael Greene. The NC militia, the first line of defense, fired prematurely, panicked and then fled into nearby woods, exposing the VA militia. The reasons for the hasty retreat are unknown: no one from the North Carolina troops was wounded or killed in the initial action. Like many military incidents, the British victory at Guilford Court House, however, really became a defeat, thanks to the heavy losses. When the gunsmoke cleared, the Americans had withdrawn to the north — survivors of "one of the bloodiest (battles) of the war," says Page Smith, a historian of the Revolution and author of A New Era Now Begins. While the British took the courthouse area (now the site of Greensboro), their casualties came to 554, or one than one fourth of Cornwallis' troops. "It was a devastating setback," says Smith, and demonstrated that the American Continental Line (not the militia) could hold its own against British regulars.
  
  Former British Prime Minister William Pitt later described the Battle of Guilford Court House as "the precursor of ruin to British supremacy in the South." The conflict would surge north over the next two years before Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown, VA. Abner's wounds would have occurred in the disarray after the militia retreat. The Continental Line regulars suffered 144 dead or wounded while the militia men posted 83 wounded. The Americans, however, listed 1,084 missing or deserted, with 552 from the North Carolina militia. He and Nancy Brackett were married on March 14, 1783. No traces have been found on the ancestry of Nancy; she does not appear to have been the Nancy Brackett who was born around 1761 (the same age) to Thomas and Judith Brackett of Amelia Co. However, she may have been the daughter of Thomas’ son Benjamin, who moved to that part of NC. [Note that the dates make this impossible.].
  
  Abner and Nancy’s eldest children William Allen, Gideon, Elizabeth and Mary were born in Rockingham Co. before the family moved west. Abner and his family likely came to Nashville in November 1788, with his sister Mary Ursula Pillow and her family. Abner is mentioned in Rockingham land records in 1786 and 1787, but no later; his son Abner Jr. told census takers he was born in TN in 1792; and Davidson Co. court records of the early 1790s refer to Abner Sr. In that era, little of the state was settled except for the eastern mountain counties and the Red River communities around Nashville, also known as Nashboro or French Lick.
  
  Abner does not appear in the 1790 North Carolina census although his father and brothers William and Gideon were still located in Rockingham. Virtually all Tennessee censuses were destroyed before 1820, when Abner was in Maury Co. He may have moved back to NC briefly because one census shows his daughter Sarah Ann (Ginger) was born there in 1804. That likely was a census taker’s error or a family member’s mistaken memory because Abner’s daughter Elizabeth was married in Davidson Co., TN in April 1804, Abner appears on the Davidson Co. tax rolls in 1805.
  
  The available records strongly suggest that Abner was a skilled tradesman or laborer, not a farmer. No evidence exists that – unlike his heavily landed ancestors –he ever owned real estate. Unlike most pioneer settlers who came to Middle Tennessee, Abner did not exercise his Revolutionary War land bounty rights. Instead, Abner in 1818 was among 20,485 soldiers who began drawing pensions for his Revolutionary War service under an 1816 law that allowed him $96 a year – or half pay – for five years in lieu of his land rights. He then qualified for lesser income under an 1820 congressional act for veterans who were indigent. Under laws that became effective in 1832, most veterans lost their pensions, and Abner had difficulties qualifying. But in 1838 he regained his rights and back pay to 1832.
  
  This lack of land ownership also applies to his sons and most of his sons-in-law, except for William Kenamore. The 1823 Maury tax rolls show they only paid poll tax and held no real estate. But in southern Maury Co., numerous large plantations – especially those owned by Pillow cousins -- would have provided steady work for trades plied by Abner and his sons. Despite their lack of land – or disdain for farming – the Johnsons were considered influential by contemporaries because of their family connections in southern Maury.
  
  When Abner first came to Maury from Davidson Co. is uncertain. An “A. Johnson” witnessed the deed for the sale of 183 acres in Bedford Co. from Joseph Rosborough to Joseph B. Porter for $350 on Sept. 4, 1810. Both Porter and Rosborough were residents of the Giles-Maury border area, and the deed was filed in Maury. In a more closely related act, an “A. Johnston” witnessed a September 29, 1812 deed involving land near his cousin Gideon Pillow’s plantation that also involved Peter Booker, whose family married into the Pillow clan.
  
  Local histories suggest Abner moved his family first from Nashville to Culleoka or the Fountain Creek area in southeast Maury Co. where his brother William settled. Abner then shifted south of the county seat, Columbia, near the villages of Bigbyville and Southport. Abner and Nancy were firmly established in southern Maury Co., TN by 1820. They were close neighbors to their nephews and large plantation owners William and Gideon Pillow. The 1820 census shows Abner and Nancy living with only sons Gideon and Mordecai and daughter Sarah Ann still in the home; the other children had married, but all lived nearby except William Allen, who died in 1819.
  
  In 1850, Abner and Nancy were living in a household headed by their granddaughter, widow Matilda Kenamore McCaslin and her three children, with William and Mary Johnson Kenamore, Abner’s granddaughter Sarah Ann Johnson and grandson William C. Duke.
  
  Abner died on Oct. 22, 1850, and Nancy is believed to have died in 1853. She was still alive in late 1852 when she transferred the pension benefits from Abner to herself. Their graves are unmarked, although his name is on a monument in Columbia, TN that honors Revolutionary veterans buried in Maury Co.
  
  
• [F90]. (Rev) Ludwell Brackett. Born in 1799 in North Carolina, son of Burrell Brackett [F91] and Rebecca Woodward. Gilly Sisk d/o Barbabus Sisk,Sr. mar. Ludwell Brackett 26 Jul 1824. Gilly was b. 1802 probably in Pendleton,SC. Ludwell b. 1799. Census 1850 Union County ,Ky. Ludwell Brackett age 51 Farmer NC. Gilly Brackett age 48 housewife NC. Probably should be SC. as the Sisks stopped in Pendleton SC in 1800 on their way to Hopkins Co.,Ky. CHILDREN: James Brackett, Martha Backett, Willis T. Brackett, Selia A. Brackett (md Richard Sisk), Gillie Brackett, Barney Brackett, Rebecca Brackett.
  
  
• [F91]. Burrell Brackett. Born (about 1770)(before 1775) in North Carolina. He married Rebecca Woodward (in 1792 in North Carolina-S31)(on 23 February 1792 in Rutherford County-S32), North Carolina. Rebecca born about 1775. Rebecca died before 1825. Lydia is probably the 2nd wife and widow of Burrell Brackett who migrated about 1820 from NC. (S33). He died about 1828 in St. Clair County, Illinois. (S31,S32). The 1830 Hopkins Co, Ky census shows Lydia Brackett. (S33). CHILDREN: James Brackett (b 10 Aug 1801 NC, d 15 Dec 1863; mar 13 Dec 1823 Henderson Co KY Cynthia Maloney), Willis Brackett, Elizabeth Brackett (b c 1800, m John Beal and in 1836 mar Timothy Harris), (Rev) Ludwell Brackett [F90], Sarah Brackett, b c 1797, marr Thomas Sparks in NC.
  
  
• [F92]. Elizabeth Brackett. Born about 1755. She married Samuel Whitesides in 1777 in Bedford County, Virginia. Samuel was born in 1752 at Mechum's Creek in Albemarle County, Virginia. Samuel Whiteside is found in the 1790 census records for Orange Co., N.C. Samuel Whiteside may have first migrated to Tennessee, but he received a grant of 200 acres on Gasper River in 1799. By 1810 he is in Warren Co., Ky., and is listed close to William Brackett, his brother-in-law. Samuel died in October 1811 in Gaspar River, Warren, Kentucky. (S29). His will named three older sons; Stephen, John and Samuel; three younger sons, Phillips, Thomas and Dave; three single daughters and five married daughters, not named. Elizabeth died in 1820 in Gaspar River, Warren County, Kentucky. They had 9 children: Sarah (1781-1839), Nancy 1782-1839), John (1783-1823), Pheobe (1787-1865), Sally (1787-1821), Prudence (1790-1835), Keziah (1791-1865), Thomas J. (1797-1835).
  
  
• [F93]. Mark Brackett. He married Elizabeth. They were in James City County in 1694. (S22).
  
  
• [F94]. William Brackett. He married Sarah Atkinson. William Brackett was the first Brackett mentioned in Virginia. There is no mention in the Henrico County records of the Brackett's until the mid 1700's. William and Sarah of Goochland County sold land on the James River on 16 August 1743. There are no other records for William and Sarah. (S22).
  
  Deed - 16 August 1743: (S36).
  From: William Brackett and wife Sarah (Atkinson) Brackett
  To: John Payne.
  All parties to the deed lived in St. James Parish, Goochland Co., Va.
  Thomas Atkinson's will of 1726 (Henrico Co., Va.) gave the land to his four children: Robert Atkinson; John Atkinson; Samuel Atkinson; and Sarah Atkinson).
  Land was on the North side of the James River in Goochland Co., Va.
  
  Witnesses were: William Hodge or Plodge, Alex. Cuningham, Joseph Lewis, John Richardson.
  
  Transcribed deed from pages:
  285, 286
  This indenture made this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty three between William Brackett and Sarah his of the parish of St. James's in the in the County of Goochland of the one part and John Payne of the same parish & County of the other part. Witnessth that the sd. William Brackett & Sarah his wife for divers good causes and considerations they thereunto moving but more especially for the valuable consideration of thirty pounds curr't. money to them in hand paid by the sd. John Payne the receipt they doth hereby acknowledge and themselves therewith fully satisfied consented & paid hath fully clearly & absolutely acquited exonerated and discharged the sd. John Payne and by those presents hath bargained sold aliened ens___ed & confirmed and by those presents doth bargain sell alien ens___ and confirm unto the sd John Payne to him and his heirs forever one dividend or parcel of land containing by estimation fifty acres lying & joyning on the North side James River in the County of Goochland it being the lower left or fourth part of the land left by Thoms. Athinson dec'd to be equally divided amongst his children namely Robert Atkinson, John Athinson, Saml. Atkinson & Sarah Atkinson and bounded as followth. (Viz) Beginning at the upper corner on the river of the land of Angustine Paynes line thence running back along the sd. Angustine Paynes line to his upper back corner pin & thence running up a strait Back line - parallel with the sd. Angustine Paynes Back line to the lower line of the Second lower lott of the aforementioned lott of the aforementioned land of Thom.s Atkinson,dec'd. thence along the sd. line to the River thence down the sd river to __ars Begun at Together with all houses orchards gardens fences and all the profits and appurtinances to the same belonging TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the sd land & premises unto the sd. John Payne & to his heirs forever __ said William Brackett unto the sd. John Payne against not only the claim of themselves, their heirs but against all person whatsoever unto the sd. John Payne and to his heirs and assigns forever in witness whereof the sd. William Brackett & Sarah his wife hath hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day & year above written.
  
  Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presents of William Plodge(Hodge?) Alexander Cuningham Joseph Lewis John(his mark) Richardson
  
  William B(his mark) Brackett(Seal) Sarah X(her mark) Brackett (seal)
  
  Memorandum that on the sixteenth day of August 1743(Anno Domo) __ _ quiet possession and seizin of the lands within mentioned to be granted was had & taken by those within named William Brackett and Sarah his wife & by them delivered unto the within named John Payne according to the tenor form and effect of the within written deed.
  
  In presents of William Plodge, Alex. Cuningham, Joseph Lewis, John Richardson. Recorded August the 16th 1743 of John Payne thirty pounds currt. money it being in full satisfaction for the wth.in mentioned lands & premises.
  
  At a court held for Goochland County December 20 1743. William Brackett and Sarah his wife who being first privatly examined acknowledged this Deed with the Livery of Seizin and Retoit endorsed to be their Acts and Deed which were ordered to be recorded & Sarah his wife doth hereby covenant for themselves and their heirs that they will warrant the sd. land.
  
  no additional, later records can be found in Virginia for William Brackett after 1755. Did he migrate to North Carolina? It is believed his wife was Sarah Atkinson, daughter of Thomas Atkinson and Sarah Hughes. (S40).
  
  Probable CHILDREN of Willliam Brackett and Sarah Atkinson: Elizabeth Brackett [F104], Corbin Brackett [F105], John Brackett [F6], William Brackett Jr. [F106].
  
  
• [F95]. Nancy Brackett, daughter of John Brackett and Jane Devan (Devon).
  
  
• [F96]. George C. Brackett. He married Sarah F. Roberts. They moved from Virginia to Alabama in the 1840's. The were in Perry County, Alabama in 1850, and in Marengo County, Alabama in 1860. His wife, Sarah F.(Roberts), is buried in the cemetery in Osage, Texas. CHILDREN: Maria L., Sarah Jeter, John Joseph (Married Rebecca Ann Burge in Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama), Lucy J., Buena Vista, Camilla A., Thomas S., and George C.
  
  
• [F97]. Ludwell Brackett. He married Sallie Akins. On March 9, 1846, as recorded in the Kentucky Court Order Book 1845-46, page 405, he presented credentials to the Hopkins County Court that he had been ordained a minister by General Baptist Church and was recognized as such by the court after Travis Sisk (note the last name) and Abner Henson acted as surety. (S33). CHILDREN: Rebecca Brackett [F98].
  
  
• [F98]. Rebecca Brackett. Rebecca, born about 1820 in NC (per several census records), but could possibly also have been in Henrico County, Virginia. In a marriage record Rebecca Brackett lists her parents as Ludwell Brackett and Sallie Akins. She appears to be a daughter of Ludwell Brackett of Hopkins and Henderson Counties in Kentucky. (S33).
  
  On her marriage application in Fayette Co., Ill. She states that this is her fifth marriage and that her father was Ludwell Brackett and her mother was Sallie Akins, although it looks like it is spelled Akens. Rebecca was really married and widowed five times in her life and when she was in her 80’s she was living in Illinois and surrounded by children from three marriages, grand children, great grandchildren and in laws. Her fifth husband was Sylvester Whalen. (S33).
  
  
• [F99]. Thomas Brackett. He married Elizabeth Ashe. Of Henrico County, Virginia. (S35). CHILDREN: John Brackett [F81].
  
  Note that S39 indicates that a Thomas Brockett (not Brackett) and Elizabeth Ashe lived much earlier, in England:
  The volumes of the Families of Ancient New Haven compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus and published in 1981 by the Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. includes the Brockett family and the Tuttle family genealogies.
  The Brockett family says that Christopher Brockett was born on 02 Jun 1749 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut and was the son of John and Jemima (Tuttle) Brockett. They say Christopher Brockett married Elizabeth Tuttle on 23 Nov 1769 in Wallingford. Elizabeth Tuttle was the daughter of Ezra and Hannah (Todd) Tuttle and was born about 1740 in New Haven, CT. They also have his first two children listed as Ezra Brockett and Jemima Brockett who married Abraham McIntyre in 1819 in Onongada, New York. Both Ezra and Jemima Brockett were born in New Haven, Connecticut. They also say that Christopher’s wife died before 1793. This all sounds the same as the genealogy of Christopher Brackett. The Brockett family genealogy picked up Christopher in a census of Manchester, Vermont and lists his children as Jemima who married Abraham McIntyre of Camillus, New York and Ezra of Bennington, VT 1796. At that point he is listed as the only known child of John and Jemima (Tuttle) Brockett.
  Christopher Brockett’s father John Brockett was the son of John and Huldah (Earl) Brockett. This John Brockett was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Bradley) Brockett. Samuel Brockett was the son of John and Mary (Blackwell) Brockett the immigrants to New Haven Connecticut in 1632. The Brockett family comes from Hertfordshire, England where they had gained some prominence and can be traced back to about 1350 A. D.. This John Brockett was the son of John and Mary (Banninter) Brockett who was the son of Edward and Ethelred (Frodsham) Brockett. Edward Brockett was the son of John and Margaret (Bensted) Brockett. This John Brockett was the son of John and Dorothy (Huron) Brockett. This John Brockett was the son of John and Lucy (Pulter) Brockett. This John Brockett was born about 1460 and was the son of Edward and Elizabeth (Thwaytes) Brockett. Edward Brockett was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ashe) Brockett. Thomas Brockett was the son of Thomas and Joan (DeFauconberg) Brockett. Thomas Brockett was born about 1363 A.D. (S39).
  
  Since this family spells the name Brockett, and not Brackett, I presume they are entirely separate families, but note it here for future reference.
  
  
• [F100]. John Brackett. Born c1766 in Va. He married Sarah (born c1762,Va.). 1850 census of Knox Co., Ky., John Brackett(age 84,born in Va.) with Sarah(age 89,born in Va.). They moved to Bell County, Kentucky.
  
  
• [F101]. Thomas Brackett. Born about 1803 in N.C. and died between 1870-1878. This Thomas Brackett married (1) Elizabeth Downs who died about 1836. This couple had children: Patience, James, William Bryson, Rachel, Robert, and Zacchariah.
  
  Miles Philbeck wrote an article (about 1993-1994) for the periodical,The Gen.Society of Old Tryon Co., NC.(1993-1995?) in which he outlined a family "thought to be headed by one Thomas Brackett born about 1775." It is also said that Thomas' father was not THomas born in 1775, but was Edly Brackett.
  
  Thomas married (no record/document cited) Catharine (Freeman) Burnett who "appears to be identical with the Catharine Burnett named in the will of Goerge Bender (Painter,Panther, Banther)." Catharine was probably raised by "George Painter and second wife Rebecca Freeman and named her first 2 children after them," (George and Rebecca). Second Wife: Catherine Burnette Freeman, had children, George, Rebecca, Benjamin B.
  
  Philbeck further writes that although Catharine is listed as head of household in 1850 & 1860, Thomas Brackett was alive as "shown in the estate file of William Downs." Thomas Brackett married a 3rd time to Dorcas Hill in 1869, Henderson Co., NC. Third Wife,: Darcus Mary Hill, had 9 children.
  
  
• [F102]. Thomas Brackett. Marriage record for a Thomas Brackett and Polly Renshaw in NC dated 12/16/1799. Nancy Brackett born to Thomas & Polly BRACKETT on 3 November 1803. She married Joseph KEITH on 23 December 1820. They had a son Joseph Jr. born Nov. 22, 1821. Joseph Sr. died on Dec. 22, 1821. Nancy "KEITH" married (2) John RHOADS on 12 July 1822.
  
  
• [F103]. Phoebe Brackett. Daughter of Ludwell Brackett [F52] and Ann Elizabeth Cox. She married Caleb Hobson. (S38,S44).
  
  
• [F104]. Elizabeth Brackett. Born about 1775 in Norfolk County, Virginia; probably the daughter of William Brackett [F94] and Sarah Atkinson. She married Robert Culpepper on 6 January 1796 in Norfolk County, Virginia. surety William Brackett. Arthur Emmerson, the minister, recorded the marriage as 6 Jan 1796 rather than 1795. CHILDREN: George Wash. Culpepper, James Culpepper, William Culpepper, Fanny Culpepper, Elizbth Culpepper, Rebecca Culpepper, Thomas Culpepper.
  
  
• [F105]. Corbin Brackett. Probably the son of William Brackett [F94] and Sarah Atkinson. He married Elizabeth Holdness on 9 August 1791 in Norfolk County, Virginia. Deed of 9 October 1804: Deed Bk 42, p 47. Mary Hudson and her son John to Robert Culpepper, all of Portsmouth Parish, for £100, 100 acres on the south side of Deep Creek adj. William Carter, the heirs of Corbin Bracket, James Cherry, Thomas Culpepper, and Matthew Cherry. This land formerly belonged to Henry Culpepper. Excepted is a piece where William Carter and his wife now live. Wit: Arthur Cherry, John Bracket, and John Hudson.
  
  
• [F106]. William Brackett Jr. Probably the son of William Brackett [F94] and Sarah Atkinson. Heads of Families - Virginia, 1785, Norfolk County: William Brackett Jr. 5 White Souls. 1 Dwelling. 1 Other building.
  
  
• [F107]. Thomas Brackett. There is an entry on the Virginia Rent Rolls as early as 1704 for a Thomas Brackit; which could be the father of Thomas Brackett [F49]. (S6,S21).
  
  

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