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Subject: [CRV] Re: Massachusetts Bay Colony. .....BRACKET/BRACKETT
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 20:56:59 +0000

DIRECTORY OF THE HEADS OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES,1620-1700; Frank R.Holmes,
New York,1923

BRACKETT....is a Welsh name spelled Brockett

1. Anthony, as early as 1623 was at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, came
to Portsmouth,New Hampshire before 1640
2. Peter, freeman, Braintree,Massachusetts 1643; removed to Scarborough
[now spelled Scarboro] Maine,1674/4
3. Capt Richard, brother of Peter, born 1612, was at Boston 1632, removed
1639 to what is now Qunicy,Mass.
4. William, one of the Mason employees, was at Portsmouth,NH,1624.
[John Mason was a grantee of Portsmouth,NH...perhaps someone would
have more information on him]
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[Brackett is a name I have seen often in Maine from the beginning of Mass.Bay
Colony up to today.]
--
Cynthia

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