Richard BRACKETT
1610 - 1690 (79 years)-
Name Richard BRACKETT Birth 16 Sep 1610 St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk, England 
Gender Male Death 3 Mar 1690 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Person ID I23369 kirkpatrick Last Modified 4 Jul 2006
Father Peter BRACKETT, b. Between 1580 and 1585, Sudbury, Suffolk, England d. Aug 1616, Sudbury, Suffolk, England (Age ~ 36 years) Mother Rachel UNKNOWN, b. Abt 1590, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 1607 Sudbury, Suffolk, England Family ID F7756 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Alice BLOWER, b. 30 Jun 1615, St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk, England d. 3 Nov 1690, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 75 years) Marriage 6 Jan 1634 At St. Katherine By The Tower, London, England Children 1. Rachel BRACKETT, b. 3 Nov 1639 d. 1735 (Age 95 years) Family ID F7745 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Apr 2007
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Notes - Admitted to Boston church as member #144, which would be shortly before11 November 1632 [ BChR 15]. On 5 December 1641 he and his wife Alicewere recommended to Braintree church [ BChR 35], and on 8 May 1642Richard Brackett was dismissed to Braintree church "at their desire ofhim unto the Office of a Deacon amongst them" [ BChR 36].
Admitted Freeman 25 May 1636.
Braintree selectman, 1652, 1653, 1670, 1672, 1683 [ BrTR 5, 6, 9-13, 21].Braintree clerk of writs, 1646 to 1654.
Appointed to various other town committees. Agent for Braintree in caseagainst John Andrews and Benjamin Phippeny, 12 November 1659.
Admitted to Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1639.
On 15 October 1684 on "the request of Capt[ain] Richard Brackett, beingabove seventy-three years of age, & infirmities of age upon him, havingdesired formerly, & now also, to lay down his place as chief militarycommander in Braintry, the Court grants his request ..." [ MBCR 5:459].
- Admitted to Boston church as member #144, which would be shortly before11 November 1632 [ BChR 15]. On 5 December 1641 he and his wife Alicewere recommended to Braintree church [ BChR 35], and on 8 May 1642Richard Brackett was dismissed to Braintree church "at their desire ofhim unto the Office of a Deacon amongst them" [ BChR 36].
