Born in New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Brockett IV
and Thankful (Frost) Brockett
Sister of
Mary Brockett, Isaiah Brockett, Esther Brockett, John Brockett and Elizabeth Brockett [half]
Wife of
Oliver Smith
— married
17 Nov 1774 in New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Esther (Smith) Hartley, Samuel Smith, Lyman Smith, Oliver Smith, Leverett Smith, Justus Smith, Justus Smith, Sidney Smith and Harvey Smith
Died
at age 70
in North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2013
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Biography
Thankful Brockett, the daughter of John Brockett and Thankful Frost, was born 25 April 1752 and died 14 December 1822 at the age of 71. On 17 November 1774 she married Oliver Smith, the son of Abel Smith and Lydia Ball.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol II, page 325 (Brockett Family) and Vol VII, page 1654 (Smith Family).
- Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850 (Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917) Part 1, Page 325 & Page 416.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
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~1.56%
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