Abel Brockett I (1725 - 1815)

Born 11 Aug 1725 in North Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Pierpont) Brockett — married 24 Jul 1755 in North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1815 at age 89 in North Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Abel Brockett I was born on 11 Aug 1725 in North Haven, Connecticut, son of Moses Brockett I (1680 - 1764) and Lydia (Humiston) Brockett (1689 - 1742).

His siblings were:

1. Anne (Brockett) Barnes (1707 - ~1759)
2. Silence (Brockett) Frisbee (1709 - )
3. Lydia (Brockett) Barnes (1713 - )
4. Moses Brockett II (1715 - ~1758)
5. Benjamin Brockett II (1716 - )
6. Elizabeth (Brockett) Robinson (1718 - ~1772)
7. Mary (Brockett) Jacobs (1720 - 1787)
8. Abraham Brockett (1721 - <1725)
9. Abigail (Brockett) Barnes (1721 - )
10. John Brockett IV (1722 - 1812)
11. Richard Brockett (1727 - 1813)
12. Stephen Brockett (1729 - )
13. Sarah Brockett (1731 - 1824)

Abel married Hannah Pierpont (1736 - 1816) on 24 Jul 1755 in New Haven, CT. Their children were:

1. Hannah Brockett
2. Abel Brockett II
3. Silence (Brockett) Barnes
4. Lucy Brockett
5. Jeremiah Brockett
6. Timothy Brockett
7. Hezekiah Brockett
8. Peter Brockett
9. Hannah (Brockett) Chittenden
10. Chauncey Brockett
11. Lyman Brockett.

Abel died on 4 Aug 1815 in North Haven aged 89.

Sources

• Brockett, Edward. The Descendants of John Brockett, One of the Original Founders of New Haven Colony (Orange Chronicle Co., East Orange, N.J., 1905) Page 35 & Page 40.
• Moffat, R. Burnham. Pierrepont Genealogies from Norman times to 1913 (L. Middleditch Company, 1913) Page 49.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Pierponts of North Haven, Conn., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1921) Vol. 75, Page 90.
• Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850 (Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917) Part 1, Page 162 & Page 402.