Nathaniel Brett (1704 - 1779)

Born 3 Nov 1704 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Searls) Brett — married 2 Nov 1732 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mary (Barnes) Brett — married 3 Feb 1774 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1779 at age 74 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Nathaniel was born in 1704. He was the son of Nathaniel Brett and Sarah Hayward.

He married Rebecca Searls on 2 November 1732 in Dorchester.^[1]

He married Mary Dyer, widow of John Dyer on 3 February 1774 in Bridgewater.^[2]

He passed away in 1779.

Probate

Nathaniel Brett of Bridgewater died intestate and on 3 May 1779, his widow Mary Brett and Jacob Packard of Bridgewater were granted the administration of his estate.^[3]

In 1779, an agreement was made between his heirs and his widow Mary that she would pay the just debts and funeral costs of his estate and she would for consideration use and improve half of the estate during her natural life. The real estate was divided between his widow Mary, and his children, the sons of his deceased son Uriah (Daniel and Uriah Brett), Deborah, wife of Thomas Ames, and Hannah, wife of Ephraim Howard. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-WBNN : 11 May 2022), Nathanael Brett and Rebecca Searls, 2 Nov 1732; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009469.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/247513:61401) Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-XWCJ : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1778-1794 vol 26-27 > image 283 of 549; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-Z37K : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 518-521of 568; State Archives, Boston.

• Ancestry.com. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/10861296:2495)Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.