Mary (Pierpont) Brockett (1738 - 1773)

Born 20 Oct 1738 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Brockett — married 13 Mar 1756 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1773 at age 34 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary (Pierpont) Brockett was born on 20 Oct 1738 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, daughter of Lt. Joseph Pierpont (1704 - 1748) and Hannah (Russell) Sackett (1706 - 1791).

Her siblings were:

1. Samuel Pierpont (1729 - 1820)
2. Joseph Pierpont Jr. (1730 - 1824)
3. James Pierpont (1732 - 1815)
4. Benjamin Pierpont (1734 - 1812)
5. Hannah (Pierpont) Brockett (1736 - 1816)
6. Giles Pierpont (1741 - 1832)
7. Abigail (Pierpont) Ives (1743 - 1815)
8. Hezekiah Pierpont (1745 - )
9. Sarah (Pierpont) Eastman (1747 - 1801)

Mary married Richard Brockett (1727 - 1813) on 13 Mar 1756 in New Haven. Their children were:

1. Joseph Brockett (1757 - 1820)
2. Mary (Brockett) Ives (1759 - )
3. Giles Brockett (1761 - 1842)
4. Lydia (Brockett) Blakeslee (1763 - 1836)
5. Richard Brockett (1768 - ).

Mary died on 21 Jun 1773 in New Haven aged 34.

Burial: Montowese Cemetery, North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

Research Notes

• In 1760 Richard Brockett and Mary, his wife, were members of the Congregational Church in New Haven.

Sources

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LVQB-X9Z/mary-pierpont-1738-1773
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVQB-X9Z Person
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LVQB-X9Z Tree
• Find A Grave: Memorial #74961028

• Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850 (Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. Connecticut Society, 1917) Part 1.

• Page 264: "Mary the Daughter of mr Joseph pieront was Born the 20th day of October Anno Dom 1738"
• Page 403. "Richard Brockett & Mary Pierpoint of New Haven were Joyned in marriage March 31st: 1750 by ye Revd: Mr: Isaac Stiles"

• 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 36 & Page 41
• 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
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
• Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.