Moses Brockett

     Moses was born on Tuesday, 23 April 1680 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. He was the son of John Brockett & Elizabeth Doolittle.^2,3 Moses was a very wealthy farmer and became owner of a vast amount of real estate. He gave each of his sons a farm when they married [at least six]; the farm he lived on was one mile in depth and two miles wide [1280 acres]. Moses married Ann Grannis, daughter of Edward Grannis and Hannah Wakefield, on 8 January 1705/6 in New Haven.⁴ Moses & Ann had children: Anne [9/27/1707-1759][m. 3/25/1728 Daniel Barnes], Silence [11/03/1709][m. Mr Frisbie], Lydia [8/28/1712][m. 11/20/1744 Henry Barnes], Moses [1/17/1714][m. Priscilla Grannis], Samuel [3/__/1715], Benjamin [12/__/1719], Elizabeth [5/09/1718][m. 7/14/1747Jared Robinson], Mary [6/26/1719][m. 7/18/1749 John Jacobs], Abraham [5/19/1721-4/07/1774], Abigail [5/19/1721][m. Mr. Barnes], John [12/31/1722][m. Thankful Frost & 2nd M. Cooper], Ebenezer [7/__/1724][m. Esther Hoadley], Abel [8/11/1725][m. 7/24/1755 Hannah Pierpoint], Richard [9/11/1727][m. 3/13/1756 Mary Pierpoint], Stephen [3/20/1729][m. 3/27/1771 Mabel M. Barnes], Sarah [5/29/1731][m. 9/16/1771 Stephen Hichcock], Ichabod [11/__/1733] & Keziah [6/13/1735][m. Mr. Sanford]. Moses's wife, Ann, died on 6 April 1742 in New Haven leaving him a widower. Moses departed this life on Monday, 5 November 1764 in New Haven at age 84 years, 6 months and 13 days.