John Brockett

Abt 1613 - 1690  (~ 77 years)

• Name	John Brockett
  Alternate birth	Abt 1612  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1613  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	12 Mar 1689	Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut   [1]
  Death	12 Mar 1690	Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut   [2]
  Person ID	I23377	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2020

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Samuel Brockett,   b. 14 Jan 1652, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut d. 26 Oct 1742, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F14052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2019

  
  

• Notes

  "John Brockett was one of the original settlers at New Haven, where he was made a freeman in 1639, and was one of those to sign on June 4, 1639, the compact to govern the community according to the scriptures. He was an excellent surveyor, and was called upon soon after its settlement to lay out the square in the centre of the town, which he did with great accuracy. A few years later the Governor of New Jersey sent for Brockett to lay out Elizabeth Towne (Elizabeth, New Jersey). When the first General Assembly of New Jersey convened at Elizabeth Towne on May 26, 1668, Brockett was chosen as its representative in the House of Burgesses." [Babcock and Allied Families, citation details below] He was later one of the original founders of Wallingford, Connecticut.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3763] Babcock and Allied Families by Louis Effingham De Forest. New Haven, Connecticut: De Forest Publishing Co., 1928. [S185] Families of Ancient New Haven, originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, vols. I-VIII, compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932.