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My 9x Great Grandparents, John Brockett Jr and Elizabeth Doolittle settled in North Haven, CT. John was born in 1642 in New Haven, CT to John Brockett and unknown mother. Elizabeth was born in 1652 in New Haven to Abraham Doolittle and Joane Alling.

John was educated at Oxford in England and became a physician. He was the first physician in New Haven Colony and also had a farm. He had an extensive medical library collection that he donated to Yale but it does not exist any more.

John and Elizabeth married 23 Oct 1672 and had 9 children. They are: Mary 1673 d 1673, Mary 1674, John 1676 d 1676, Elizabeth 1677, Benjamin 1679 d 1679, Moses 1680, Abigail 1683, John 1686, and Samuel 1691.

He received land from his father’s estate.  He received 8 acres of land in the first allotment in Wallingford. In 1680, which was determined by the number of persons in his family and the amount of estate on which he paid taxes, John received he paid 40 pounds on 24 acres while naming 4 persons. In 1689 he received an additional 44 acres. In 1701 he was taxed 87 pounds for the land he owned.

John Brockett Jr died in 1720 and Elizabeth died in 1731. They are both buried in Montowese Cemetery, North Haven, CT

Lineage:

John Brockett Jr and Elizabeth Doolittle, their daughter,

Elizabeth Brockett and John Grannis, their daughter,

Desire Grannis and Gideon Frisbie their son,

Philip Frisbee and Phoebe Hendricks, their son,

Gideon Frisbee and Huldah Kidder, their daughter,

Freelove Frisbee and Jabez Bostwick, their son,

Jabez Bostwick married Sarah Jane Chase their son,

John Day Bostwick married Ida Shelby their son,

Charles Bostwick married Alpha Wilkins their daughter,

Florence Bostwick -my grandmother

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