FATHER

John Brocket

HUSBAND

Joseph Bradley

CHILDREN

1. Daughter Bradley b. 25 Apr 1669
    d. 10 May 1669

2. Abigail Bradley    b. 9 Sep 1671
    married 29 Jun 1692 John Moulthrop
    d. 3 Sep 1743

3. Mary Bradley      b. 6 Dec 1674
    married 2 Jul 1706 John Peck

4. Joseph Bradley b. 15 Feb 1677/8
    married: Anna Heaton
    d. Jun 1757

5. Samuel Bradley b. 3 Jan 1680
    married: Abigail Atwater
    married: Anna Sperry
    d. May 1757

6. Martha Bradley  b. Aug 1683

Silence Brockett
by Susan Brooke
May 2022

Some family trees have Silence Brockett born on 04 Jan 1647/8.  She was baptized in New Haven on 3 Jun 1648 to her father, John Brocket. (1)  When her father wrote his will in 1690, John Brockett named his daughter as Silence Bradley leaving her a quarter of his moveable estate. (2)
Silence was married to Joseph Bradley by Mr. John Clark of Milford on 25 Oct 1667 when she was 19 years old. (3) They had six children.  Her husband, Joseph Bradley wrote his will on 4 Dec 1704 when he was 58 years old.  He left his dear and loving wife one third of his estate.  He did not name his wife by name in this will, but when he mentioned his son Samuel, he was bequeathing to Samuel after "his mother's decease."  This indicates that Silence was alive when his will was written. (4)

Sources

(1) Baptisms if New Haven, Connecticut
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
John Brockett:  1648 June 3 Silence (Brockett)

(2) Will of John Brockett
The Descendants of John Brockett by Edward J Brockett, 1904

(3) Vital Record of New Haven page 26
"Joseph Bradly & Silence Brocket were marryed by Mr. John Clark at Milford october 25th 1667"  

(4) New Haven (Connecticut) probate records 1703-1719
FHL film 5295 pages 55-57  

Will of Joseph Bradley

Imprimis  I will and bequeath to my Deare and Loving Wife after my decease, one third part of my Estate both reall and personall during her Life.
Item I doe will and bequeath to my Eldest Sonn Joseph Bradley the House wherein he now dwell with the one half of my farm on that live he now ? Ninety four Acres of my Third Division Land, And my meadow to be Equally divided between my two sonns Joseph and Samuell Bradley only my Sonn Joseph Bradley to have Seven Acres more than my Son Samuel and my Sonn Joseph to have the benefit of the Barne to putt his corn in during his mothers Life, and the one half of the Barne after he decease and the farme to be Equally divided between them as they Can Agree.
Item I doe will and bequeath to my Son Samuell Bradley my ??? by the way Side after his Mothers decease, with ye one half of my farm and the one half of my meadow only my Sonn Joseph to have seven acres more of meadow than my Son Samuel as above, as also twenty acres of my Third Division Land and Seven acres of Land on ye East Side neare Clintons and the other half of the barne.
Item I do give to my Daughter Abitail Moulthrop the Summe of ten pounds beside what she has already had.
Item I do give to my Daughter Mary Bradley the Summe of fourty pounds.  
Item I give to my Daughter Martha Bradley the Summe of Forty pounds.

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I doe hereby nominate constitute and appoint my Deare & Loving Wife my sonn Joseph Bradley and my son Samuell Bradley to be Executors of this my Last Will and Testament revoking all Wills formerly by me made and doe declare this to be my Last will and Testament.  In wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Soule this fourth day of December in ye Year of our Lord 1704.

Wittness  
John Yale
Peter Carrington

Inventory of the Estate of Joseph Bradley Senior late of Newhaven deceased taken by us this 2d of January 1793/5 whose names are under written.

Joseph Bradly, Samuell Bradly

Approved by Abraham Bradley and Nathaniel Bradley 

Total  £816  14  0

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