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Anthony Brackett

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Anthony Brackett

Birth
Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
10 Sep 1784 (aged 76–77)
Burial
Peaks Island, Cumberland County, Maine, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.6524684, Longitude: -70.2001141
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According to Descendants of Anthony Brackett of Portsmouth, N.H. by Alpheus Lovewell Brackett . . . "Anthony Brackett [son of Joshua Brackett and Mary Haines Weeks], born in 1707*; died Sept. 10, 1784. He went to Falmouth, Me., with his brother (Joshua,) married first, Sarah Knight, Feb. 14, 1733, married second, his 2d cousin, Mrs. Kerenhappuck Hicks, (widow) daughter of Sarah (Brackett) Proctor."
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine . . . Anthony died September 10, 1784, aged seventy-seven, and was buried on his farm in what later became Summer street. His remains were later removed to the Brackett cemetery on Peak's Island.
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Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980
Name: Anthony Brackett
Age: 75
Death Date: 10 Sep 1784
Cemetery: Torrington Point
Burial Place: Peaks Island, Cumberland, Maine, USA
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*NOT* born 25 Jan 1708. Records show that the Anthony Bracket born on this date was born in Boston as the son of Anthony and Mary Brackett.
*NOT* born 25 Aug 1712. Records show that the Anthony Bracket born on this date was born in Hampton, NH as the son of Zachariah and Hannah Brackett.
According to Descendants of Anthony Brackett of Portsmouth, N.H. by Alpheus Lovewell Brackett . . . "Anthony Brackett [son of Joshua Brackett and Mary Haines Weeks], born in 1707*; died Sept. 10, 1784. He went to Falmouth, Me., with his brother (Joshua,) married first, Sarah Knight, Feb. 14, 1733, married second, his 2d cousin, Mrs. Kerenhappuck Hicks, (widow) daughter of Sarah (Brackett) Proctor."
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine . . . Anthony died September 10, 1784, aged seventy-seven, and was buried on his farm in what later became Summer street. His remains were later removed to the Brackett cemetery on Peak's Island.
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Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980
Name: Anthony Brackett
Age: 75
Death Date: 10 Sep 1784
Cemetery: Torrington Point
Burial Place: Peaks Island, Cumberland, Maine, USA
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*NOT* born 25 Jan 1708. Records show that the Anthony Bracket born on this date was born in Boston as the son of Anthony and Mary Brackett.
*NOT* born 25 Aug 1712. Records show that the Anthony Bracket born on this date was born in Hampton, NH as the son of Zachariah and Hannah Brackett.

Inscription

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GREAT
GRANDFATHER
ANTHONY BRACKETT
DIED SEPT. 10, 1784
AGED 75 YEARS.

MORTALS, NOW INDULGE A TEAR.
FOR MORTALITY IS NEAR.
SEE HOW WIDE HER TROPHIES WAVE
O'ER THE SLUMBERS OF THE GRAVE.

ERECTED BY
MRS. HENRY M. BRACKETT
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