2797. Mehitable Varnum (Daniel Varnum , Hannah Mitchell , Martha Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born on 20 Jun 1806. She died on 1 Jun 1884.
Mehitable married Franklin Tenney on 2 Dec 1829. Franklin was born on 17 Jan 1803. He died on 22 Nov 1896 in Washington, DC, USA.
They had the following children:
2800. Bradley Mitchell (Bradley Mitchell , Bradley Mitchell , Martha Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born about 1800 in (of) Weathersfield, Vermont, USA.
Relationship w/father uncertain and base on guesswork
He had the following children:
4384 F i Adelia L. Mitchell was born 1 on 29 Sep 1837 in Lempster, New Hampshire, USA. Adelia married 1 Chauncey Kimball son of Samuel Kimball and Electa Morgan on 1 Jan 1861. Chauncey was born on 24 Jun 1831 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died in (prob.) Weathersfield, Vermont, USA.
2801. Amos Bradley (Amos Bradley , Amos Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born on 9 May 1790.
Amos married Nancy Varnum daughter of Col Prescott Varnum and Elizabeth McCallister about 1815. Nancy was born on 1 Mar 1798. She died on 4 Aug 1827.
They had the following children:
4385 M i George Prescott Bradley was born on 24 Apr 1816. 4386 M ii Amos Lewis Bradley was born on 26 Apr 1819. He died in Savannah, Georgia, USA. + 4387 M iii Rev. Cyrus Augustus Bradley 4388 M iv John Varnum Bradley was born on 11 Jun 1824. He died on 12 Feb 1896. John married Augusta Ann Dinsmore.
2802. Caleb Bradley (Amos Bradley , Amos Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 on 24 Jul 1796 in Dracut, Massachusetts, USA.
Caleb married Roxanna Newton. Roxanna was born 1, 2 in Cheshire, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 4389 M i Dr. Amos Newton Bradley
2804. William Crocker Bradley (Caleb Bradley , Amos Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1 on 5 Jan 1804 in Westbrook (Portland), Maine, USA. He died 2 in 1865.
William married 1 Harriet Lewis on 8 Dec 1832. Harriet was born 2 in 1810. She died 3 in 1884.
They had the following children:
4390 M i Edward Bradley was born 1 in 1833. He died 2 in 1842. 4391 F ii Sarah Bradley was born 1 in 1840. She died 2 in 1849. 4392 M iii William Lewis Bradley was born 1 on 13 Nov 1843 in Portland, Maine, USA. 4393 F iv Harriet Lewis Bradley was born 1 on 14 Feb 1852.
2813. Leonard Wadsworth Bradley (Caleb Bradley , Amos Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1 on 26 Nov 1819 in Westbrook (Portland), Maine, USA. He died 2 on 24 Mar 1868 in Westbrook (Portland), Maine, USA.
Leonard married 1 Frances Ellen Frazer on 24 May 1846 in Portland, Maine, USA. Frances was born in Portland, Maine, USA. She died 2 on 8 Apr 1858 in Portland, Maine, USA.
They had the following children:
4394 F i Louisa Shaw Bradley was born 1 on 7 Jul 1846 in Portland, Maine, USA. She died 2 on 21 May 1877 in Portland, Maine, USA. + 4395 M ii Charles Edward Bradley
2834. Enoch Low Bradley (Enoch Bradley , Enoch Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1 on 21 Nov 1806 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
Enoch married 1, 2 Sarah A. Shaw on 2 Sep 1836 in Portland, Maine, USA. Sarah was born in Portland, Maine, USA.
They had the following children:
4396 F i Ann Eliza Bradley was born 1, 2 on 11 Jun 1837 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 1 Jan 1908 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 4397 F ii Abby Louise Bradley was born 1, 2 on 6 Apr 1839 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 10 Sep 1839. 4398 M iii Enoch Moody Bradley was born 1, 2 on 22 Aug 1840.
2837. Samuel Prescott Bradley (Enoch Bradley , Enoch Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1 on 17 May 1812 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
Samuel married 1 Emeline Bartlett on 27 Oct 1838. Emeline was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 4399 M i Henry Prescott Bradley 4400 F ii Maria Gilbert Bradley was born 1, 2 on 17 Aug 1843 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
2845. Capt. Leverett Bradley , farmer (Brickett Bradley , Enoch Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born on 22 Mar 1814 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA.
"Whenever our country was in a crisis Methuen has answered the call. On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter. A few days later the Federal troops defending the fort were forced to surrender. With the fall of Fort Sumter four years of bloody conflict began. The country was on the verge of collapse and newly elected President Abraham Lincoln called for hundreds of thousands of troops to help preserve the Union. A large number of regiments from Massachusetts were raised. The Fourteenth Massachusetts Volunteers was one of those regiments. Raised in Essex County, the regiment became known as the Essex Regiment and Company B was the Methuen Company.
Leverett Bradley, a farmer from Methuen, was asked by the selectmen to form a company of volunteers in Methuen. Bradley was prominent in the militia in Lawrence and was perfect for the task. Enlistments were for three years and he had no problems recruiting for the company. On June 15, Company B left Methuen for garrison duty in the forts around Washington D.C. Before they left, David Nevins donated material from his rebuilt Pemberton Mill in Lawrence so that the Company could be outfitted properly.
Garrison duty was lonely and boring. Little comfort had been provided for the soldier. One of the highlights, though, was during the spring of 1862 when Charles H. Tenney visited Company B in camp near Washington. He presented a revolver to Captain Leverett Bradley from the " Citizens of Methuen."
Eventually, camp life became more tolerable. Elaborate barracks were built as was a dance hall. The regiment even sponsored a library for the soldiers. Because Company B was located first in line on the way from Washington, visiting dignitaries visited them first. President Lincoln, Massachusetts Governor Andrew and Julia Ward Howe were some of the dignitaries who came.
Sometime in 1862 the regiment began training as artillery men. Muskets were put aside and cannon were put in its place. From 1862 until they were called into action in 1864 all training was focused on handling the cannon and mortars. In fact, the 14th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers were officially notified of the change on September 19, 1863. On that date they were known as the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery.
In March 1864, President Lincoln appointed General Ulysses Grant as head of the Army of the Potomoc. Grant had a reputation as a fierce General and willing to accept large numbers of casualties. This was something the South could not afford to do.
On Saturday morning May 14, 1864 Company B, along with the rest of the regiment, were once again given muskets and told they were going to the front. These relatively green troops who had spent the last two years training as artillery men were now told they would fight as infantry. Company B left for the front that evening. Three days later, after traveling by steamer and then marching 23 miles, Company B and the Regiment arrived near a little town in south east Virginia known as Spottsylvania Courthouse. Confederate General Ewell was making an attempt to capture the Union supply train and general headquarters. 1st Massachusetts was sent to stop him.
The Company arrived about 1 am and was met by the sobering site of long lines of ambulances bringing the wounded from the fighting nearby at the "Bloody Angle." At 6 am they were marched about a mile or more to form a line of battle supporting an artillery battery which was in action. They stayed there until 4 pm while Rebel shells passed overhead. At noon on May 19, 1864 fighting could be heard in the distance and Company B, along with the rest of the regiment, were moved two miles to a farm were Rebel cavalry were spotted. One soldier wrote: "It was like a stroke of lightning from clear skies. In an instant the scene was transformed from peace and quiet to one of pain and horror." The confederates attacked with savagery. The same soldier later wrote, "The cries of pain from loved comrades, wounded or dying; the rattle of musketry; the sound of leaden missiles tearing through the trees and the dull thud of bullets that reached their human marks produced a feeling of horror among those whose ears could hear." Fighting became intense. The Methuen Company attacked the Confederates hoping to push them out of the area. Attack after attack was stopped by General Ewell's forces. Company B and the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery were unable to push the Confederates back. Amidst the carnage Company B held its ground. Eventually fresh Union troops joined the attack and by morning the Confederates were forced to withdraw.
On the fields of Harrris' Farm lay the dead and dying of the battle. Confederate And Union. Losses to Company B from Methuen appeared to be the highest in the regiment. In this battle alone 15 men died. Nearly 35 men were wounded and eleven men died in captivity at the infamous prison camp at Andersonville. When word reached Methuen about the losses the community took it hard. The community sent representatives to Virginia to look after the wounded. This battle was to be the last major engagement of the Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse.
Company B continued to fighting battles in places like Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Appomattox. In all 325 Methuen men answered President Lincoln's call. More than was expected of the community. 52 of those lost their lives in defense of the Union. Many more had their lives change forever as a result of the war. The commitment and sacrifice of these soldiers should serve as a reminder that freedom is a fragile thing purchased with the blood of those who stood in defense of it. Monuments in Methuen and Virginia stand today as a memorial to that sacrifice and their commitment to the Union."
[Dan Gagnon, Methuen's Citizen Soldiers of '64, Snapshots of Methuen, Articles prevoiusly published in MethuenLife, July 2002]"James Frye House, 176-178 Merrimack Street, 1775.
According to the previous inventory form, this farm house was built in 1775 by James Frye. By 1846 it was owned by Leverett Bradley. The map of 1884 identifies Mrs. L. Bradley as the owner. It was apparently no longer a working farm by 1914 for at that time the house was occupied by Ernest Barraclough, a mill operative. By 1918 it was the home of John Howarth, a laborer. It is not known exactly when the house was converted to a two-family dwelling but it was likely in the mid-20th century."
[Historic Sites, Methuen History, Methuenhistory.org]"CAPTAINS Leverett Bradley, farmer; 47; Methuen; July 5, '61; dis. Sept. 19, '62 ; d. June 17, '80, Methuen. Born Mar. 22, '14, at Haverhill, son of Captain Brickett and Hannah (Merrill) Bradley. He was a tireless, progressive farmer, and carried projects to a conclusion that would have staggered more conservative minds. In '57 he received from the Essex County Agricultural Society a special reward for the reclamation of forest boglands, so treacherous that draughtmen had to be employed instead of horses or oxen; in '50 he followed the forty-niners to California, after the discovery of gold, acting as the first forwarding agent of Wells Fargo Express Co. across the Isthmus of Panama. When a young man he joined the state militia and rose by gradual promotion from the ranks to be a lieutenant in Co. F of the 6th Regiment, M. V. M., and in '59 and '60 was captain of Co. I, same regiment. In '61, on the breaking out of the rebellion, he recruited Co. K of Lawrence and then was called by the selectmen of Methuen to recruit in that town what later became Co. B of the 14th Infantry; Govenor Andrew commissioned him captain. As a militia officer before the war, he had a part in the great encampment projected and held on the plains of Concord in '59. When the body of Private S. H. Needham, k. in Baltimore, April 19, '61, was returned to Lawrence, Captain Bradley commanded the escort at the burial. After the war he raised and commanded an independent troop of cavalry which participated in the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of Methuen, '75."
[The Roster of Company B, Methuen History, Methuenhistory.org]See also: Susan H. Bradley, ed. "Leverett Bradley: A Soldier-Boy's Letters, 1862-1865," Suffolk, VA
Robert Hardy Pubs, 1986. E5l3.7.lst.B72.1986.
Leverett married 1 Catherine C. Adsett Frye daughter of Jeremiah Frye and Betsey Hall on 8 Jul 1839 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. Catherine was born 2 on 20 Jun 1817 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 4 Feb 1900 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
4401 F i Hannah Elizabeth Bradley was born 1, 2 on 22 Nov 1842 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. 4402 M ii Jeremiah Payson Bradley was born 1, 2 on 7 Jun 1843 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. 4403 M iii George Brickett Bradley was born 1, 2 on 21 May 1844 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. 4404 M iv Leverett Bradley was born 1, 2 on 11 Jul 1846 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. He died after 1900 in (prob.) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Leverett married Susan. 4405 M v William Bradley was born 1, 2 on 11 Jul 1847 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. + 4406 M vi Frank Joshua Bradley , shoe manufacturer
2849. Mehitable Dow Bradley (Brickett Bradley , Enoch Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 on 17 Oct 1820 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 on 19 Nov 1899 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
Probate of Estate of Mehitable Dow (Bradley) Brickett
TO THE HONORABLE THE JUDGE OF THE PROBATE COURT IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ESSEX RESPECTFULLY represents Charles H. Davis of Haverhill in the County of Essex
that Mehitable D. Brickett who last dwelt in Haverhill in said County of Essex, widow of Franklin Brickett died on the nineteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetynine intestate, possessed of goods and estate remaining to be administered, leaving as her only heirs-at-law and next of kin the persons whose names, residences and relationship to the deceased are as follows, viz.: NAME. RESIDENCE. RELATIONSHIP.
Martha A. Brickett Haverhill Daughter
Charles R. Brickett Haverhill Son Margaret L. Davis
wife of Chas. H. Haverhill Daughter
Marantha W. Priest
wife of Arthur A. Haverhill Daughter
Maud M. Brickett Melrose Grand Daughter
Blanche Brickett Melrose Grand Daughterthat your petitioner has been requested to administer upon the estate of deceased by all parties in interest.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that he, or some other suitable person, be appointed administrator of the estate of said deceased, and certifies that the statements herein contained are true to the best his knowledge and belief.
Dated this 27th day of November A. D. 1899. ESSEX, SS Charles H. Davis
.............................................. Subscribed and' sworn to this 27 day of November . A.D. 1899.
Before me,
Charles H. Poor Justice of the Peace.The undersigned, being all the persons interested residing in the Commonwealth, who are of full age and legal capacity, hereby assent to the foregoing petition.
Martha A. Brickett Marantha W. Priest
Charles R. Brickett
Margaret L. Davis Susan E. Brickett
Guardian said Maude & Blanche Brickett
Mehitable married 1, 2 Franklin B. Brickett , shoe manufacturer son of Barnard Brickett , Esq. and Hannah Bryant on 20 Nov 1843 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Franklin was born 3 on 3 Sep 1814 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4 on 5 Jun 1883 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
He was in shoe manufacturing business, with Brickett & Smith shoe Mfg., Washington Square, Haverhill, MA. In 1837 he operated a fur business known as Pecker & Brickett on Water Street, fronting Main Street, in Haverhill, MA. He also conducted a real estate business. He laid out the -streets west of White St. and north of Winter St The Franklin block and Brickett building in Haverhill, MA are named for him. He is listed in Censuses from 1850 to 1880 in Haverhill, MA.
Probate of Estate of Franklin Brickett
To THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE PROBATE COURT IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ESSEX:
RESPECTFULLY represents Benjamin F. Brickett of Haverhill in the County of Essex that Franklin Brickett who last dwelt in Haverhill in said County of Essex, trader died on the fifth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty three intestate, possessed of goods and estate remaining to be administered, leaving a widow, whose name is Mehitable D. Brickett and as his only next of kin, the persons
whose names, residences and relationship to the deceased are as follows, viz.:Benjamin F. Brickett Haverhilll Son
Mattie A. Brickett Daughter
Henry J. Brickett Columbus, Neb. Son
Charles R. Brickett Haverhill Son
Margaret L. Davis Bradford Daughter
Marantha W. Priest Haverhill DaughterThat your petitioner is the eldest son of said deceased and has been requested to act as administrator of the estate of said deceased. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be appointed administrator of the estate of said deceased.
Dated this fifteenth day of June A. D. 1883Benjamin F. Brickett
The undersigned, being all the persons interested in the foregoing petition, desire that the same may be granted without further notice.
Mehitable D. Brickett
Henry J. Brickett Margaret L. Davis
Martha A. Brickett Marantha W. Priest Charles R. Brickett
They had the following children:
4407 M i George Wellington Brickett was born 1 on 4 Sep 1844 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 2 on 19 May 1864 in Spottsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA, killed in the "Battle of the Wilderness" in the Civil War . He was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 4408 M ii Hon. Benjamin Franklin Brickett was born 1 on 10 Apr 1846 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 2 on 19 Apr 1897 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He was buried 3 on 21 Apr 1897 in Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
He was educated in the public schools of Haverhill, and fitted for college at Phillips Exeter Academy. He entered Dartmouth College in 1863, and was graduated in the class of 1867. He chose the profession of law and began his preliminary studies in the office of D. & C. Saunders, in Lawrence, MA. After being with them for one year he entered Harvard
Law School, and upon completion of requirements was admitted to the bar in 1869. He taught High School for two years in Glendale, Ohio, returning to Haverhill in 1872, and commenced his law practice. He was elected Mayor of Haverhill in 1896 and was serving his second teen at the time of his death.
Inventory
Schedule of Personal Estate in Detail
Household furniture 310.10
Covered wagon, stable furnishings and utensils 21.00
Two pigs 7 one cow 10 17.00
Office furniture and books 306.50
Cash in Bank 371.81
Note of John P.H. Kimball, secured by mortgage 235.
• " Jas. H. Graham " " 167.
" Alvah D. Webster " " 600.
" " Stephen Broomfild " " 145.
" James F. Clarke " " 775.
• " B.N. Haynes 123.
• " Levi C. Sanborn " " 712.
Ten shares Boynton Bicycle Ry. - value uncertain divers notes - value uncertain
Note of Henry Lynch secured by mortgage 200
3983.41Benjamin married 1 Emma Jennie Guptill on 25 Jul 1889 in Somersworth, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA. Emma was born 2 on 13 May 1852 in North Berwick, Maine, USA. She died 3 on 31 May 1917 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She was buried 4 on 2 Jun 1917 in Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 4409 F iii Martha Anna Brickett was born 1 on 14 Jan 1848 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 2 on 6 Dec 1899 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
1865, Graduated from Haverhill Academy+ 4410 M iv Dr. Henry Judson Brickett 4411 M v Charles Roberts Brickett was born 1 on 12 Dec 1851 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 2 on 22 Oct 1900 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
"He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated in 1872 from Harvard University. He studied law and then practiced it in the office of his brother, Benjamin Franklin Brickett, in Haverhill.
Charles taught school for a time in Kentucky, and then entered the theater, where he traveled widely throughout the country under the stage name of Charlie Brickwood."
[Descendants of Nathaniel Brickett, 99]4412 F vi Margaret L. Brickett was born 1 on 13 Sep 1853 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 2 on 21 Jun 1912 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
1871, Graduated from Haverhill Academy.
Margaret was a vocalist in the Haverhill area.Margaret married 1 Charles Hazen Davis on 5 Oct 1880 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Charles was born 2 on 20 Jan 1854 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3 on 11 Feb 1929 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He was buried on 13 Feb 1929 in Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
He was a furniture dealer and shoe manufacturer. He started in the shoe business in 1877 in Haverhill, and after several years moved to Northwood, NH. There he was a partner with George Crafts in the shoe firm known as Davis & Crafts. He returned to Haverhill, MA in 1890 and established the Peoples Furniture Co. In the 1900 and 1910 Censuses he is fisted as living at 19 North Avenue, Haverhill, MA.
[Descendants of Nathaniel Brickett, 101]+ 4413 F vii Marantha Wilson Brickett
2859. Sarah Poor (John Poor , Sarah Bradley , Daniel Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born on 5 Aug 1781 in Hampton, New Hampshire, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 4414 F i Harriett Webster 4415 M ii Daniel Noyes Webster was born on 17 Mar 1805 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 4416 M iii Thomas Webster was born on 11 Feb 1807 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 4417 M iv Francis Webster was born on 29 Jan 1811 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
2863. Anne Poor (John Poor , Sarah Bradley , Daniel Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born in Sep 1789.
She had the following children:
4418 F i Ann Kinrick Poor was born on 24 Jan 1809 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
Anne married (2) Samuel Prime after 25 Dec 1816.
She had the following children:
4419 F ii Ann Kinrick Poor is printed as #4418.
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