Joshua Howard Brett (Dr.)

• Birth: 29 JUN 1751, Freetown, Bristol Co, MA
• Christening: 10 JUL 1751, Freetown, Bristol Co, MA
• Death: 4 APR 1822, Harpersfield, Deleware Co, NY
• Burial: APR 1822, Harp. Rural Ceme, Harpersfield, Delaware Co, NY

• Occupation: Surgeon, Judge, Member NY St. Legislature

• Marriage: 11 JUN 1799, Harpersfield, Delaware County, New York

1. Caroline Avaritta Brett
2. George Howard Brett
3. Morgan Lewis Brett
4. Louisa Brett
5. Jane Ann Brett
6. Morgan Lewis Brett
7. Jane Rebecca Brett
8. Cyrenius Foote Brett

• Marriage: 1782

1. (Child) Brett
2. Nancy Brett
3. James Brett
4. John Flavel Brett
5. Isaac Newton Brett
6. William M. Brett
7. Thomas Brett
8. Sophia Brett
9. Joshua Dunbar Brett

                    _Seth Brett ______
 _Silas Brett _____|
|                  |_Sarah Alden _____
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|--Joshua Howard Brett 
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|                   _Joshua Howard ___
|_Thankful Howard _|
                   |_Susanna Hayward _

Notes

A physician by profession; studied at Yale; sugeon on the privateer "Protector" in 1780. Surgeon in Col. Willetts NY MIlitia Regiment, 1781 (Mohawk Valley Indian Campaign). Settled in Harpersfield, NY after the revolution. Assessor, Justice of the Peace, moderator of town meeting, member of NY State Legislature 14 years. First Judge of Deleware Co. (appointed by Gov. John Jay). Judge of probate. Named tenth son after Morgan Lewis (Brig Gen, US Army QMG 1812-13 and a New Yorker of some prominence. -- The Brett Genealogy by Lucy G.B. Goodenow

mentioned in "The History of Delaware County" by Jay Gould