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David Brayton

Male 1737 - 1820  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  David Brayton was born 31 May 1737, Portsmouth, RI (son of Thomas Brayton, Jr. and Mary Phillips); died 23 May 1820.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Brayton, Jr. was born 21 Jul 1713, Portsmouth, RI (son of Thomas Brayton and Mary Freeborn); died 15 Apr 1790.

    Thomas married Mary Phillips 17 Jan 1731/32. Mary died 18 Dec 1771, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Phillips died 18 Dec 1771, Coventry, RI.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Brayton was born 17 Feb 1732/33, Portsmouth, RI.
    2. Rebecca Brayton was born 16 Mar 1734/35, Portsmouth, RI.
    3. 1. David Brayton was born 31 May 1737, Portsmouth, RI; died 23 May 1820.
    4. William Brayton was born 24 Jan 1738/39, Portsmouth, RI.
    5. Gideon Brayton was born 26 May 1742, Portsmouth, RI.
    6. Jonathan Brayton was born 9 Oct 1745, Coventry, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Brayton was born 14 Jun 1681, Portsmouth, RI (son of Francis Brayton, Jr. and Mary Fish); died 1728, East Greenwich, RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 52, East Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    In Memory of
    Thomas Brayton
    died March ye 10
    1728 In ye 47th year
    of his age

    I have read that he owned property in East Greenwich at what is now Tarbox Corner, the intersection of Middle Rd. and Carrs Pond Rd. This property was given to his son Gideon and later bought by our ancestor Pasco Whitford in 1751.

    Thomas married Mary Freeborn 23 Aug 1704, Portsmouth, RI. Mary (daughter of Gideon Freeborn and Mary Boomer) was born 24 Aug 1679; died Abt Jun 1761, East Greenwich, RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 52, East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Freeborn was born 24 Aug 1679 (daughter of Gideon Freeborn and Mary Boomer); died Abt Jun 1761, East Greenwich, RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 52, East Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    Mary's will, dated 27 July 1756, mentions sons Thomas, Gideon, & Francis; daughters Mary Gifford & Hannah Straight; and the following grandchildren: David, Elizabeth, & Mary Gifford; Thomas, William, Henry, John, & Job Straight; Thomas, Daniel, Benjamin, & George Brayton -- sons of Francis; Thomas, Gideon, Joseph, & John Brayton -- sons of Gideon; David, son of Thomas; also grandson Freeborn Brayton.

    In Memory of
    Mary ye wife of
    Thomas Brayton
    who died June ye 9th
    1761 In ye 82d year
    of her age

    Notes:

    BRAYTON Thomas, of Francis, and Mary, and Mary Freeborn. of Gideon and Mary; m. by Giles Slocum. Asst., Aug. 23, 1704.

    Children:
    1. Mary Brayton was born Abt 1 Jul 1708.
    2. Hannah Brayton was born 28 Mar 1711, Portsmouth, RI.
    3. 2. Thomas Brayton, Jr. was born 21 Jul 1713, Portsmouth, RI; died 15 Apr 1790.
    4. Gideon Brayton was born 27 Jan 1717/18, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI; died Abt 1792, Washington Co., NY.
    5. Francis Brayton was born 30 Mar 1721.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Francis Brayton, Jr. was born Abt 1648 (son of Francis Brayton, Sr. and Mary Unknown); died 30 Jan 1717/18.

    Notes:

    Francis Brayton was admitted as a freeman of Portsmouth, RI, on 30 April 1672.

    The will of Francis Brayton, dated 6 Jan 1715/16 and proved (probated) 10 F eb 1718/19, at Portsmouth, RI, appoints his wife Mary and son Francis co-executors, and Jacob Mott, William Anthony, and Preserved Fish, as overseers.

    For more information on this family see "Brayton Family History," by Clifford Ross Brayton, Jr., pub.1978 (at RI Historical Society Library, Hiope St., Providence, RI).

    Francis married Mary Fish 18 Mar 1670/71, Portsmouth, RI. Mary (daughter of Thomas FISH and Mary Unknown) was born 1652, Portsmouth, RI; died Abt 4 Apr 1747, Portsmouth, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Fish was born 1652, Portsmouth, RI (daughter of Thomas FISH and Mary Unknown); died Abt 4 Apr 1747, Portsmouth, RI.

    Notes:

    BRAYTON Francis, of Francis, and Mary Fish, of Thomas; m. by William Baulston. Asst., March 18, 1671.

    Children:
    1. Mary Brayton was born 1 Jan 1676/77, Portsmouth, RI.
    2. 4. Thomas Brayton was born 14 Jun 1681, Portsmouth, RI; died 1728, East Greenwich, RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 52, East Greenwich, RI.
    3. Francis Brayton, III was born 17 Feb 1683/84, Portsmouth, RI; died 22 Apr 1740, Portsmouth, RI.
    4. David Brayton was born 23 Oct 1686, Portsmouth, RI.
    5. Mehitable Brayton was born 12 Jan 1692/93, Portsmouth, RI.
    6. Benjamin Brayton was born 8 Sep 1695, Portsmouth, RI; died 2 Apr 1749, Portsmouth, RI.

  3. 10.  Gideon Freeborn was born Abt 1635 (son of William Freeborn and Mary Wilson); died 27 Feb 1719/20, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

    Gideon married Mary Boomer 3 Jun 1678. Mary (daughter of Matthew BOOMER, Sr.) was born Abt 1640; died 1716, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Boomer was born Abt 1640 (daughter of Matthew BOOMER, Sr.); died 1716, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Freeborn was born 24 Aug 1679; died Abt Jun 1761, East Greenwich, RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 52, East Greenwich, RI.
    2. William Freeborn was born 3 Feb 1681/82, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.
    3. Gideon Freeborn was born 29 Apr 1684, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.
    4. Comfort Freeborn was born Abt 1686.
    5. Thomas Freeborn was born 5 Feb 1687/88, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.
    6. Mercy Freeborn was born Abt 1690.