Excerpt from The Descendants of John Brockett, One of the Original Founders of New Haven Colony; Illustrated With Portraits and Armorial Bearings: An Historical Introduction Relating to the Settlement of New Haven and Wallingford, Connecticut; The English Brocketts; "A Pedigree of Brockett" Published in England in 1860 In the year 1900 the author became interested in the history of his own ancestry and, visiting the Public Library in Boston, was surprised to find how largely they had contributed to the pioneer work in Connecticut and especially in the founding of New Haven Colony. The accumulation Of such material, during the last four years, has led to the conviction that it should be preserved in some enduring form and so arranged as to be Of historical value not only to members Of the Brockett family but to the general public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.