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James Pierpont, one of the founders of
Yale College, and for thirty years pastor
of the First Church in New Haven, Connecticut.
She was also a granddaughter
of the Rev. Thomas Hooker, one of the
founders of the Connecticut Colony at
Hartford. She was born October 20,
1738, and died June 21, 1773. In 1760
Richard Brockett and Mary, his wife,
were members of the Congregational
church in New Haven. On December 14,
1790, seventeen years after the death of
his first wife, he married a widow, Jemima
Jacobs, who survived him and died on
September 7, 1830.
The children of Richard and Mary
(Pierpont) Brockett were: 1. Joseph,
born January 17, 1757; married Rebecca
Tuttle. 2. Mary, born March 13, 1759;
married James Ives, of Great Barrington,
June 16, 1779. 3. Giles, of further men-
tion. 4. Lydia, born November 29, 1763;
married Philemon Blakeslee, February 22,
l 7%7- 5- Richard, born January, 1768. 6.
Jesse, born January 16, 1770, died January
17, 1770. 7. Jesse, born February 10,
1772, died February 13, 1772.
(V) Giles Brockett, son of Richard and
Mary (Pierpont) Brockett, was born in
North Haven, Connecticut, April 30,
1761. During the Revolutionary War he
enlisted in 1778 with the Connecticut
troops under Colonel Mead. His name is
on the pension list in 1832. At the close
of the war he decided to become a sailor,
but after one or two voyages to the West
Indies, returned to North Haven and became
a farmer. He was a public man,
and quite prominent in his community.
He was deputy to the General Court in
1804, and Representative in the Connec-
ticut State Legislature in 1809.
Mr. Brockett married, November 17,
1785, Sarah Smith, daughter of Captain
Stephen Smith, of New Haven. She was
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born on July 10, 1768, and died November
27, 1841. Giles Brockett was a Mason,
and he and his wife were members of
the First Congregational Church in Wa-
terbury, where they removed in 1803.
He died there June 2, 1842. Their children
were: 1. Polly, of further mention.
2. Sarah, born January 20, 1789; married
Samuel D. Castle. 3. Patty, born April
29, 1791
; married A. H. Johnson. 4. Har-
riet, born March 28, 1794; married Col-
onel Samuel Peck. 5. Roswell, born July
17, 1796, died, unmarried, in Greenville,
Michigan, on April 1, 1853. 6. Lydia,
born July 17, 1798; married Smith Miller.
(VI) Polly Brockett, daughter of Giles
and Sarah (Smith) Brockett, was born
December 21, 1786. She married Samuel
Hill, of Waterbury (see Hill), on October
14, 1807. He was born September 4.
1784, and died April 26, 1834.
REICHE, Karl Augustus,
Educator.
A concentration of purpose is one of the
first requisites for the man who would
succeed, and when this is backed by force
of character the best possible combination
of aims and characteristics is formed.
The possessor of these qualities is a man
of achievement, and these are the qual-
ities which have been important factors
in the rise of Karl Augustus Reiche to
the office he now holds, Superintendent
of Schools of the city of Bristol, Connec-
ticut.
Mr. Reiche was born July 26, 1885, in
Hartford, Connecticut, son of Charles
E. and Marie Antoinette (Ellenberger)
Reiche. Charles E. Reiche was born in
1857, in Germany, coming to America
when but a lad, and was living in Hart-
ford when he was fifteen years of age.
After he had reached manhood's estate,