Revolutionary War Family Bible/Brackett/Pickering/NH Start Price USD 12,000.00 Current Price USD 12,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Location Bakersfield, California See more about 'Revolutionary War Family Bible/Brackett/Pickering/NH' Description http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irZmknvOB4I&feature=related   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHVZK7nFYRQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNM23IFYCG8&feature=related photo copyright http://www.Gravematter.com     Martha Brackett was born november 4th, 1785.   she married thomas pickering. thomas pickerings father was a famous revolutionary war sailor  mariner. she had 7 or so children. one of her brothers commanded a shipe in the war of 1812 and he lost the ship to the british I believe. the brothers name was captain james brackett who was born july 7th 1789.  martha moved to newcastle, new hampshire I believe.   photo copyright http://www.Gravematter.com   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_j9RJImk2w   The Joshua Brackett in this bible was stationed at New York both before and after the british occupied the city I believe. He fought under officer whipple I believe. he was a rich prosperous farmer. he was sixth generations from Anthony Brackett. his was considered the fifth family. his father was named joshua also. he signed a paper related to the revolutionary war??  the contents of this paper are in Thomas Bracketts papers.  joshua lived in Greenland new hampshire all his life.   photo copyright http://www.Gravematter.com   About least 12 tombstone names in the Brackett/Pickering Cemetary next to the Great Bay (southern part of bay) are in this bible.   photo copyright http://www.Gravematter.com appreciation to Jenn of gravematter.com for use of the above photos.   http://www.gravematter.com/cem-nh-greenland.asp http://www.gravematter.com         john B. pickering who was born march 7, 1821. he is recorded in this bible. he died january 10, 1901.   martha p. brackett as stated above born september 4th 1785 married thomas pickering who was born oct 25, 1778.  their family is  represented in this bible. these two families(joshuas and his daughter marthas) are represented at this particular brackett /pickering cemetary at greenland, new hampshire. a homeless man sleeps at this cemetary.   This cemetery is located on Winnicut Road in Greenland, NH. The way I understand it, herbert brackett around 1907 made the genealogy of the Bracket family from the first one, anthony bracket. The way he did this was to divide the descendents into families such as 5generation 1st family and 6th generation 5th family etc etc. how he decided which families to start with I do not know....I think it might just be arbitrary.  From there, anyone who is a descendent of that particular family is included in that family For instance if you were 5th generation 1st family every descendent from that family is included in the 5th generation 1st family ...family.    The Joshua Brackett listed in this bible is 6th generation 5th family. The famous dr. joshua brackett of new hampshire medical society is 5th generation 1st family.  But this doctor is the son of 5th generatiion 1st family so even though he is included in this family....he is still 6th generation. Therefore both dr. joshua brackett and the joshua brackett in this bible are 6th generations from anthony brackett. and they both lived in greenland, new hampshire.  and they both knew each other for certain.  why the dr. is laid to rest in north cemetary and this joshua bracket in this bible is laid to rest at great bay I do not know.  This is volume 2 only of a 2 volume set. It starts from Isaiah and ends at the end of Revelation. It was published at Hartford(Connecticut??) by D.F. Robinson and H.F. Sumner. This volume 2 bible belonged to  relatives. of Dr. Joshua Bracket who was the first president of the New Hampshire medical society and  relatives of Timothy  Pickering who was quartermaster during the revolutionary war . Many genealogical entries up to around 1900. perhaps 30 or so maybe. many newspaper articles included. some of the entries were old enough to have went to revolutionary war gatherings etc. probably(or perhaps most certainly) meeting George Washington . In fact the owner of this bible in 1835(martha was old enough to have met Washington and probably did. The brackets and Pickerings intermarried alot. They were very very close.There is an entry for a person who died in 1802(Lucy Brackett) She was born in 1724. Last death entry is 1901 I believe. .One of the newspaper articles has quite a bit of info on two cousins who came to America in 1633, both named John Pickering, same article has info on colonel tim pickering, Honorable John Pickering, John Pickering the second, and a bunch of other important Pickerings including Principal J. Edward Pickering of North Main Street Grmmar school of Manchester. I count at least 3 marriages between Pickerings and bracketts.  one of them was of second cousins.  Joshua Brackett was the President of the New Hampshire Medical Society 1793-1799. he married hannah. they were childless. "Late in 1775 the Continental Congress urged upon the states the enactment of laws in regard to privateering. All privateers were required to have permission of the Congress. Captured prizes, which might include non-British vessels carrying contraband goods, had to be brought into a United States port and there be libelled, tried and as was usually the case, condemned and sold at auction. Admiralty courts, one of which was located at Portsmouth in charge of Judge Joshua Brackett, were established to hear such trials and render judgment.""...prizes came sailing up the Piscataqua from all parts of the North Atlantic. It was a rare issue of the Gazette which did not include a notice from Judge Brackett of a libel filed in behalf of a Portsmouth privateer against a British prize, 'her cargo, and appurtenances.' Such notices mentioned the date and place of the capture of the prize, and gave sufficient warning of the trial 'at the Court House in Portsmouth, ...where the owners or any persons concern'd therin, may appear and show cause (if any they have) why the same should not be condemned.' Privateersman-judge Joshua Brackett presided over the trial, at which the burden of showing cause why the prize should not be condemned and sold rested upon her owner. Judge Brakett was assisted by a jury of twelve men. The result of the trial was hardly ever in doubt. As communicated by the judge to the sheriff of the county, ther verdict usually ran much as follows:You are hereby required to sell at public vendue (after giving reasonable notice of the time and place of sale) the Brigantinge Edenburgh her cargo and appurtenances which were deemed and adjudged lawful prize by the Maritime Court held at Portsmouth on the 9th day of July current...The proceeds of the sale (after deducting your own legal fees)you are to distribute and pay as follows to wit, the sum of sixteen pds. thirteen shillings in gold or silver money for the costs and charges of Trial & Condemnation and the residue of said proceeds you are to distribute and pay to the Agents for the use of the Captors and other concerned as the Law directs. Hereof fail not and make return of this Precept and your doings herein.Given under my hand and the seal of the said Maritime-Court...Joshua Brackett. (ref.: Ports of Piscataqua - By William G. Saltonstall, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press 1941)He as visited in 1782 by the Marquis De Chastellux, a Major-General in the French army whose fleet was in Portsmouth Harbor at the time. He referred to Dr. Brackett as "an esteemed physician of the country". (ref.: Rambles About Portsmouth, by Charles W. Brewster. reprint of original printed in 1869.)Dr. Brackett was one of the brave people to administer to the sick during the Yellow Fever outbreak in 1798. (ref.: Rambles About Portsmouth, by Charles W. Brewster. reprint of original printed in 1869.)(1782) "March 25th. The town gave permission to the Physicians, Ammi R. Cutter, Joshua Brackett, Hall Jackson, and John Jackson, to open a hospital on Henzell's Island, under such rules and regulations as shall secure the town from danger, provided said hospital shall be no expense to the town." (ref.: Annals of Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Comprising a period of two hundred years from the first settlement of the town; with biographical sketches of a few of the most respectable inhabitants By Nathaniel Adams, published by the Author, 1825.)"1802. Among the Physicians of this town, who have attained considerable eminence, Doctor Joshua Brackett holds a conspicuous place. He was born at Greenland in May, 1733. In his early youth, he attended the public school in his native town, but as his parents intended him for one of the learned professions, they determined to give him a collegiate education; and placed him under the tuition of the Rev. Mr. Rust, of Stratham. He was there prepared for admission into Harvard College, where he was graduated in 1752. He then applied himself to the study of theology, with an intention to qualify himself for the gospel ministry. Having made some progress in his studies, he was licensed by the association and preached a short time. He was induced to enter on this profession, more to gratify the wished of his parents, than to follow his own inclinations, and he soon relinquished it for the practice of physic, which was more congenial with the natural bent of his mind. He pursued his medical studies under the direction of Doctor Clement Jackson, who was then at the head of the profession here. The medical student at that time, laboured under many disadvantages, which he would not at present experience. By assiduous attention to his books, with the benefit of seeing Dr. Jackson's extensive practice, Doctor Brackett laid the best foundation for knowledge in the profession, his opportunities afforded. He had a taste for literature, particularly for those branches, which let to the examination of the works of nature. Having completed his term with Doctor Jackson, he commenced business in this town, and soon obtained the reputation of a skilful and successful practitioner. In 1783, the Massachusetts Medical Society elected him an honorary member, 'and in 1791, he was complimented by his Alma Mate, with a medical doctorate.' When the New Hampshire Medical Society was organized in 1791, he elected the first Vice President, and in 1793, succeeded Governor Bartlett as President of the Society. He continued in that office until 1799, when his declining health obliged him to resign. He had been a zealous promoter, and an active member of this institution. The benefit arising from the regular meetings of members, and their reciprocal communications of their personal experience in extraordinary cases, was very evident, as it would be the means of diffusing their knowledge more extensively. On the first formation of the society, it was intended to establish a medical library. Colonel Timothy Pickering4th Quartermaster GeneralAugust 1780-July 1785 Timothy Pickering was born at Salem, Massachusetts, on July 17, 1745, of a family prominent since the early years of settlement. His father was sufficiently well-to-do to give him a good education, and he graduated from Harvard College in 1763. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1768 but never attained distinction as a lawyer. Prior to the outbreak of the war he held a number of minor offices in Salem, among them selectman, town clerk, and representative in the General Court. He became a leading Whig in Salem and displayed talent as a pamphleteer in supporting the Revolutionary movement. Commissioned a lieutenant in the Essex County militia in 1766. he studied military history and tactics and unsuccessfully sought to put the Massachusetts militia on an effective war footing. In 1775 he published An Easy Plan of Discipline for a Militia, which was widely used in the Continental Army until replaced by Baron Steuben's manual. Pickering served during the early campaigns of the Revolution, rising to a colonelcy in the Essex County militia. On May 24, 1777, he accepted the post of adjutant general of the army. In the fall of that year he was elected to the newly organized Board of War of the Continental Congress, but also continued to serve as adjutant general until mid-January of 1778, since a successor was not immediately appointed. While still a member of the Board of War he was appointed Quartermaster General in the summer of 1780, and authorized by Congress to continue on the Board, though his pay as a member and the exercise of his powers on the Board were suspended. Pickering found the conduct of Quartermaster business handicapped by the lack of credit and the effects of a depreciated currency. Fully aware of these difficulties at the time of his appointment, he had proposed the use of ''specie certificates," which stipulated payment in specie at a given date for all articles or services purchased on credit. If payment was delayed, such certificates were to bear an interest rate of 6 per cent a year until paid. Congress authorized their use, thereby enabling Pickering to obtain a few more supplies than would otherwise have been possible. Throughout the war, however, Pickering continued to be so plagued by the lack of funds that he wrote Congress: "If any other man can, without money, carry on the extensive business of this department, I wish most sincerely he would take my place. I confess myself incapable of doing it." Harassed by lack of funds and scarcity of supplies, Pickering nevertheless, in consultation with Washington and acting in the double capacity of consulting member of the Board of War and Quartermaster General of the Army, effected the successful transportation of the allied forces from the Hudson in New York to the James River in Virginia for the siege of Yorktown and the capture of Cornwallis. This victory, in October 1781, proved to be decisive As the war drew to a close, Congress turned its attention to the future military needs of the nation, and in response to a request for an opinion on the proper postwar military establishment for the United States, Pickering proposed the creation of a military academy at West Point where students might be trained as officers to command the defenses of the nation. For the most part, in these months, he was concerned with effecting various economies in the Quartermaster's Department and attempting to settle his accounts as quickly as possible. He wrote Robert Morris that ''until I accepted this cursed office, though necessity compelled me to live frugally, yet I had the satisfaction of keeping nearly clear of private debts," but that he was now much indebted. He wanted nothing more than a quick settlement of accounts and an opportunity to return to private life, where he might set about repairing the fortunes of his family. This settlement dragged on for many months after the war had ended, and Pickering did not relinquish his post until the Quartermaster's Department was abolished, temporarily, on July 25, 1785. Pickering lived to be eighty-four and remained active to the end. He had a distinguished public career after retirement as Quartermaster General. He held successively the offices of Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under Washington. He continued as Secretary of State under President Adams until he was abruptly dismissed on May 10, 1800, because of his opposition to administration policies. Thereafter he served in the Senate and later in the House of Representatives. As an outstanding member of the Federalist Party, he bitterly fought Republican administration measures and was especially virulent in his opposition to the War of 1812. After retirement from public life in 1817, he centered his interest on agricultural improvement and deservedly earned an important place in the history of New England agriculture before he died in 1829, rounding out a career as soldier, administrator and politician Here is "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as Julia Ward Howe first wrote it in 1861, as documented in Reminscences 1819-1899, published in 1899: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.He is trampling out the wine press, where the grapes of wrath are stored,He hath loosed the fateful lightnings of his terrible swift sword,          His truth is marching on. I have seen him in the watchfires of an hundred circling campsThey have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps,I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps,          His day is marching on. I have read a burning Gospel writ in fiery rows of steel,As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal,Let the hero born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,          Our God is marching on. He has sounded out the trumpet that shall never call retreat,He has waked the earth's dull sorrow with a high ecstatic beat,Oh! be swift my soul to answer him, be jubilant my feet!          Our God is marching on. In the whiteness of the lilies he was born across the sea,With a glory in his bosom that shines out on you and me,As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,          Our God is marching on. He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,He is wisdom to the mighty, he is succour to the brave,So the world shall be his footstool, and the soul of Time his slave,          Our God is marching on. http://books.google.com/books?id=pYbyc7qtIMkC&pg=PA329&lpg=PA329&dq=history+of+pickering+family+new+hampshire&source=web&ots=FWFFF7mPZm&sig=XbTQu7ytFBd5peqwbZ7n-LwAslE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPP1,M1 http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=EDk3AAAAMAAJ&dq=brackett+genealogy+by+herbert+brackett&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=Wqy1D_rTCt&sig=zo2xmT3wF0rQCHVXS-NMyb-bnjY&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result       formerly this piece of land belonged to the smith family. In 2005 or so ownership changed to new hampshire dept . of fish and game I believe. That is great bay  in the background. out yonder to the left beyond the bay water is where in the 1770s....the Joshua brackett family.......the father of martha brackett who owned this bible.....had their farm.  Its about 2 miles to the land past the water at the left of the picture.  At the center of the picture it is about 4 miles to land past the bay. and to the right its again about 2 miles to the land past the bay.        Place a Bid!