26 Apr 1756: "My late Husband John Brackett late of Dudly being dead I desire to be admitted adm'r & earnestly begg that Lieu't Jacob Bardbury of said Dudly may adm'r with me as I am prithy much in from Dudley. Sarah Bracket
26 Apr 1756: Bond of Sarah Brackett Widdow & Jacob Bradbury Gent: all of Dudley as Adm'x & adm'r on the Estate of John Bracket late of said Dudley Yeoman Dec'd.
1 May 1756: Inventory, includes lands in Dudley, lands in Thomson Parish in Connecticut
18 May 1757: Accounting of Jacob Bradbury adm'r on the Estate of John Brackett Late of Dudley. Judge orders residue paid £9=6=8 to widow, £4=0=3, and daughter £2=0=1. [judge's (John Chandler) comment: "there being two children one I maried a Daughter", presumably means he performed the ceremony?]