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a. Note:   MILITARY: From The Descendants of John Brockett:
 He served in the Revolutionary War and received his commission as Captain in Col. Douglas' Regiment, 5th Battalion, Gen. Wadsworth's Brigade, raised in 1776.
 His company was of men from Branford, Wallingford, Hamden, North Haven and New Haven. He received his discharge in Feb 1777. John Brockett was in his Company as was Abraham Ives of Wallingford who was killed, age 22 years.
 Jacob was also a Captain of a Company repelling Tyron's Invasion 5 Jul 1779. On his return from the Tryon Invasion he was honored with an official position in the First Ecclesiastical Society.
 Jacob was the only native of the New Haven Colony honored by the Commission during the Revolutionary War. He led his Company throught the severe Campaign of the summer of 1776 and returned with all the North Haven men except Isaac Bishop who died in service.
 *Note - Jacob, Isaiah, Munson (if this is Jacob's son Munson he was only 14), John and Enos Brockett all signed an agreement as Volunteers in Benjamin Trumbull's Company and enlisted for 3 months prior to joining Douglas' Regiment.
 The date of Jacob's death is not known, but it was prior to 1792.


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