Braffett family of Dorset

[victoreen]

Is anyone researching the Braffett family in Dorset?I have a Joseph Braffett of Poole whose Daughter Mary married Adams Wadham in 1765 I would be interested in finding out more on the Braffett family

[*Sandra*]

Hi Victoreen,

Welcome to Rootschat

There is a section on RootsChat where you can add your surnames of interest.  I did notice one had been listed with a similar spelling of Braffet (Northern Ireland) but you could add your own version of the spelling.

Scroll to the bottom of any RootsChat page and under "Your Tools" you will see the surname interests listed - click on that and follow the links.

Aaah - I see you have already added "Wadham"  "Jaggers" and "Monteith"

Regards
Sandra

[Richard Knott]

Welcome to Rootschat.

Is there anything in particular you would like to know about Joseph?

Presumably you have seen his PCC will (1784) which mentions his daughter, as well as others.

Richard

[Richard Knott]

A few Joseph Braffett snippets:

He was buried in the Presbyterian Old Meeting House in Poole on 24 Oct 1783 aged 82.

His will describes him as a stationer and ironmonger of Poole and he leaves several hundred pounds to:

Grandson: John Braffett
Granddaughter: Mary Braffett
Daughters: Mary Wadham, wife of Adams Wadham, cooper of Poole; and Elizabeth Bailey, wife of James Bailey, woollen draper of Poole

Immediately after receiving his inheritance, John Braffett put the attached advertisememnt into the local paper.

Joseph is mentioned in the will of Thomas Bird (1775) of Poole, as thomas is his landlord.

Joseph is also mentioned in several printed sources as a bookseller 9eg as the agaent for the 'Salisbury Journal' in 1755.

There may be a connection with Abraham Braffett, bookseller of Newport, Isle of Wight in the 1760s, especially as there is a reference in 1832 to (another?) Joseph Braffett, brother of the late Mr Edward Braffett, ironmonger of Newport, IoW. Abraham was living in Paternoster Row, London, when he was the beneficiary of his brother Jacob's will in 1759 (a mariner).

There are Braffetts in Poole, many of whom were trading with North America, throughout the 18th century.

Richard

[victoreen]

Thank you Richard for the information on Joseph Braffett my family link is Adams Wadham so this all helps to build up the tree

[Richard Knott]

Presumably you have seen Adams Wadham's Adminstration of 1814 which mentions his widow Mary, together with Joseph Wadham, silversmith and Benjamin Wadham, cooper.

Richard

[victoreen]

Yes Thanks I have a lot of Wadham detail but I am now just branching out to the Braffett family Heather