BRATTLE, EDWARD, Boston, s. of Thomas, by Mary had Thomas, b. 20 Sept. 1696. He was liv'. in the early part of 1713, when his br. Thomas made his will. THOMAS, Charlestown 1656, rem. next yr. to Boston, m. Elizabeth d. of Capt. William Tyng, had Thomas, wh. d. 5 Sept. 1657, a few hours old; Thomas, again, b. 20 June 1658, H. C. 1676; Elizabeth 30 Nov. 1660; William, 22 Nov. 1662, H. C. 1680; Catharine, 26 Sept. 1664; Bethia, 13 Dec. 1666; Mary, 10 Aug. 1668; and Edward, 18 Dec. 1670; ar. co. 1672, was a capt. one of the found. of the third or O. S. ch. rep. 1671 and 2 for Lancaster, and 1678 and 9 for Concord. His w. d. 9 Nov. 1682, in a surpris. sudden way, as told by Judge Sewall, wh. was present, in her own ho. at a great wedding of his cous. Daniel Quincey with Ann Shepard, her niece. See the val. hist. by Budington, of first ch. of Charlestown, 219. He d. 22 July foll. leav. est. by inv. �7827, 16, 10, prob. the largest in N. E. Of the ds. Elizabeth m. 3 Jan. 1677, Nathaniel Oliver; Catharine m. 20 May 1680, John Eyre, next m. 13 Nov. 1707, Wait Winthrop, surv. him, and d. 2 Aug. 1725; Bethia m. a. 1684, or 5, Joseph Parsons, d. 4 July 1690; and Mary m. 20 Aug. 1689, John Mico, surv. him, and d. 22 Dec. 1733.
THOMAS, Boston, s. of the preced. one of the found. of Brattle str. ch. and twenty yrs. Treasr. of Harv. coll. in its days of severest trial, d. 18 May 1713. He was never m. I suppose. His letter, 1692, giv. acco. of the witchcraft infat. pr. in 1 Mass. Hist. Coll. V. 61, is the most judicious explana. of the processes of the judicial blindness, and must be read by whoever wishes to understand that malignant epidemic. See also, Quincy's Hist. of Harv. Coll.
WILLIAM, Boston 1677, one of the ch. merch. prob. br. of first Thomas.