1.  BRYANT1 BREEDING I (#11598) birth date unknown.  BRYANT died by 1787 in Shenandoah Co, VA, at 82 years of age.
 He married twice.  He married ELIZABETH CONWAY about 1728.
 Information provided by Jim Breeding. (ELIZABETH CONWAY  is #11599.)
 ELIZABETH died by 1773.  He married SARAH about 1773.  (SARAH  is #12150.)  SARAH died by 1780.
 He made a will in Shenandoah Co, VA, 28 Aug 1778.  The following individuals are also linked to this event: SARAH  (executor); JOHN BREEDING Sr (heir); JAMES BREEDING Sr (heir).
 Per Pat Owen Breeding:  "Shenandoah County Minute Book, 1774-1780.  Page 54, 22 August 1778, Administration of the estate of Bryan Breeding granted to Sarah Breeding, Bond given & c. Ordered that Mich Rinehart, James Frans, Matthew Mattox and Abraham Strickler, or any three of them appraise the said estate.
 "Shenandoah County Will Book A, pg 168-169 "Know all men by these presents that we Sarah Breeding, John Combs, Joseph Breeding and Charles Kiser are held firmly bound to the Gentlemen Justices of Shenandoah now sitting.  Pounds, 2000 current money.  The condition of above obligation is such that if the above bound Sarah Breeding, Administratrix of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of Bryan Breeding dec'd ..., etc.
 "Bond acknowledged and recorded in Shenandoah County Court, 28 August 1778."

 Per Steve Behr:  Steve Behr, 4501 Clinton Avenue, Loraine, Ohio 44055, e-mail: cen22481@centuryinter.net
 "There are 2 proven sons of this marriage, John and James.  Nothing is known about James who apparently remained in Shenandoah (later Page) County."
 Per Bruce Breeding:  E-mail:  YeGoodeBre@aol.com
 "The originals of the warrants and surveys of Bryant and John (Sr.) in Jan 1749 / 59 are held by the Virginia archives.  John was the oldest son and heir of Bryant, under primogeniture and James was a brother of John.  They are the only proven sons of Bryant.  John had moved on to northern Augusta county which became Rockingham in 1787, and assigned his rights in Bryant’s land to James. Later John Sr. moved to Washington County (later Russell) and sold the claim in the Shenandoah Valley to James."
 Per Julie Voyles, A Bryant Breeding was involved in administrating Charles Keyser’s estate in 1778, Shenandoah (later Page) County, Virginia.

The following list of children is purely speculation and is placed here to open discussion on this subject and to put in one place all the information we have so far on these Breedings.  Only 2 children are proven, John and James.

      BRYANT BREEDING I and ELIZABETH CONWAY  had the following family:

      2  i.  JOHN SR2 was born 4 Oct 1730
      3  ii.  GEORGE SR was born 1732
      4  iii.  BRYANT was born circa 1734
      5  iv.  SPENCER "NEW RIVER" SR was born circa 1735
      6  v.  JAMES SR was born circa 1736
        vi.  SAMUEL (#1977) was born circa 1737.  Per Bruce A. Breeding in his publication dated Sept. 1991:
SAMUEL; first public record, 25 Jun 1772, Shenandoah County Order Book, 1772-74, page 42, sued by William Allason, merchant; also other entries in Court Orders; on land record; Shenandoah Personal Property Taxes, 1783-4; two references to having "removed" from the County; no further data.
        vii.  JOSEPH (#1891) was born circa 1740.
    Per Bruce A. Breeding in his publication of Sept. 1991:
JOSEPH; mentioned in record of appointment of Sarah Breeding as administratrix of estate of Bryant (1), Shenandoah County Will Book A., page 168-169.  No further data, however, guardianship record, Elizabeth Breeding, 2 Oct 1821, Rockingham County, VA, names Joseph Breeding as decedent.

 2.  JOHN2 BREEDING SR (BRYANT1) (#5652) was born 4 Oct 1730.
 Information taken from Breeding / Grigsby Family Bible. JOHN died 1802 in Russell Co, VA, at 71 years of age.
 Family Bible record says he died 1 May, does not give a year.
 He married WINIFRED ELIZA ASHBY 1 May 1749.
 Per Bible record. (WINIFRED ELIZA ASHBY  is #5653.)
 WINIFRED was born 3 Jan 1731.  Per Bible record. Family Bible gives death date as 9 Sept ----. Does not give a year.
 The following was provided by Steve Behr, 4501 Clinton Avenue, Loraine, Ohio.
 "On 20 Sep 1773, George Cutlip and wife Susannah of Dunmore (later Shenandoah) County, Virginia, conveyed 120 acres of land lying south of the Shenandoah river to John Breeding of Augusta County for 46 pounds."
 "1774 Washington County Clerk’s office, John Breden proved to the court that they, Samuel Vanhook and John Breden were entitled to 400 acres of land lying on the Clinch River at the south of Weaver’s Creek, and on both sides of the river to include their improvements made in the year 1775. In 1781 Samuel Vanhook assigned his part of the 400 acres to John Breden."
"1776 Rockingham County, Chalkey; dry Run of Hawskbill Creek corner of Bryan Breeding."
 "1783 Rockingham abstracts by Edward Franklin, assignee of William Vatters, 159 acres, Shenandoah River, adjoining John Breden, Apr 8.  It is surveyed on the same day as Joseph Lowdabeck’s 168 acres between Peaked Mountain and Shenandoah River adjoining John Fulch."
 "20 Aug 1783 - Washington County Court Proceedings Ordered that John Breeding be Constable in Captain Cowans company (Washington County)."  Page 1159, "annals of Southwest Virginia" by Lewis Preston Summers and transcribed by Lane Alexander.  This could also be his son, John Jr. who fought in the Revolutionary War and later moved his family first to Adair County, KY and then finally to Missouri.
 "1784  Rockingham County, Virginia, page 358, Minutes Book, August 23, Deeds of Release from John Breeding, Sr., to John Breeding, Jr., proved by oath of John Grigsby (who later became his son-in-law by marrying his daughter Winnifred)."
 In 1785 a petition was drawn up and signed to make Russell County, Virginia from a portion of Washington County, Va.  The Breedings are later recorded as living in Russell County, Va.
 Per Barbara Breeding:  (Mrs. George Breeding, 549 Knaust Road, Saint Peters, MO 63376)
 "John was evidently an Indian Spy, which in those days was a member of the Army of Militia who ranged far ahead of the regular forces.  He watched for Indians making raids or attacking the settlers.  John lived in Rockingham County (formed from Augusta County in 1778) but he scouted out along the frontier.  His son, John Breeding, Jr. was also a spy.  This is quite likely how they found the land they liked along the Clinch and made improvements in it and filed a claim.  John had made a claim which means he made improvements before 1778, the cut off date for Settlement rights.  He also received two other land grants adjoining his Settlement right, which he paid for. One grant was for 100 acres and another for 300. A party of Cherokee visited the lower Holston in June, 1788.  they wounded one man and carried away about 100 horses.  Three of the Breedings from the New Garden Settlement in Russell County were found on Black Mountain, killed and scalped.  There were probably a son and grandsons of John."
 The following information received from David Dollard:
 BREEDINGS KILLED BY INDIANS IN RUSSELL CO., VA
 Thomas Carter, Henry Dickenson, and David Cowan of Russell County, Virginia, wrote Governor Edmund Randolph on June 24, 1788, the following letter:
 "Laying before the Executive Council an account of Indian depredations upon the counties they represent.  They have reliable information that the savages have lately killed 16 persons on the French Broad, and that the news has reached them of 80 Indians being on their way against the Holston and Clinch.
 "That 4 men had been killed in their county (Russell) and the Cherokee had joined the Creeks, which combination no force the people could raise to resist.  Three men had been killed on the Black Mountain and David Campbell and his family, and Hugh Berry and his family, particular acquaintances of theirs, had also been killed and the station on French Broad with many horses from Powell Valley had been captured.  Although some of these depredations were not in their immediate neighborhood, nor even in this state, yet, from the enterprising character of these savages, their operations were never confined to localities or even states.  They, therefore, considering their part of the country in great danger, and especially as Russell County is the barrier to Washington and Montgomery , beg that scouts and a force of Rangers be authorized to go out from these two counties to act in concert with the few men who can be raised in Russell.  This latter county has a frontier of 150 miles in advance of Washington andMontgomery, and on account of the scattered condition of the inhabitants they are obliged to live in forts, totally to the neglect of their crops, etc.  By the enclosed letter they hear that Colonel Joseph Martin is a prisoner with the Cherokees and may not get out of their hands in safety.  That men who had gone to the Black Mountain to dig ginseng had found a camp who one of the Elimes (Elams) and three of the Breedings of New Garden and Neal Roberts, had been about the same employment, several of whom lay killed and scalped.  The Cherokees evidently been at war and unless means are taken at once to protect that county, great suffering and disaster must follow soon.  "If this letter to Governor Randolph seems hard to read and comprehend , remember it was written in 1788 and not in the way we know Modern English today".
 "The Neal Roberts, who was killed, was Cornelius Roberts, who lived in the Glade Hollow section of Russell County, and owned 352 acres of land, which was surveyed and entered in Washington County on January 14, 1783.  After his death, his widow, Mary, supposedly married Rev. John Frost, a Baptist minister, who lived on the fork of Holston River, just below the mouth of Greendale Creek, called Harrold's Creek in Revolution ary times. It will be noted that when Captain Isaac Newland's family was captured by Indians in 1789, the attack was made on the "Frost Settlement."  An Edward Frost was married by the Rev. John Frost to Amilla Roberts on October 3, 1791, who may have been closely related to Cornelius Roberts.
 "It is hard to determine who was killed in the Elams and Breeding families at the ginseng camp, as no first names are given.  In the early records, only one reference to an Elam is found, and that was in Washington County court orders for May 19,1784, William Elam was paid a bounty for a wolf's head.
 "The three Breedings who were killed are also unknown as to first names, there was a Richard and John Breeding who were on the Illinois campaign of George Rogers Clark in 1777, a John Breeding owned some 800 acres of land on both sides of the Clinch river in the New Garden section of Russell County Virginia which are confusing on June 23, 1785, John Breeding married Elizabeth Napier.  The officiating Minister was Rev. Simon Cockrell, and on July 6, 1785, John Breeding married, Elizabeth Napper, with the officiating Minister being the Rev. John Frost.  It could be that one of these is the marriage bond, and the other the marriage date, and both are the same person.
 "The location of the slaying of these people is established in a general area, the Black Mountains, being that range of high mountains lying back of Appalachia, Virginia, on the Kentucky-Virginia border.  The Cornelius Roberts, who was slain left at least one son, named Archibald Roberts
 "Louis Preston Summers says in his History of Southwest Virginia that a party of Cherokees visited the lower Holston in June 1788.  They wounded one man and carried away about one hundred horses.  Three Breedings from the New Garden settlement in Russell County were found on Black Mountain, killed and scalped.  Herbert Lancing Breeding, a descendent of George Breeding, from Memphis Tennessee, had done a great deal of research on the Breedings.  He believes the three Breedings may have been a son and grandson of John Breden, Sr.  "This John BREEDING Sr mention here is Spencer's father."  ** End of Article **

 The following information is extracted from material provided by Mrs. Marie Fetter, 302 E. Charleston Avenue, Jeffersonville, IN 47130, to Mr. Pat Owen Breeding of Louisville, KY.  Marie has no computer, nor does Pat.  Mr. Pat Owen Breeding, 10504 Autumn Creek Place, Louisville, KY, 40229.  (502) 962-8251 (as of Apr 1999).
 I.  JOHN BREDIN, later known as BREDEN, BREEDEN, and finally JOHN BREEDING, SR., was born about 1725.  He was apparently living with his father’s family until, after filing for land in Augusta County, he was awarded a grant on Pass Run, a tributary of Hawskbill Creek, on the same day, and in the same area as the one obtained by his father.  This was in 1749.  He was married and began a family of his own.
 John purchased 120 acres lying south of the Shenandoah River, in the present Rockingham County, on September 20, 1773.
 He is said to have been an Indian spy for the Army or Militia.  In this capacity, he ranged far in advance of the regular forces, watching for Indians who appeared to be preparing raids or attacks on settlers.  Although he lived in Rockingham County, he scouted on the frontier, and while so occupied along Clinch River, learned that land there was being opened for settlement.
 About 1774, he went to that area, which in 1776 became Washington County, now Russell.  The Washington County land-grant book states that in 1775, John Breden and Sauer Vanhook proved to the Court that they were entitled to a 400 acre Settlement Tract on both sides of Clinch River at the mouth of Weavers Creek.  In order to make that claim, “improvements” had to be made, which almost certainly would have meant the clearing of some ground.  In 1781, Samuel Vanhook assigned his part of the claim to John Breden, who not only received the 400 acres, but also grants of 300 and 100 acres, adjoining, and also on both sides of the Clinch.
 A part of John’s family joined him in Washington County by 1782.  In that year he and his son Spencer paid a personal tax.  The family was busy building shelter, starting with a huge kitchen, in which they all lived for at least two years while their house was under construction.
 Wishing to settle land on his children, he proposed to divide his 400 acre Settlement Tract be-tween his son Spencer and his grandson John, son of Bryant, who had died - or was killed - during the Revolution.  In 1792 the property was assigned to Spencer, on the condition that he give John his half when the young man was of age.  Then a few days later, John, Sr. assigned his 100 acre Settlement Tract to John, Jr.
 When, however, John the son of Bryant became 21, Spencer refused to share the property.  John Breeding, Sr., and his grandson then sued Spencer for it.  This was in 1799 or 1800.  The court awarded for the plaintiffs.
 John, Sr., who had built a house and was living on the north side of Clinch River on the land meant for young John, then deeded it to him, but continued to live there until his death, about 1801.  Nothing is known of his wife or wives, except that he was survived by a widow, possibly Nancy.
 John Breeding, Sr. had made numerous land investments during the previous 20 years, and at his death (1801/1802) owned a considerable acreage including a number of tracts occupied by his descendants.  Also there was a group of at least seven parcels totaling 630 acres, eventually sold by the county in 1815 and 1816 for unpaid taxes.
 

      JOHN BREEDING Sr and WINIFRED ELIZA ASHBY  had the following family:

      7  i.  BRYANT II3 was born circa 1750
      8  ii.  JOHN JR was born 8 May 1752
        iii.  JAMES (#5718) was born 16 Nov 1754.
    The following information is extracted from material provided by Mrs. Marie Fetter, 302 E. Charleston Avenue, Jeffersonville, IN 47130, to Mr. Pat Owen Breeding of Louisville, KY.  Marie's e-mail:  Mama26mf@aol.com.  Mr. Pat Owen Breeding, 10504 Autumn Creek Place, Louisville, KY, 40229.  (502) 962-8251 (as of Apr 1999).   Pat's e-mail:  Wa4aaa1@aol.com.
     JAMES BREEDING.  He moved to the present Russell County, Virginia with his father’s family in 1782.  He appeared as a Russell County taxpayer for the year 1787 only.  At that time he returned to Rockingham County and joined the family of his sister, Winifred Grigsby.  He went with them to Hawkins County, Tennessee in 1789 and by 1809 had become the owner of a 1000 acre plantation known as the Brown Tower, also one slave.
    There is no record that James was ever married. He died in Hawkins County, TN.  His will, dated September 6, 1815, left his property to his sister Winifred’s descendants.  One third was to go to the children of John and Betsy Grigsby Rutherford; another third to the children of Samuel and Judy Grigsby Smith, and the remainder to the children of James and Polly Grigsby Smith.

      9  iv.  WINIFRED ELIZABETH was born 27 Aug 1757
      10  v.  SPENCER R. SR was born 1 May 1759
        vi.  RICHARD (#5720) was born circa 1761.
    This information was provided by Marie Fetter from an article she received from a Library in Virginia.  There is no proof that this Richard is or isn't the son of John Breeding, Sr.
     RICHARD BREEDING was born in Augusta County, Virginia, likely near 1753.  This account of his life is somewhat uncertain, due in part to the presence of others of the same name in the area, but the following events are believed by many to have pertained to him.
    Richard moved with his parents to the present Rockingham County before the Revolution, and when it started he fought with the militia.  He served in Captain Quirk’s Company and in the Illinois Regiment.  He enlisted on January 10, 1778 and left the service, probably in 1782.
    He moved to Washington County about 1782 and settled at New Garden, on Clinch River, a few miles upstream from his father’s location.  After the area became a part of Russell County, he was one of those enlisting to garrison a fort, necessary as protection from the Indians.
    In 1788 the Cherokees attacked the settlements along the Holston, killed one man and captured about a hundred horses; then moved on to the Clinch River Valley and beyond.  During that year five persons, three of whom were Breedings from the New River settlement, had gone to Black Mountain to dig ginseng.  Their bodies were soon discovered by others who had gone there for the same purpose.  They all had been killed and scalped.  The Breedings are believed to have been Richard and two of his sons.  Black Mountain, then a part of Russell County, is in the present Harlan County, Kentucky.
    One of the others killed there was Cornelius Roberts, also of the New Garden community.  He was the grandfather of William Childress, who married Spencer "Clinch River" Breeding’s daughter Winifred.
 

 3.  GEORGE2 BREEDING SR (BRYANT1) (#2588) was born 1732.  GEORGE died 11 Apr 1812 in Adair Co, KY, at 79 years of age.  His body was interred 13 Apr 1812 in Adair Co, KY, Breeding Cemetery.
 He married RACHEL CASSIDY.  (RACHEL CASSIDY  is #2606.)  RACHEL was born circa 1740.  RACHEL was the daughter of PETER CASSITY  and MELISSA ARMSTRONG .  RACHEL died 11 Jan 1821 in Adair Co, KY, at 80 years of age.
 Per Bruce A. Breeding's The Breeding/Breeden Genealogical Exchange, No. 2, Sept 1991 and written by Bruce A. Breeding:
  GEORGE; first public record, chain carrier for survey for Edward Humpston of Prince William County, on Pass Run, 8 May 1751; chain carrier survey, Hampshire County, (now WV), 1764; grants, 1785-1788,
 Tyugarts River Valley, Augusta, then Harrison Counties, now WV; witness to the marriage of Jeremiah Breeding and Elizabeth Hurst, 1788, Shenandoah County.
 Still remains big question, who was George Breeding (Sr.) who wound up in Adair County, Kentucky?   He is linked here as the s/o Bryant I, merely to keep him "connected" to the family.
 He moved his family from Russell County, Virginia, first to an area outside of Maysville, Ky, finally he moved them to Adair County, Ky.
 His parentage is entirely speculative.  George Breeding Sr of Adair County, KY may be the son of George Breeding the chain carrier, believed to be the son of Bryant Breeding I.  Since data collected so far seems to indicate that this George could not have been in both Tygarts River Valley and then witness Jeremiah's wedding and move on to Kentucky, he must have been the son of George who stayed in Tygarts River Valley, and witnessed Jeremiah's wedding.

      GEORGE BREEDING Sr and RACHEL CASSIDY  had the following family:

        i.  PETER3 (#2607).  He married FRANCIS "FANNY" circa 1780.  (FRANCIS "FANNY"  is #5656.)
        ii.  JAMES (#2610).  He married UNKNOWN YOUNG.  (UNKNOWN YOUNG  is #2716.)
        iii.  LAVINA (#2613).  She married UNKNOWN BYRD.  (UNKNOWN BYRD  is #2719.)
        iv.  JOHN (#2608) was born circa 1760.  JOHN died 8 Dec 1838 in Adair Co, KY, at 78 years of age.  He married ELIZABETH POWELL in Lincoln Co, KY, 1 Jan 1789.  (ELIZABETH POWELL  is #5657.)
        v.  ELIZABETH (#2612) was born in VA 1767.  ELIZABETH died 5 May 1813 in Adair Co, VA, at 45 years of age.  She married ALEXANDER BLAIR in Harrison Co, VA, 28 Apr 1785.  (ALEXANDER BLAIR  is #2718.)  ALEXANDER was born in Dundee, Angus Co, Scotland 15 Mar 1763.  ALEXANDER was the son of WILLIAM BLAIR  and MARY .  ALEXANDER died circa 1830.
        vi.  SARAH "SALLY" (#2611) was born circa 1771.  SARAH died before 1833.  She married JAMES YOUNG in Lincoln Co, KY, 6 Oct 1789.  (JAMES YOUNG  is #2717.)  JAMES was born circa 1765.  JAMES died circa 1833.
      11  vii.  GEORGE JR was born circa 1772

 4.  BRYANT2 BREEDING (BRYANT1) (#1978) was born circa 1734.  BRYANT died 1783 at 49 years of age.
 He married ELIZABETH circa 1756.  (ELIZABETH  is #12151.)
 Per Bruce A. Breeding, the Breeding/Breeden Genealogical Exchange, No. 2, Sept. 1991 and written by Bruce A. Breeding, in part:
 BRYANT the Younger; first public record: Frederick County Deeds, Book 11, page 96, 12 Sep 1765, purchase of 100 acres from Matthias Rynald (Mathias Rinehart); no other records of Bryant the younger, as such, however, Jeremiah Breeding and his wife Elizabeth dispose of the 100 acres in 1796 (Shenandoah Deed Book L, page 339) and Jeremiah claims to be the oldest son and heir of Bryant and states he was dead by 1787.  No probate record is to be found in Shenandoah County; tax records do  not show the presence of this Bryant in Shenandoah County any time after 1782.  No issue other than Jeremiah known.  Note:  marriage records of Shenandoah County indicate Jeremiah was a son of James (1).  Some records of Bryant in Shenandoah may belong to this individual rather than Bryant (1).  For instance, the appointment of a Bryan Breeding as Lieutenant in the Shenandoah County Militia in May, 1778, (Shenandoah Minutes, 1774-1780, page 50).  Bryant (1) was certainly at least 60 years of age by this time, old enoughto be excused from militia duty, and hence it is considered likely these entries refer to another Bryant, possibly  Bryant the Younger.

      BRYANT BREEDING  and ELIZABETH  had the following family:

        i.  JEREMIAH3 (#12149).
    Lived in his Uncle James' household after death of his father.

 5.  SPENCER "NEW RIVER"2 BREEDING SR (BRYANT1) (#5667) was born in Augusta Co, VA circa 1735.
 birth date of circa 1734 per Jim Breeding of LA, CA. SPENCER died before 1808 in Wythe Co, VA.
 He died before 12 Sep 1808, Wythe County, VA per Jim Breeding.  JBreed87700@aol.com.
 He married BETSY.  (BETSY  is #5668.)
 Note:  Spencer was never called "New River" but has been given this appellation to separate him from Spencer "Clinch River" Breeding who also was never called "Clinch River."
 Article in The Breeding/Breeden Genealogical Exchange, No. 2, Sept. 1991 by Bruce A. Breeding:
 SPENCER, Sr., know as Spencer of New River; first public record, Northern Neck Warrant, 16 Apr 1768, land eventually patented to Jacob Follis/Fallis, assignee); resided on Meadow Branch, Dunmore-Shenandoah County, VA; Little Fishes River, Surry County, NC; Shenandoah County, VA; Wythe County, VA, died prior to 1808 in Wythe County, VA; on probate record as such, but resolution of estate lists heirs, Wythe County, Orders 1805-08, p. 331, Sept. 1808:  Spencer Breeding, Jr., and Winney his wife, Jacob Cup and Sylvia his wife, Whorton Nunn and Elizabeth his wife, Nancy Breeding, and Bryant Breeding.  In addition, while Spencer, Sr.’s, family was in Surry County, NC, a William Breeding was charged with high treason and ordered sent to Salisbury Superior court for trial; Whorton Nunn was bondsman for William in the astronomical sum of Fifty Thousand Pounds, however no further mention of the case has been found in North Carolina records (16 Aug 1780, Surry County, NC Court Minutes, abstracted by Mrs. W. O. Absher, page 25 of her book).  Some researchers have concluded that William must have bee a son of Spencer, Sr., too, but no one has accounted for his absence from the list in Wythe records presented above.

      SPENCER "NEW RIVER" BREEDING Sr and BETSY  had the following family:

        i.  WILLIAM3 (#2658).
        ii.  BRYANT (#2657).  He married ANN NUNN.  (ANN NUNN  is #2652.)
    Per Jim Breeding, LA, CA, his first name was either Bryant or Bryan or Briant.
        iii.  ELIZABETH (#11860) was born circa 1765.  She married WHARTON NUNN.  (WHARTON NUNN  is #2651.)
    Information per Dave Dollard. dollard@cdmnet.com.
      12  iv.  NANCY was born circa 1767
        v.  MARY "MOLLIE" (#11863) was born circa 1768.  She married JOHN JORDAN.  (JOHN JORDAN  is #2649.)
    Information per Dave Dollard.  dollard@cdmnet.com
      13  vi.  JEREMIAH was born circa 1768
        vii.  SPENCER "NEW RIVER" JR (#5666) was born 1 Jul 1769.  SPENCER died 24 Aug 1862 at 93 years of age.  He married WINIFRED HURST in Wythe Co, VA, 24 Nov 1789.  (WINIFRED HURST  is #4938.)  WINIFRED was born in Russell Co, VA circa 1763.  WINIFRED was the daughter of ABSALOM HURST  and ELIZABETH .
    Information per Pam Collins. sexysady@worldnet.att.net
    Information per Dave Dollard. dollard@cdmnet.com; and Pam Collins,  sexysady@worldnet.att.net
        viii.  SYLVIA "SIBBY" (#11861) was born in Wythe Co, VA circa 1774.  She married JACOB CUPP.  (JACOB CUPP  is #2650.)
    Information per Dave Dollard.  dollard@cdmnet.com

 6.  JAMES2 BREEDING SR (BRYANT1) (#4361) was born circa 1736.
 He married SARAH.  (SARAH  is #4359.)
 Per Bruce A. Breedin in his Sept 1991 publication:
 JAMES (1); first public record, Northern Neck Warrant, 23 Jul 1771, land eventually patented to John Bullen, assignee); resided in Shenandoah County, VA; Little Reed Island Creek, Wythe County, VA (originally Montgomery County); d. Mar-Jun, 1817, Wythe County, VA, Will Book 2, page 187;  proof of relationship as brother to John, Sr., stated on Northern Neck Survey.
 Children  1.  Jeremiah (but see above under Bryant the Younger  2.  Elizabeth, md Aaron Perry  3.  Sary (Sarah) “Sally”, married _?_ King;  4.  Eden / Eddan / Edwin, md Rhoda Neil?;  others also listed as issue by various researchers:  James, Jr., Byron and Bryant.

      JAMES BREEDING Sr and SARAH  had the following family:

        i.  JAMES JR3 (#2656).  He married HANNAH NEWLAND.  (HANNAH NEWLAND  is #2648.)
    Per Jim Breeding of LA, CA, her last name has been reported variously as Newland / Naling / Newlin.
        ii.  ELIZABETH (#2655).  She married AARON PERRY.  (AARON PERRY  is #2647.)
        iii.  SARAH "SALLY" "SARY" (#2654).  She married UNKNOWN KING.  (UNKNOWN KING  is #2646.)
        iv.  EDWIN OR EDEN (#2653).  He married RHODA.  (RHODA  is #2645.)
    Per Jim Breeding, LA, CA, her last name was perhaps Smith?
      14  v.  SYLVIA "SILEY" was born circa 1767
      15  vi.  BYRON was born circa 1772