197. Mary Palmer BREED (Mercy PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 8 Jan 1697 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 18 Jul 1697 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 1744 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Christopher Brown Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
   4. IV. Mary-4 b. Jan. 8, 1697, m. 1721 Daniel Brown.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    Mary-4 Breed, b. Stonington, Jan. 8, 1697, m. June 21, 1721 Daniel Brown at Preston. She d. in 1744 and he d. Aug. 30, 1771, and they are buried on the Christopher Brown farm 2 miles south of Pendleton Hill.

Mary married Daniel BROWN, son of Thomas BROWN Jr. and Hannah COLLINS, on 21 Jun 1721 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut, by Rev. Hezekiah Lord, Pastor. Daniel was born 9 Oct 1696 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 30 Aug 1771 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Christopher Brown Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    Mary-4 Breed, b. Stonington, Jan. 8, 1697, m. June 21, 1721 Daniel Brown at Preston. She d. in 1744 and he d. Aug. 30, 1771, and they are buried on the Christopher Brown farm 2 miles south of Pendleton Hill.

BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol I, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pp. 13 & 14 & Vol. II, page 150.
   Daniel Brown (24), son of Thomas (2) and Hannah (Collins) Brown, born Stonington, Conn., Oct. 9, 1696; died Aug. 30, 1771, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Interment on the Christopher Brown farm, two miles south of Pendleton Hill.
     Married first, Mary Breed, dau. of John and Mary (Palmer) Breed, June 21, 1721. She died 1744. The marriage certificate says; "Married, June 21, 1721, by Rev. Hezekiah Lord, Pastor of the Church in Preston, Conn."
    Married second, Prudence, who died Dec. 2, 1768, age sixty-nine years. She had no children. In 1722 his father, Thomas (2), deeded to his son a tract of land about one mile east from his homestead, nine months after his marriage to Mary Breed. Here Daniel and Mary built their house. The original site of the house is seen by the cut, where on the same spot Nathan (60), his son erected a new house.
    We find that Daniel (24) removed to the north part of the town, near his son Capt. Christopher (59). He was active in church work, living in the immediate vicinity where the First Baptist Meeting-house was built; in Stonington he and Thomas Holmes gave the land on which it was erected. The church was organized in 1743. Probably the first interments on the Christopher Brown farm were his first wife, Mary (Breed) Brown, in 1744; afterwards, his second wife, Prudence, in 1768; Daniel in 1771. Their headstones were imported from England. This burying ground is enclosed by a heavy stone wall. Years ago this enclosure of the dead is said to have been well kept; at present the grounds need attention, where these honored dead rest.

198. Capt. John BREED [scrapbook] (Mercy PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 26 Jan 1699/1700 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 31 Mar 1700 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 24 Jan 1781 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried 26 Jan 1781 in Old Breed Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 543 & 244, 245 & 247.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    5. V. John-4 b. Jan 26, 1700, m. 1725 Mary Prentice.

DAR PARTIOT INDEX, pp. 82.
    BREED, John Sr. b. 1-26-1700 d. 1-24-1781 m. Mary Prentice PS CT

Probate 4:197

Married: 14 Oct 1725 Stonington CT records 2:67

BREED FAMILY: ALLEN BREED OF LYNN, MASS, AND HIS DESCENDANTS, page 30, 31.
     John Breed, 4th from Allen Breed, the second John of Stonington, known first as Junior and later as Captain - the hero of our sketch - was born Jan. 26, 1700 and baptized in the First Congregational Church of which his father had been a staunch member for ten years. Captain John Breed lived to perform a service for his country so patriotic that it is a privilege to relate it here, to be recorded with similar data of more than family tradition. He married Oct. 11, 1728 Mary Prentice, daughter of Samuel and Esther (Hammond) Prentice, and of their eleven children three were sons: John 3rd, born Sept. 5, 1729 (married Silence Grant); Nathan, born Dec. 13, 1731 (married Lucy Babcock); Amos, born Dec. 23, 1744 (married Lucy Randall).
    Capt. John and Mary (Prentice) Breed were amoung the members of the First Church who united with Mr. Eells in organizing a new society, a necessity arising from the need of a church at East of town, Jan. 4, 1733. They had "owned the covenant" May 11, 1729, and on Aug. 2, 1741 "Capt. John Breed and wife were admitted to full communion." All their children were baptized. Capt. John Breed served as Representatives from Stonington in 1735, 1741 and 1746, and was Selectman in 1736, 1740 and 1764.
    It was in the twilight of his years that the young and stalwart men were answering to the call to arms. For Stonington was bonbarded by the British in 1775 and it was with dismay that citizens learned that one half of their force on defence duty had been ordered to New London. On Oct. 14, 1776, the Committee of Correspondence of Stonington "and sundry of the inhabitants thereof" petitioned the General Assembly at New Haven in a Memorial to return cannon, calling the British "those sons of tyranny and despotism sent by that more than savage tyrant George the 3rd." Among the 105 signers of this Memorial were John Breed Jr. and so many familiar familys names as to claim the interest of every descendant of Capt. John and Mary Breed.
     Many by the name of Breed have been recorded as Connecticut soldiers, sailors and patriots in the Revolutionary War. One of the most ardent and certainly the oldest patriot in Stonington was our brave and faithful Capt. John Breed, who, with 76 or more summers behind him, and with sons, grandsons, nephews and cousins marching to the front, remaining at home, bravely protecting his family, his invalid son Amos and his family and the stores of ammunition and supplies hidden within his old mansion home; for it was here where he fired upon the red coats through port holes near his roof. It is easier to believe than to prove that his son Amos loaded the muskats and Amos' mother, his wife and his children all contributed their share in defending this old home. Alas! that no one now remains who can tell us the thrilling tales about that family circle incident to those exciting times in Stonington!
    With the Revolution over and peace prevailing once again, the vast wilderness of the west attracted the younger and raising generation from all parts of Connecticut. Amos Breed had died in 1785 at the age of forty, only four years after his old father had passed away....

BREED FAMILY page 98,
    In the colonial records of CT, it appears that "Mr. John Breed, Jun." was made captain of the 3d Military Co. at Stonington in 1736. The "junior" makes it certain that this reference is to the son of the 1st Stonington John Breed, for the oldest John Breed in the next generation was only 7 years old in 1736. From the date 1736, this John was usually called "Capt. John Breed".
    On the records of the First Congregational Church of Stonington, it appears that "Aug. 2, 1741 Capt. John Breed and wife Mary were admitted to full communion".
    In the year 1780, the three sons of Capt. John Breed were living on three adjoining farms: his eldest son, Capt. John, Jr. in the house built in 1689 by the first Stonington John Breed, his 2nd son, Nathan, on the farm immediately north of it, and his youngest son, Amos, and Amos' family, whith himself and his wife Mary, on the next farm, north of Nathan's farm. We learn with regret none of the old Breed houses on these three Breed farms are now standing. But, on the first farm, the site of the bark mill built in 1689 by the first Stonington Breed was pointed out, and the mill stone from the old mill, with a round hold in the middle, was seen in the walk leading up to the house which was erected in 1900 when the first Stonington Breed house was torn down, after standing 211 years.
    On the next farm, the one once owned by Nathan Breed, is found the old Breed Family burying ground, now sadly neglected, the gravestones at all angles, and accessible to cattle running in the pasture from which it opens. Yet here are inscriptions, plainly decipherable, recording the deaths of twenty-four members of the Breed family, and some are records that have been sought for elsewhere in vain.
    Here is the gravestone of Captain John Breed. The inscription does not call him "Captain" as the probate records do, but "Deacon" This gravestone has been uprooted and lies flat upon the ground. The inscription reads: In memory of/Deacon John Breed/Who died Jan. 24. A.D. 1781/in 82 yr. of his age/The sweet rememberance of the just/When they sleep in dust.
    The stone for his wife reads
In memory of/Mary, wife of Dea. John Breed/Who died Nov. 5, 1799/in the 93d year of her age/Righteous live long on earth/And in old age resign their breath.

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John married Mary PRENTICE, daughter of Samuel PRENTICE and Esther HAMMOND, on 14 Oct 1725 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Mary was born 12 Apr 1708 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died 5 Nov 1799 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Old Breed Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 543.

BREED FAMILY, page 593/99.
    Breed Cementary along side of her husband.
In memory of
Mary, wife of Dea. John Breed
Who died Nov. 5, 1799
in the 93d year of her age
Rightous lived long on earth
And in old age resign their breath.

199. Elizabeth BREED (Mercy PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 28 Jan 1702 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 9 Aug 1702 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    6. VI. Elizabeth-4 b. Jan 28, 1702, m. 1725 John Hinckley.

Elizabeth married John HINCKLEY on 3 Mar 1725 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

200. Sarah BREED (Mercy PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 1 Feb 1704 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 23 Apr 1704 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    7. VII. Sarah-4 b. Feb. 7, 1704, m. Aug. 19, 1724 James Miner.

Sarah married James MINER, son of James MINER and Abigail ELDRIDGE, on 19 Aug 1724 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. James was born 28 Oct 1705.

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201. Zerviah BREED (Mercy PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 27 Aug 1706 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 14 Jun 1731.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    8. VIII. Zerviah-4 b. Aug. 27, 1706, m. 1730 Samuel Hinckley.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 231.
    Zerviah-4 Breed, b. Stonington, Aug. 27, 1706, m. Jan 22, 1730 Samuel Hinckley, b. Barnstable, Mar. 4, 1706. She d. June 14, 1731.

Zerviah married Samuel HINCKLEY, son of Samuel HINCKLEY and Martha LATHROP, on 22 Jan 1730 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Samuel was born 4 Mar 1706 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 231.
    Samuel Hinckley, b. Barnstable, Mar. 4, 1706, son of Samuel-3 & Martha (Lathrop) Hinckley. He m. (2) Dec. 30, 1736, Mary Wyatt.

202. Joseph BREED (Mercy PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 4 Oct 1708 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 2 Jan 1709 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died in Washington Co., Georgia.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    9. IX. Joseph-4 b. Oct. 4, 1708, m. 1737 Priscilla Avery.
STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 231.
    Joseph-4 Breed, b. Stonington, Oct. 4, 1708, m. June 2, 1737 at Groton, CT, Priscilla Avery, b. Groton, Apr. 29, 1715, dau. of Capt. Christopher & (2nd wife) Prudence (Payson) Wheeler Avery. He was a member of the small group of Separatists who preached and established Baptist Churches in North & South Carolina and other Southern states.
    According to Groton deeds he was in Frederick Co. Virginia, Apr. 19, 1754. He is buried in Washington Co. Georga.

Joseph married Priscilla AVERY, daughter of Christopher AVERY and Prudence PAYSON, on 2 Jun 1737. Priscilla was born 29 Apr 1715 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 231.
    Priscilla Avery, b. Groton, Apr. 29, 1715, dau. of Capt. Christopher & (2nd wife) Prudence (Payson) Wheeler Avery.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Avery & Avery, page 177.
    Priscilla Avery married June 2, 1737, at Groton, Joseph Breed, son of John and Mercy (Palmer) Breed.
    Joseph and Priscilla (Avery) Breed were living in Frederick County, Virginia, April 19, 1754, at which time they deeded property at Groton. (Groton Deeds, 5:171)

204. Allen BREED (Mercy PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 29 Aug 1714 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 5 Sep 1714 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    11. XI. Allen-4 b. Aug. 29, 1714, m. (1) Ann Cole, (2) Hannah Dewey They resided in North Stonington.

Allen married (1) Ann COLE on 2 Feb 1737. Ann died after 1750 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Allen also married (2) Hannah DEWEY on 5 Jul 1752.

205. Lt. Greshom BREED (Mercy PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 15 Nov 1715 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 30 Sep 1716 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 5 Jan 1777 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    12. XII. Gershom-4 b. Nov. 15, 1715, m. 1747 Dorothy McLaren.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 232.
    Gershom-4 Breed, b. Stonington, Nov. 15, 1715, m. May 10, 1747, Dorothy McLaren, b. Sept. 25, 1728, only daua. of Patrick McLaren, son of Rev. John of Edinburgh, Scotland.
    He removed about 1750 to Norwich, CT, where they died, she on Sept. 3, 1776, and he on Jan. 5, 1777. He was the founder of the Norwich branch of the Breed Family.

Greshom married Dorothy MC LAREN, daughter of Patrick MC LAREN, on 10 May 1747. Dorothy was born 25 Sep 1728 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 3 Sep 1776 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    12. XII. Gershom-4 b. Nov. 15, 1715, m. 1747 Dorothy McLaren.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 232.
    Gershom-4 Breed, b. Stonington, Nov. 15, 1715, m. May 10, 1747, Dorothy McLaren, b. Sept. 25, 1728, only dau. of Patrick McLaren, son of Rev. John of Edinburgh, Scotland.
    He removed about 1750 to Norwich, CT, where they died, she on Sept. 3, 1776, and he on Jan. 5, 1777. He was the founder of the Norwich branch of the Breed Family.

209. Elder Waite PALMER (William PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 27 May 1711 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 19 Oct 1785 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

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BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol I, Boston, The Everett Press Co., 1907,  by Cyrus Henry Brown, pp. 113.
    Elder Wait Palmer was the first pastor of the First Baptist Church, No. Stonington.

  Source: Brown Genealogy, v2, p217.
  BG: First pastor of the First Baptist Church, North Stonington.
  [Film 1,309,871, Item 2, page 29, has a Mary Brown marrying Thomas York.
[Can't read date. Lists children.]
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Waite married Mary BROWN, daughter of Eleazer BROWN and Ann PENDLETON, on 1726/1727 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Mary was born 28 Nov 1703 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 10 Jun 1793 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

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  Sources: B.G. Vols. I and II; Stonington vitals, film 1,309,871, Item 2.
  BG: Married Elder Waite Palmer, first pastor of the First Baptist Church of
North Stonington. Had seven children.
  Vitals: Born 28 Nov. 1703.

213. Zebulon PALMER (George PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 4 Feb 1713/1714 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died Mar 1786 in Voluntown, Windham Co., Connecticut.

INFORMATION FROM: Dorothea Griebel, 11 Keniston Rd., Lynnfield MA 01940.

Zebulon married Comfort FAIRBANKS, daughter of Jonathan FAIRBANKS and Lydia HOLBROOK, on 25 May 1737 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Comfort was born 8 Feb 1720 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. She died 20 Oct 1741 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

INFORMATION FROM: Dorothea Griebel, 11 Keniston Rd., Lynnfield MA 01940.

214. Gershom PALMER (George PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 1725. He died 1810.

Gershom married Dorothy BROWN, daughter of Thomas BROWN and Deborah HOLDRIDGE, on 1747. Dorothy was born 20 Feb 1724 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 1808.

216. Walter HEWITT (Ann PALMER , Ann DENISON , George ) was born 20 Mar 1710 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 28 Dec 1746 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died after 3 Mar 1786 in Stillwater, Albany Co., New York.

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 15.
    Born in Stonington, Conn., 20 March 1710 (VR), son of Benjamin Hewitt and Ann Palmer; died after 3 March 1786, probably in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY. Walter married 1st. HEPSIBAH _____, about 1731. Hepsibah, wife of Walter Hewitt, renewed the covenant at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn. on 16 June 1742; she died before Dec. 1746.
    Walter married 2nd, ELIZABETH DETHICK, 25 Dec. 1746 (CR), at Stonington. Elizabeth was born in Stonington, 17 Dec 1721 (VR), daughter of John Dethick and Susannah Ranson; it is not known when or where she died.
    Most of Walter's life was spent in the Stonington area. While he and his 1st wife, Hepsibah, renewed the covenant at Rev. Joseph Fish's 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington in 1742, none of their children were recorded as being baptized there. Walter had a long association with the Congregational Church of Stonington. When Rev. Christopher Avery established the Strick Congregational Church of Stonington in `1746, Walter was chosen a Deacon and leader of that church on 27 Nov 1746. He held that position for over 20 years. The last time he was mentioned in the church records was 20 Dec 1769, but the pages of the records are missing for the next 17 years.
In 1761, Walter inherited 62 acres of land in Stonington from his father. The land was to be Walter's for his lifetime and then pass to his 4 eldest sons - Walter, Jr., Richard, Benjamin and Gershom. The property was sold by agreement of the 5 parties to Charles Phelps, Esq. of Stonington in 1786 (Stonington Land Records, Vol. 11, p. 29). Gershom and Benjamin Hewitt signed the deed on 15 April 1785 in Canaan, Conn. Walter and his sons, Walter, Jr. and Richard Hewitt, signed the deed 3 March 1786, at Stillwater, Albany Co., (now Saratoga Co.) New York.
    The sons, Walter, Jr., Benjamin and Gershom, moved to Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn. about the year 1766. Walter and the other members of his family may have followed them to Canaan before resettling in Stillwater, NY. Only Benjamin and Gershom stayed in Canaan to raise their families, the rest went to New York or Penn. It isn't known when Walter settled in Stillwater, NY, however, he was there by March 1786, when he signed the deed of land sale.
    Wheeler, in THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., has omitted Walter's first wife, Hepsibah, and the children born to them. The American Genealogist, Vol. 39, p. 173 and Vol. 44, p. 79, carried a discussion by researchers as to the parents of Hepsibah. It seems most likely that she was the daughter of Richard Stephens and Sarah Harker, whose daughter Hepsibah was born in Stonington, Conn., 25 July 1712 (VR). No proof has been found to confirm this supposition.

References:
Vital Records of Stonington, Conn.
Records of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5080. Records of the 1st Congregational Church , Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5615. Records of the Strict Congregational Church of Stonington, Conn., LDS film #1,011,949, item 3.
Land Records of Stonington, Conn., Vol. 11, p. 29, LDS film #5598.
Records of Keepville Cemetery, Albion, Pa., LDS film #911,843.
National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension File #S31735.
Wheeler, HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., p. 421.
C.E. Durkee, EPITAPHS OF MILTON, SARATOGA CO., NY, LDS film #17932.
The American Genealogist, Vol. 39, p. 173, and Vol. 44, p. 79.
Joan S. Gilford, ANCESTRY OF DR. J.P. GILFORD, Franklin, NC, 1990, pp. 668-669.

Walter married (1) Hepsibah.

Walter also married (2) Elizabeth DETHICK on 26 Dec 1746.