129. William WILCOX Jr. (Dorothy PALMER , Moses , Walter ) was born 3 Jun 1703 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 27 Dec 1757 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF  STONINGTON, COUNTY OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, by Richard Anson Wheeler, 1900. Page 659 & 661.

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   Source: B.G., Vol.2, p.217.

William married (1) Elizabeth BROWN on 5 Jun 1727 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF  STONINGTON, COUNTY OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, by Richard Anson Wheeler, 1900. Page 661.

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William also married (2) Thankful YORK on 1738 in Stonington, New London Co., Conn..

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William also married (3) Hannah BROWN, daughter of Eleazer BROWN and Ann PENDLETON, on 24 Mar 1722 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Hannah was born 12 Dec 1705 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 4 Jan 1727 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Hannah was christened 26 Jun 1708 in Stonington, New London, CT.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF  STONINGTON, COUNTY OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, by Richard Anson Wheeler, 1900. Page 661.

  Sources: B.G., Vol.2, p.217, Stonington vitals, film 1,309,871, Item 2; and
film 2868, Church records.
  Film 2,868: Baptismal record from First Church of Stonington. Baptized same
day as sister Patience.
  Vitals: Born 12 Dec. 1705.

134. Nathan WILCOX (Dorothy PALMER , Moses , Walter ) was born 3 Dec 1716 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 7 Jan 1819 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF  STONINGTON, COUNTY OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, by Richard Anson Wheeler, 1900. Page 659.

Nathan married Hannah WILCOX, daughter of Thomas WILCOX and Martha HAZARD. Hannah was born about 1717 in Exeter, Kings Co., Rhode Island.

135. Anna PALMER (Moses , Moses , Walter ) was born 1706.

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Anna married Jonathan TRACY. Jonathan was born 1702. He died 1778.

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138. Anna BREED (Mercy PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) was born 8 Nov 1693 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 1 Apr 1694 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 23 Jul 1771 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Hewitt Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    3. III. Anna-4 b. Nov. 8, 1693, m. 1714 Isreal Hewitt.

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Anna married Major Isreal HEWITT, son of Benjamin HEWITT and Mary FANNING, on 8 Mar 1713/1714 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Isreal was born Apr 1691 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 24 Jul 1692 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died after 1777 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Hewitt Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    Anna-4 Breed b. Stonington, Nov. 8, 1693, m. Mar. 8, 1714 Major Israel Hewitt, bp. July 24, 1692, son of Lieut. Benj. Hewitt. He died after 1777.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT., page 121, Vol. 3, page 82.
    HEWITT, Israel, m. Ann Breed, Mar. 8, 1713/14 by Rev. James Noyes. Witnesses: John Breed, Benjamin Hewitt.

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 7.
    Born in Stonington, Conn. in April 1691 (VR) and baptised at the 1st Congregational Church of Stonington, 24 Jul 1692, son of Benjamin Hewitt and Marie Fanning; died in Stonington, 19 Jun 1770, age 87 years (tombstone), Isreal married 1st, ANNA BREED, on 8 Mar 1713/14 at Stonington (VR). Anna was born in Stonington, 8 Nov 1693 (VR), daughter of John Breed and Mercy Palmer; she died 23 July 1771, age 78 years (tombstone). Anna was the mother of all of Isreal's children. Both she and Isreal were buried in the Hewitt family cemetery which Isreal set aside in the orchard of his farm.
    At age 81 years, Isreal married 2nd, MARY____. They signed a marriage agreement on 8 Dec. 1773, the date being mentioned in his will.
    Isreal and Anna lived in Stonington on the farm inherited from his father. Through the years he added several more parcels to his holding, making him a large land owner. Isreal was a respected member of the community andheld the rank of major in the Stonington militia.
    His will, dated 18 March 1776, was probated in 1770 (Stonington Probate Records, docket #1627). A copy 9of the will was printed in THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., by Wheeler, pp. 176-8. Isreal left his considerable properties to his 3 sons, Isreal, Rufus and Charles. They were also named joint executors of the estate. Mary, his wife, was well provided for with a legacy agreed upon in their marriage contract. She was given Isreal's Negro servant, 2 rooms in the dwelling house, all needed provisions and a good riding horse for 12 months or as long as she remained in his house. Isreal's daughters had all predeceased him so were not named in the will. Three granddaughters were given lagacies. They were: Ann Hewitt, wife of Amos Hewitt (daughter of Simeon and Ann Miner), Ann Ledyard, wife of Col.\ William Ledyard (daughter of Nathaneil and Amy Williams) and Amy Stanton, wife of Job Stanton (daughter of Nathaniel and Amy Williams).
References:
Vital Records of Stonington, Conn.
Stonington Probate Records, LDS film #1, 032,097.
Cemetery Records of Stonington, LDS film #1,311,117.
Wheeler, HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., pp. 244, 420, 665, 716-8.
John Augustus Miner, THOMAS MINOR AND HIS DESCENDANTS, Trevett, ME: 1981, p. 78.

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139. Mary Palmer BREED (Mercy PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) 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.

140. Capt. John BREED [scrapbook] (Mercy PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) 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.

141. Elizabeth BREED (Mercy PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) 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.

142. Sarah BREED (Mercy PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) 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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143. Zerviah BREED (Mercy PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) 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.

144. Joseph BREED (Mercy PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) 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)

146. Allen BREED (Mercy PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) 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.

147. Lt. Greshom BREED (Mercy PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) 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.