John Breed

1663 - 1751  (87 years)

• Name	John Breed  [1]
  Birth	18 Jan 1663	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1751  [2, 4]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. John Breed ,   b. 18 Jan 1663, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts d. 1751  (Age 87 years) ▻ Mercy Palmer ,  m. 11 Apr 1689 + 2. Mary Breed ,   b. 24 Aug 1664, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts d. 19 Jan 1737, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years) ▻ Thomas Lewis
  Person ID	I11195	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Allen Breed,   b. Bef 27 Jan 1630, Pullowhill, Bedfordshire, England d. Between 1704 and 11 Feb 1707, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 73 years)
  Mother	Mary   d. 30 Nov 1671, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Abt 1654  [2]
  Family ID	F6293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mercy Palmer,   b. 1668, Stonington, New London, Connecticut d. 28 Jan 1752, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1689	First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	+ 1. John Breed,   b. 26 Jan 1700, Stonington, New London, Connecticut d. 24 Jan 1781, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F5627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016

  
  

• Notes

  "John Breed was the 10th settler at Stonington, buying land from his future father-in-law, Gershom Palmer. He was a leather tanner by trade." [Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, citation details below.] From "Ancient Burial-Ground at Stonington, Connecticut", citation details below: The tombstone of Mr. John Breed is a large upright slab of blue slate stone, the inscription being as clear and distinct as it was the day it was cut. It is as follows: In memory of a pious pair This carved stone is erected here viz. of Mr. JOHN BREED & his wife MERCY who lived together in ye marriage state in a most religious manner about 64 years & then decd leaving a numerous offspring, he in ye year 1751 about 90 years of age & she in ye year 1752 about 83. erected in ye year 1772. 6 of their children then living. Behold th' Righteous live long on earth And in old Age resign their Breath They & their Ofspring here are blest When don with life they go to rest.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1380] Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Massachusetts and Stonington, Connecticut: A 400-year (1585-1985) Family History by Doris Palmer Buys. Orem, Utah: Historical Publications, 1986. [S1361] Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, "The Breed Family." The Essex Genealogist 11:196, 1991; 12:30, 12:100, 12:211, 1992. [S656] A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut ed. Benjamin Tinkham Marshall. Volume III. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1922., date only. [S1360] J. D. Champlin, Jr., "Ancient Burial-Ground at Stonington, Connecticut." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 13:23, January 1859.