| Breckenridge |
| Polly Brakenridge was born May 11, 1788, Ware, MA, and died May 2, 1851, Ware, MA. She is the daughter of James Brakenridge (1752) and Priscilla Coney. She married Barnard Whitcomb Brown, son of Samuel Brown and Hannah Pratt. They had three children: James Frederick, Horace Goodrich, Mary Jane. |
| Reuben Moss Brakenridge was born October 29, 1792, Ware, MA, and died March 22, 1843, Ware, MA. He is the son of James Brakenridge (1785) and Priscilla Coney. He married Sylvia Cutter, daughter of Solomon Cutter and Sarah Southard of Ware, MA, on July 23, 1814 at Ware, MA. They had seven children: Melitia Coney, Dexter Bridges, Agnes Sinclair, Sarah Ann, James Henry, Lucy Cutter, Reuben Moss, Jr. Sylvia died at Meriden, CT, June 3, 1859. |
| Priscilla Brakenridge was born July 9, 1794, Ware, MA, and died October 3, 1838, Ware, MA. She is the daughter of James Brakenridge (1752) and Priscilla Coney. She married #1 Dexter Bridges on June 28, 1816. They had one daughter, Cornelia Dexter. She married #2 Seth Gould. Seth adopted Cornelia in 1836 after which she took the name of Cornelia Adeliza Gould. |
| William Brakenridge was born August 15, 1797, Ware, MA, and died March 5, 1853, Ware, MA. He is the son of James Brakenridge (1752) and Priscilla Coney. He married Clarissa Paige, daughter of Moses Paige and Mary Aiken, of Hardwick, MA, on November 8 1827 at Ware, MA. They had ten children: James William, Moses Paige, Mary Lucetta, John, Julia Priscilla, Ann E. Limbric, Asa, Orlando, David Aiken, Agnes St. Clair. William lived on the homestead of his parents and cared for them during their lives. |
| Agnes Sinclair Brakenridge was born April 15, 1800, Ware, MA, and died of malignant fever in December of 1822. She is the daughter of James Brakenridge (1752) and Priscilla Coney. She married Chester Hall of Enfield on September 5, 1822 |
| Mehitabel Elles "Alice" Brakenridge was born May 26, 1804, Ware, MA, and died September 22, 1864, Ware, MA. She is the daughter of James Brakenridge (1752) and Priscilla Coney. Alice never married. She lived with her parents and then with her brother William. |
| William Brakenridge was born September 17, 1723, Antrim, Ireland, and died February 17, 1807, Ware, MA. He is the son of James (Jacobus) Breakenridge (1696) and Sarah. He married #1 Agnes Sinclair on December 10, 1746 at Leicester, MA. William and Agnes had seven children: Sarah, William, James, George, twins Francis and Mary "Molly", and an Unnamed infant. Agnes died March 19, 1789. He married #2 Rosella Anne Whitcomb Paige on March 17, 1790 at Hardwick, MA. No children were born of this union. William was described by his grandson, George, as a man well over six feet in height, with an erect, well-proportioned figure, long geatured and of Scotch cast of countenance. He had such a loud, clear voice that he could stand in his dooryard and make himself distinctly heard by his sons when they were nearly a mile away in the hill pastures opposite. According to all traditions of him he was a man of most notable qualities and was well fitted for success as a pioneer. He was a lover of good books. William was on the the first Board of Selectmen after the town (Ware) was incorporated, was Town Clerk for 18 years, was chosed delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1775, and held a Captain's commission under the King, but resigned it and afterward raised a company for the war of the Revoloution. The company was engaged in the strife in Connecticut, (probably Stonington) and also in the battle of Bennington. |
| Sarah Brakenridge was born August 22, 1747, Ware, MA, and died 1827. She is the daughter of William Brakenridge (1723) and Agnes Sincliar. She married Joseph Ruggles of Enfield. They had six children: Joseph, William Brakenridge, Benjamin, Sally Sincliar, Betsey, Sarah. |
| William Brakenridge was born March 5, 1750 and died December 17, 1833, Ware, MA. He is the son of William Brakenridge (1723) and Agnes Sinclair. He married Thankful Marsh, daughter of Judah Marsh, c. 1779. They had five children: Thankful, William Sinclair, Judah Marsh, Sally, and Charlotte. |
| James Brakenridge was born November 22, 1752, Ware, MA, and died December 10, 1828, age 76, of typhoid fever at Ware, MA. He is the son of William Brakenridge (1723) and Agnes Sinclair. He married Priscilla Coney, daughter of William and Mehetable Ellis Coney, on January 2, 1783 at Brookfield, MA. They had eight children: James, Allender, Polly, Reuben Moss, Priscilla, William, Agnes Sinclair, and Mehetabel Elles. James had the south end of his father's 1000 acres for his homestead. James was said to be a natural mechanic. When he was young he went to work in a tannery and also learned a little about shoemaking, but he preferred woodwork and had a shop at the end of his cider mill where he made spinning wheels, reels, wgons, carts, sleds and did coopering, such as tubs and barrels. He also took an interest in fruit growing and he learned to cultivate it and did experiments with planting and grafting. By carefully splitting the "cions" he produced a tree which bore apples one half sweet and the other sour. |
| Francis Brakenridge (twin with Mary) was born February 11, 1759, Ware, MA, and died June 17, 1831, Ware, MA. He is the son of William Brakenridge (1723) and Agnes Sinclair. He married Lydia Pepper of New Braintree. They had one son: Francis, Jr. Francis, Sr. was a captain of the militia. |
| Mary "Molly" Brakenridge was a twin with Francis. They were born February 11, 1759, Ware, MA, and died February 28, 1810, Hardwick, MA. She is the daughter of William Brakenridge (1723) and Agnes Sinclair. She married Jesse Paige, son of William Paige and Mercy Aiken of Hardwick, MA, on January 16, 1780 at Ware, MA. They had seven children: Francis, Mary, Christoper, Nancy A., Sally, Jessee, and Hadassah. |
| James (Jacobus) Breakenridge was born c. July 1696, Ayr Scotland, and died April 5, 1767, Palmer, MA, aged 71. Then names of his parents are unknown. He married Sarah in 1720. They had eight children: James, William, Francis, Francis, Sarah, Esther, George, Margaret. He brought with him a manuscript book, which contained scales and the rudiments of music. The book also was also used to record notes and important family information. On one page was written, "We departed from Ireland, July 16th, 1727, and my child died on the 19th of August." The child that died was Francis (1). The family settled in Elbow Tract, MA, which later became Palmer, MA. (Sarah died November 17, 1773, aged 78.) |
| James Breakenridge was born May 28, 1721, Antrim, Ireland, and died April 16 1783, Bennington, VT. He is the son of James (Jacobus) Breakenridge (1696) and Sarah. He left Ireland to go to America with his parents on July 16, 1767. He married Mary Moore in 1745. Children: Janet, Isabel, Esther, Mary, James, William. James moved to Bennington, Vermont sometime before the Revoloutionary War. He and his brother, William, were members of the Provincial Congress in 1775. |
| Francis (I) Breakenridge was born January 8, 1724-25, Antrim, Ireland, and died August 19, 1727 aboard ship to America. He is the son of James (Jacobus) Breakenridge (1696) and Sarah. |
| Francis (II) Breakenridge was born Nov 18, 1727, Palmer, MA, and died January 30, 1790. He is the son of James Breakenridge (1696) and Sarah. He married #1 Mary Margaret Cowan on April 22, 1755 at Palmer, MA. Francis and Mary had no children, which was "a grief to him". He married #2 Rebecca Blair on May 14, 1789 at Palmer, MA. Francis and Rebecca had one child, a daughter named Rebecca. Unfortunately, he died before she was born. |
| Sarah Breakenridge was born October 6, 1729, Palmer, MA, death unknown. She is the daughter of James (Jacobus) Breakenridge (1696) and Sarah. She married James Lammon. |
| Esther Breakenridge was born September 19, 1731, Palmer, MA, and died September 10, 1803, Palmer, MA. She is the daughter of James Breakenridge (1696) and Sarah. She married James Hambelton on February 6, 1766 at Palmer, MA. They had two sons: James and John. |
| George Breakenridge was born June 1, 1733, Palmer, MA, and died March 11, 1797, Palmer, MA. He is the son of James Breakenridge (1689) and Sarah. He married Mary Thompson on November 16, 1758 at Palmer, MA. They had eleven hildren: James, Anne, Margaret, Mary (1), Mary (2) or Molly, George, Sarah, Ruth, Daniel, Obadiah, Francis. |
| Allender Brakenridge was born January 11, 1785, Ware, MA, and died December 12, 1871, Ware (?), MA. He is the son of James Brakenridge and Priscilla Coney. He married #1 Esther Perry on December 13, 1807, Ware, MA. Allender and Esther had eight children: Elijah Perry, James Madison, Allender Coney, Allender Coney 2, Elias Keyes, Josiah Carey, Julia Ann Childs, and William Lowell. Esther died November 23, 1846. He married #2 Celia Chapin on February 16 1848 (no children are recorded from this union). Allender was a wheelright and a carpender. He was the captain of an independent military company, probably the first organized in town and even though the company didn't last, the title stuck and he was known as "Cap'n". In the war of 1812 he was drafted and went into camp near Boston, but peace was declared before they were called into action. |
| Elijah Perry Brakenridge was born August 24, 1808, Ware, MA, and died November 9, 1894. He is the son of Allender Brakenridge (1785) and Esther Perry. He never married. |
| James Madison Breakenridge was born July 24, 1810, Ware, MA, and died December 6, 1896, Meriden, CN. He is the son of Allender Brakenridge (1785) and Esther Perry. He married #1 Hester Wade on October 18, 1838. James and Hester had four children: Charles Allender, James Harrison, Alice Helena, Hester Wade. Hester died May 4, 1849. He married #2 Celia Chapin Webster on December 5, 1849 at Ware, MA. They had three children: Henry Dudley, Mary Elizabeth, Lucy Celia. Celia died October 28, 1859. He married #3 Louisa Merrill Johnson in November of 1860. |
| Allendar Coney (2) Brakenridge was born March 18, 1816, Ware, MA, and died September 28, 1884. He is the son of Allender Brakenridge (1785) and Esther Perry. He married Amanda Malvina Medcalf, daughter of Timothy Medcalf and Bathsheba Beals Puffer, on October 10, 1838 at Ware, MA. They had three children: Ellen Maria, Augusta Louisa, and Warren Jones. |
| Elias Keyes Breckenridge was born December 10, 1818, Ware, MA, and died Februray 19, 1895. He is the son of Allender Brakenridge (1785) and Esther Perry. He married #1 Martha Cook Culver of Chicopee, MA, on March 29, 1841. Their three children were: Martha Ann, Almira Lavina, and Elias Emerson. Then he married #2 Margaretta Anne Minchen on June 3, 1847. Their four children were: Clara Eliza, Clarence Elias, Adelia Eugenia, and Eva Wood. Elias Keyes Breckenridge resided in Meriden, CT where he had a business casting small hardware. |
| Josiah Carey Breakenridge was born April 12, 1821, Ware, MA, and died April 23, 1870, Meridan, CT of "rheumatism of the heart". He is the son of Allender Breakenridge (1785) and Esther Perry. He married Frances Augusta Bradley on November 20, 1844 at Meriden, CT. They had nine children: Allender Insign, Florence Fisk, William Carey, Frances Agusta, Frederica Corinne, Rosetta Sarah, Robert St. Clair, Ethel, Philip Kendall. Josiah was a student at Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, MA, 1840-1841. In the spring of 1841 he went to Boston and worked as a clerk at Ballard & Prince (carpet store) for two years. He went to visit his brother, Allender Carey, in Meriden, CT and was offered a position at Pratt & Co. (ivory works) where Allender worked. He worked for Pratt & Co. until his death. |
| Julia Anna Childs Breakenridge was born April 12, 1824, Ware, MA, and died January 28, 1830, Ware, MA. She is the daughter of Allender Brakenridge (1785) and Esther Perry. |
| William Lowell Breakenridge was born February 1, 1828, Ware, MA, and died February 11, 1908. He is the son of Allender Brakenridge (1785) and Esther Perry. He married Mary Reynolds Webster, daughter of Elijah Lyman Webster and Celia Chapin, on April 25, 1850. Their nine children are: Frederick Lowell, Lyman Webster, Julia Ann, Mary Emily, Henry Ward, Seymour Chapin, Harlin Augustus, Fanny Esther, Ozro Ely. |
| Allender Insign Breckenridge was born August 12, 1845, and died December 3, 1871?. He is the son of Josiah Carey Breakenridge (1821) and Frances Augusta Bradley. He married Mary Wheelock, the adopted daughter of Walter W. and Sarah Wheelock, on August 23, 1871. They had six children: Allender Robert, Walter Wheelock, Marietta Sarah, Frances Augusta, William Carey, and Frederick Keyes. Allender Insign and Mary resided at Waterloo, Iowa. |
| Florence Fisk Breakenridge was born December 11, 1846, and died October 9, 1906. She is the daughter of Josiah Carey Brakenridge (1821) and Frances Augusta Bradley. She married Eugene Potter on September 15, 1875. Eugene was a silk manufacturer from West Winstead, CT. They had one child: Louise Ellen. |
| William Carey Breakenridge was born October 1, 1848, CT, death unknown. He is the son of Josiah Carey Breakenridge and Frances Augusta Bradley. He married #1 Lucy Woodhouse of Wethersfield, CT, on January 1, 1871. Their one son, George William, died at the age of three months. He married #2 Elizabeth M. Hall on August 12,1888. |
| Frances Augusta Breakenridge was born August 20, 1850, and died August 4, 1852. She is the daughter of Josiah Carey Breakenridge (1821) and Frances Augusta Bradley. |
| Fredrica Corinne Breakenridge was born September 23, 1853. She is the daughter of Josiah Carey Breakenridge (1821) and Frances Augusta Bradley. She married Walter Thorpe Babcock of East Milton, MA, on December 26, 1878. Their three chidren are: Gertrude Lydia, Ethel Frances, Thorpe. The family resided at Quincy, MA. Frederica wrote an article that appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript on November 1, 1895. |
| Rosetta Sarah Breakenridge was born September 19, 1859, death unknown. She is the daughter of Josiah Carey Breakenridge (1821) and Frances Augusta Bradley. She married Malcolm Lincoln Harris on October 12, 1887. |
| Robert St. Clair Breakenridge was born November 16, 1863, and died September 19, 1865. He is the son of Josiah Carey Breakenridge (1821) and Frances Augusta Bradley. |
| Ethel Breakenridge was born July 2, 1865, and died September 5, 1866. She is the daughter of Josiah Carey Breakenridge (1821) and Frances Augusta Bradley. |
| Philip Kendall Breakenridge was born October 8, 1867, death unknown. He is the son of Josiah Carey Breakenridge (1821) and Frances Augusta Bradley. |
| James Brakenridge was born September 4, 1783 at Ware, MA, and died April 13, 1825. He is the son of James Brakenridge (1752) and Priscilla Coney. He married Patty Cary on April 19, 1808 at New Braintree, MA. They had one infant son that died at birth, March 26, 1809. They adopted Mary Ann, the daughter of Patty's brother when he died. Cornelia Gould's booklet refers to James as Lieutenant James Brakenridge. |
| SOURCES: 1. Cornelia Gould 2. Tales of the Breckenridge Clan by Robert W. Breckenridge, December 1935 |
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| The information on this page came from several sources. A lot of it came from a stack of papers that has been handed down through my family. Most of the information is typed on typing paper that is yellow and falling apart and there no reference to the name of the person who typed or compiled it. Another source is a book that I have, Tales of the Breckenridge Clan, compiled and printed Robert W. Breckenridge in December of 1935. I also have included information from Cornelia Gould's Genealogy of the Descendants of James Breakenridge, who emigrated from Ireland, July, 1727. You can order a copy of Cornelia Gould's book from Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Post Office Box 778, Salem, MA 01970, phone 978-745-7170. |
| CLICK HERE to read an article written by Frederica Corinne Breckenridge that appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript on November 1, 1895 |
| CLICK HERE to go to Tales of the Breceknridge Clan by Robert W. Breckenridge December 1935 |
| BRECKENRIDGE INDIVIDUALS: |
| BRECKENRIDGE FAMILIES: |
| James (Jacobus) BREAKENRIDGE (1696) married Sarah (?) James 1721 William 1723 Francis 1724 Francis 1727 Sarah 1729 Esther 1731 George 1733 |
| Generation I: |
| Generation II: |
| James BREAKENRIDGE (1721) married Mary Moore Children recorded in the town records of Ware: Janet 1746 Isabel 1748 Esther 1751 Mary 1754 James 1756 William 1758 Other possible children: Francis 1761 David 1764 Jonathon 1766 Daniel 1769 |
| William BREAKENRIDGE (1723) married #1 Agnes Sinclair: Sarah 1747 William 1750 James 1752 George 1755 Francis 1759 Mary 1759 Infant 1762 married #2 Mary Carr: none married Rosella Ann Page: none |
| George BREAKENRIDGE (1733) married Mary Thompson James - September 20, 1759 Anne - May 13, 1761 Margaret - July 31, 1763 Mary - September 9, 1765 Mary 2 or Molly - October 19, 1767 George - September 29, 1769 Sarah - May 16, 1771 Ruth - April 18, 1773 Daniel - April 2, 1775 Obadiah - April 2, 1775 Francis - June 4, 1777 |
| Allendar Coney (1) Brakenridge was born October 20, 1812, Ware, MA, and died February 28, 1814, Ware, MA. He is the son of Allender Brakenridge (1785) and Esther Perry. |
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| Francis BREAKENRIDGE (1728) married #1 (?) no children married #2 Rebecca Blair Rebecca c. 1790 |
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| Generation III: |
| James BREAKENRIDGE (1756) |
| Francis BREAKENRIDGE (1759) |
| David BREAKENRIDGE (1764) |
| William BREAKENRIDGE (1750) |
| Francis BREAKENRIDGE (1761) |
| William BREAKENRIDGE (1758) |
| Daniel BREAKENRIDGE (1775) |
| James BREAKENRIDGE (1752) |
| Jonathon BREAKENRIDGE (1766) |
| George BREAKENRIDGE (1755) |
| Daniel BREAKENRIDGE (1769) |
| James BREAKENRIDGE (1759) |
| George BREAKENRIDGE (1769) |
| Francis BREAKENRIDGE (1777) |
| Obadiah BREAKENRIDGE (1775) |
| Fred Breckenridge |
| There are two Breckenridge men listed in the Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp at Macon County Georgia during the Civil War. Use this link to go to the Andersonville Prisoner Lookup page. W. Breckenridge, Pvt, PA James Breckenridge, Sgt, NY |
| OTHER BRECKENRIDGE INFO I HAVE FOUND IN MY SEARCH: (NOT RELATED TO MY FAMILY) |