Jesse Breed (1771 - 1831)

Born 12 Jun 1771 in Stonington, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Randall) Breed — married 12 Apr 1794 in Stonington Connecticut

Husband of Hannah (Randall) Breed — married 9 Jul 1825 in Groton, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1831 at age 59 in Homer, New York, United States of America

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Biography

Jesse Breed, b. 12 Jun 1771 @ Stonington, Connecticut, was the second child of Lucy (Randall) Palmer (1751-1831) & Amos Breed (1744-1785), her first husband.

He served as Captain in War of 1812. Moved from Stonington to Litchfield Connecticut, then to Homer, New York; may(?) have been in Halifax Vermont in 1804.

Jesse Breed married twice:

• 1) 12 Apr 1794, Stonington, Connecticut, Hannah (Randall) (1773-1824), born 12 Dec 1773, daughter of Joshua Randall & Prudence Chesebrough; this is the wife who bore all of his 10 children;

• 2) 09 Jul 1825, Groton, Connecticut, Hannah (Randall) (1783-1838), born 9 Feb 1783, daughter of Thomas Randall & Molly Chesebrough, and a cousin of his first wife; no children of this marriage.

Jesse Breed died 20 Jan 1831 @ Homer, New York. His name is inscribed on the base of a collective family memorial in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA ^[1], however it is uncertain that this is his grave location.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #129033739

• Breed Family Association #16 (March, 1963), Charles B. Newhall et.al.; p. 18, 40, no. 154: https://archive.org/details/BreedFamilyAssociationVol161963OCR/page/n83

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 38-324: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/327/mode/1up [Note: This reference incorrectly identifies the ancestry of the Hannah Randall who bore all of the children of Jesse Breed.]

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 246, 248, no. 69: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n270/mode/1up

Acknowledgements

Stanley Wood contributed to this profile.