Born in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Hewitt
and Desire (Babcock) Hewitt
Sister of
Desire Hewitt, Sarah (Hewitt) Haskell, Desire (Hewitt) Miner, Emmilla (Hewitt) Robinson, Benjamin Babcock Hewitt, Joseph Denison Hewitt, Mary Louise (Hewitt) Maine and Frances M. (Hewitt) Maine
Wife of
Isaac Sheffield Breed
— married
25 Nov 1837 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William Sheffield Breed, Jane Prentice (Breed) Miner, Henry Edwin Breed, Mary Elizabeth Breed, Sarah (Breed) Rising, Emily D. (Breed) Cleveland, Anna Maria (Breed) Ladd and Frances Louisa Breed
Died
at age 86
in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2012
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
Phebe Prentice Hewitt was born 24 Aug 1806, to Benjamin Hewitt and Desire (Babcock) Hewitt in Stonington, Connecticut.[1]
Marriage
She married 25 Nov 1827 Isaac Sheffield Breed; married by Asher Miner, Elder.[1]
Children
They had 10 children during the timespan through July 1847, including the following who died in childhood:
- Isaac Benjamin Breed (Nov 1828 - 7 Jul 1829)
- Frances Louisa Breed (14 Jan 1845 - 22 Aug 1846)
- Charlotte Ann breed (27 Jul 1847 - 6 Sep 1850)
Death
Phebe (Prentice / Hewitt) Breed died 6 Jul 1893 @ Stonington, Connecticut.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wheeler, Richard Anson; (1900); History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900; Press of the Day Publishing Company, New London, Conn.; PG 426, #241; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n447/mode/2up; & PG 248, #136; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n269/mode/2up
- Breed Family Association #16 (March, 1963), Charles B. Newhall et.al.; p. 34, 74, no. 269: https://archive.org/details/BreedFamilyAssociationVol161963OCR/page/n117
- 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. 122-105: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/353/mode/1up
See Also
- BREED FAMILY BIBLE: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nanc/breed/aqwg26.htm
- "In 1991 my grandmother Lillian May Scott Norman had the Breed Family Bible, it was presented to PPH by her father Benjamin Hewitt, January 10th 1846, Stonington, CT, when she married Isaac Sheffield Breed. It was then presented to Mary Elizabeth Breed by her mother Phebe P. Hewitt Breed. The inscription in the Bible":
- This book is to go to Lyle S. Norman when Gracie B. (Breed) Norman is through with it.
- "In 1991 my grandmother Lillian May Scott Norman had the Breed Family Bible, it was presented to PPH by her father Benjamin Hewitt, January 10th 1846, Stonington, CT, when she married Isaac Sheffield Breed. It was then presented to Mary Elizabeth Breed by her mother Phebe P. Hewitt Breed. The inscription in the Bible":
Acknowlegements
- Thank you to Stanley Wood, for his contributions to this profile.
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