Lydia (Mansfield) Breed (1739 - 1828)

Born 16 Sep 1739 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Allen Breed — married 15 Jan 1767 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1828 at age 88 in Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA

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Biography

Lydia Mansfield, born 16 September 1739 at Lynn, Massachusetts, was a daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Newhall) Mansfield, and grand-daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Breed) Mansfield, and of Elisha and Jane (Breed) Newhall.

Lydia and Allen Breed filed their marriage banns 26 November 1766 at Lynn ^[1]. They married January 15, 1767 at Lynnfield ^[2], officiated by Rev. Benjamin Adams, then went to New Ipswich, New Hampshire, to live.

Seven children are documented from this marriage ^[3]:

1. Lydia Breed (1768-1807)
2. John Breed (1769-1807)
3. Elisha Newhall Breed (1771-1802)
4. Allen Breed, b. 29 Feb 1772; died young
5. Allen Breed (1774-1849)
6. Jane Breed (1775-)
7. Enoch Breed (1780-1811)

Allen died in New Ipswich, April 16, 1806.

Lydia (Mansfield) Breed, died in Rindge, N.H. on Aug. 31, 1828. Her grave is in Smithville Cemetery, New Ipswich Center, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, adjoining that of her husband ^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP86-Z1DN : 11 May 2022), Allen Breed and Lydia Mansfield, 26 Nov 1766; citing Marriage, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004269393.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1G-TV4 : 28 December 2022), Lydia Mansfield in entry for Allen Breed, 1767.
3. ↑ Breed Family Association #11 (December, 1932), John Breed Newhall, chair, genealogical committee; p. 447, no. 75
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #62866982