Allen Breed (1707 - aft. 1758)

Born 16 Mar 1707 in Lynn, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Huldah (Newhall) Breed — married 2 Jun 1728 in Lynn, Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

At first a house carpenter, then became a coaster and cooper; subsequently returned to his trade as a housewright. [verbatim per reference source; JRF]

Allen Breed was born to Joseph and Sarah (Farrington) Breed at Lynn, Massachusetts March 16, 1706/7.^[1]

Allen served as the town constable in Lynn, in 1740/41, 1746, and 1758. He was also a fence-viewer in 1740/41. He was given "liberty to build a wharf at the Black Marsh where the old wharf formerly was".^[1]

Allen married Huldah Newhall at Lynn, Massachusetts, June 2, 1728. Allen and Huldah's known children born at Lynn are:^[1]

1. Joseph, b June 3, 1729; d at Marblehead before April 4, 1774; m Rebecca Merriam at Lynn Nov 1, 1750
2. Love, b Aug 16, 1731; d Nov 10, 1774; m March 29, 1750 as his first wife Allen Newhall
3. Jerusha, b Sept 2, 1753 (sic - should be 1733); d July 12, 1826; m Henry Bacheller Apr 24, 1758
4. Hulday, b Sept 20, 1736; m (1) Nehemiah Lindsey Dec 30, 1755; m (2) Allen Newhall Aug 26, 1775
5. Abigail, b Sept 8, 1739; d Sept 16, 1740
6. Abigail, b Nov 7, 1741; m Richard Richards Dec 2, 1761
7. Allen, b Apr 19, 1744; d before Feb 1789; m Abigail Lindsey Mar 4, 1766
8. Hepzibah, b Dec 15, 1746; d at Epping, NH 1816; m Hanson Newhall Feb 6, 1765
9. Eliphalet, b June 4, 1750; d between 1790-1795; m Mary Johnson Dec 10, 1772
10. Col. Frederick, b Aug 20, 1755; d June 17, 1830; m (1) Hepzibah Cox May 19, 1775; m (2) Sarah Mansfield Apr 13, 1780

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "The Breed Family" The Essex Genealogist. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Reference Volume 12, page 165-7

• Breed Family Association March 11, 1926 5th annual meeting report, p. 128, 130, no. 35: https://archive.org/details/Vol51926imagedByP.EverettOCRByJRF/page/n30; Breed Family Association Vol. 13 (1934), p. 560: https://archive.org/details/Vol13Dec.1934imagedByP.EverettOCRByJRF/page/n11

• Marriage source: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Lynn Volume 2, page 45

• [Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts], by Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918., Pg-270