 Abt 1595 - 1662
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| Name |
Edward Breck |
| Born |
Abt 1595 |
probably, Ashton, Lancashire, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
07 Aug 1635 |
Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts [2] |
- Edward emmigrated from Ashton (now Ashton-under-Lyne), England, with the Puritans to Massachusetts bringing his wife, one daughter and son Robert. They arrived with Rev. Richard Mather at Boston, probably in the ship James, August 7 1635. He settled in Dorchester and joined the church there in 1636.
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| Will |
30 Oct 1662 |
Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts [1] |
- I Edward Breck of Dorchester in the County of Suffolke in New England yeoman being very sicke of body, but of pfect memory blessed be God do here make my Last will & Testament; this thirteth day of October One thousand and sixe hundred sixtie & two.
Impris I doe here Committ my soule into the hands of the Lord & my body to a deceent. buryall in the earth And for this worlds goods wch God have graciously given me my will is that. all Debts due fro me to any man shall be justly payd & my funerall discharged
Secondly my will is, that all my daughter Blaks Children shall have each of them forty shillings payd unto them out of my Estate in on yeare after my decease.
Thirdly my will is that my Sonne Robert Although he have had his full portion already yet. my will is yt. he shall haue twenty shillings Payd him also as a token of my Love and fatherly affection towards him.
Fowerthly my will is that Isabell my deare & Loving wife shall have one third part of my moveable Estate to her owne Prop use & behoofe, accounting the former Legacies as pt. of the Estate out of wch she shall have her thirds. Also I give unto my wife one third part of my houseing & Land during her naturall life she keeping & leaving it in good repaire.
fifthly My will is that the other two third parts of my Estate both of Land and goods shall be equally devided unto my fowr Children vizt John Mary Elizabeth & Susanna provided my Sonne John shall have Liberty to reserve the Land to himselfe, & pay his sisters the valuation thereof upon a Just apprizement
Also my will is that my Sonne John shall have after my wife's death that third pt of house & Land wch she in her lifetime is to enjoye & this to be an Addition to his Portion and to him only provided that if [it] Shall please God to take away any one or more of my Children by death before they come to enjoy theire portions then ye Portion of Such a one Shall be equally divided unto those that do Survive of those my Children last named
furthermore my will is that whereas I have some Estate at Lancaster remaineing in Land I doe leave it in the Liberty of my wife & other friends, who may be advised with therein for to sell it or not sell it; as shall be thought best.
Lastly my will is that. lsabell my wife shall be executrix of this my will & Testament. with the helpe & advise of Edward Clap and John Capen, Deacons of the Church at. Dorchester, with whome She shall Advise &d not to act without theire Consent., wittnes my hand and seale this thirtyeth day of the Eight Moneth 1662 above said
Edward Brecke & a seale
Signed sealed & deliv'ed in pr'nce of
John Capen, Samue Rigbes, who deposed II Decembr 1662.
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| Died |
02 Nov 1662 |
Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts [1, 3] |
| Probate |
11 Dec 1662 |
Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts [1] |
- "Inventory of the estate of Edward Brecke," who departed this Life the 2d of Novr 1662, apprized by us whose names are under written this 20th of November, 1662."
Dorchester
¹665 05s 09d
Lancaster
¹81 06s 06d
Debts & Legacies
¹139 12s 02d
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| Notes |
- Edward Breck, a member of the Dorchester church in 1636; admitted freeman 22 May 1639. He was selectman of Dorchester in 1642; one of a committee for building a new meeting house, 1645; selectman, 1646, 1655, 1656, 1659. (Annals of Dorchester)
In 1638 Edward Breck bought a division of lands beyond the "Blue Hills" from Thomas Treadwell who had removed to Ipswich, north of Boston. Edward Breck's name is included on a list of members of the Dorchester Church which dated 4 da: 9th mo: 1639 (4 November 1639). In 1641 he was one of the inhabitants of the town of Dorchester who signed a conveyance of land to the town for the express purpose of a "free school" for the "instructinge and Teachinge of children and youth in good literature and Learninge."
December 17, 1646 "There was given to Edward Breck, by the hands of most of the inhabitants of the town, Smelt Brook Creek, on the condition that he doth set a mill there." This mill was known as the tide mill, Breck's mill, or later, Tileston's mill.
In 1653 Edward Breck of Dorchester was one of the petitioners to the General Court for the incorporation of a new town of Lancaster. In granting the request the Court named Edward Breck as one of the Prudential Managers of the town for the first year. He apparently stayed in the new town of Lancaster for only a short while and then returned to Dorchester. His holdings in the township are mentioned in his will. [1]
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| Person ID |
I16718 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
19 Jul 2004 |
| Father |
Breck, d. Abt 1630, probably, Lancashire, England |
| Family ID |
F715 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 1 |
Unknown, b. Abt 1597, England , d. Abt 1646, Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
Abt 1617 |
England [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Breck, b. Abt 1618, England , d. Abt 1628, England |
| | 2. Robert Breck, b. Abt 1620, probably, Rainforth, Lancashire, England , d. Aft 1663, Ireland |
| | 3. Daughter Breck, b. 1622, England , d. 1645, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 4. Elinor Breck, b. Abt 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts , d. Bef 1694, Marlborough, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts |
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| Family ID |
F1008 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 2 |
Isabel, b. 1610, England , d. 21 Jun 1673, Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
Abt 1647 |
Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Breck, d. 25 Aug 1720, Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 2. John Breck, Capt., d. 17 Feb 1690/91, Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 3. Elizabeth Breck, d. 06 Apr 1690, Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 4. Susanna Breck |
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| Family ID |
F1229 |
Group Sheet |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - Abt 1595 - probably, Ashton, Lancashire, England |
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 | Married - Abt 1617 - England |
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 | Immigration - 07 Aug 1635 - Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
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| Married - Abt 1647 - Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
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| Will - 30 Oct 1662 - Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
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| Died - 02 Nov 1662 - Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
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| Probate - 11 Dec 1662 - Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
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| Sources |
- [S366] Hannah (Haile) Mower, Mower, Lyman & Karen Hoiriis Mower, (Compilers, Durham, New Hampshire, 1997), p. 65.
- [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 2:256.
- [S37] Breck, Edward Breck, Breck, Samuel Breck, (Omaha: Author, 1889), p.9.
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