Jane Breckenridge

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 22 May 1740, Orange Co, Virginia

Notes:

Other-Begin:
Orange Co Offspring: 1734 > Frederick 1743 > Augusta 1745 > Culpeper 1749 > Greene 1838

Headrights of Orange Co., Virginia

Headrights were grants of 50 acres of land per "head" - or
per white male over the age of 16 who transported himself to the colonies. They appear in the Court of Common Pleas in the county in which the land was granted. The attached file includes the headrights copied from the Orange Co., Va Court of Common Pleas in the 18th Century. These headrights function as the only real immigration record for English, Scot or Irish immigrants in that time period. The headright identifies the country of origin and generally the port of entry in the colonies.
May 1740
Alexander Brackenridge, Jane, John, George, Robert, James Smith, Jane & Letitia Brackenridge
(from Ireland)
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/orange/deeds/orangehe.txt

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HISTORIC FAMILIES OF KENTUCKY:
On the 22nd day of May in 1740, fourteen heads of families appeared in the Orange County, Virginia Court House (Augusta County, Virginia not having been then established, and the territory being embraced in that of Orange) to `prove their
importation.' The first of these was Alexander Breckenridge, who made oath that he had imported himself and John, George, Robert, Smith and Letitia Breckenridge, from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence to this colony (Virginia), at his own charges.

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Early in 1740, or shortly before, there was a great influx of population into the Valley. On the 22d of May, 1740, fourteen heads of families appeared at Orange Court to "prove their importation." The first order of the series is as follows:
"Alexander Breckenridge came into Court and made oath that he imported himself, and (blank), John, George, Robert, (blank), Smith, (blank), and Letitia Breckenridge from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence to this colony, at his own charges, and this is the first time of proving his and their rights in order to obtain land, which is ordered to be certified." He, however, acquired by purchase from Beverley 245 acres, on March 24, 1741.

The blanks above indicate names which are illegible in the record book. (these blanks would be Adam, Sarah, and James.)

http://archive.org/stream/annalsofaugusta00wadd/annalsofaugusta00wadd_djvu.txt

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1728, Co Derry, Ulster, Ireland
• Immigration: 1728, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Religion: 1740, Tinkling Spring Church, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Residence: Bef 1740, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Other-Begin: 22 May 1740, Orange Co, Virginia
• Property: 24 Mar 1741, Beverley Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Will: 24 May 1744, Orange Co, Virginia; Intestate
• Property: 16 May 1749, Beverley Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Research Notes: 5 Aug 2013

Notes:

After several of the children were born they moved to Raloo, Antrim Co., Ireland (not that far apart).
http://genforum.genealogy.com/breckenridge/messages/1306.html


http://www.cruithni.org.uk/overview/over_9.html
Between about 1717 and 1775, large numbers of people, mostly Protestants, left Ulster to settle in America. Bad harvests in 1726-29 led to a famine, and there was another terrible famine in 1741. Harvest failures, high rents and payment of tithes were some of the factors which convinced many Presbyterians to risk the hazardous sea crossing to America. In 1776, Benjamin Franklin estimated that the Scotch-Irish formed one third of Pennsylvania's 350,000 inhabitants. Many fought against the British in the American War of Independence.
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Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871 By Joseph Addison Waddell

John Preston came to America with his brother-in-law, James Patton, a brother of Mrs. Preston. It is believed that he lived on the farm a mile N. E. of Staunton, recently known as the Mosby-Taylor farm, and now, (1892), owned by M. E. Miller.

Mrs. Lititia Floyd, daughter of Col. William Preston, granddaughter of John Preston, and wife of the first Governor Floyd, in 1843 wrote an account of the Preston family, from which we take most of the following statements:

Colonel James Patton had four sisters, two of whom married "men of quality" in the old country. The youngest sister, Elizabeth, while crossing the river Shannon in a boat, had as a fellow-passenger a young man of striking appearance, who proved to be a ship carpenter named John Preston. This casual interview led to acquaintance and a runaway marriage. The young lady thus placed herself ''out of the pale of her family." Her brother, James Patton, having afterwards retired from the sea and settled in America, induced Mr. and Mrs. Preston to emigrate also. Mrs. Floyd puts the date of their arrival in the Valley at 1735, and says John Preston died seven years afterwards at "Gibson's old place, eight miles below Staunton." But it appears from the records of Augusta County Court that his death occurred in 1747, and if he lived only seven years after coming, he must have arrived in 1740 with ALEXANDER BRECKINRIDGE and many others, as is generally supposed to have been the fact. While living in Augusta, remote from the seaboard, John Preston employed himself as a cabinetmaker, constructing household furniture for himself and neighbors.

William, only son of John Preston, was born in the town of Newton, Ireland, November 25, 1729. He received most of his education in America, from the Rev. John Craig. Mrs. Patton was a haughty woman, says Mrs. Floyd, and kept aloof from the Prestons. A silly prediction of an Irish woman that William Preston would get his uncle's fortune, so impressed her with dread of a marriage between the nephew and one of her daughters, that she allowed no intercourse between the young people. She died soon after the marriage of her daughters,?one to a kinsman of hers named Thompson, and the other to John Buchanan. Colonel Patton then induced his widowed sister to remove to Spring Farm, in the vicinity of Staunton, and went to live with her.

John Preston and other Presbyterian people of Staunton and vicinity of his day, worshiped at Tinkling Spring, and his body was interred at that place. His eldest daughter married Robert Breckinridge, the ancestor of several distinguished men. The second daughter married the Rev. John Brown, pastor of New Providence church, and from them descended John Brown, of Kentucky, and James Brown, of Louisiana, both of them United States Senators, and the latter minister to France. William Preston was the father of a numerous family, male and female, and many of his descendants have been eminent in various walks of life. John Preston, the ancestor, appears to have been a quiet man, and without the bustling energy which characterized other pioneer settlers; but the traits which he and 'his wife Elizabeth," transmitted to their posterity is a noble testimony that the pair possessed more than common merit. He died in 1747, leaving a very small estate, as far as appears. His wife qualified as administratrix, February 6, 1747, and executed a bond, with John Maxwell and Robert McClanahan as her securities, in the penalty of ,£100, indicating a personal estate of only ,£50.

On the day that John Preston "proved his importation," the court ordered that ''Edward Boyle, for damning the court and swearing four oaths in their presence, be put in the stocks for two hours, and be fined twelve shillings," ($2).

At November term, 1746, the court made an allowance to provide small beer, [for the Justices, it is presumed) , and for stabling the horses of justices, attorneys and officers. Persons were licensed to sell liquor in booths and stalls on the court-house lot; and at March term, 1750, commissioners were appointed to inspect the beer sold at every court, "and if it appear that the same is not at least one month old and well hop'd then they presume not to ask more than one penny a quart."

Till the year 1746, no vestrymen had been elected, as provided in the act of 1738. In that year, however, an election was held, and twelve persons were chosen to constitute the vestry of the parish, viz: James Patton, (Col.) John Buchanan, John Madison, Patrick Hays, John Christian, (Mr.) John Buchanan, Robert Alexander, Thomas Gorden, James Lockhart, John Archer, John Matthews, and John Smith.

From the first settlement of Virginia the Church of England had been established in the colony. The inhabited parts were laid off into parishes, in each of which was a minister, who had a fixed salary in tobacco, together with a farm (called glebe) and a parsonage. There was a general assessment on all the inhabitants to meet the expenses.

http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=Mrs+Patton+was+a+haughty+woman,+says+Mrs.+Floyd&sig=M_smhTZyznyyEemOQ9XmET_n5gI&ei=zsvYUNq4HISA2wXP-IHgBg&id=rZbEC1kEdpcC&ots=ogDVEf-0mO&output=text

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According to the biography of John Breckenridge, the Kentucky senator of the Civil War period, his family came to this country in about 1728 from Ulster, Ireland. The family originated in Ashire, Scotland, migrated to the highlands of Scotland to Breadalbane, Scotland, later to the North of Ireland. As Protestants, the Breckenridges took part in some of the wars in Ireland in which Alexander's father was a leader. The Protestants being again defeated, Alexander and his brother fled to America into Philadelphia. They remained for some years in Pennsylvania. Alexander moved on to Virginia by way of Staunton, then east again to Albemarle County and was living in Augusta Co, Virginia in 1738. His brother remained in Pennsylvania and retained the original spelling of Brackenridge.
(source unk)


Subj: Re: Breckenridge
Date: 12/11/00 3:59:28 PM Central Standard Time
From: Genealogy4999
To: Lumoto

Hi Sherry,
Here is what Bill Putman wrote:

SOURCE-BACKGROUND-BROTHERS-IMMIGRATION-SON:
PAT-003: The Patterson Family History by William B. Putman, jr.; 288
Scudder Avenue; Hyannis Port, Massachusetts 02647; Updated through
February 1993"; 'The Breckenridge Family History' p 69.

"Other mentions, specifically in Knott's 1900 letters, refer to three brothers, but I can only figure out two. This Robert Breckenridge is my lineage. He arrived in Philadelphia, probably with his brother(s), and then remained in Pennsylvaa.

The two brothers probably landed in Philadelphia and then moved west to Lancaster and Cumberland counties like most other Scotch-Irish families. Alexander went south to Virginia, another favored path of these peoples, while Robert remainedn Cumberland County.

I know nothing more about the elder Robert other than that he had a son, also named Robert. There had to be two Roberts as the younger one was born in 1735 about the same time the two older men came to America."

On May 24, 1744, his widow (Jane Preston) relinquished administration of his estate to her eldest son George Breckenridge.

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Alexander Breckinridge
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Record ID: 34839
Description: Deceased landowner
Book-Page: 21-538

Remarks: Property conveyed by Beverley to Alexander Breckinridge, recorded in Orange, and by Alexander's decease intestate became vested in his eldest son and heir, George Breckinridge, who conveyed the same to Robert Breckinridge, 17 May 1749, and by Robert and Lettice, his wife, to Stephen Loy, 21 Oct 1765.

This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley

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Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breckinridge_family
Alexander Breckenridge (1686?1743), First Breckenridge in New World, emigrated to Philadelphia PA c. 1728. Married to Jane Preston in 1695 in County Londonderry, Ireland. She was sister of Robert Preston, first Speaker of Kentucky State House of Representatives.

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"George?s parents, Alexander and Jane Preston Breckenridge, brought the family to the New World from Irish Ulster around 1728. Part of a second wave of a drought-induced Scot-Irish migration, they passed through Pennsylvania on their way to Virginia. In keeping with the observation that ?no Scot-Irish family would feel comfortable until it had moved twice,? the Breckenridges settled only after a decade in the New World, finally arriving in Virginia?s Orange County, predecessor to Augusta County, by February 1738. Alexander, said to have been born in Ayrshire in Scotland, married the Preston girl in the north of Ireland and worked plantations in County Cavan before deciding that his family?s fortunes would be better suited in the New World."
Ben M. Angel
http://benmangel.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/the-cromwell-ancestry-of-the-only-pasco-police-officer-to-die-in-the-line-of-duty/

from "History of Early Settlers of Sangamon Co, Centennial Record)
Source: (Jerry Donly Papers; family group sheets on Preston Breckenridge and his children; "A History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois."

BRECKENRIDGE, PRESTON,
son of
Alexander and 2nd Mary Chadd Breckenridge
was born Aug. 5, 1807, near Paris, Bourbon county, Ky. The name of Breckenridge originated in a singular manner. In one of the wars in Scotland between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, a family by the name of McIlvain participated on the side of the Protestants, who were defeated. Some of the McIlvain brothers saved their lives by taking refuge under a low shrub, called brack, which grows on the ridges in the Highlands of Scotland. This circumstance so impressed them, that they determined to give themselves a new name, hence Brack-on-ridge. As Protestants, the Breckenridges took part in some of the wars in Ireland at a later period, in which the great, great grandfather of Preston was a leader. The Protestants being again defeated, two of the Breckenridge brothers fled to America. One of them settled in Pennsylvania, and the other in Virginia."



Residence:
1740, 22 May: Alexander BRECKENRIDGE made oath that he had imported himself and John, George, Robert, Smith and Letitia BRECKENRIDGE from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence to VA, at his own charges.


Other-Begin:
Orange Co Offspring: 1734 > Frederick 1743 > Augusta 1745 > Culpeper 1749 > Greene 1838

Headrights of Orange Co., Virginia

Headrights were grants of 50 acres of land per "head" - or
per white male over the age of 16 who transported himself to the colonies. They appear in the Court of Common Pleas in the county in which the land was granted. The attached file includes the headrights copied from the Orange Co., Va Court of Common Pleas in the 18th Century. These headrights function as the only real immigration record for English, Scot or Irish immigrants in that time period. The headright identifies the country of origin and generally the port of entry in the colonies.
May 1740
Alexander Brackenridge, Jane, John, George, Rober, James Smith, Jane & Letitia Brackenridge
(from Ireland)
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/orange/deeds/orangehe.txt

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HISTORIC FAMILIES OF KENTUCKY:
On the 22nd day of May in 1740, fourteen heads of families appeared in the Orange County, Virginia Court House (Augusta County, Virginia not having been then established, and the territory being embraced in that of Orange) to `prove their
importation.' The first of these was Alexander Breckenridge, who made oath that he had imported himself and John, George, Robert, Smith and Letitia Breckenridge, from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence to this colony (Virginia), at his own charges.

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Early in 1740, or shortly before, there was a great influx of population into the Valley. On the 22d of May, 1740, fourteen heads of families appeared at Orange Court to "prove their importation." The first order of the series is as follows:
"Alexander Breckenridge came into Court and made oath that he imported himself, and (blank), John, George, Robert, (blank), Smith, (blank), and Letitia Breckenridge from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence to this colony, at his own charges, and this is the first time of proving his and their rights in order to obtain land, which is ordered to be certified." He, however, acquired by purchase from Beverley 245 acres, on March 24, 1741.

The blanks above indicate names which are illegible in the record book. (these blanks would be Adam, Sarah, and James.)

http://archive.org/stream/annalsofaugusta00wadd/annalsofaugusta00wadd_djvu.txt

Property:
Alexander Breckenridge, (Beverley Manor SW, two tracts of 245 & 112 acres, 1742)

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County,_Virginia_-_Surnames_A-E

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Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:


Pages 88-92. [Page 87 blank]. 24 March 1741 [1742]- 24 March 1742. William Beverley, Esq., of Essex County to Alexa. Breakinridge of Orange County. Lease and release; for [blank] current money. 245 acres... also 112 acres... in the Manner of Beverley on the west side of Blew Ridge of mountains. (signed) Wm. Beverley. Wit: Robt. Ramsay, James Cathey, Chas. Campbell. 25 March 1742. Acknowledged by William Beverley, Esq. [Orange County Deed Book 5, pg. 6].


Acquisition of Land from "History of Augusta County, Virginia", by John Lewis Peyton:

Deed granted from William Beverley to Alexander Breckenridge, bet. 29 February, 1739 and 1744, in "Beverley Manor" on the road from Staunton to Tinkling Spring.

Alexander Breckenridge also acquired nearby land (112 acres), which was undated on the Hildebrand Map.

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Alexander_Breckenridge_%284%29


Will:
Estate Settlement of Alexander Breckenridge

Alexander Breckenridge died intestate (without will). The date of his death can be estimated from the abatement of an attachment suit brought by Alexander Brakinridge as petitioner, against the estate of Thomas Renox, defendant, in the Court of Orange County, Virginia, caused dismissal of the proceeding September 23, 1743, "on account of the death of the petitioner." This is the nearest discoverable record fixing approximately the date of the death of Alexander Brakinridge.

Administration on his estate was not undertaken until May 24, 1744, on which day his widow, Jane Breckenridge, appeared in open court in Orange County and relinquished her right to administer in favor of her son, George Breckenridge. George, in turn, on the same date, gave a bond to his mother, obligating himself to carry out a dying wish of his father (who had died intestate), and bound himself to convey 400 acres of his father's lands to Adam, 300 acres to Smith, and 112 acres to James Breckenridge, his younger brothers "who are under age." The significance of this instrument was that George as the oldest son surviving, was the heir at law of his father and as such inherited all his lands, and by this he relinquished his rights to the measure undertaken, to these minor brothers. Final settlement of the estate of Alexander Breckenridge was made and approved in Orange County Court, May 24, 1750. (Source: "Alexander and Jane (Preston) Breckenridge, Emigrant Ancestors", http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~breckfamilytree/nti00233.html )

Pages 325-26. Bond of George Brackenridge unto Jane Brackenridge. for £500. 24 May 1744.

Whereas Alexr. Brackenridge dec. (father of the above bound George Brackenridge) on his death bed declared that he intended to give his sons Adam Smith and James Brackenrige each a pice [sic] of land to wit to Adam Brackenridge four hundred acres, to Smith three hundred acres and to James one hundred and twelve acres, then died without a will in writing and whereas the above bound George Brackenridge heir at law of the said deceased (to whom administration is granted on the relinquishment of the said Jane Brackenridge widow of the deceased and mother of the above bound George) is willing to comply with the declaration made by his said father, now he binds himself to Jane Brackenridge in behalf of her said sons Adam, Smith and James Brackenridge who are under age. (signed) George Brackenridge. Wit: Philip Clayton, James Porteus. 24 May 1744. Acknowledged. [Orange County Virginia Will Book 1, 1735-1743, Dorman, pg. 60].

Page 148. Alexander Brackenridge. Estate account.

Payments made to Col. Wm. Beverley, Henry Downs, Thomas McCullock, Andrew Moor, Dr. Lunn, Robert Bratton, Robert Brackenridge, John Pickens, James Miller, Moses Thompson, James Armstrong, John Doack, Joseph Teas, John Hollanshade, Saml. Gau, George Campbell, Leather Deale, Silas Hart, Geo. Hutchison, Robert McClenahan, Alexr. Maxwell, Thomas Shields, Andrew Lewis, Robt. Cristy, James Leeper, Thos. Gordon, Robt. Davis, Colo. John Lewis, John Lawny, Robert Arwin, Thomas Fitzpatrick, the Rev. Mr. Craig, Mrs. Lewis, Robert McClanahan, John Hawkins (on account of Leatherdale judgment).
Received from Jane Brackenridge widow, Robt. Brackenridge, Thos. McCullock, Robt. McClanahan, John Pickins.
Signed by Taverner Beale and William Taliaferro.
24 May 1750. Returned and settled.
[Orange County Virginia Will Book 2, 1744-1778, Dorman, pg. 32].

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Alexander_Breckenridge_%284%29


Property:
Disposition of Land from "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia", by Joseph Addington Waddell:

Alexander Breckenridge conveyed 245 acres of land in "Beverley Manor" to Robert Breckenridge, May 16, 1749.

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Alexander_Breckenridge_%284%29

(note: he died 1743. Another Alexander?)

Research Notes:
Some historians seem to have that John and Barbara are parents of Alexander. However, birth dates of John and Barbara are established by headstone inscriptions; and Alexander's birth date is recorded. There isn't enough time between parents and child to be logical. Breckenridges are said to be from Scotland.

Alexander* married Jane* Preston, (Immigrant) in 1695 in Newtown Limavady, Limavady, Co Londonderry, Ireland. Jane* (daughter of Phineas (Archibald)* (or John) Preston and Hon., "Mary of Montjoy" Mary* Stewart) was born about 1690 in Newtown Limavady, Limavady, Co Londonderry, Ireland; died after 12 Nov 1746 in Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia; was buried in Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cem, Fisherville, Augusta Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1690, Derry, Co Cavan, Ulster, Ireland
• Emigration: 1728, Co Derry, Ulster, Ireland
• Immigration: 1728, Pennsylvania
• Other-Begin: 22 May 1740, Orange Co, Virginia
• Property: 24 May 1744, Orange Co, Virginia
• Death: 12 Nov 1757, Fishersville, Augusta Co, Virginia

Notes:

"Of the Breckenridge immigrants, Jane Preston carried the Cromwell ancestry. Said to be of the same Prestons that spawned the Valleyfield Preston baronetcy in Perthshire, Scotland, Jane's branch of the family had been in Ireland since at least 1672, when her father, Archibald (or Phineas) Preston was born in the Ardsallagh Townlands below the sacred Hill of Tara. Archibald would find his wife in the daughter of the recently deceased Viscount of Montjoy (one of 8,000 killed at Steenkerke), Mary Stewart, the product of Protestant Ulster landowners firmly affixed in County Tyrone. After Jane's birth, the couple spent a good 11 years together farming in Ulster until he died in 1703. Three years later, the widowed Mary would wed again, this time to the eligible future admiral Viscount of Granard, then a ship captain assigned to the Baltic Sea. Jane, as eldest child, went through her teen years awaiting news of the success of her stepfather before finally meeting George Breckenridge and marrying in 1714, just three years before the great drought first set in."
Ben M. Angel
http://benmangel.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/the-cromwell-ancestry-of-the-only-pasco-police-officer-to-die-in-the-line-of-duty/

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From Wikipedia.org page, "Breckenridge family" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breckinridge_family):

She [Jane Preston] was sister of Robert Preston, first Speaker of Kentucky State House of Representatives. (Added by Evelyn Alexander)

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From RootsWeb page, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dblocher&id=I293991#s2:

Father: John (Archibald) PRESTON b: 1672 in Tara and Ardsallagh, Meath, Ireland Mother: Mary STEWART b: 1677 in Mountjoy, Ireland c: in Also Of Tara, And Ardsallagh, County Meath, Ireland

Marriage 1 Alexander BRECKINRIDGE b: 1690 in Leinster, Dublin, Ireland

See page link for sources.

http://www.geni.com/people/Jane-Breckenridge/6000000001730771754

Other-Begin:
Orange Co Offspring: 1734 > Frederick 1743 > Augusta 1745 > Culpeper 1749 > Greene 1838

Headrights of Orange Co., Virginia

Headrights were grants of 50 acres of land per "head" - or
per white male over the age of 16 who transported himself to the colonies. They appear in the Court of Common Pleas in the county in which the land was granted. The attached file includes the headrights copied from the Orange Co., Va Court of Common Pleas in the 18th Century. These headrights function as the only real immigration record for English, Scot or Irish immigrants in that time period. The headright identifies the country of origin and generally the port of entry in the colonies.
May 1740
Alexander Brackenridge, Jane, John, George, Rober, James Smith, Jane & Letitia Brackenridge
(from Ireland)
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/orange/deeds/orangehe.txt

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HISTORIC FAMILIES OF KENTUCKY:
On the 22nd day of May in 1740, fourteen heads of families appeared in the Orange County, Virginia Court House (Augusta County, Virginia not having been then established, and the territory being embraced in that of Orange) to `prove their
importation.' The first of these was Alexander Breckenridge, who made oath that he had imported himself and John, George, Robert, Smith and Letitia Breckenridge, from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence to this colony (Virginia), at his own charges.

---------------
Early in 1740, or shortly before, there was a great influx of population into the Valley. On the 22d of May, 1740, fourteen heads of families appeared at Orange Court to "prove their importation." The first order of the series is as follows:
"Alexander Breckenridge came into Court and made oath that he imported himself, and (blank), John, George, Robert, (blank), Smith, (blank), and Letitia Breckenridge from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence to this colony, at his own charges, and this is the first time of proving his and their rights in order to obtain land, which is ordered to be certified." He, however, acquired by purchase from Beverley 245 acres, on March 24, 1741.

The blanks above indicate names which are illegible in the record book. (these blanks would be Adam, Sarah, and James.)

http://archive.org/stream/annalsofaugusta00wadd/annalsofaugusta00wadd_djvu.txt

Property:
Disposition of Land by Widow of Alexander Breckenridge to his younger children, from Chalkley's:

Abatement of an attachment suit brought by Alexander Brakinridge as petitioner, against the estate of Thomas Renox, defendant, in the Court of Orange County, Virginia, caused dismissal of the proceeding September 23, 1743, "on account of the death of the petitioner." This is the nearest discoverable record fixing approximately the date of the death of Alexander Brakinridge. Administration on his estate was not undertaken until May 24, 1744, on which day his widow, Jane Breckenridge, appeared in open court in Orange County and relinquished her right to administer in favor of her son, George Breckenridge. George, in turn, on the same date, gave a bond to his mother, obligating himself to carry out a dying wish of his father (who had died intestate), and bound himself to convey 400 acres of his father's lands to Adam, 300 acres to Smith, and 112 acres to James Breckenridge, his younger brothers "who are under age." The significance of this instrument was that George as the oldest son surviving, was the heir at law of his father and as such inherited all his lands, and by this he relinquished his rights to the measure undertaken, to these minor brothers. Final settlement of the estate of Alexander Breckenridge was made and approved in Orange County Court, May 24, 1750. (Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~breckfamilytree/nti00233.html )

(http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Alexander_Breckenridge_%284%29)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Ballymacan

Notes:

"According to the biography of John Breckenridge, the Kentucky senator of the Civil War period, his family came to this country in about 1728 from Ulster, Ireland. The family originated in Ashire, Scotland, migrated to the highlands of Scotland to Breadalbane, Scotland, later to the North of Ireland. As Protestants, the Breckenridges took part in some of the wars in Ireland in which Alexander's father was a leader. The Protestants being again defeated, Alexander and his brother fled to America into Philadelphia. They remained for some years in Pennsylvania. Alexander moved on to Virginia by way of Staunton, then east again to Albemarle County and was living in Augusta Co, Virginia in 1738. His brother remained in Pennsylvania and retained the original spelling of Brackenridge."
(source unk)

Buried:
Posted by: Jo Mulligan (ID *****1280) Date: February 19, 2011 at 08:09:41
In Reply to: Intriguing birth info on Alexander Breckenridge I by Frank Breckenridge

In Clogher Cathedral graveyard is a stone

Hereunder is int. the b. of Alexander Breckinridge who dep.t.l. 29th August 1689 aged 41 years.

Here likewise lyeth the b. of John Breckinridge, late of Ballymacan, who dep.t.l. 17th Feb 1721 and in the 49th year of his age.

Also Barbara, his wife, who likewise dep.t.l. 24th aug 1720 aged 41 years.

Here also lieth the b. of William Breckinridge, -----, late of Augher, -----.

Also Thomas Trimble, late of Lismore, ----, d. 1st april 1861 aged 73 years.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/breckenridge/messages/1308.html

John* married Mrs. Barbara* (..) Breckenridge about 1685. Barbara* was born in 1679; died on 24 Aug 1720 in Clogher Co Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; was buried in Clogher Cathedral graveyard, Co Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Posted by: Jo Mulligan (ID *****1280) Date: February 19, 2011 at 08:09:41
In Reply to: Intriguing birth info on Alexander Breckenridge I by Frank Breckenridge

In Clogher Cathedral graveyard is a stone

Hereunder is int. the b. of Alexander Breckinridge who dep.t.l. 29th August 1689 aged 41 years.

Here likewise lyeth the b. of John Breckinridge, late of Ballymacan, who dep.t.l. 17th Feb 1721 and in the 49th year of his age.

Also Barbara, his wife, who likewise dep.t.l. 24th aug 1720 aged 41 years.

Here also lieth the b. of William Breckinridge, -----, late of Augher, -----.

Also Thomas Trimble, late of Lismore, ----, d. 1st april 1861 aged 73 years.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/breckenridge/messages/1308.html

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: "Valleyfield" Prestons, north of England

Notes:

"Archibald Preston's parents were Phineas and Letitia Hammond Preston, a Protestant couple born of families that were clearly anti-Royalist. In the Cavalier era, that time that featured the return of the Stuart Prince of Wales Charles II to the English throne following the death of Oliver Cromwell, both Prestons and Hammonds, the latter of which included a "regicide" (an official found guilty of helping to orchestrate the execution of King Charles I in 1649), suffered. Possibly coincidental, but within a year of the departure of the Prestons for the plantations of Ireland, King Charles II attempted in 1672, with overwhelming protests from his parliament, to remove laws that punished religious dissent. The pro-Stuart Anglican backlash against both Protestant and Catholic dissenters no doubt left many Puritans still in England uneasy, and it was said that the family had originally left England because of religious persecution."
Ben M. Angel
http://benmangel.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/the-cromwell-ancestry-of-the-only-pasco-police-officer-to-die-in-the-line-of-duty/

Phineas married Hon., "Mary of Montjoy" Mary* Stewart in 1692 in Mountjoy, Co Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. Mary* (daughter of 1st Viscount Mountjoy William* Stewart and Hon. Mary* Coote) was born about 1677 in Mountjoy, Co Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; died on 4 Oct 1765 in Ulster Co, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 24 Aug 1734, Ireland; Countess of Granard
• Other-Begin: 24 Aug 1734; styled "Countess of Granard"
• Death: 4 Oct 1758, Ireland

Notes:

Hon. Mary Stewart was born circa 1677.[2] She was the daughter of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy and Hon. Mary Coote.[1],[2]

She married, firstly, Phineas Preston in 1692 at Mountjoy, Ireland.[2],[1]

She married, secondly, Vice-Admiral George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, son of Arthur Forbes, 2nd Earl of Granard and Mary Rawdon, in 1709.[1]

She died on 4 October 1765.[1] She was also reported to have died on 4 October 1758.[2]

From 1692, her married name became Preston.[2]

From 1709, her married name became Forbes. As a result of her marriage, Hon. Mary Stewart was styled as Countess of Granard on 24 August 1734.

Children of Hon. Mary Stewart and Phineas Preston

1. Jane Preston+[2] b. c 1690, d. a 12 Nov 1746
2. Mary Preston [2] b. 1696, d. 1749
3. Colonel John Preston+[2] b. 1699, d. 1747
4. Nathaniel Preston [2] b. c 1700

Children of Hon. Mary Stewart and Vice-Admiral George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard

1. Lady Mary Forbes [1] d. 27 Nov 1797
2. Lt.-Gen. George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard+[1] b. 15 Mar 1710, d. 16 Oct 1769
3. Admiral Hon. John Forbes+[1] b. 1714, d. 10 Mar 1796

Citations

1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1628. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
2. [S2664] Liberty unknown, "re: Preston Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 5 February 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Preston."

http://www.geni.com/people/Hon-Mary-Forbes-Stewart-Countess-of-Granard/6000000002979384193


Other-Begin:
As a result of her marriage, Hon. Mary Stewart was styled as Countess of Granard on 24 August 1734.

Notes:

Looks like officially Breckenridge is a sept/allied family of Douglas, not Clan Campbell as has been widely discussed and assumed. At the Clan Douglas Society of North America, Septs and Allied Families, http://clandouglassociety.org/septs/
it gives detailed discussion of what a sept is and the guidelines to be met to be considered in a sept, along with a list of names, with the disclaimer of "Our own Douglas list of septs and allied families is by no means perfect. It is quite likely some names included on our list were based more on 19th century renewal enthusiasm than on historical accuracy and it is just as likely that the surnames of many loyal followers of the Douglas Chiefs have not been included."
It goes on to say that the Clan Douglas at present time has no standing chief who would have full say over what surnames are or are not accepted as official septs and allied families. Should one ever come to be appointed, the list would be subject to that person's approval.
Without this chief, the group CDSNA selected the guidelines and criteria and was published in the Aug 2005 Dubh Ghlas, though those guidelines are not in the CDSNA Blaws; so there is no "OFFICIAL" criteria that exists. The article gives a short history of CDSNA Spets and Allied Family Names and Year and Names accepted. As to why the names were added, it explains the pains-taking process and research that was done to build the list of 39 names, other than Douglas.
One of those names is BRECKINRIDGE; and the explanation of their inclusion lengthy (see webpage http://clandouglassociety.org/breckinridge/
or pdf of a copy of the text)



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Posted by: Craig Allan Breckenridge
Date: November 24, 1999 at 19:52:58

Does anyone know who the BRECKENRIDGE family was affiliated with in Scotland? I suspect either the Camerons or Campbells but would like to know for sure. Your thoughts Roger, or Jim?


Posted by: Jim McClenahan Date: November 25, 1999 at 20:35:58
In Reply to: BRECKENRIDGE clan affiliation? by Craig Allan Breckenridge

Craig, this is all I have in my notes, and they appear contradictory. Even the experts can't agree. Being "lowland" Scots it is doubtful they had any clan association. If, the did, I would cast my vote with Roger as the Campbells being the most likely.
Dr. George F. Black, in his "The Surnames of Scotland", 1946, writes, "The names Breckenridge and Brackenridge are confined mainly to Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. The surname is derived from the lands of Brackenrig in the old Barony of Avondale in Lanarkshire." Dr. Black mentioned the name as having been in use as "John of Bracaniyggis in Glascow in 1454 and Brackanrig in 1505."

According to "Ayrshire Notes" in the Kilmarnock Stand of March 22, 1947, "There seems to have been no important landed family of the name of Breckenridge, but, from an early date, however, it was fairly widespread as a surname among burgesses and yeomen in the Lowlands, especially in Ayrshire.

The BRECKENRIDGES fled northwards to central Scotland during the religious wars following the Restoration, where they took refuge with the Campbells of Breadalbane. The maps of the period show the area in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire, where the Breckenridges reportedly originated, as Campbell territory, and it is reasonable to assume they may have taken refuge with the Campbells of Breadalbane.

Breckenridge was associated with the MacDonalds in County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1603.

According to the Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia, by George Way of Plean and Romilly Squire, there is no Clan Breckenridge nor are they an allied family of the known clans.

And finally, The early generations of the Alexander Breckenridge Family in America, as well as some other Breckenridge families, have held, "We are descendants of the House of Douglas." If that is correct, our family may have originated in Southeast Scotland near one of the Douglas Castles, not in the Barony of Avondale in the Southwest.



Posted by: J. Griffin Crump
Date: November 25, 1999 at 20:42:39
In Reply to: BRECKENRIDGE clan affiliation? by Craig Allan Breckenridge

Rick and Roger -- Scott Breckinridge of Lexington, KY, wrote in an unpublished memorandum dated 1986 that family tradition holds that it was during the religious wars following the Restoration that the Breckenridges fled northwards fromn Ayrshire/Lanarkshire to central Scotland, where they took refuge with the Campbells of Breadalbane. In 1677, John, the 5th baronet of Glenorchy, took the title of viscount of Breadalbane, becoming in 1681 Earl of Breadalbane. Scott says maps of the period show the Breckenridge areas of Ayrshire and Lanarkshire as Campbell territory. Scott puts it nicely: "It is reasonable to assume that when the family fled north they had claims on the hospitality of the Campbells of Breadalbane. Whatever the facts, the story of the flight and of Breadalbane hospitality was preserved, being perpetuated in the name a number of descendants gave their properties (in Kentucky) -- Braedalbane, with a slight modification in spelling."
I have lately been in Breadalbane territory and have more information, albeit circumstantial, but am concerned that Genforum may have some limit on the length of these messages, so if you wish, post another message and I'll respond further.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/breckenridge/messages/257.html


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Alexander Breckenridge father of John was born in Braedalbane, Scotland which is in the highlands of Scotland. The family orginated in Ayrshire and Lankanshire had to flee northward to Braedalbane under the Clan of the Campbells. Sources: Bible records, notes of family members, notes from Robert and James Breckenridge, Ireland records, Scotand Historical Society, Braedalbane records in Scotland.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/breckenridge/messages/314.html




Buried:
From: Glen Moyer
To: Ruby Campbell
Cc: Sherry Moyer Sharp
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: Clan Campbell affiliation

Dear Ruby:
Thank you so much for the reply. I am aware of the graveyard in Clogher and it is that Alexander to who our family ancestry is traced - to the best of my knowledge. His son, the John & Barbara noted below had (again to my understanding thanks to a cousin who has done massive research into the paternal side of my family) had a son named Alexander who is the emigrant to the US in our family line.

I had understood there are no laws governing who can wear what tartans, and I know there are some, like Spirit of Scotland, that are generic to any and all Scots - as is a new tartan made for the National Trust of Scotland of which I am a new member. That said, I was hoping to find a clan tartan that - while I can't lay claim to being a member of the Campbell or any clan - I could at least select on the basis that it is the Campbell clan to which, as you say, my ancestors are most closely identified - i.e. a tartan that would have some special meaning to me other than one generic to any/all Scots.

I do thank you again for the reply and your help in this area. I am very appreciative.

Sincerely,

Glen Moyer



On Nov 20, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Ruby Campbell wrote:

Dear Mr. Moyer:

The name Breckenridge is a central belt name, but of course some of the name may have gone to Breadalbane and lived there "under the influence" of the Campbell chief of the area. I'd expect that, as followers to the Breadalbanes, they would "wear the colours" while there. Certainly you may do the same. Actually, no laws or rules govern who may wear which tartan. Generally, people wear the tartan of the clan with which they are most closely identified, but you may chose any of the many tartans on the market.


In rural Ulster there is a large graveyard situated in the small town of Clogher, "on the south side of the main road leading from the Ballygawley roundabout to Enniskillen. This is a site of some antiquity as it is reported there has been a graveyard here from the beginning of the sixth century. A cathedral was built on this site in the late thirteenth century. In 1622 the cathedral was described as ?altogether ruinated?. Shortly afterwards a new Protestant cathedral was built here. The present cathedral was built in 1744 by Bishop John Stearne. In 1786 the graveyard was enlarged to its present two acres. For the last 400 years the graveyard has been used by both Protestants and Catholics."

In this Clogher Cathedral graveyard is a stone inscribed:

"Hereunder is interred the body of Alexander Breckinridge who departed this life 29th August 1689 aged 41 years.

Here likewise lyeth the body of John Breckinridge, late of Ballymacan, who departed this life 17th Feb 1721 and in the 49th year of his age.

Also Barbara, his wife, who likewise departed this life 24th August 1720 aged 41 years.

Here also lieth the body of William Breckinridge, -----, late of Augher, -----.

Also Thomas Trimble, late of Lismore, ----, died 1st April 1861 aged 73 years". (Don?t know if this Lismore is the one in Argyll, or another place in Ireland (same Gaelic used.)

The Internet has a reference to a Scott Breckinridge, of Lexington, KY, who wrote in an unpublished memorandum dated 1986 that "his family tradition holds that it was during the religious wars following the Restoration (Charles II, 1660) that the Breckenridges fled northwards from Ayrshire/Lanarkshire to central (sic) Scotland, where they took refuge with the Campbells of Breadalbane. In 1677, John, the 5th baronet of Glenorchy, took the title of viscount of Breadalbane, becoming in 1681 Earl of Breadalbane". Scott?s memorandum also says "maps of the period show the Breckenridge areas of Ayrshire and Lanarkshire as Campbell territory" adding: "It is reasonable to assume that when the family fled north they had claims on the hospitality of the Campbells of Breadalbane. Whatever the facts, the story of the flight and of Breadalbane hospitality was preserved, being perpetuated in the name a number of descendants gave their properties (in Kentucky) -- Braedalbane, with a slight modification in spelling." http://genforum.genealogy.com/breckenridge/messages/261.html

Breckenridge would seem to be more Lanarkshire than Ayrshire, but people did move around quite a bit.

Hope this answers some of your questions.

Ruby G. Campbell, Ph.D., FSA Scot
CCS(NA) Genealogist & Librarian

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Posted by: Jo Mulligan (ID *****1280) Date: February 19, 2011 at 08:09:41
In Reply to: Intriguing birth info on Alexander Breckenridge I by Frank Breckenridge

In Clogher Cathedral graveyard is a stone

Hereunder is int. the b. of Alexander Breckinridge who dep.t.l. 29th August 1689 aged 41 years.

Here likewise lyeth the b. of John Breckinridge, late of Ballymacan, who dep.t.l. 17th Feb 1721 and in the 49th year of his age.

Also Barbara, his wife, who likewise dep.t.l. 24th aug 1720 aged 41 years.

Here also lieth the b. of William Breckinridge, -----, late of Augher, -----.

Also Thomas Trimble, late of Lismore, ----, d. 1st april 1861 aged 73 years.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/breckenridge/messages/1308.html

Notes:

Phineas Preston - Letitia Hammond
Phineas Preston was christened at St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England 6 Oct 1650. His parents were John Preston, Mayor and Mary Morris.
He married Letitia Hammond 13 Jun 1671 at Blickling, Norfolk, England . Letitia Hammond was born at of Chertsey, Surrey, England Abt 1650 daughter of Robert Hammond, gov of isle of wight and Mary Hampden, 6th dau .

They were the parents of 1 child:
John Preston born 1672.

http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=6152:26641&ref2=6152:26438

Phineas* married Letitia* (Lettice) Hammond. Letitia* (daughter of Col. Robert* Hammond and Mary* Hampden) was born in 1650; died after 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Archibald's mother Letitia, or Lettice, was born in 1650, the first of three children born from Colonel Robert and Mary Hampden Hammond, a couple who married sometime around the time of King Charles I's execution, the act that set in motion the rise of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth."
Ben M. Angel
http://benmangel.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/the-cromwell-ancestry-of-the-only-pasco-police-officer-to-die-in-the-line-of-duty/

Notes:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy (1653 ? 24 August 1692), was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.

Stewart was born in 1653, the son of Sir Alexander Stewart, 2nd Baronet, of Ramelton. He married the Honourable Mary Coote, daughter of Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron Coloony. They had six sons and two daughters.

He was appointed Master-General of the Ordnance and colonel of a regiment of foot and in 1682 was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Mountjoy and Baron Stewart for services during the Irish Rebellion. In 1686 he served in Hungary at the siege of Buda, where he was twice dangerously wounded, and on his return to Ireland was made a brigadier-general. Macaulay styled him "a brave soldier, an accomplished scholar." In Dublin he was the centre of a small circle of learned and ingenious men, who had, under his presidency, formed themselves into a Royal Society.[1]

In 1688 he commanded a portion of the royal army of the Catholic King James II stationed at Londonderry. But as he was a Protestant, the Duke of Tyrconnell, Lieutenant Governor of the Irish Army, feared he might be influenced in favour of the Protestant William of Orange and sent him at the outbreak of Irish hostilities on a diplomatic mission to France, secretly intimating that his detention would be desirable. He was accordingly thrown into the Bastille, and kept confined there until 1692. During his period of confinement, the Parliament of Ireland passed a bill of attainder requiring Stewart and two to three thousand others to report to Dublin for sentencing; Stewart in particular was directed to break out of the Bastille in order to report, under pain of being drawn and quartered.[2]

On his release, he did indeed switch loyalties and joined William's army in Flanders as a General, losing his life at the battle of Steenkerque on 24 August 1692, aged about 39.

On his death in 1692 his title passed to his eldest son Sir William Stewart, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy. His fifth son, Charles became an officer in the Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart,_1st_Viscount_Mountjoy

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Hon. Mary Stewart was born circa 1677.[2] She was the daughter of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy and Hon. Mary Coote.[1],[2]

Citations

1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1628. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
2. [S2664] Liberty unknown, "re: Preston Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 5 February 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Preston."

http://www.geni.com/people/Hon-Mary-Forbes-Stewart-Countess-of-Granard/6000000002979384193

William* married Hon. Mary* Coote about 1675. Mary* (daughter of Col, Hon, 1st Lord Coote, Baron Coloony Richard* Coote and Penelope* Hill) was born about 1650; died after 1678. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]