Reverend Robert Breck

Brief Life History of Robert

When Reverend Robert Breck was born on 7 December 1682, in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Captain John Breck Sr., was 32 and his mother, Susanna Clapp, was 34. He married Elizabeth Wainwright on 3 September 1707, in New Castle, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 6 January 1731, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 48, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reverend Robert Breck
1682–1731
Elizabeth Wainwright
1685–1736
Marriage: 3 September 1707
Samuel Breck
1708–
Elisabeth Breck
1709–1728
Sarah Breck
1711–1740
Rev. Robert Breck
1713–1784
Hannah Breck
1716–1801
Samuel Breck
1723–1764
Anna Breck
1725–1726

Sources (22)

  • Robt. Breck, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Robert Breck, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Robert Breck, "Find A Grave Index"

Name Meaning

Scottish: nickname from Gaelic breac ‘speckled’.

Irish: variant of Breakey .

English: metathesized form of Berk, see Birks and compare Berks and Brick .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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