*=date has been verified, any other date is estimated. [Some dates are contradicted in the body of the book . . . ]
Dove Descendancy Chart:
Gen. 1. Christopher 1509 England -1589*
Gen. 2 a Thomas
Gen. 2 b. William I 1540 England - 1610 md. Katherina Martison 1562*
Gen. 3. Elizabeth, Eden, Martison
Gen. 3 a. William II 1570 England - 1635 md. Alice Clark, England 1592*
Gen. 4 William III 1599* England - 1678 Dorchester Co. VA, arrived Jamestown 1618, md. 1629 in Jamestown, VA
Gen. 5 (incomplete) William IV 1630 VA - 1701 Dorchester Co. MD md. 1654 VA
Gen. 7 William VI, John, Mary
Gen. 7 d. Richard I 1699 Dorchester Co., MD - 1766* Dorchester Co., MD md. Martha Phillips, MD 1724*
Gen. 8 (incomplete) James
Gen. 8 a. Richard II 1724* Dorchester Co., MD - 1752* Dorchester Co., MD md. Mary Sisk, MD 1746*
Gen. 9 Richard III, Martha/Patty, Anne
Gen. 9 b. Isaac I 1750* - 1786/87 [1798 below] MD md. 1774* MD [also interesting that he claims he found no marriage record for Isaac below.]
Gen. 10 (incomplete) Issac (Muskingum Co., OH)
Gen. 10 Isaiah I 1784 MD - 1814 MD md. Jenny Mariah (--?--) MD 1811
Gen. 11 George Washington
Gen. 11 b. Isaac 1814* Fairfax Co., VA, d. 1878 IA md. Barbara Jane Arbogast 1836*
Gen. 12 (incomplete) Isaiah I
Gen. 12 b. John 1845* Logan Co., OH - 1910* Payne Co., OK md. Julia Andra Weideman 1871*
At this point we've past the possibility of matching our family . . . Gen. 9 or before is our best potential link into this family.
Doves in England 1198-1618
As a surname the meaning is as it appears, a dove, a bird, as gentle as a dove and is found in England as early as 1066. Dove coat of arms is available in Burke's General Armory. Various spellings Dove, Dova, Douve, Dow, Dowe.
Famous Doves in England . . .
- Thomas Dove 1555-1630 bishop of Petersborough, chaplain to Elizabeth I, dean of Norwich among other things.
- Henry Dove 1640-1677 archdeacon, chaplain to Charles II, James II & William III
- Nathaniel Dove 1710-1754 calligrapher
Doves in Europe . . .
- Heinrich Dove 1803-1879 German meteorologist
- Alfred Dove b. 1844 German historian
Immigration to America . . .
William & John Dove . . . migrated to America. The author believes they were from a wealthy families. Probably neither of them was the eldest son and had to seek their fortune elsewhere. Came as indentured servants which was a common practice for immigrants into Virginia.
Hudleston, Wilfred. History of the Dove Family & Descendants, London, England, 1910 available at Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Hudleston was sole heir to the Dove estate through his mother Elanor Dove. He cites sources:
- Tomlinson, W.W. Historical Notes on the Villages of Cullercoats, Whitley & Monkseaton
- Caster, H.H.E. The Parish of Tynemouth
- Phillips, Maberly. Archoeologia Aeliana
1539 on the suppression of the monasteries, Robert Dove, the collector at Whitley is the first person bearing the name Dove who appears on the records. This is probably the same Robert Dove who is also described as the miller of Marden.
As collateral evidence it is mentioned that a dovecote on the north side of the village of Whitley has given its name to Dovecote Close, the building being described in 1634 as then in decayed condition. Whether this really had anything to do with the family name of Dove is very uncertain. That the name has a connection with bird seems highly probable, and the owner of the dovecote may ultimately have acquired the name Dove. It is unfortunate that so much is left to conjecture, but it thought by some to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon "culfre-cotes" i.e., dove-cotes.
1539 Robert Dove, the Whitley collector, worked a windmill at Tinmouth and a watermill at Marden.
Following upon Robert, there is a whole succession of Doves at Tynemouth & Whitley. Christopher Dove whose will is dated 8 APril 1589 and who is buried at St. Oswin's Church, Tynemouth. He had a nephew Robert of Whitley (will dated 1619) who was the father (according to Maberley Phillips) of Thomas Dove, who purchased Arnold's Close of the Wranghams in 1621. They kept property in the family for 4 generations 1621-1730. Author believes his family descends from this group.
Cum Osgodby Parish Church, Kirkby, Lincoln Co. records
- 22 Nov. 1599 baptism of William Dove III who came to America in 1618 (gen. 4 above).
- 5 Aug. 1592 William II md. Alice Clarke (gen. 3 above)
- 1540 William I born (gen. 2 above)
- 1509 Christopher Dove of Whitley, Northumberland Co. (gen. 1)
8 Nov. 1562 William I md. Katherina Martison at Whitgift, Yorkshire, 20 miles north of Kirkby. They had many children and William I died in 1610.
Christopher Dove's will indicates he died in Whitley in 1589. Robert Dove mentioned above was Christopher's uncle.
The first recorded Doves were found living at Whitby on the eastern coast of England near the North Sea. They later migrated to the southern farming region staying fairly close to the coast. The town of Kirkby was in Sherwood Forest.
Doves in America 1618-1995
William III caem to Virginia in 1618 and his cousin John Dove arrived in 1638. William Dove was 18 when he embarked from London aboard the William & Thomas. He arrived in Jamestown where he was indentured to John Bayly for 4 years to pay for his passage. Bayley died 16 Feb. 1623 just after the indenture was up. The widow Mary Bayley married Randall Holt and William Dove remained in their employ.
In 1638 William's cousin John age 22 arrived from London. He was born 6 Feb. 1616 at Waddington, Lincoln Co., the son of Kellum Dove. (Waddington is 38 miles south of Kirkby.) John was indentured for 4 years to William Gooch. Upon his release he worked with William Dove & Randall Holt on Hog Island.
1634 an act passed by the General Assembly created Maryland and Virginia counties. The Virginia counites were Isle of Wight, Henrico, Warwick, Elizabeth City, James City, Charles City & Northampton.
Doves listed on immigration & passenger rolls from England:
- William Dove, 1618 to Jamestown, VA, sponsored by John Bayly. 1669 to Maryland from Jamestown.
- John Dove, 1638 to Virginia, sponsored by William Gooch. 1677 to Maryland from Jamestown.
- Francis Dove 1682 to Pennsylvania
- John Dove 1682 to VA on the Mary by Dobbs, Tho. Perce, Tho. Wayne, James City Co.
- Arthur Dove 1683 to Carolina
- Philip Dove 1699 to Virginia
- Timothy Dove 1713 to Virgina
- John Dove 1765 to Virginia
- William Dove 1770 to Virginia
- William Dove 1774, 24 years old, groom to Virginia
- Andrew Dove 1775, 15 years old, laborer, indentured 4 years to John Parker of Maryland.
- William Dove 1775 to Virginia
Several families, descendants of the first Doves that arrived migrated ot the northern part of Virginia and to Maryland. Northumberland County was created in 1648 and this is where most of our Dove ancestors settled and lived for the next 200 years. Sometime after John & William Dove served out their indentures, they made the decision to move to Maryland where their was more opportunity for land ownership.
In the spring of 1669 William Dove (either William III or IV or both) with their families and all their earthly possessions boarded a schooner and sailed down the James River, then traveled due north up the Chesapeake Bay 186 miles to Cambridge on the Choptank River in Dorchester Co., MD. Around 1677, the John Dove family made the same trip. Here on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake, the Doves farmed and lived for the next 100 years. Our large Dove clan evolved from these two progenitors.
About 1690, William V and several families of the Dove clan migrated across the Chesapeake Bay up the Patuxent River in Anne Arundel and Prince George Counties, some sixty miles from Dorchester as the crow flies. Here again the Dove clan multiplied. Here on the Patuxent River, William Dove V married Jane, daughter of one of the first settlers of Anne Arundel County. Their first four children listed below were baptized in St. James Parish Church:
- William VI born 1705
- John born 1709
- Mary born 1712
- Benjamin born 1718
Another branch of the Dove family was Joseph Dove who was probably the first Dove to cross the Potomac River to Fairfax County, Virginia. He was probably a brother or cousin to our Isaiah or Isaac Dove. Joseph married Mary (--?--) in 1754 in Charles County, Maryland and moved his family near Alexandria, Virginia about 1759. By the time of the American Revolution, there were several Dove families living in this area. Many Doves were in the thick of the British conflict one way or another because of the location of their land which lay in the path of the British army's advance. Joseph was the father of William Dove, a celebrated soldier of the Revolutionary War. I found the disposition of his war service in the National Archives.
State of Virginia - Pittsylvania County - On the 22nd day of August 1832, personally appeared in open court before Wm. L. Pannill, Daniel Coleman, Coleman D. Bennett & David H. Clark the court of Pittsylvania County now sitting, William Dove, a resident of Camden Parish in the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia, aged 74, who on his oath made the following declarations.
I was born in Charles County, Maryland, the 27th November, 1758 and moved to Fairfax County, Virginia when quite young with my parents.
That in August 1777, when the British landed at the head of Elk RIver and marched toward Philadelphia, an express arrived at Fairfax County, where I volunteered under Capt. Thomas Pollard (the name of he Lieutenant I forget); Col. Rumley of Alexandria was commandant of the Regiment, and Seal and Dennis Ramsey were Captains in the same; (the name of the Major I forget). That in a few days after I volunteered, I marched from Alexandria, the place of rendezvous, through Georgetown, Frederick Town, Maryland and York town about the line of Maryland and Pennsylvania to Lancaster in Pennsylvania; that there I remained about a week when an express arrived for the troops to join General Washington at Headquarters, but on the march I was taken with Small Pox and had to lie by for a few days and during my confinement, heard the roar of the cannon at the battle of Germantown. After my recovery, I rejoined my company at General Washington's Headquarters and there remained until my three months of enlistment expired.
That in September 1778, I enlisted as a Marine on board a ship called the General Washington at Alexandria, which was destined to carry despatches to France. Francis Speake, Captain and Samuel Walker, Lieutenant of the ship . . . The same month I enlisted, we sailed and arrived in France in unusually short passage of eighteen days (which was said to be the quickest passage that ever then had been made.) There we remained at a small town called Painbeouf, about fifteen miles below Nantes, the whole winter. In March, we sailed to Brest and joined the French flee and in April, sailed out from Brest in company with about ninety vessels of various nations which were conveyed by the French ships of War out to sea. After getting clear of the coast of France, and leaving the French ships, the General Washington cruised on the coasts of Spain awhile, and returning home near Cape Henry, fell in with and took a British Privateer and brought her into Alexandria the last of June 1779.
That in March 1780, I enlisted on the same vessel as seaman, Samuel Walker, Captain, and Mr. Flagg, Lieutenant, (no Marines) and sailed for Amsterdam in Holland, conveying some merchant vessels out of the Chesapeake Bay. On passage the General Washington fell in with and took a large British Merchant man. That myself, with seven others, was detached to take command of the prize and brought her and four prisoners into Philadelphia in July 1780, where she was sold but I never received a cent of the prize money, I then returned home by water to Baltimore and then by land, home.
In July 1781, I volunteered under and was appointed Corporal by my old Captain Thomas Pollard; . . . that I marched to the Mobbie (Malvern) Hills below Richmond, Virginia and my company was there attached to the Command of Colonel Mereweather and Major Hardy. Thence we marched to a place called Springfield below Williamsburg, Virginia and there we were employed with a guard the most of the time in guarding Burwell's large house on York River (probably King's Creek, York County, not many miles above Yorktown, where the Burwells owned a large estate) which was in sight of the British shipping; that my three months then expired and I returned home with my Captain in October (I thinks early) in 1781. That I never received any discharges having always returned with my officers and I do not think it was customary with any of my Captains to give discharges. I am well acquainted with Colonel Hooe, Lawyer SImmes, Captain Ramsey, Captain William Ellsey, the Fitzhughs, Mason and Coo, Broadwater, all of whom then lived in Alexandria which was then in Fairfax County.
I emigrated to Pittsylvania County in 1783 where I resided ever since and in this section of country am well acquainted with the Honorable Nathaniel H. Claibourn, Member of Congress, William Tunstsall, Clerk of Pittsylvania County, Walter Coles, Esq. a Captain in the regular Army in the late War and many others to whom I refer respectfully. Wm. (X) Dove (his mark).
After delivering the captured British ship to Philadelphia, William returned home in July 1780. He was married in March 1781, four months before he enlisted again. He ramined with Captain Thomas Pollard's Company along the York River until Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown. The Revolution was over and William returned home for good, October 1781.
In 1783, two years after returning home from the war, William, his brother Leonard, his father Joseph and Stephen his nephew moved to Pittsylvania County, Virginia where the land was cheap and as good as any in all Virginia. . . . Joseph preceded his sons and is listed on the 1782 census of Pittsylvania county. William & Leonard left the Alexandria area in early spring 1783. Their journey was 230 miles as the crow flies and would seem a short easy trip by today's standards. . . . They traveled over the Indian War Path . . . After several months of arduous travel, the Doves arrived on the middle Fork of the Stinking River in the wildness of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Nearby was the small settlement of Chalk Level in Camden Parish. Chatham, anothe rsmall settlement twelve miles away was the county seat. . . . There this branch of the Dove clan remained and some are there to this day.
Doves in Maryland & Virginia 1669-1832
The Doves settled first in Dorchester & Talbot Counties on the Eastern shore Maryland. WIlliam & John Dove were progenitors of the Dove clan that soon covered a large area of Maryland and Virginia for the next 350 years. In 1995 there were over 100 Dove families living in Annapolis area alone.
My lineage connects to Richard Dove I, the great grandson of William III who came to Jamestown in 1618. Richard was born about 1697 in either Talbot or Dorchester county and married Martha Phillips 19 Jan. 1724 in the Saint Peters Parish Church of Talbot County. They had four children:
- Mary b. 23 Sept. 1725
- Richard born 1 Oct. 1727
- Sarah born 27 Dec. 1731
- James born ?
According to land records . . . Richard's land lay in adjoining Dorchester County. . . . He was married twice, first to Martha and then to Hannah (--?--) (no issue from this marriage) who was named executrix of his estate in his will. He died 1 Dec. 1766. In his will he left the land to his two sons Richard and James and a considerable amount of money to his other children. His will also reads "and to Isaac Dove, son of Isaac, I give thirteen pounds, two shilling and six-pence." Hannah married homas Falkner a short time after Richard's death.
Richard's son Richard II was born about 1724 [1727 above?]. He married 26 August 1744 in Talbot County, Maryland Mary Sisk, the daughter of James Sisk, a prosperous planter of Talbot & Dorchester Counties. Richard & Mary had four children:
- Richard III
- Martha / Patty
- Isaac I Dove
- Anne
Richard II became ill and died in 1752. His Richard I outlived him by fourteen years. His will dated 1751 . . . divided all his possessions equally to his four children. Twenty pounds was to be paid to his oldest daughter Patty / Martha and twenty pounds to his youngest daughter Anne, probably to be used as a dowry. He appointed sons Richard III and Isaac to be excutors of his will. Isaac relinquished executorship to Richard. After Richard III liquidaed his father's estate and settled his debts, he moved from Dorchester to Prince George County. There he survived the Revolutionary War and lived until he was 80 years old. When an old man, his brother Isaiah's sons George & Isaac III, took him to Ohio.
Isaac I married abou 1760, shortly after moving with his family to the Horsepen Branch on the Patuxent River, Prince George County, Maryland. . . . He Isaac I farmed as a share-cropper for many years. . . . Joseph Dove, who was relaed to Isaac, was farming in Charles County near the southern tip of Prince George County. . . . Isaac moved his family to the St. Johns Parish located on Henson Branch, a tributary of the Potomac River, and across the river from Mt. Vernon, George Washington's estate. Isaac's land lay a short distance from Fort Washington, Maryland and down river from Alexandria, Virginia. . . .
In the 1790 census lists 25 families by the name of Dove. Eight of them lived in Virgina:
- Fairfax County - 2 - William, Thomas
- Pittsylvania County - 3 - William, Joseph, Leonard
- Rockingham County - 3 (Germans) - Henry, George, John
- Five families in Prince George Co., MD - Richard, Isaac, Thomas, John, Samuel
- North Carolina - 2
- South Carolina - 2
- Massachusetts - 6
- Connecticut - 1
All the Doves in Maryland and Virginia were related except for the three families in Rockingham County, Virginia. . . . The Rockingham families migrated to America in 1754. For practical purposes they changed their name from Doub to Dove about 1783 and are not related to the English Doves.
Our Doves worked and farmed for many years around St. John's Parish and the little village of Silesia, Maryland. . . . I could not find a will recorded for Isaac I and he is not listed in the marriage records of the St. James Parish Church. However, he was listed as witness on several other wills and in several census. . . . Isaac I had two known sons, Isaiah, born about 1786 and Isaac II born about 1775. Isaiah Dove was only 12 and brother Isaac II was 21 when their father died in 1798. According to the 18000 census Isaac II was 24, unmarried and head of the household which included his younger brother Isaiah. At age 27 Isaac married Darkey Hankey, 20 Dec. 1802. Darky must have died sometime after 1803, probably in childbirth. This child being the first born son was probably named Richard, however, he died young.
The 1810 census shows Isaac II married to Elizabeth (--?--) with 3 children, 2 daughters and a son all under ten years of age. Isaiah was 24 and still living with Isaac's family. Thee years after Darkey's death, Isaac married Elizabeth Fairall 18 Jan. 1806 in Prince George County, Maryland. These marriages were recorded in the early records of St. James Parish.
Isaac II & Elizabeth migrated to Jackson Township, Muskingum County, Ohio about 1810. Elizabeth's father was William Fairall born 1762 and her mother was Elizabeth Hyatt born 1764 both of Prince George County, Maryland. . . . Isaac & Elizabeh (Fairall) Dove had eight children:
- Caroline md. John Riley
- William md. Nancy Lambert
- Isaiah md. Jane Brown
- Benjamin
- Isaac md. Ann Kerns
- Elizabeth Anna md. WIlliam Wright
- Martha
- Mary Ellen md. James Pryor
The following year after Isaac II and Elizabeth moved to Ohio, Isaiah Dove . . . married Jenny Mariah (--?--) around 1811 and a short time later moved to Fairfax County, Virginia.
Smith, Leland. Gone to Texas: Texas & Tennessee Smiths Vol. III Early to Tennessee, Austin, TX: Leland Smith, 2000.
The Breeding (Breeden) Family
The Breeding surnam is spelled Breeden, Breedin, Breeding, Breaden, Breadin, Breden, Bredin, Breedon, Bredon, Brading, Braden, Bradon, Braydon, etc. in early American documents. Moreover, some early records spell the name as Braday or Brady and in other curious ways. The Breeding spelling used here is that most frequently encountered in late 18th century documents of Virginia pertaining to the family of interest, a form also used by modern bearers of the surname. However, several family lines in present Tennessee in the early 19th century had adopted the spelling Breeden.
Individuals bearing the Breeding surname or is variant spellings came to tidewater Virginia from England in the 17th century, one as early as 1638 when an Elizabeth Bradin is said to have arrived at James City, VA. Edward Braydon came in 1642, George Braden ro Breading in 1658, and numerous others thereafter. However, no connection among these early immigrants and any later Breeding family has been discovered. Furthermore, relatively little genealogical study has been made of the Breeding families of western Virginia of the mid-18th century prior to the Revolution. There were several Breeding families in late 18th century Virginia, including divers ones in the Shenandoah River valley before, during and after the Revolution, all perhaps related. However, none of the Breeding family members of the region appears to have left wills identifying their families, and other contemporary records are no often instructive, hus posing considerable limitations in arranging family relationships. In the absence of documened family information it has been necessary to construct the present Breeding genealogy from family traditions and submissions from Breeding family correspondents, together with what documentation can be found and with inferences therefrom.
The present genealogy is that of the Bryant Breeding (Breeding No. 1) family first encountered in Prince William County, VA (later Fauquier County, VA) in 1730 but also owning land by late 1748 in the Shenandoah River valley west of the Blue Ricdge Mountains. White settlers had begun to move across the Blue Ridge Mountains as early as 1706, but the region on the South Shenadoah River near Massanutten Mountain had been first settled by Germans about 1726-1727 as a part of Spotsylvania County, followed by Scotch-Irish settlement. The frontier region suffered Indian problems during the French & Indian War.
The arrangement of family relationships among the Bryant Breeding family involves additional difficulties, as several given names recur frequently in the family over the four earlies generations of interest . . . Bryan (Brian, Briant, Bryant), James, John, Spencer, Winifred (Winny) . . . There was also Breeding family members George Breeding, Samuel Breeding, Joseph Breeding, and Edward Breaden in late 18th and early 19th century Shenandoah County, VA, region not here recognized as part of the family of interest but possibly related nonetheless.
1. Bryant Breeding d. 8/1778
1a. John Breeding 1730-1802
1b. Spencer Breeding 1734-1808
1c. James Breeding 1740-1817
1d. Bryant Breeding Jr. d. 1787
1a1. John Breeding Jr. 1752-?
1a2. Bryant Breeding b. ca. 1756
1a3. Winifred Eliza Breeding b. 1757
1a4. Spencer Breeding 1759-1835
1a5. James Breeden 1765-1826 never married
The Breeding family appears to have lived in Prince William Co., VA in the early 18th century, with migrations westwards into the region of present Fauquier (then Prince William) County and on into then Augusta County, VA by mid-century to settle on the east bank of the South Shenandoah River in what was to become Frederick County in 1753, thereafter Dunmore County 1772-1778, Shenandoah County 1778-1831 and presently Page County, VA. The Breeding family was closely associated in Prince William (later Fauquier) County and later in the Shenandoah County region with Thomas Conway, possibly Bryant Breeding's borther-in-law.
County changes -
- Spotsylvania County
- Orange County 1734
- Augusta County created 1738, organized 1745 - 1753 - huge area
- Frederick County created 1738 from Orange but organized in 1743, bordered Augusta - boundary moved in 1753.
- Dunmore County 1772-1778 from Frederick with the Fairfax line boundary with Augusta. Dunmore renamed Shenandoah after Dunmore's War mess.
- Rockingham Couny created out of Augusta 1778 sharing a line with Shenandoah County
Accordingly, the Breeding family and the John Grigsby and Michael Roark families associated by inermarriages inter alia living in the region by mid-18th century appear in Augusta County until 1753, thereafter in Frederick County until 1772, in Dunmore County 1772-1777 bu in Shenandoah County 1777 until their removal to southwestern Virginia during and at the close of the Revolution or to Hawkins County, TN in 1789. The vicinity where the Breeding and related Grigsby and Roark families lived was right on the southern border of Shenandoah County but possibly also in newly created Rockingham County. The region is in present-day Page County, VA created 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham Counties. Post-revolutionary records reveal family members in Rockingham County after 1784, but whether a physical move from Shenandoah County into Rockingham County occurred or whether the families merely resided in both counties on their common border is unsettled.
Late 18th and early 19th century documents dealing with these matters add uncertainty to the county locations, as a county name at the time of an event under consideration may have been changed thereafter, making it uncertain whether later accounts of the event used the contemporary or later county name. . . .
Nonetheless, on balance it appears the closely associated Breeding, Roark and Grigsby families lived on the east side of the South Shenandoah River in the region of present-day Page County, VA prior to the Revolution. . . .
Family members may have remained in the region in the early 19th century, but others had moved further west into what are today Russell & Wythe Counties, VA by the close of the Revolution, with other members moving from Shenandoah County, VA to Hawkins County, TN in 1789. However, another Breeden family appeared in Page and Rockingham Counties, VA in the early 19th century, their relation, if any, to the Bryant Breeding lines being uncertain.
In the last decade of the 18th century family members moved from Russell County, VA to Lincoln County, KY and on to Franklin County, MO; others migrated to Rhea and Claiborne Counties, TN and into neighboring Pulaski and Lee Counties, VA.
It is the migration into Hawkins County, TN in 1789 that is of direct interest here, as the move was made in conjunction with moves at the same ime of the John Grigsby family and of several other families from Rockingham County, VA to Hawkins County, TN. . . .
1. Bryant Breeding, d. Aug. 1778 in Shenandoah County, VA; md. 1) by 1730 to Elizabeth (--?--) (Conway?), d. by 1773; md. 2) Sarah (--?--). By tradition he lived in Prince William County, VA in the early 18th century, where he obtained a lease on land in 1730 from Thomas Conway in what was later Fauquier Couny, VA. He may be placed in Prince William County, VA in 1741 and on Deep Run of Elk Run of Prince William (later Fauquier) County VA 1746-1748 whree he owned land. However, he had moved his family from Prince William County, VA to Augusta (thereafter Frederick, later Shenandoah) County, VA by late 1748. In 1749 he obtained land on Pass Run on the eas side of the South Shenandoah River in the region which was to become Frederick County in 1753, Dunmore Couny in 1772, Shenandoah County in 1778 and Page County in 1831. Bryant Breeding may be placed in the region of Pass Run and Dry Run, adjacent branches of Hawksbill Creek, thereafter, where he was a slaveholder and raised hemp and flax. Thomas Conway also moved to the same vicinity.
1a. John Breeding, b. 4 Oct. 1730 in Prince William Co., d. 1801-1802 in Russell County, VA, md. 1) 1 May 1749 to Winfred (Winnie) Eliza Ashby, b. 3 Jan. 1731, d. 1765-1769; md. 2) 1769-1770 to Ann (--?--) Short, widow of Samuel Short. John Breeding came with his father to Augusta (later Frederick) County, VA in 1748. In 1749 he obtained 420 acres of land on Pass Run, a tributary of Hawksbill Creek, on the east side of the South Shenandoah River. He may be placed on Pass Run in the region of Page County, VA then Augusta County by land surveys and deeds of 1750 and 1761-1773 and by court records of 1755 and 1773. John Breeding appears to have served as an Indian spy for the Virginia militia, thus in watching Indian activities against possible raids. In this capacity he learned of the lands along the Clinch River in southwestern Virginia then being opened for settlement. About 1774 John Breeding came into the region that became Washington County, VA in 1776, with a claim to 400 acres of land on both sides of Clinch River at the mouth of Weavers Creek, with later land grants for 300 acres and 100 acres adjoining. By 1782 parts of John Breeding's family joined him in Washington County, VA as did also members of the Short and Price families. John Breeding was constable in Washington County VA in 1783, sold his land in Rockingham County to his son John Breeding Jr. in 1784. John Breeding may be placed in Washington County, VA in 1783-1786 and in Russell County, VA (formed 1785 from Washington County) in 1787 and 1796 by tax lists. John Breeding was involved in land investments and owned 630 acres of land at his death, land eventually sold by the county for unpaid taxes in 1815-1816. He also may have been involved in manufacture of gunpowder from potassium nitrate leached from bat guano in nearby Bat Cave on the Clinch River. In 1792 he assigned his 400 acre tract to his son Spencer Breeding with the proviso that half be deeded to his grandson John Breeding when of age. However, Spencer Breeding refused to deed the land, requiring John Breeding and grandson John Breeding to sue for recovery c. 1799-1800. John Breeding further deeded grandson John Breeding his 100-acre tract and the house in which he lived, on the north side of the Clinch River.
1a1. John Breeding Jr. b. ca. 1752 in Frederick County, VA, d. 7 July 1824 in Berger (Franklin County), MO, buried in Roark Cemetery, Franklin Couny, MO; md. 1) 6 July 1785 in Washington County, VA to Elizabeth Napper (or Napier), d. ca. 1800 in Green County, Ky; md. 2) 8 January 1802 in Adair County, KY to Mary (Polly) Hall. John Breeding Jr. may be placed in Augusta County, VA by militia records of 1769 and by his service in the Virginia militia from Augusta County in the Point Pleasant campaign of Lord Dunmore's War in 1774. He moved with his father from Augusta County, VA to Washington County, VA by 1777 and obtained lands on both sides of the Clinch River in present day Russell County, VA. John Breeding Jr. was also a scout in Washington County, VA and enlisted 19 Jan. 1778 as sergeant in Capt. Thomas Quirk's Company, Washington County Militia. The militia advanced to the Long Island of the Holston River, south to the French Broad River, and down the Tennessee River where they burned Chickamauga Indian towns. The group thereafter joined the Virginia militia under Col. George Rogers Clark on the Ohio River in May 1778 for his attack on Kaskaskia in July 1778 and for subsequent duty against the British and Indians. Sgt. John Breeding's tour of duty with Capt. Quirk's company ended 28 May 1780 and he thereafter joined Lt. Col. Joseph Crockett's Regiment under Col. Clark. With a stronger force Col. Clark attacked the Shawnee and Delaware Indians, destroying the Shawnee capital Chillicosse in August 1780. Sgt. John Breeding left militia service in 1782 and returned to Washington County, VA. John Breeding Jr. moved to Lincoln Co., KY shortly before 1790, but moved in 1808 to St. Charles County, MO and on to Franklin County, MO by 1814 when he purchased land. He deeded his property to his son John Breeding III with the proviso of lifetime care for himself and wife Polly.
1a2. Bryant (or Bryan) Breeding b. ca. 1757, d. 1777-1778 in Rockingham County, VA; md. Elizabeth (--?--). Following Bryant Breeding's early death there was an attempt by men from whom he had bought land to recover the land, harvest the crops, and turn out his widow. His widow remarried to Robert Webb, and the Webb family moved on to Wythe County, VA.
1a3. Winifred (Winney) Eliza (or Elizabeth) Breeding b. 27 August 1757 in Frederick County, VA; m. 6 April 1778 in Virginia to John Grigsby. See Grigsby section for more information.
1a4. Spencer Breeding b. 9 September 1759 in what is today Page County, VA, d. 24 June 1835 in Russell County, VA, buried in Breeding Cemetery, Russell County, VA; md. 1) 5 Aug. 1786 in Rockingham County, VA to Elizabeth (Betsy) Finney, d. ca. 1820 in Russell County, VA (a daughter of Thomas Finney), by whom thirteen children; md. 2) Hannah Hicks by whom five children. Spencer Breeding was a veteran of the American Revolution having served in a company from Rockingham County, VA commanded by Lt. Michael Rhuark. He moved ca 1779 to Russell County, VA on the Clinch River, journeying to Rockingham County, VA in 1786 to marry but returning to Russell County to live. His wie's parents also moved to Russell County, VA, settling on Thompson's Creek at Finney, VA. Spencer Breeding bought and sold numerous tracts of land in Russell County, VA. He is called "Clinch River" Spencer Breeding to distinguish him from his uncle "New River" Spencer Breeding.
1a5. James Breeden (Breeding) b. ca. 1765 in Frederick County, VA, d. by September 1826 in Hawkins County, TN; apparently unmarried. James Breeden may be placed in Rockingham County, VA in 1785 and 1786 by tax records and in 1786 when he witnessed his brother Spencer Breeding's wedding. In 1787 he appears to have journeyed to Russell County, VA where his family had moved, as he is found on the Personal Property Tax List for 1787. In 1788 he was back in Rockingham County, VA living in the household of his brother-in-law John Grigsby. In 1789 he and the John Grigsby family left Virginia for Hawkins County, TN where both he and John Grigsby acquired lands on the south side of he Holston River on Dodson Creek and where both men lived until their deaths. James Breeden was a slave owner and owned 1000 acres of land in the Dodson Creek vicinity of Hawkins County, TN. Two tracts known as Brown Town were on the south bank of the Holston River. It appears that James Breeden had no children and may never have married. Also, it is uncertain whether other Breeden families moved to Hawkins County, TN at or following the James Breeden and John Grigsby family move in 1789, but [there are] unidentified Breeden family members living in 19th century Hawkins County, TN.
1b. Spencer Breeding b. ca. 1734, d. by September 1808; md. c. 1758 Priscilla (--?--). Spencer Breeding owned 354 acres of land on Jeremys Run, a tributary of the South Shenandoah River in Frederick County, VA. Part of the land was sold in April 1768, the remainder about 1779 at which time the family moved to Surry County, NC to live on the Little Fish River near its confluence with the Yadkin River. In 1785 the family had moved back to the Shenandoah River valley, near Front Royal, VA but had moved back up river to near their earlier residence. On 10 May 1794 Spencer Breeding purchased land in Wythe County, VA on th enorth side of Little Reed Island Creek, a tributary of New River. Thereafter Spencer Breeding was known as "New River" Spencer Breeding to distinguish him from others with the same name, paricularly his nephew Spencer Breeding.
1b1. William Breeding was charged with high treason 10 Aug. 1780 in Surry County, NC and jailed awaiting trial. The charge involved in some manner Wharton Nunn, who married William Breeding's sister Elizabeth. However, the trial was never held.
1b2. Bryant Breeding md. Winnie (--?--). Bryant Breeding moved to Wythe County, VA where he obtained land in 1800. At the death of his father he purchased from the other heirs the 100-acre farm 12 September 1808.
1b3. Elizabeth Breeding b. 1761-62 in what is today Page County, VA, d. 20 Aug. 1844 in Grainger County, TN; md. 1 Aug. 1783 at Crutchfield Meeting House on Yadkin River, Surry County, NC to Wharton Nunn, b. 1755, d. 8 April 1842 (son of John & Ann (Wharton) Nunn). Wharton Nunn was a Revolutionary War veteran who participated in many campaigns and battles . . . He was discharged in 1780 and returned to Surry County, NC where he married Elizabeth Breeding. He moved his family several times - Winchester (Frederick County), VA until 1787, Shenandoah County, VA until ca. 1791, Wythe County, VA until 1812, Claiborne County, TN until 1838, Whitley County, KY.
1b4. Spencer Breeding, Jr., b. by 1769, d. 24 August 1862 in Pulaski County, VA; md. 24 Nov. 1789 Shenandoah County, VA to Winifred Hurst, b. 1769, d. 18400-1850 (a daughter of Absalom Hurst). The Spencer Breeding Jr. family may be placed in Shenandoah County VA for 1790-1793 by property tax records. and in Wythe County, VA between 1804-1835 by land transactions, moving thereafter to Pulaski Couny, VA.
1b5. Sylvia (Sibby) Breeding, b. 1770 in Frederick (now Page) County, VA; md. 10 June 1788 in Shenandoah County, VA to Jacob Cupp (or Capp) (a son of Andrew Cupp and Mary Elizabeth (Artz) Cupp). Sylvia Breeding had moved with her father to Surry County, NC and then back to Shenandoah County, VA. After her marriage the Cupp family moved back to Surry COunty, NC by 1801 to Lee County, VA and then to Claiborne County, TN.
1b6. Mary (Molly) Breeding b. ca. 1771; md. 6 August 1789 in Shenandoah County, VA to John Jordan.
1b7. Nancy Breeding, d. Claiborne County, TN, buried near Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church, Claiborne County, TN; apparently unmarried. By tradition Nancy Breeding had a son John Breeding by her cousin Byron Breeding ouside of wedlock. She lived with her son, moving with him in 1825 to land on Barren Creek, later of Sycamore Creek in Claiborne County, TN.
1c. James Breeding b. ca. 1740 in Prince William County, VA, d. by June 1817 in Grayson County, VA; md. Sarah (--?--). James Breeding obtained land in Shenandoah (then Augusta) County, VA in January 1749/1750, land apparently initially held by John Breeding 1a. Thereafter he may be placed in Shenandoah County, VA by court records of 1773, 1774 and 1783-1785, by militia records of 1777-1783, by land records of 1783-1789, and by census and tax rolls of 1780-1787. His home was on Hawksbill Creek. James Breeding moved to Montgomery County, VA (later Wythe County) about 1790 and died in Grayson County, VA where he had land.
1c1. James Breeding Jr. md. 25 Feb. 1784 in Shenandoah County, VA to Hannah Newland (or Naling, Newlin).
1c2. Elizabeth Breeding; md. 7 July 1789 in Shenandoah County, VA to Aaron Perry. The Aaron Perry family moved to Wythe County and later to Lee County, VA.
1c3. Byron (or Byram?) Breeding b. 1772 in Virginia, d. 23 February 1832, buried initially in Breeding Cemetery, Toe String Valley, Rhea County, TN but reburied by the TVA in Marsh Cemetery; md. 23 May 1802 in Lee County, VA to Jane Thompson, b. 1772, d. 23 May 1844. Byron Breeding moved with his father to the New River region later Wythe County, VA in 1789 and may be placed there in 1790 and 1794 but in Lee County, VA by 1801, where he owned property on the north side of Wallens Ridge in 1803. The family moved thereafter to the Rhea Springs region of Roane County, TN (later Rhea County, TN created 1807 from Roane County). The Tennessee family of Byron Breeding abandoned the Virginia spelling of their surname in favor of the Tennessee spelling Breeden. Byron Breeding by tradition sired a son John Breeding by his cousin Nancy Breeding without benefit of marriage, thus causing a family scandal.
1c4. Sarah (Sally) Breeding b. ca. 1781 md. Mr. King. Residence in Pulaski County, VA in 1839.
1c5. Edwin Breeding b. ca. 1784 in Shenandoah County, VA d. April 1829 in Wythe County, VA; md. Rhoda (--?--) (Neil?) b. 1785 in Virginia.
1d. Bryant Breeding, Jr., died intestate 1787. Bryant Breeding Jr. also known as Bryant the Younger may be placed in Shenandoah County, VA in 1765 when he purchased land on the west bank of the South Shenandoah River, on which he grew hemp. He was a member of Capt. Michael Rader's Militia Company of Dunmore (later Shenandoah) County, VA and saw service near Fort Pitt in October 1775. In May 1777 Bryant Breeding became a Lieutenant of Shenandoah County Milita.
1d1. Sylvia (Siley) Breeding, b. ca. 1766, d. 1854; md. 27 July 1786 in Shenandoah County, VA to THomas Hurst.
1d2. Martha (Paty / Patty) Breeding b. ca. 1768, md. 13 June 1789 in Shenandoah County, VA (or 30 June 1789 in Frederick County, VA) to George Hurst.
1d3. Jeremiah Breeding b. 1769 in Augusta County, VA, d. by 5 July 1834 in Lee County, VA; md. ca. 29 April 1788 in Shenandoah County, VA to Ann or Elizabeth Hurst, d. 1834 in St. Louis, MO (a daughter of "Mill Creek" John Hurst and Ann (Nunn) Hurst.) Jeremiah Breeding may be placed in Shenandoah County, VA in 1788, but moved his family to Wythe County, VA by 1790 where he was accused of cattle rustling. He obtained 100 acres of land on the east side of the New River 10 October 1797. He returned to Shenandoah County, VA in 1796 to sell his property there. In 1799 the family moved to Lee County, VA.
Footnotes of Interest:
1. . . . Breeding family members coming to Maryland in the late 17th century and thereafter are also known. Among such early records are those of Gerrard Breeden 1661-1671, Andrew Breeding 1684, James Breeding 1685 & Thomas Breeding 1687 . . .
2. The surname is spelled Breeden in 16th-17th century England. Early family members in Virginia include:
- Thomas Brayden, Charles River County 1638
- John Breeding, Isle of Wight County, VA 1697, New Kent County 1701-1715
- George Breeding, Rappahannock County 1667, New Kent County 1683, King & Queen County 1704
3. Post-revolution Virginia census records identify 17 Breeding families in Virginia headed by:
- Abner
- Bartlett
- Caleb
- George
- James (3)
- Job
- John (5)
- John Sr.
- Joseph
- Martha
- Moody
- Spencer (2)
There were James Breeding & 2 John Breedings in New Kent County. John Breeding is listed on a militia roll of New Kent County, VA for 7 March 1701/02.
4. Book - Strickler, Harry. Massanutten Settled by he Pennsylvania Pilgrim 1726, The First White Settlement in the Shenandoah Valley, Strasburg, VA 1924.
Breeding families are found in Amherst, Augusta, Culpeper, Franklin, Greenbrier, Harrison, Henrico, Henry, James City, Jefferson, King William, Loudon, Monogalia, New Kent, Orange, Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, Randolf, Rockingham, Russell, Shenandoah & Spotsylvani COunties VA in 1790.
5. No Breeding wills are listed - Shenandoah County 1771-1791; 1772-1850; Frederick Co. 1795-1816.
10. An alternative arrangement by Steve Behr has the early Breeding family with John or James, b. 1711, as the forebear of the Breeding lines of interest . . . The identity of this John/James Breeding must remain uncertain at this time. This arrangement, which differs significantly from that presented in this genealogy, with my identifications in brackets is:
1. John (or James) Breeding b 1711
1a. John Breeding [1a] b. 1730 md. Winifred Eliza Ashby
1a1. Bryant Breeding [1] md. Elizabeth (--?--)
1a2. John Breeding [1a1] md. 1) Sylvia (--?--); 2 Elizabeth Napper; 3) Mary (Polly) Hall
1a3. Spencer Breeding [1b4] md. 1) Winifred Hurst; 2) Elizabeth Finney; 3) Hannah Hicks
1a4. James Breeding [1a5]
1a5. Winifred Breeding [1a3] md. John Grigsby.
11. A bible of James(?) Breeding containing vital data of family members was discovered in 1996 in Bell Co., KY. The bible was published by the American Bible Society established 1816; accordingly, the data must have been transcribed from other sources or from memory . . . The data (identities added where possible) are:
- James (name uncertain) Breeding b. 25 Sep. 1711
- John Breeding [1a] b. 4 Oct. 1730
- Winfred Eliza Ashby b. 3 Jan. 1731
- James Breeding b. 16 Nov. 1750
- John Breeding Jr. [1a1] b. 8 May 1752
- Winfred Eliza Breeding [1a3] b. 27 Aug. 1757
- Spencer Breeding [1a4] b. 1 May 1759
- John Breeding died 1 May ----
- Winifred E. Breeding d. 9 Sept. ----
- John Breeding md. Winfred Ashby 1 May 1749
- Winfred Breeding [1a3] md. John Grigsby 6 Apr. 1778
- John Breeding md. Mary E--rt(?) 4 Sep. 17?7
- Spencer Breeding [1a4] md. Elizabeth Finney 5 Aug. 1786
The first listed James Breeding b. 25 Sept. 1711 is unidentified, he being neither James [1c] nor James Breeden [1a5].
The James Breeding b. 1750 might be James Breeding [1c] or James Breeden [1a5] if either estimated birth ca. 1740 and ca. 1765 be incorrect.
Also, note that daa for Bryant Breeding [[1a2] are included.
Moreover, from the format of data presentation i would appear that the early James Breeding b. 1711 be progenitor of or closely related to the family group John, Winfred, John Jr., James & Spencer Breeding.
13. Four contemporary Breeding family members associaed with the family of interest and probably related have not been identified:
- George Breeding was chain carrier for a 5 Apr 1751 survey of Edward Humston for land on Pass Run adjoing John Breeding
- There was also a George Breaden in the Augusta Co., VA militia in 1783
- Samuel Breeding of Shenandoah Co. but apparently living outside Shenandoah Co., VA in 1774 appears to be related to the Breeding family of interest. Court cases of 1772-1774 include:
- William Allison vs. Samuel Breeding 25 June 1772
- Isaac Job vs Samuel Breeding 28 April 1772 & 28 Sep. 1773
- Robert Slaughter vs. Samuel Breeding 28 Apr. 1773 & 25 May 1774
- James Breeding vs. Samuel Breeding 28 April 1773
- Abraham Bird vs. Samuel Breeding & Isaac Job 24 May 1774
- Samuel Breeding's name was removed from a list of delinquents 27 April 1787, Shenandoah Co., VA
- Joseph Breeding mentioned in the administration of the estate of Bryant Breeding [1] in which second wife Sarah Breeding was granted administration papers in August 1778
- Edward Breedin indentured himself o William Anderson 17 May 1758 for 12 months longer in consideration of Wm. supporting Edward's daughter Mary. Also Edward Breaden was in Augusta Co., VA militia 1778-1783. The Edward Bredin family included:
- 1. Edward Bredin
- 1a. Mary Bredin md. 11 or 12 Feb 1789 George Anderson in Augusta Co., VA
- 1b. Sarah Bredin md. 13 Feb. 1791 Joseph Russell in Augusta Co., VA
- 1c. Martha Bredin md. 1 Dec. 1762 Peter Jones in Augusta Co., VA
14. George Breeding Sr, d. 11 April 1812 at Breeding (Adair Co.) KY, known as George Breeding of Tygart's River Valley . . . may be the George Breeding found earlier in Shenandoah Co., VA. Another George Breeding with son James Breeding had brother James Breeding with will dated 25 Sept. 1826 in Adair Co., KY.
15. Other items suggesting relationship between Samuel & James Breeding, presumably of the Breeding family of interest are four land grants to Samuel & James Bredon in Washington Co., VA 22 May 1793, 20 Dec. 1793.
16. Unidentified Breeding family members . . . Other Breeding family resided in neighboring Virginia counties following removal of Breeding family members of present inerest. For example, Breeding family members lived in Orange Co., VA.
17. Other Breeden family members settled in Rockingham (later Page) County, VA in the early 19th century, possibly derived from one Richard Breeding Cross. He was known as Richard Breeding alias Cross, Richard Cross alias Breaden or Richard Breeding Cross who may have stolen a horse in Prince William County, VA in 1739, thus at the same time Bryant Breeding lived there, may be related in some fashion to Bryant Breeding. Records of Richard Breeding alias Cross are found from 1739 in Orange and Culpeper Counties, VA . . . Also placed by deeds in Culpeper County, VA were Richd. Breeding and his children Job, Osamin (Ossamon), Ann, Abner, Elijah, Drucilla, and Richard Breeding 20 June 1753; Richd. Breeding 15 May 1765; Tobe (or Job?) Breeding 1 Dec. 1784.
18. Michael Doran. Atlas of County Boundary Changes in Virginia 1634-1895, Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, Ga. 1987.
20. Land of Bryant or Bryan Breeding on Pass Run is mentioned in several documents describing land of Thomas Conway & Major Peter Wagener. Land of Thomas Conway of Prince William County adjoining Bryant Breeding is mentioned in a 18 Jan. 1749 survey, recorded 16 May 1750 . . . The corner of land of Bryan Breeding on Dry Run of Hawksbill Creek in Augusta County is mentioned in a land patent by Lord Fairfax to Thomas Conway 2 Aug. 1750 . . . Moreover deeds dated 17 Oct. 1787 and 7 March 1797 for land on Dry Run Branch of Hawksbill Creek (land obtained by Proprietor's Deed of 2 Aug. 1750 willed Henry Conway by his father Thomas Conway of Prince William Co., VA) mention Bryan Breeding's corner . . . Bryant Breeding was chain carrier for a survey of land on Pass Run at the foot of Pass Mountain 20 Nov. 1748. A survey of Major Peter Wagener of 5 April 1751, recorded 8 May 1751, adjoined lands of John Breeding and Bryant Breeding . . .
24. By one account, Bryant Breeding and three sons Richard, Henry & Job, came from England to Virginia in the early to mid-18th century. Another version has threse three brothers as sons of Richard Breeding in turn son of Bryant Breeding. . . . The three brothers Richard, Henry and Job are not here known to be sons or grandsons of Bryant Breeding (No. 1.) or sons of Bryant Breeding Jr. (No. 1d.)
25. There is uncertainty regarding relationships among 18th century men named Richard Breeding in Virgina:
- Richard Breeding Cross of Prince William Co, VA 1739 appears to be Richard Breeding of Culpeper Co., 1739-1764. It is probably he who died there 1773.
- Richard Breeding (Breedin, Breden) perhaps son of Richard Breeding of Culpeper Co. was a veteran of the American Revolution, serving in the Illinois Regiment in Virginia State Service from 18 Jan. 1779 until 31 Jan. 1783 under Captain Edwards Worthington, Richard Brashear, Isaac Taylor & Abraham Chapline commanded by George Rogers Clark. Richard Breedin was absent without leave Jan. 1783 (after cessation of hostilities).
- Richard Breeding of Jefferson Co., KY by March 1782 who died 1798 in Shelby Co., KY for whom genealgoical treatment is being made; he is recognized as being Richard Breeding with service in the Revolution 1779-1782. His family includes:
- 1. Richard Breeding d. 1798 Shelby Co., KY md. ca. 1773 Frances Fairchild
- 1a. William Breeding b. ca. 1775 md. 4 June 1798 Polly Breeden in Shelby Co., KY
- 1b. Paul Breeding, b. 3 April 1777 VA md.1) 19 Aug 1799 Elizabeth Stanley in Shelby Co., KY; 2) 9 Oct. 1848 Elizabeth Johnson in Amite Co., MS
- 1c. Mildred Breeding, d. ca. 1829 md. Baylis Foley 4 June 1801 Shelby Co., KY
- 1d. James Breeding d. 7 Dec. 1847 IN md. Catherine Goben, 29 Jan. 1807 Shelby Co., KY
- 1e. Frances Breeding, d. 3 Aug. 1839 md. William Goben, 24 Nov. 1808 Shelby Co., KY
- 1f. Elijah Breeding md. 11 Feb. 1808 Martha / Patty Combs, Shelby Co., KY. Moved to Monroe Co., IN
- 1g. Richard Breeding, Jr. b. 16 Aug. 1788 Shelby Co., KY, d. 8 Sept. 1872 Jackson Co., IA md. Lucretia Curl Alexander, 15 Feb. 1810 in Gallatin Co., KY.
- 1h. John Breeding, d. ca. 1827, md. 15 Jan. 1812 Judith / Juda Vest in Gallatin Co., KY
- 1i. Henry Breeding; md. 17 Sept. 1818 Mary/Polly Davis in Shelby Co., KY.
- 1j. Bland Ballard Breeding d. 1824 unmarried.
- 1k. Elizabeth Breeding
- Richard Breeding b. ca. 1755 in Frederick Co., VA, d. 1788 killed by Indians, of New Garden on Clinch River, Washington Co., VA, may have been a son of Bryant Breeding (No. 1).
26. The given name of the first wife of Bryant Breeding was Elizabeth, presumed Elizabeth Conway, based on the close association between her putative brother Thomas Conway and Bryant Breeding in Prince William Co., VA and later in Shenandoah Co., VA and on a lease of land by THomas Conway under favorable terms. The indenture or lease of Bryant Bredin & Elizabeth his wife, Parish of Hanover, King George Co., VA from Thomas Conway, Parish of S. Stephens, Northumberland Co., VA (dated 27 Oct. 1730, recorded 6 Nov. 1730, George Conway & Andrew Hunt, witnesses) for 50 acres of land in King George Co., VA was for the term of their natural lives. . . . In support of the Conway surname for Elizabeth wife of Bryant Breeding is the 26 Sept. 1727 will of John Conway in Northumberland Co., VA naming heirs John Conway, Thomas Conway, Elizabeth Conway, George Conway & Hannah Conway.
27. The death of Elizabeth Breeding prior to 1780 is stated in a deposition realted to the estate of Bryant Breeding. John Breeding (No. 1a) made an oath in 1780 in which he stated he was the eldest son and heir of Bryant Breeding who died intestate, also that his mother was dead. Samuel Short and Michael Roark were witnesses. Also, on the presumption that when Bryant Breeding sold land on Deep Run in Fauquier Co., VA to James Thompson in 1773 no record of a private examination of his wife is known.
37. Other records place Briant (Brian, Bryan) Breeding in Shenandoah Co., VA 1773-1778:
- Briant Breeding vs. James Breeding & Briant Breeding vs. Jacob Rife 28 April 1773
- Brian Breeding vs. Peter Stephens, 29 April 1773
- William Allison vs. Spencer Breeding & Brian Breeding 22 June 1773
- Brian Breeding mentioned as a garnishee 28 Sep. 1773 in a case Margaret Long vs. John Breeding . . .
- Brian Breeding a garnishee in a suit of Hie vs. Phipps Dec. 1774 . . .
- Brian (Bryan) Breeding was appointed to appraise estates in March 1777 and May 1778 . . .
These records could be those of Bryant Breeding (No. 1), Bryant Breeding (No. 1a2), or Bryant Breeding Jr. (No. 1d).
38. The death of John Breeding in Russell Co., VA by 23 Nov. 1802 is established by Russell County Order Book 3, p. 233 ordering a summons for the widow of John Breeding Sr., deceased, to appear to administer his estate . . .
39. Father and son relationship of Bryant Breeding & John Breeding is established by administrationi papers dealing with Bryant Breeding's estate . . . Among the unpublished iems is an oath of Michael Roark who swore that John Breeding Sr. was the eldest son and heir-at-law of Bryant Breedin. Information of Bruce A. Breeding.
42. A lease of 27 Sep. 1787 by James Breeding of Shenandoah Co., VA for land obtained by Proprietor's Office deed of 9 May 1787 . . . to James Breeding assignee of John Breeding, with survey 1 Feb. 1749 was signed by James Breeding and Sarah Breeding; a lease of 1787 mentions land of John Breeding from 1749, land he assigned to his brother James Breeding . . . The land (520 acres) was mentioned in a deed of 9 July 1803 as land formerly granted to James Breeding 1 Feb. 1749. . . .
Land of John Breeding adjoined lands on Pass Run surveyed for John Wood on 30 March 1750 (John Breeding was chain carrier) and for Edward Humston of Prince William Co., VA on 5 April 1751. . .
John Breeding may be placed on Pass Run of Hawksbill Creek in Frederick (later Dunmore) Co., VA by deeds of 1766 and 1773 . . .
45. Several court cases of Shenandoah Co., VA involving John Breeding or John Breeding, Jr. appear to be those of John Breeding (No. 1a).
- Margaret Long vs. John Breeding of 28 Sept. and 23 Nov. 1773
- Robert Slaughter vs. John Breeding of 24 Nov. 1773
- Jones & Slaughter vs. John Breeding Jr. April 1773
- Also a suit of Abraham Byrd against Jno. Breedng 1785-1786 is recorded . . .
46. The children of John Breeding listed by Paul McGowen include John Breeding Jr., Bryant Breeding, Spencer Breeding, Winifred Breeding & James Breedling listed in the present genealogy and also Elizabeth Breeding and Richard Breeding about whom the matter is unsettled. Listing of putative daughter Elizabeth Breeding is based on uncertain information stating that Elizabeth Breeding, daughter of John Breeding married Samuel Short Jr. A putative son Richard Breeding, b. ca. 1755 in Frederick Co., VA d. 1788, killed by Indians, is also lised by Paul McGowen, but the matter is uncertain. The account further states that Sgt. John Breeden and Pvt. Richard Breeding (presumed brothers) served in Col. Joseph Crockett's Regiment assigned to duty with George Rogers Clark in his Illinois campaign . . . However, this attribution is not supported by other information.
The account of Paul McGowen further states that after the Revolution Richard Breeding moved to the New Garden settlement on the Clinch River in Washington Co., VA upstream from his father's place. Cherokee Indians attacked settlements on the Holston River and later on the Clinch River in 1788. Five men from the New Garden settlement who had gone to Black Mountain (then part of Russell Co., VA now in Harlan Co., WV) to dig ginseng were found there in June 1788, killed and scalped. It is believed that three Breeding victims were Richard Breeding and two of his sons.
An account of the deaths of three unnamed Breedings, a man named Elmire, and Nick Roberts from the New Garden settlements of Russell Co., VA found dead and scalped in June 1788 on Black Mountain occurs in Lewis Preston Summers' History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1786 . . . The traditional tale states that man named Breeding, his two sons and two other men were with Thomas Loveday on Black Mounain when they heard owl hooting. Thomas Loveday recognized the sound as that of Indians and hid, but the others did not and were killed.
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