Allen Bread/Breed Jr.


Born:Pullowhill, Bedfordshire, EnglandBap. January 27, 1630/31
Died:Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts1707
Married:Mary SargentLynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts
By: 1656
Father:Allen Breed Sr.
Mother:Elizabeth Wheeler
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Children by: Mary Sargent

1.Timothy BreadLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Abt. 1656
2.Joseph BreadLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
February 12, 1657/58
3.Allen BreadLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
August 30, 1660
4.John BreadLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
January 28, 1662/63
5.Mary BreadLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
24d:6m(August):1664
6.Elizabeth BreadLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1d:9m(November):1667
7.Samuell BreadLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
September 25, 1669


Allen was born in 1626 or 1630 in Westoninge Parish, Bedfordshire, England and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA before 11 February 1707; he was 81. Torrey says that Allen, Jr. was born in 1630. Another source says that at the age of 4, Allen was baptized in Pullowhill, Bedfordshire, England on 27 January 1630.
New England Marriages Prior to 1700
By Clarence Almon Torrey

BREED, Allen2 (1630/1-1707) & Mary [SARGENT] (1637-1671), dau William; by 1656, ca 1654?; Lynn {Winthrop-Babcock 67; Williams (#16) 58; Sv. 1:241; Essex Ant. 11:145; EIHC 50:151; Dommerich Chart 20; Snow-Estes 1:422; MD 3:185}

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850
NEHGS

1657    BRAID    (see also Breed), Joseph, s. Alien, jr., 12: 12 m: 1657. CT. R.  Birth     Lynn
1660    BREAD    Alien, s. Alien, jr. and Mary, 30: 6 m: 1660. CT. R.             Birth     Lynn   
1662    BREAD    John, s. Alien, jr., 28: 11 m: 1662. CT. R.                      Birth     Lynn   
1669    BREAD    Samuell, s. --, 25: 7 m: 1669. CT. R.                            Birth     Lynn   
1671    BREAD    Mary, w. Alien, 30: 9 m: 1671. CT, R.                            Death     Lynn 

Last Will and Testament of Allen Breed

"I, Allen Breed, being of sound and perfect mind and memory...though aged and feeble in body, do constitute...this my Last Will and Testament...First...I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God... and my Body I commit to the earth to be decently buried...and I give and dispose thereof as followeth. I will that my debts and funeral charges be discharged and paid.

I give and bequeath to my eldest son Timothy Breed, that piece of land, upland and meadow, that his now dwelling house stands upon, and 2 acres in the fresh marsh. Likewise I give him the lot below my house of salt marsh and upland from the pasture ditch downwards, except 3 acres on the west side. Also that piece of ground that was bought of Nicholas Browne, lying between Francis Burrill and Samuel Breed's land adjoining to it. Also 1/4 of my wood lot, he having the second choice.

I give...to my son Allen Breed, 1 1/2 acres where his dwelling house stands, bounded north by the highway and land of Joseph Hall...also 1 acre of fresh meadow in the fresh marsh, bounded north by land given to my son Timothy; also 1/4 of my wood lot, he having the third choice.

I give...to my son John Breed, 10 shillings, because I have already given him his portion (John was living in Stonington, CT).

I give...to my son Samuel Breed all my housing with the land adjoinging except the 1 1/2 acres before given to son Allen. I also give him the picket (so called) as the fence now stands., and 3 acres of salt marsh, except that in my legacy to Timothy; also one acre of upland, except that given to Timothy; and 1/4 of my wood lot.

I give to my daughter Mary Lewis five pounds.

I give to my daughter Elizabeth Burrage five pounds. And my will...is that the legacies be paid out of my lands, and that my sons have free liberty peaceably to pass and repass through each other's land...for the bringing of the produce...

Finally I...ordain my four sons, Timothy, Joseph, Allen and Samuel joint executors...and do revoke...all former wills...made heretofore. In witness I set my hand and seal.
Witnesses: John S. Tarbox, Thomas Cheever, William Ballard, Mathan Hathorn, Hannah Scarlett.
Proved 11 February 1707 [Essex Probate, 3188]

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