Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Breckenridge, James Sr. |
Other Names |
Brakenridge, James Breakenridge, James Brakenridge, Lt. |
Date Born |
5/28/1721 |
Birthplace |
Ireland |
Deceased |
4/16/1783 |
Place of Death |
Bennington, Vermont |
Father |
Brakenridge, James |
Mother |
Brakenridge, Sarah |
Spouse |
Breckenridge, Mary Moore |
Children |
Breckenridge, Francis Breckenridge, Janet |
Places of Residence |
Ireland Ware, Massachusetts Palmer, Massachusetts Bennington, Vermont. |
Titles & Honors |
Lieutenant, congressman, selectman. |
Notes |
The son of James and Sarah Brakenridge, he married Mary Moore in Ware, Massachusaetts. He served in the French and Indian War with the title of lieutenant. Breakenridge was one of the second group of settlers to move to Bennington and lived on the New York border with Vermont. He served as one of the first selectman elected in 1762 was a lieutenant in the first military company formed in Bennington in 1764. New York attempted to confiscate and re-settle his property in 1771. He was selected, along with Jehiel Hawley of Arlington, Vermont, to travel to England and seek releif from New Yoker's land actions. New York issued a warrant and reward for his arrest, along with seven others, when they refused to give up their land under a New Hampshire grant. In 1775 he was a member of the provincial congress and in 1776, with Heman Allen and Jonas Fay, he represented the case of the New Hampshire grants before the Continental Congress. At the time of his death in 1783 his estate was worth almost 5,000 pounds, he owned a saw and grist mill, and 846 acres. |
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