Display Patriot - P-120328 - James BREAKENRIDGE/BRECKENRIDGE

James BREAKENRIDGE/BRECKENRIDGE

SAR Patriot #: P-120328

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: VT      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A013941

Birth: 23 May 1721 / / Ireland
Death: 16 Apr 1783 Bennington / / VT

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. DAR - FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE - No date for note in DAR
    • SERVICE AS A LIEUTENANT WAS PERFORMED IN 1764
    • LETTERS IN WILBUR'S "IRA ALLEN: FOUNDER OF VT," pg 257, 386 - IMPLY LOYALIST ACTIVITIES IN MAY 1782 AND AFTERWARD
  2. Provided a cow, ox and heifer for the troops

Additional References:

James, History of Washington Co, NY, pg 83, 84, 85,88


Spouse: Mary XX;
Children: Jennet; Jonathan;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2010-04-30 PA 36076 Michelangelo Cherubini Celli (157354) Jennet   
2012-03-23 PA 47081 Richard Lester Gardner (182983) Jennet   
2014-12-09 CA 61184 Matthew Stiles Bowdish MD (170643) David   
Burial:
Old Bennington (aka Old First Church, Old First Congregational Church) Cemetery (C-0371835)
Location:
Bennington / Bennington / VT / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
641555
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
42.883750 / -73.212940
Find A Grave Memorial #:
22439935
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Thomas Cherubini Celli
Lt James Breakenridge was in born in Ireland on 23 April 1721. He married Mary Moore (1724-1800), and had 10 children Janet, Isabella, Ester, Mary, James, William, Francis, David, Jonathan & Daniel. At his homestead the DAR placed a plaque in 1937:
Birthplace of Vermont
Near this site stood the homestead of Lieut. James Breakenridge
After years of peaceful procession his farm was claimed by New York land speculators. A Sheriff with over 300 men came from Albany to evict him from his home. Aided by men from Bennington a brave defense without bloodshed and proving to be a declaration of the Independence of the state of Vermont 17 July 1771.

As a Bennington Town Founder, he was a Diplomat to King of England for Hampshire Grants. During the Revolutionary War he was a Lieutenant of his town in the Green Mountain Boys Militia, a delegate to Continental Congress. He further provided patriotic service to State of Vermont by giving an ox, cow and heifer for the troops of the state of VT 1780- 1781. He later was paid by the pay table in Bennington Co VT.

He died at 62 years on 16 April 1783 and is buried in Old First Church Cemetery, Bennington, VT. His headstone with written dates and inscription are still readable today.
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