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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 04 Oct 1708 Stonington / New London / CT Death: 1777
Qualifying Service Description:
LTS CHAPLIN, ROBERT MUZZY; Captain WINCH; COLs BULLAR, BEDLOW, POOR
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Pension Number: S*W25282
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Spouse: Priscilla Avery Children: Elizabeth; Priscilla; Nathan;
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Author: Kermit Lewis Breed
Rev. Joseph Breed Sr. was born 4 October 1708 in Stonington, New London, Conn. He was christened 2 Jan.1709 at the First Congregational Church in Stonington. Joseph met, in all probability, at this church, Priscilla Avery. Joseph and Priscilla were married the 2nd of June 1737 at Groton, Conn. Joseph was still living in Groton, Conn on the 11th of August 1746 as evident by deeds executed during this time. Morgan Edwards states that Joseph Breed and Daniel Marshall moved with their families into a town called Onnaquaggy, NY at the head of the Susquehanna River about 1752 and there began a missionary with the Mohawk Indians. These men remained there for 18 months and then moved to Connogogig, PA. for a short stay. Joseph bought 149 acres of land in Frederick County, Virginia 15 June 1755, as shown by a patent granted him at that time. Joseph was in Virginia as a member of a group led by Shubal Stearns of Boston called “Separatist.” This group of thirteen led by Rev. Shubal Steams settled in the neighborhood of Sandy Creek, now in Randolph Co., NC. in 1756. Fair Forest Church was the first Baptist Church planted in upper South Carolina. Located near the town of Union, South Carolina with four other branches being in that general area of the state. The one at Lawson’s Fork 35 miles northwest, established in 1772. Joseph now moves into Georgia and shows up in Warren and Washington Counties. The Sandy Creek Church records show that Joseph refused to take sides in the Revolutionary War. Joseph later supported the Revolution as it is shown that his wife, Priscilla Breed, received payment after the Revolution for beef they gave to the Rebels. The year is 1773, and the little group of 13 is on the move again. This time the group consist of Phillip Mulkey and wife, Obadiah and Priscilla Breed Howard. Joseph and Priscilla Avery Breed, Benjamin Gist and wife, Taswell Thompson and wife, Stephen Howard and wife and Miss Rachel Collins. These being listed as charter members of the Mill Creek Church in Monroe County, Kentucky. Phillip Mulkey was elected the first pastor of the Mill Creek Church. By 1778, the church had 128 members. By 1804, a larger meetinghouse was erected on a new site 200 yards east of the first building. The church was located near what is now Tompkinsville, Ky. Today it is a state park and listed as a Kentucky State Shrine. The church today is called the Old Mulkey Meeting House. The graveyard, located by the side of the church, contains some of the descendants of Joseph Breed Sr., such as: Elizabeth Breed, wife of Tolbert Thomas, Priscilla Avery Breed wife of Obadiah Howard and Nathan Breed. As of yet, we do not know where Joseph Breed Sr. is buried. Different sources gave different places. One says Warren Co., Georgia another says Washington Co., Georgia. It is possible that he never made the trip back from Kentucky and is buried near the Old Mulkey Church in Monroe Co., Kentucky.
References and Sources:
- DAR Magazine—December 1940, page 48 - Payments of Claims Against South Carolina, Growing out of the Revolution. Published by the Historical Commission of South Carolina. - History of the First Congregational Church---by Richard A. Wheeler 1875. Morgan Edwards Notebook. - A History of North Carolina Baptist. - The Story of the First Baptist Church Planted in Upper South Carolina By Rev. J.D. Bailey. (Philip Mulkey and James Fowler). - Newspaper: The Tompkinsville News 50th Anniversary Edition Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky. - South Carolina Treasury Stub Entries to Indents, Book X Part II page 99. South Carolina Revolutionary War Claims, Box X part I page 142.:
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