Mary Elizabeth Breed

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Mary Breed formerly Sargent aka Bread

Born before 22 Jan 1637 in All Saints Parish, Northamptonshire, England

Daughter of William Sargent and Marie (Unknown) Sargent

Sister of Susanna (Sargent) Haddon [half], Hannah (Sargent) Felch [half], Elizabeth (Sargent) Bill [half], Sarah Sargent [half], John Sargent I [half], Ruth (Sargent) Chipman [half], Samuel Sargent [half] and Peter Sargent [half]

Wife of Allen Breed II — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Mother of Timothy Breed, Joseph Breed I, Allen (Bread) Breed III, John Breed Sr, Mary (Breed) Lewis, Elizabeth (Breed) Burrage and Samuel Breed

Died 30 Nov 1671 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 5 Jul 2018 | Created 17 Jun 2012

Mary (Sargent) Breed migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

Name and Origins

Name: Mary Sargent Baptism: Mary was baptized on January 22, 1636/7 at All Saints Parish, Northampton-shire, England, the daughter of Rev. William Sargent and his 2nd wife, Marie/Mary (Unknown).[1] It should be noted that Marcia Wiswall Lindberg in her 1991 Essex Genealogist article on the Breed family stated that Mary's LNAB was unknown. [2] However, she was clearly unaware of the will of Mary's half-sister Ruth (Sargent) Winslow Bourne Chipman. In this will, written on 6 December 1710, which was originally printed in the Mayflower Descendant, Ruth Chipman left bequests to "my kinsman Joseph Bread ten pounds" and to "his daughters Elizabeth and Sarah five pounds each and to the other children of my sister Bread twenty pounds each." [3] This correction to the Lindberg article was pointed out by Volney Plumb in a followup TEG article which appeared in 1993.[4] Rev. William Sargent of Northampton, England and of Charlestown, Malden, and Barnstable, Massachusetts was married three times. He had two daughters named Mary, one (b 1632, d 1636/7) with his 1st wife, Hannah who died in 1632, and this one (b 1636/7) with his 2nd wife, Mary/Marie who died in 1637.[5] The article by Moriarty in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register reports that this Mary "probably d. young."[1] However, we know this was not the case, as she was mentioned in the will of her half-sister, Ruth Sargent. Rittmer and Crary in their book on the Breed family strangely identify her as Mary Elizabeth Osborn. This clearly incorrect as it is long before the common use of middle names. It is explained by the finding of a marriage of Allen Breed to a Mary Elizabeth Osborn in 1849. Obviously, somehow Rittmer and Crary found this marriage and assumed it to be the marriage of this Allen and Mary Breed despite the date being wrong by almost 200 years. Marriage and Children

Mary married to Allen Breed/Bread.[2] Children of Allen and Mary:[2] Timothy Bread, eldest b c. 1656; mar 1) Sarah Newhall, 2) Sarah Bran Joseph Bread b 12 Feb 1657; mar Sarah Farrington Allen Bread b 30: 6: 1660; mar Elizabeth Ballard John Bread b 28: 11: 1662; mar Mercy Palmer Mary Bread b 24: 6: c 1664; mar Thomas Lewis Elizabeth Bread, b 1: 9: 1667 (1 Nov 1667), d 16 June 1709; mar as his 1st, Thomas Burrage and he mar as his 2nd, Elizabeth Davis Samuel Bread b 25: 7: 1669; mar Anna Hood Death and Legacy

Died: November 30, 1671 at Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. "Mary, w. Allen, 30: 9 m: 1671. CT. R." '[6] Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 75, part 1. (April 1921) Archive.org 75:141. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lindberg, Marcia Wiswall, (1991) "The Breed Family: Descendants of Allen Breed (or Bread) of Lynn." The Essex Genealogist, vol 11. (1991) AmericanAncestors.org ($) LINK 11:196-203. ↑ The Mayflower Descendant. vol. 3 (1902) "Ruth Chipman's Will." Archive.org 3:185. ↑ Plumb, Volney. "Allen2 Breed's Wife Identified as Mary Sargent." The Essex Genealogist, vol. 13. (1993) AmericanAncestors.org ($) LINK 13:166. ↑ Engstrom, Donald, "William Sargent" "Thompson, Parker, Engstrom and allied families." accessed May 7, 2015 ↑ Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. 2: Marriages and Deaths. (1906): Archive.org page 432. Source list: The Essex Genealogist vol. 11 (1991): The Breed Family: Descendants of Allen Breed (or Bread) of Lynn, by Marcia Wiswall Lindberg. AmericanAncestors.org ($) LINK 11:196-203. The Essex Genealogist vol. 13 (1993): Allen2 Breed's Wife Identified as Mary Sargent, by Volney Plumb. AmericanAncestors.org ($) LINK 13:166. The Mayflower Descendant. vol. 3 (1902): Elder John Chipman's Will and Inventory, and the Will of Ruth Chipman, by George Ernest Bowman. Archive.org LINK 3:185. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 75 no. 2 (April 1921): "Genealogical Research in England: Gifford - Sargent Concluded", by G. Andrews Moriarty. Archive.org LINK 75:141. Lynn. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. 2: Marriages and Deaths. (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1906). Archive.org LINK, Books.Google.com LINK, HathiTrust.org LINK Phyllis E Rittmer and H. Vern Crary. Breed, 1573-1975, One Branch of the Family: Descendants of Allen, 1600/1-1690/1. (N.p., 1975). Stevens, Jim, (May 30, 2014) Mary Sargent Find A Grave Memorial# 130593600.

Family

From http://www.kristinhall.org/fambly/Sargent/SargentRegisterReport.pdf

Family of Reverend William SARGENT (24) & Mary/Marie [surname not known] 4 321

32. Mary SARGENT (William , Roger , Hugh ) was born in 1634/1637 and was baptized on 22 January 1636/7 in All
Saints, Northampton, co. Northampton, England

She died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 30d:9m(November):1671;

Circa 1654 when Mary was 20, she married Allen BREED, son of Allen BREED & Elizabeth WHEELER, in Lynn,

They had the following children (surnamed BREED):

• i. Timothy
• ii. Joseph
• iii. Allen
• iv. John
• v. Mary
• vi. Elizabeth
• vii. Samuel

Disputed Origins - Resolved

FOUND CONNECTION MARY, WIFE OF ALLEN BREED, JR. TO REV. WILLIAM SARGENT OF MALDEN AND BARNSTABLE:

William Sargent, bp 6/20/1602, son of Roger Sargent and Ellen Makernus, grandson of Hugh Sargent and Margaret Gifford of Courteehall, Northampto

Will of Ruth Sargent, daughter of Rev. William Sargent was widow of Jonathan Winslow, Rev. Richard Bourne, and lastly John CHIPMAN.

Ruth (Sargent) Chipmans will of 12/6/1710 of Barnstable Co. mentions "kinsman Joseph Bread and his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth" and also "other children of my sister Bread."

Mayflower Wills and Deeds - page 78Family Tree Maker CD #167

Conclusion: Mary (Sargent) Breed, wife of Allen Breed,Jr IS NOT A DAUGHTER the William Sargent of Amesbury or the William Sargent of Gloucester.

The following is from The Essex Genealogist (13:166 "Allen2 Breed's
Wife Identified as Mary Sargent", Volney A. Plumb):

1. As to the assertions [many on the Internet, but this piece references P. E. Rittmer and H. V. Crary "Breed 1573 - 1975"] that she is "Mary Elizabeth Osborne": First, this is much too early for middle names. Second, a Mary Elizabeth Osborn did marry an Allen B. Breed at Danvers (per Danvers Vital Records), but this was in 1849, about 200 years after this Mary married.

2. This author's [Plumb] assertion that she is Mary Sargent, daughter of William:

a. Torrey's source for calling her Mary Sargent was "The Mayflower Descendant" 2:185. The will of Ruth Chipman is given in full in that source and gives "compelling" evidence of Mary's parentage. Ruth (Sargent) Winslow Bourne Chipman was the daughter of William Sargent and his 3d wife Sarah [although Plumb erroneously says her mother was 2d wife Mary] and was the half-sister of Mary Sargent, William's daughter by his 2d wife Mary. Ruth's will names "my kinsman Joseph Bread", his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth, and two other children of "my sister Bread". Joseph Breed was the son of Allen2 Breed and his wife Mary (__) and he (Joseph) had daughters Sarah and Elizabeth. Given the reference to the two other children (i.e., other than Joseph), "my sister Bread" must refer the mother of Joseph Breed. So, Allen's wife must have been Mary Sargent.

b. The only problem with the theory above is that Moriarty and others (including Stratton [_Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691_, Part Three: Biographical Sketches Sargent, William,] who was probably quoting Moriarty) have said that Mary, the daughter of William and his 2d wife Mary, probably died young. Plumb thinks that she did not die young but that others may have thought she did because she was not named in her father's will. However, the Mary who married Allen Breed died in 1671, several years before William Sargent wrote his will. Also, William and his 1st wife Hannah did have a daughter Mary who died as an infant in England, which may explain the "died young" notation.

Plumb ends the article, "In conclusion, having disposed of the 'roadblocks' (the Osborn alternative and the probable early death), I don't see any way to interpret the will of Mrs. Chipman other than that Allen2 Breed's wife was Mary Sargent."

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