Yesterday’s family sketch was of William Blake, who married Anne Breck. It just so happens that three earlier Breck generations, that of Anne’s parents, grandparents and great grandfather have been proved. The article was published in The Register, the journal of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, volume 164:63-74, which can be accessed online at American Ancestors by subscription.
Today’s sketch will start with the earliest known generation, that of Anne’s Breck’s great grandfather.
Hugh Breck was born c1535. He married Alice (MNU), c1558, possibly in Prescot, Lancashire, where their children were baptized.
They were the parents of seven children, for which four baptismal records have been found. The remaining children, Margaret, Henry and Alice, are mentioned in their father’s will.
Children (Baptized in Prescot, Lancashire, England):
- William, baptized 23 April 1560; died before 20 March 1570/71, when his father’s will was proved
- Robert, baptized 24 May 1563; buried 12 January 1643/44, Prescot, Lancashire, England; married Ann Hurst, 20 April 1591, Prescot, Lancashire, England
- Alice, born c1568; perhaps married William Smallshaw, who has close connections to the family
- William, baptized 20 March 1570/71; not in his father’s 9 March 1590/91 will
- Margaret, born c1572; buried 20 May 1621, Upholland, Wigan, Lancashire, England; married Nicholas Rigby
- Henry, born c1574; in his father’s 9 March 1590/91 will
- Edmund, baptized 7 April 1576; in his father’s 9 March 1590/91 will
Little else is known about this family. Hugh Breck was buried on 6 March 1590/91 in Prescot, Lancashire, England. Wife Alice survived him, but her death date is unknown.