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William S Breeding 1770 – 1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1770

Birth Location: Madison, Orange, Virginia

Death Date: 1850

Death Location: , Madison, Virginia, USA

Father: Abner Breeding

Mother: Ruth Powell

Spouse(s): Susannah Tanner

Children(s): Elijah Breeden, Jonathan Breeden, Allison Breeden, Richard Breeden, Job Breeden, Ephraim Breeden, Elizabeth Breeding, Sarah Breeden, Mary Breeden, Susannah (Breeding), Mary Breeding, Abraham Breeden, William Breeden, Nancy Breeding, James Breeding, Joel Breeden

The story of William S Breeding Sr began in 1770 in Madison, Orange, Virginia. William S Breeding Sr married Susannah Tanner, and had children including Elijah Breeden, Jonathan Breeden, Allison James Breeden, Richard Breeden, Job Breeden, Ephraim W Breeden, Elizabeth Breeden Breeding, Sarah "Sally" Breeden, Mary D Breeden, Susannah L Breeden (Breeding), Mary Polly Breeding, Abraham Breeden, William S Breeden, Nancy Ann Breeding, James Breeding, Joel R Breeden. William S Breeding Sr passed away in 1850 in , Madison, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of William S Breeding Sr began in 1770 in Madison, Orange, Virginia.
  • William S Breeding Sr married Susannah Tanner, and had children including Elijah Breeden, Jonathan Breeden, Allison James Breeden, Richard Breeden, Job Breeden, Ephraim W Breeden, Elizabeth Breeden Breeding, Sarah "Sally" Breeden, Mary D Breeden, Susannah L Breeden (Breeding), Mary Polly Breeding, Abraham Breeden, William S Breeden, Nancy Ann Breeding, James Breeding, Joel R Breeden.
  • William S Breeding Sr passed away in 1850 in , Madison, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Abner Breeding
1735 – 1790
Birth Location: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
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Ruth Powell
1745 – 1805
Birth Location: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
RP

Spouses(s)

Susannah Tanner
1767 – 1860
Birth Location: St Mary's, Maryland, USA
ST

Children(s)

Elijah Breeden
1793 – 1870
Birth Location: Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
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Jonathan Breeden
1795 –
Birth Location: Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States
JB
Allison Breeden
1798 – 1880
Birth Location: Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States
AB
Richard Breeden
1800 –
Birth Location: Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States
RB
Job Breeden
1801 – 1872
Birth Location: Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States
JB
Ephraim Breeden
1803 – 1880
Birth Location: Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States
EB
Elizabeth Breeding
1804 – 1870
Birth Location: Madison, Virginia, United States
EB
Sarah Breeden
1806 – 1877
Birth Location: Virginia
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Mary Breeden
1809 – 1891
Birth Location: Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States
MB
Susannah (Breeding)
1810 – 1891
Birth Location: Madison, Madison, Virginia, USA
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Mary Breeding
1810 – 1900
Birth Location: , Orange, Virginia, USA
MB
Abraham Breeden
1815 – 1868
Birth Location: , Orange, Virginia, USA
AB
William Breeden
1818 – 1893
Birth Location: Ritchie, Va.
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Nancy Breeding
1822 –
Birth Location: , Orange, Virginia, USA
NB
James Breeding
1822 –
Birth Location: , Orange, Virginia, USA
JB
Joel Breeden
1828 – 1900
Birth Location: , Madison, Virginia, USA
JB

William Breeding's Ancestors

Self
William Breeding
1770 – 1850
Birth Place: Madison, Orange, Virginia
Parents
Abner Breeding
1735 – 1790
Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Ruth Powell
1745 – 1805
Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Richard Breeding
1698 – 1773
Brumfield Parish, Culpepper, Virginia, United States
Eleanor Cross
1701 – 1753
Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, Virginia, United States
James Powell
1725 – 1776
St Thomas, Orange, Virginia, United States
Mary Gordon
1722 – 1850
Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Cross
1669 –
John Powell
1700 – 1776
Anne Pickett
1718 – 1776
John Gordon
1700 – 1766
Mary Chapman
1707 – 1795
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cross
1649 –
Honorias Powell
1669 – 1750
Joyce Lamberth
1671 – 1754
James Gordon
1680 – 1749
Sarah Greenway
1680 – 1758
Jonathan Chapman
1680 – 1749
Jane Taylor
1673 –

William Breeding's Descendants

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William (S) Breeding (1770 – 1850) m. Susannah Tanner (9 Nov 1767 – 18 May 1860)
  1. 1. Elijah Breeden (1 May 1793 – 13 Jun 1870)
  2. 2. Jonathan Breeden (1795 – )
  3. 3. Allison (James) Breeden (1798 – 1880)
  4. 4. Richard Breeden (1800 – )
  5. 5. Job Breeden (1801 – Apr 1872)
  6. 6. Ephraim (W) Breeden (1803 – 1880)
  7. 7. Elizabeth (Breeden) Breeding (1804 – 1870)
  8. 8. Sarah ("Sally") Breeden (1806 – 3 Feb 1877)
  9. 9. Mary (D) Breeden (1809 – 15 June 1891)
  10. 10. Susannah (L Breeden) (Breeding) (1810 – 26 Mar 1891)
  11. 11. Mary (Polly) Breeding (1810 – 1900)
  12. 12. Abraham Breeden (1815 – 1868) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Jarrell (1820 – Aft. 1870)
    1. 1. Joseph (Newton "Nute""Newt") Breeden (15 March 1835 – 10 April 1919) m. Mary (Ophelia) Jarrel (Apr 1840 – 1904)
      1. 1. Missie (Estelle) Breeden (1859 – 9 June 1942)
        1. 1. No (Name) Breedon (Jun 1883 – )
        2. 2. Clara Breeden (abt 1895 – )
        3. 3. Nettie Breeden (abt 1896 – )
      2. 2. Monroe Breeden (Jan 1862 – 23 Jul 1938) m. Rachel (Taylor) Breeden (20 Dec 1866 – 31 Dec 1968)
        1. 1. William (B.) Breeden (15 Oct 1892 – 4 July 1946) m. Fannie Breeden (7 April 1900 – 19 November 1988)
        2. 2. Minnie (Pearl) Breeden (Jul 1895 – 5 May 1939)
        3. 3. Gracie (Lillian) Breeden (15 April 1898 – 6 Apr 1985) m. Ursher (Cleveland) Longley (abt 1895 – 9 April 1989)
        4. 4. Dorsey (Desmond) Breeden (04 Aug 1900 – 24 Feb 1978) m. Mary (Byrd) Breeden (1909 – 1987)
        5. 5. Millard Breeden (24 August 1903 – 13 June 1967) m. Hattie (M.) Breeden (25 August 1905 – 2 March 1987)
        6. 6. Leslie (Carson) Breeden (20 Oct 1903 – 05 Dec 1975) m. Fannie (Mae) Haney (27 May 1913 – 29 May 1994)
        7. 7. Jim Breeden (abt 1906 – )
        8. 8. Mary (Alice) Breeden (1908 – 31 Jul 1970) m. Clyde Breeden (22 May 1910 – 9 November 1983)
        9. 9. Elmer (Ray) Breeden (01 Oct 1911 – 31 Oct 1978) m. Ophelia Breeden (1915 – )
        10. 10. Hilda (Gray) Breeden (15 Dec 1915 – 17 Nov 1997) m. Claude (Jackson) Breeden (abt 1917 – )
      3. 3. Mary (E.) Breeding (1 May 1866 – 1955)
      4. 4. Martha (Cornelia) Taylor (1 May 1866 – 26 Apr 1918) m. Whitfield Taylor (10 May 1856 – 24 December 1944)
        1. 1. Thomas Taylor (Aug 1892 – )
        2. 2. Vertia (L) Taylor (Aug 1895 – )
        3. 3. Elnora Taylor (Sep 1896 – )
        4. 4. Annie (F) Taylor (Apr 1897 – )
        5. 5. James Taylor (1898 – )
        6. 6. Ellen Taylor (1900 – )
        7. 7. Lester (Ray) Taylor (1903 – )
      5. 5. Rosalie Breeden (1867 – 9 Jan 1955)
        1. 1. Sterling Breeden (23 Feb 1889 – 16 October 1958) m. Lady Taylor (6 April 1900 – 30 March 1978)
      6. 6. Charles ("Charley") Breeden (Sep 1868 – 8 Jun 1953) m. Elizabeth ("Betty") Snow (abt 1885 – )
        1. 1. Fannie Breeden (7 Apr 1900 – 19 Nov 1988)
        2. 2. Apy (M) Breeden (abt 1903 – )
        3. 3. Hattie Breeden (abt 1907 – )
        4. 4. Mary (Byrd) Breeden (18 Jan 1909 – )
        5. 5. Roy Breeden (abt 1913 – )
        6. 6. Lina (M) Breeden (abt 1919 – )
      7. 7. James (M) Breeden (13 Jun 1871 – 14 July 1953) m. Ardena Breeden (Mar 1874 – )
        1. 1. Luther (Herman) Breeden (March 1904 – 17 December 1958)
        2. 2. Clyde Breeden (22 May 1910 – 9 November 1983)
        3. 3. Ruben Breeden (abt 1913 – )
        4. 4. Claude (Jackson) Breeden (8 December 1916 – 28 March 1992)
        5. 5. Mildred (Mae) Breeden (abt 1920 – )
      8. 8. George (Roger 'Razor") Breeden (1874 – 24 September 1948) m. Ella (F) Breeden (19 Jun 1877 – 26 Sep 1961)
        1. 1. Emmett Breeden (abt 1903 – )
        2. 2. Barber Breeden (1 March 1906 – 23 January 1972)
        3. 3. Elizabeth (E) Colvin (1910 – 23 April 1992)
        4. 4. Mamie (Edna) Flowers (5 July 1911 – 18 May 1995)
        5. 5. Rosella Breeden (abt 1915 – )
      9. 9. Armenita (F) Breeden (14 Oct 1878 – 2 Sep 1959) m. John (Wesley) McDaniel (1875 – 1902) m. Bucey (Wysong) Dean (4 December 1878 – 17 January 1943)
        1. 1. Arletta (Frances) McDaniel (24 June 1899 – 1993) m. Herman Deane (abt 1895 – )
        2. 2. Thomas (Asbury) Mcdaniel (25 Mar 1901 – 11 Dec 1985)
        3. 3. James (Wesley) McDaniel (14 Jun 1903 – 24 Sep 1966)
      10. 10. John (Allen) Breeden (14 October 1881 – 14 March 1963) m. Bessie (Edna) Shifflett (9 June 1891 – 2 October 1951)
        1. 1. Mary (Jane) Critzer (16 November 1910 – 8 November 1992)
        2. 2. Fannie (Agnes) Staton (18 December 1912 – 29 June 1995)
        3. 3. Annie (Pearl) Hall (15 July 1915 – 10 November 1973)
        4. 4. Joseph (Ollie) Breeden (30 March 1918 – 21 August 1988)
        5. 5. Prince (Albert) Breeden (20 September 1920 – 25 February 1933)
        6. 6. Edna (Mae) Shifflett (9 September 1922 – 6 October 2007)
        7. 7. Thomas (Jackson) Breeden (17 August 1924 – 17 April 1988)
        8. 8. Alice (Louise) Sharpe (24 May 1927 – 7 December 2008)
        9. 9. Virginia (Ruth) Creech (3 April 1929 – 30 April 2015)
      11. 11. Fannie (L) Breeden (6 May 1889 – 1 Oct 1944)
        1. 1. Breeden (19 Feb 1913 – )
    2. 2. Susan Breeden (1837 – June 1890)
      1. 1. Jeremiah Breeding (Abt 1870 – )
    3. 3. Thomas (Franklin) Breeden (18 Oct 1844 – ) m. Ann (Eliza) Estes (Mar 1834 – )
      1. 1. Susan Breeden (Abt 1870 – )
      2. 2. Thomas (F. R.) Breeden (Abt 1873 – )
      3. 3. Ella (F) Breeden (Jun 1876 – )
    4. 4. Sarah (L) Breeden (23 Mar 1853 – ) m. George (W) Sampson (Abt 1828 – )
      1. 1. Richard Sampson (Abt 1862 – )
      2. 2. Henry Sampson (Abt 1866 – )
      3. 3. Catherine (Virginia) Sampson (5 Jan 1872 – 3 Mar 1927)
      4. 4. James (B.) Sampson (Abt 1873 – )
      5. 5. Thomas (Washington) Sampso (Oct 1887 – )
    5. 5. Asa (V) Breeden (18 Oct 1855 – 30 September 1932) m. Lucy (Ann) Taylor
      1. 1. Amanda Taylor (28 Mar 1881 – )
  13. 13. William (S) Breeden (1818 – 18 AUG 1893)
  14. 14. Nancy (Ann) Breeding (1822 – )
  15. 15. James Breeding (1822 – )
  16. 16. Joel (R) Breeden (1828 – 1900)

William Breeding's Timeline

2 Records

1770
1770
Birth of William S Breeding Sr in Madison, Orange, Virginia
Madison, Orange, Virginia
1850
1850
Age 80
Death of William S Breeding Sr in , Madison, Virginia, USA
, Madison, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Madison, Orange, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: , Madison, Virginia, USA
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