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Generation No. 1


1. JOHN1 BREES was born Abt. 1713, and died March 04, 1803. He married DOROTHY RIGGS Abt. 1737, daughter of EDWARD RIGGS and ALPHIA STOUGHTON. She was born Abt. 1713 in Newark, Essex, NJ, and died November 23, 1803.

Notes for J
OHN BREES:
!BURIED: Said to be buried with wife in Basking Ridge Presbyterian Churchyard,
however,
no stones mark their graves. It is only assumed, as they attended church
and appear in many records of the BR Presb. Church.

More About J
OHN BREES:
Burial: Basking Ridge, Somerset, NJ

Notes for D
OROTHY RIGGS:
Supposed to be buried in BR Presb. Ch. graveyard, but no stone marks her grave
or that of her husband, John Brees' grave.

More About D
OROTHY RIGGS:
Burial: Basking Ridge, Somerset, NJ
     
Children of J
OHN BREES and DOROTHY RIGGS are:
  i.   SARAH2 BREES, m. JEREMIAH HAYDEN.
  ii.   II JOHN BREES, b. November 08, 1738; d. March 24, 1829; m. HANNAH GILDERSLEEVE, January 30, 1769, Morristown, Morris Co., NJ; b. June 09, 1750, Morristown, Morris, NJ; d. January 15, 1844, Horseheads, Chemung, NY.
  Notes for II JOHN BREES:
!NOTE: BREIS spelling from First Church Morristown, NJ Combined Registers.

!MARRIED: listed in Combined Registers of First Church Morristown-30 Jan 1769.

  Notes for HANNAH GILDERSLEEVE:
!BAPTISED: source= news001. Also listed in 1st Ch. Morristown Church records,
with same baptismal date. Zophar Gildersleeve is listed as father.

!MARRIED: Listed in Morristown Ch. records as marrying John Breis, Junior.

  More About HANNAH GILDERSLEEVE:
Christening: July 15, 1750, Morristown, Morris, NJ

  iii.   MARY BREES, b. Abt. 1740; m. BENJAMIN HINDS.
2. iv.   AZARIAH BREES, b. Abt. 1743; d. November 27, 1820, Bernards, Somerset, NJ.
  v.   ESTHER BREES, b. Abt. 1747; m. JAMES HANDVILLE.
  vi.   ANNA BREES, b. Abt. 1750; m. NOAH HAMMOND.
  vii.   HENRY BREES, b. August 29, 1753; d. March 24, 1839, Horseheads, Chemung, NY; m. RUTH PIERSON, January 07, 1774.
  Notes for HENRY BREES:
!RESIDENCE: May 1778- shows up in Bernards twp,Somerset co., NJ in ratables
list as householder.
Sept 1779- in Readington twp, Hunterdon Co in ratables list.

  viii.   STEPHEN CARPENTER BREES, b. 1755; d. June 19, 1840; m. NANCY BAYLES, 1781; b. Abt. 1764; d. June 1840.
  ix.   SAMUEL BREES, b. April 17, 1758; d. July 21, 1837; m. HANNAH PIERSON, February 23, 1780; b. February 15, 1760; d. April 09, 1817.
  Notes for SAMUEL BREES:
!RESIDENCE: Bernards Twp. during Rev. War.
After war, he and his brothers went to Pennsylvania, where he died in the
in the borough of Wyoming, Kingston Twp.,Pennsylvania.



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