Generations One to Five - Breach 1592 - 1743

This is the top of the Breach family Main Ancestral Line and your starting point. This post covers the Generations One to Five. Names in bold type continue the ancestral line down.

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East Sussex Map

These early generations of the Breach family lived in East Sussex. Places include, Eastbourne, East Dean, East Hoathly, Herstmonceaux, Jevington and Westdean.

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First Generation

G1 - William Breache and Elizabeth Barnett 1595 - 1637

William Breache was born in 1595 in Herstmonceux, Sussex. Nothing is known of his parents at this time. He married Elizabeth Barnett on the 18th of January 1619 in Wartling, Sussex. No further details for Elizabeth are available at this time. They had eight children as follows, all born in Herstmonceux apart from Elizabeth who was born in Dallington:

1. Elizabeth (b. 1621) 
2. Mary (b. 1623) 
3. Agnes (b. 1625) 
4. William (b. 1627)
5. Thomas (b. 1630) (d. 1630) 
6. Isabel (b. 1632) (d. 1669) Married Goddard Yonge 5 Jun 1666, Herstmonceux.
7. Sarah (b. 1635) (d. 1635) 
8. Thomas (b. 1637) (d. 1709) Thomas continues the main ancestral line below.

Note: For a long time many genealogists researching Thomas Breach married to Clemence Fryar have named his parents as George Breach and Mary Pickhurst of Buxted, believing their son Thomas born in 1640 went on to marry Clemence Fryar because that was what the research suggested. But now, thanks to new research carried out by a lady in Queensland, Australia it has now been proved that Thomas, son of George and Mary, was buried at just 19 days old in Buxted, in 1640. 

Further research carried out by the lady in Australia and verified by another source found that Thomas who married Clemence Fryar was actually born in 1637 and that his parents were most likely to be William Breache and Elizabeth Barnett. 

I have been able to verify some of this myself, so on that basis I have now changed the parents of Thomas from George and Mary to William and Elizabeth.

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Second Generation

G2 - Thomas Breach and Clemence Fryar (1) and Susannah Ashdown (2) 1637 – 1709

Thomas was born in 1637 in Herstmonceux, Sussex, the son of William Breache and Elizabeth Barnett. He married Clemence Fryar (b. 1642)(dau of Nicholas Fryar and Elizabeth Meritie) on the 30^th of May 1661 in Eastbourne. They had eleven children, all born in Eastbourne, as follows:

1. Nicholas (b. 1662) Nicholas continues the main ancestral line below.
2. Jane (b. 1665) (d. 1666)
3. Elizabeth (b. 1666) (d. 1666)
4. Elizabeth (b. 1668)
5. John (b. 1670)
6. Mary (b. 24 Jul 1672)
7. Anne (b.1674)
8. Judith (b. 1676) Married William Paine 20 Jul 1704, Eastbourne.
9. Jane (b. 1678)
10. Michael (b. 1681) (d. Jul 1681)
11. Sarah (b. 1681) (d. 1681)

The last two children were twins and appear to have died soon after birth. Clemence did not survive long after giving birth, she was buried in July 1681 along with her son Michael.

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Thomas Breach Second Marriage 1681 

The marriage of Thomas Breach to Susannah Ashdown seems to have caused considerable confusion among those researching this line. For a long time it was assumed by many that Thomas and Clemence must have had a son called Thomas around 1662 due to the age of Susannah (she was born in 1663), but no-one ever found a baptism record for a Thomas during this time period. It is now becoming accepted that Thomas, widower of Clemence Fryar is the same Thomas who went on to marry Susannah Ashdown.

Surmising that Thomas was left with a brood of small children following the death of Clemence and their twins, he married again quickly. In fact, if the records are correct it seems he may have married Susannah before his previous wife had even been put in the ground! 

The marriage of Thomas Breach and Susannah Ashdown is recorded as taking place on the 1st of July 1681 in East Dean. They had four children of their own as follows, all were baptised in Eastbourne:

1. Susannah (b. 1685)
2. Sarah (b. 1688)
3. John (b. 1689) John continues in Branch Line BL1 - Suffolk Breaches 1662 - 2008
4. Katherine (b. 1692)

Susannah died in 1706 and Thomas died in June 1709.

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Third Generation

G3 - Nicholas and Elizabeth Breach 1662 – 1700

Nicholas was born in 1662, the son of Thomas Breach and Clemence Fryar. Nicholas married Elizabeth (surname not known), and they lived in Westdean, Sussex. They had six children as follows:

1. Thomas (b.1683) (d. 1683) Thomas lived only four days.
2. Nicholas (b. 1684) 
3. Richard (b. 1686) (d. 1743) Richard continues the main ancestral line below.
4. John (b. 1688)
5. Thomas (b. 1697)
6. Ann (b. 1700)

There may have been two other children - Elizabeth (b. 1689) and Mare (b. 1695), but no baptisms can be found for them at present.

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Fourth Generation
G4 - Richard and Elizabeth Baker 1686 – 1743

Richard was born in 1686, and died in 1743. He was the son of Nicholas Breach and Elizabeth (surname unknown). He married Elizabeth Baker on the 30th of October 1716 in Jevington, Sussex.  They had two children as follows, both born in Jevington:

1. Richard (b. 1717) Richard continues the main ancestral line below.
2. Elizabeth (b. 8 May 1720)

Richard died on the 7th of April 1743 in Jevington.

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Fifth Generation

G5 - Richard Breach and Elizabeth Copper 1717 - 

Richard was born on the 17th of August 1717 in Jevington, Sussex, the son of Richard Breach and Elizabeth Baker. He married Elizabeth Copper (b. 1722 in Eastbourne) (daughter of Thomas Copper and Elizabeth Shoesmith) on the 16^th of November 1741 in St Mary's Church, Hailsham. Their son G6 - Thomas was born in 1742 in Eastbourne.

Thomas continues the main ancestral line on the next page, see below. 

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Alison Vainlo 2022