WDC GenWeb - Descendants of Alexander Breckinridge

* Alexander Breckinridge
  m. _ _
  *  Robert Breckinridge d. 1773 Botetourt Co VA
        A farmer and a sheriff in Botetourt Co
     m. Laetitia Preston
     *  John Breckinridge b. 1760 d. Dec 14 1806 Washington DC
           A farmer 1773-80 in Botetourt Co VA, elected Member of Virginia
           House of Burgesses 1780 Richmond VA, a lawyer in 1784, resided
           The Glebe 1786 near Warren VA, resided Cabell's Dale 1794 near
           Lexington KY, elected as KY State Representative 1797 Lexington
           KY, elected Speaker, KY House of Representatives 1798 Lexington
           KY, elected US Senator 1800, appointed US Attorney General 1805
        m. Mary Hopkins "Polly" Cabell Jun 28 1785 Buckingham Co VA
           b. 1769 d. Mar 26 1858
        *  Laetitia Preston Breckinridge
           b. Jun 22 1786 near Warren VA, d. Jul 27 1831
           m. Peter Buell Porter Oct 16 1818 New York NY
              b. Aug 14 1773 d. Mar 20 1844
              Served the the military 1812. Owned Goat Island, Niagara
              Co NY. Elected as Representative to US House from NY
           *  Elizabeth Lewis Porter b. 1823 d. 1876
           *  Peter Augustus Porter b. 1827 d. Jun 3 1864 Cold Harbor
              m. Mary Cabell "Polly" Breckinridge Mar 30 1852,
                 Connaconerara NC
                 b. 1826 d. 1854
           2nd wife of Laetitia Breckinridge:
           m. Alfred William Grayson Oct 1804
              b. 1780 d. Oct 10 1810
              Elected as Fayette Co Representative to KY Legislature 1809
              [s/o William Grayson]
           *  Smallwood Grayson b. and d. 1805
           *  Capt. John Breckinridge Grayson
              b. 1806 d. Oct 21 1861 Tallahassee FL
                 Served in military 1844-61 New Orleans LA
              m. Caroline _
              *  John Grayson b. 1835
                 Served in military 1861
              *  Laetitia Grayson
           *  William Lewis Grayson b. 1807
        *  Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
           b. Jul 24 1788 near Warren VA, d. Sep 1 1823
              Resided Cabell's Dale 1811-13 near Lexington KY; served in
              military 1812; resided Thorn Hill Ave in Lexington KY 1814;
              elected member of KY House of Representatives 1816; Professor
              at Transylvania 1817; appointed Secretary of State of KY 1820
           m. Mary Clay Smith
              b. Aug 31 1787 d. Oct 9 1864
              [d/o Dr. Stanhope Smith]
           *  Frances Ann Breckinridge b. 1812 d. 1837
              m. John C Young d. 1856 Danville KY
           *  Caroline Laurens Breckinridge b. 1813 d. 1867
           *  Mary Cabell Breckinridge b. 1815 d. 1835
           *  John Cabell Breckinridge b. Jan 16 1821 Lexington KY
                 A lawyer in 1841-43 Burlington IA, 1843-47 Lexington KY.
                 Served in military 1847, elected Representative to KY
                 House 1849 Fayette Co KY, elected US Representative from
                 KY 1851, Vice-President of United States under Buchanan
                 1856, elected US Senator from KY 1861. Served in military
                 1861-65 and appointed Secretary of War of the CSA in Jan
                 1865, which led to the United States Senate expelling him
                 as a traitor. He moved abroad
              m. Mary Cyrene Burch Dec 12 1843 Georgetown KY
              *  Cabell Breckinridge b. 1843
                    Served in military 1861-65
                 m. Sallie Johnson 1869
              *  Clifton Breckinridge
                 Served in military 1861-65
           *  Laetitia Porter Breckinridge b. 1822 d. 1853
           *  Mary Ann Cabell Breckinridge 
        *  Mary H Breckinridge b. 1794 Lexington KY
           m. David Castleman 1815
              b. 1786 d. May 23 1852 Castleton KY
           *  Mary Anne Castleman b. 1816
        *  Robert H Breckinridge d. 1794 Lexington KY
        *  Mary Anne Breckinridge b. 1795 d. 1816
        *  John Breckinridge
           b. Jul 4 1797 near Lexington KY
           d. Aug 4 1841 Cabell's Dale, near Lexington
              Chaplain of US House of Representatives 1822 Washington DC,
              President of Oglethorpe University 1841 New Orleans LA
           m. Margaret Miller 1823, b. Sep 29 1802 d. Jun 16 1838
              [d/o Rev. Samuel Miller]
           *  Elizabeth Miller Breckinridge
           *  Mary Cabell "Polly" Breckinridge b. 1826 d. 1854
              m. Peter Augustus Porter Mar 30 1852 Connaconerara NC
                 b. 1827 d. Jun 3 1864 Cold Harbor
           *  Samuel Miller Breckinridge b. 1828 d. 1891
                 A lawyer in St. Louis MO
              m. Virginia Castleman 1850
           *  Margaret Elizabeth Breckinridge b. 1832 d. 1864
           *  John Joseph Breckinridge
           2nd wife of John Breckinridge:
           m. Mary Ann Babcock 1840, b. 1821 d. 1891
           *  Agatha Marshall Breckinridge b. 1841 d. 1882
        *  Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge b. Mar 8 1800 d. Dec 27 1871
              Elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
              Church 1841, President of Jefferson College 1845-7 Canonsburg
              PA. Pastor of First Presbyterian Church 1847-53 Lexington KY,
              Professor of exegetic, didactic and polemic theology 1853 at
              Danville KY
           m. Ann Sophonisba Preston 1823, b. Apr 9 1803 d. Dec 21 1844
              [d/o Gen. Francis Preston and Sarah B Campbell]
           *  Francis Preston Breckinridge
           *  Louisiana Hart Breckinridge
           *  Mary Cabell Breckinridge b. 1828 d. 1902
              m. William Warfield 1848
           *  John Breckinridge
           *  Sarah Campbell Breckinridge b. 1832 d. 1865
              m. George Morrison 1856
           *  Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr b. 1833 d. 1915
              Served in military Jul 1861, elected as Member of Confederate
              Congress 1862
           *  Marie Lettice Preston Breckinridge b. 1836 d. 1905
              m. Rev. William Collins Handy Oct 1 1857,
                 Braedalbane, near Lexington KY
                 b. Aug 10 1835 Brownsville VA
                 d. Dec 10 1909 Washington DC
                 Presbyterian minister Dutch Reformed Church, Schoharie NY
                 [s/o William Washington Handy and Sarah Brown Upshur]
              *  Robert Breckinridge Handy
                 b. Aug 27 1858 Lewes DE, d. Jun 19 1923
              *  William Collins Handy Jr
                 b. Apr 19 1860 near Careton MS, d. Feb 19 1927
              *  Levin Irving Handy b. Dec 24 1861 Berlin MD, d. Feb 1922
              *  John Breckinridge Upshur Handy
                 b. Sep 8 1863 Berlin MD, d. Mar 31 1903
              *  Marie Preston Handy
                 b. Jul 14 1865 Berlin MD, d. Jul 12 1898 Schoharie NY
              *  Charles Breckinridge Handy
                 b. Oct 17 1868 Princess Anne MD, d. Aug 3 1870
              *  Sophonisba Preston Handy
                 b. Sep 16 1871 New Scotland NY, d. 1964
                 m. Teackle Jacob Smith Oct 27 1903
                    b. Aug 27 1869 Northampton Co VA
                    d. Jul 7 1951 Salisbury MD
                    [s/o Charles Smith and Margaret Wilson Jacob]
                 *  Glennie B Smith b. Jul 30 1891 Oriole MD, d. Jul 6 1972
                 *  Charles Teackle Smith b. Aug 6 1904 Somerset Co MD
                 *  Marie Preston Smith b. Oct 7 1909
              *  Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Handy
                 b. Jan 17 1873 New Scotland NY, d. 1960
                 m. Helen Thomson Calvert
                    b. 1873 d. Mar 6 1930 Staten Island NY
                    [d/o Pearson B Calvert and Clara Thomson]
                 *  Joseph Breckinridge Handy Jr
                    b. Mar 22 1900 d. Jul 5 1923 Staten Island NY
                    m. Alice Elizabeth Benjamin Oct 8 1921
                    *  Joseph Breckinridge Handy b. Jun 17 1922
                 *  Calvert Handy b. Oct 2 1901
                 *  Clara Thomson Handy
                    b. Oct 27 1902 Schoharie NY, d. 1963
                    m. Alexander Ashley Weech Oct 27 1925
                    *  Margaret Handy Weech b. Apr 30 1927
                    *  Elizabeth Ashley Weech b. Oct 12 1928
                    *  Alexander Ashley Weech Jr b. Sep 21 1933
                 *  Francis Louis Handy b. Sep 4 1904 Staten Island NY
                    m. Elizabeth Riter Andrews Oct 15 1926
                       d. Jul 5 1942 Maplewood NJ
                    *  William Andrews Handy
                       b. Mar 10 1928 Maplewood NJ
                       d. Mar 10 1928 Maplewood
                    *  Jane Riter Handy b. Apr 14 1931 Maplewood NJ
                    *  Richard Cabell Handy b. Jan 28 1935 Maplewood NJ
                    2nd wife of Francis Louis Handy:
                    m. Elizabeth Miller Aug 7 1942 Princeton NJ
                    *  Frank Philip Handy b. Apr 29 1944
                 *  Cabell Preston Handy
                    b. Dec 9 1909 Staten Island NY, d. 1961
                    m. Miriam Elizabeth Hall May 18 1937 Brunswick NJ
                    *  Carolyn Irving Handy b. Dec 24 1941
                 *  Helen Calvert Handy
                    b. Jan 14 1913 Staten Island NY, d. 1972
                    m. Guilford Charles Strand Aug 4 1942 Staten Island NY
                    *  Charles Gustar Strand b. Jun 28 1947
                 *  Elizabeth Ker Handy b. Dec 21 1914 Staten Island NY
                    m. George Lichtenthaler Hankinson Jun 12 1937,
                       Staten Island NY
                       b. Mar 19 1908 Brooklyn NY
                       [s/o Frank Hankinson and Mabel Ziegler Lichtenthaler]
                    *  Christopher Ker Hankinson
                       b. Apr 27 1940 New York NY, d. Mar 11 1976
                    *  Sally Upshur Hankinson
                       b. May 23 1942 Chuquicamata Chile
                       m. Robert Clark
                       *  Margaret Handy Clark
                       *  Thomas MacKenzie Clark
                       *  John Hankinson Clark
                       *  Susanna Thomson Clark
                    *  Peter Kreider Hankinson
                       b. Nov 4 1943 Chuquicamata Chile
                    *  Robin Schooley Hankinson
                       b. Aug 2 1948 Chuquicamata Chile
                       m. Allen Craig Gathman Apr 17 1982 Tucson AZ
                          b. Nov 20 1954 West Palm Beach FL
                       Descendants of Robin Hankinson and Allen Gathman
                 2nd wife of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Handy:
                 m. Jessie C Brennan Jul 2 1931 Annapolis MD
                    d. Jan 10 1940 Staten Island NY
           *  William Campbell Preston Breckinridge
              b. Aug 18 1837 near Baltimore MD, d. 1904
              Served in military Jul 1862 KY.
              Elected as US Representative 1884 KY
           *  Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge b. Aug 22 1839
              m. Dr. Theophilus Steele Jr Apr 27 1858
                 Served in military 1861-65
           *  Joseph Cabell Breckinridge b. 1842 d. 1920
              Served in military 1861-65
           *  Charles Henry Breckinridge b. 1844 d. 1867
           2nd wife of Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge:
           m. Virginia Hart 1847, b. 1809
              Virginia m.1st Mr Shelby
           *  Virginia Hart Breckinridge
           *  Nathaniel Hart Breckinridge
           *  John Robert Breckinridge b. 1850 d. 1874
           3rd wife of Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge:
           m. Margaret Faulkner 1868
              Margaret m.1st Mr White
        *  Rev. William Lewis Breckinridge b. Jul 22 1803 d. Nov 26 1876
              Pastor of First Presbyterian Church 1836-58 Louisville KY,
              Moderator of Presbyterian General Assembly 1859, President
              of Centre College 1863 Danville KY
           m. Frances Caroline Prevost 1824, b. Aug 24 1806 d. Nov 12 1870
           *  Joseph Cabell Breckinridge b. 1825 d. 1839
           *  John Bartow Breckinridge b. 1826 d. aft 1876
           *  Dr. Robert James Breckinridge b. 1828 d. 1867
              Professor of Medical College 1852 Louisville KY,
              served in military 1861
           *  Marcus Stanhope Prevost Breckinridge b. 1830 d. 1870
              served in military 1861-66
           *  William Lewis Breckinridge Jr b. 1832 d. 1890
           *  Lewis Green Breckinridge
           *  Frances Prevost Breckinridge b. 1836 d. 1900
           *  Mary Hopkins Breckinridge b. 1839 d. 1880
           *  Dr. Stanhope Prevost Breckinridge b. 1841
              served in military 1861-65
           *  Theodosia Prevost Breckinridge
           *  Cabell Breckinridge b. 1846 d. 1907
           *  Laetitia Porter Breckinridge 
        *  James Monroe Breckinridge b. 1806 d. 1819


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