Amasa Breck

1788 - 1846  (58 years)

• Name	Amasa Breck
  Born	20 Jun 1788	Medfield, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Dec 1846	Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island, USA
  Person ID	I43935	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Joseph Breck,   b. Abt 1741,   d. 1820  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Fairbanks,   b. Abt 1749, Medway, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1788  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Family ID	F18450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Hoar,   b. 8 Jan 1797, Bristol, Bristol Co, Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 12 Nov 1867, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1815	Bristol, Bristol Co, Rhode Island, USA
  Children	1. Abby Breck,   b. Abt 1818, Bristol, Bristol Co, Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 13 Aug 1895, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age ~ 77 years)   2. Thomas Breck,   b. Abt 1820, Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 20 Jun 1903, East Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island, USA  (Age ~ 83 years)   3. William Breck,   b. Abt 1822, Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 4 Jun 1897, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island, USA  (Age ~ 75 years)   4. Mary Elizabeth Breck,   b. Abt 1830, Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1881, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island, USA  (Age ~ 51 years)   5. Laura Melissa Breck,   b. 28 Feb 1838, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 15 Dec 1910, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2010
  Family ID	F16371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogyofbreck00brec/genealogyofbreck00brec_djvu.txt Amasa Breck, [3102], b. 20th June, 1788, at Medfield, Mass.; m. 20th June, 1815, Nancy Hoar, (b. 8th Jan., 1797, at Bristol, R. I.,) dau. of Benjamin and Priscilla ( Waldron) Hoar, of Bristol, R. I.; he d. at Providence, R. I., 4th Dec, 1846; she d. at same place 12th Nov., 1867. (same link as above) Amasa Breck was born at Medfield, Mass., in 1788. Early in life he removed to Bristol, R. I., where he engaged in the manufacture of saddles, harness and trunks. Here, in 1815, he married Miss Nancy Hoar. Bristol not proving a satisfactory location he removed in 1829 to Newport, and the next year to Providence, where he estab- lished the same business. The increasing demand for his trunks induced him to abandon his other manufactures and to estab- lish a manufactory of trunks. To this he applied his characteristic indomitable energy and thrift, coupled with a strict integrity, and soon took the lead in that branch of busi- ness. His manufactory was highly prosperous during his lifetime, and was left to his sons Thomas and William, who still carry it on at the same location. Mr. Breck was a genial and social companion, though of very decided opinions, and a devout member of the Episcopal Church. He was stricken down by typhoid fever at the age of 58. The above picture is copied from a portrait now in the possession of his son Thomas. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/Providence/article273.html Trunks and Valises. T. & W. Breck, No. 33 North Main Street, manufacturers of, and wholesale and retail dealers in, trunks, valises, carpet-bags, &c. Business established in 1829, by Amasa Breck. In 1846, his two sons, T. and W. Breck, were admitted as partners, under the firm-style of A. Breck & Sons. The senior member of the firm died in 1846, when the business passed into the hands of the present firm.