Excerpt from Genealogy of the Breck Family: Descended From Edward of Dorchester and His Brothers in America; With an Appendix of Additional Biographical and Historical Matter, Obituary Notices, Letters, and Armorial Bearings, and a Complete Index Information of any errors that may be found in this work will be thankfully received. Corrections will be noted in the supplement. Though every possible pains has been taken to have this record correct, yet it is presumed there must be some errors, and information to correct them and fill up. Blanks of dates, etc., will be most acceptable. The informa tion herewith has been collected from very many sources, and by many persons, and this of itself must necessitate some errors. The intention was and is to give the descendants of daughters in full as well as of sons, for among the descend ants of our daughters are many most creditable to the family, but it has been much more dificult in many cases to obtain the particulars regarding them. This will explain the absence of much that is desired to complete the work. It is hoped in the supplement to add more particulars in this direction. I desire to thank heartily those members of the family through whose pecuniary assistance it has been possible to embody so many illustrations, especially the first unsolicited contributor, Mrs. Rebecca R. (breck) Rice. It is hoped the additional value these portraits give to the work will in some measure compensate them for the expense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.