> Going back to 1000 is considered rare, our line can trace back to 1513,
 > better than some.  :)

 CS> We cant trace most of the lines back better than that.  Just the one
 CS> 'main line' and we are offshoots of a daughter from that one.  She
 CS> married into the Phillips line (Steel, etc).

I was surprised they did as well as they did on our line as we have no 
nobility anywhere. :)

By and large that's the only lines that can back beyond 1000 or so - even 
then some fade out before that point.

Allen Breed came here in 1630 with the Winthrop fleet. Settled in Lynn, 
Mass and of course was Puritan to the core.  Samuel Breed, his grandson, 
became QUAKER, which was a sin of the highest magnitude, and my line stayed 
that way until my Grandfather went back to Congregationalist - the old 
Puritan church.  :)

Odd group for sure.


 
 
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