In the published Sherborn vital records, the family name is spelled "Breck," and the child died after 13 days. I looked that up thinking that maybe this short-lived infant was the couple's first and they expected to have more.
Elijah Breck Jr and Mary Pratt married in 1792. I see no other children listed, before or after. And a likely explanation for that appears in Cutter's Historic Homes...: Elijah Breck Jr of Sherborn "born July 20, 1753, [was] killed by a plow February 11, 1795." The Sherborn records put his death at 26 June, which fits better with plowing season. I don't see notice of Mary Breck remarrying.
In 1796, another Sherborn couple had a child they named Alpha Morse, who lived to 1883.
Thanks for the correction on the 13 days vs. 3 days. I could see the 3 but didn't make out the one. Alpha is a fairly unusual name. I found an Alpha Ware in the 1800 census in Sherborn.
In the Mass. Vital records up to 1850 I found about 10 first named Alphas scattered across Middlesex County with two of them in Holliston. Searching the Norfolk County vitals to 1850 I found quite a few Alphas with a larger concentration in Bellingham. One of them was even a girl.
I couldn’t tell if the stone said 3 or 13, but there are so many differences between stone and paper records (or between one set of paper records and another) that ten days seems minor.
In the published Sherborn vital records, the family name is spelled "Breck," and the child died after 13 days. I looked that up thinking that maybe this short-lived infant was the couple's first and they expected to have more.
ReplyDeleteElijah Breck Jr and Mary Pratt married in 1792. I see no other children listed, before or after. And a likely explanation for that appears in Cutter's Historic Homes...: Elijah Breck Jr of Sherborn "born July 20, 1753, [was] killed by a plow February 11, 1795." The Sherborn records put his death at 26 June, which fits better with plowing season. I don't see notice of Mary Breck remarrying.
In 1796, another Sherborn couple had a child they named Alpha Morse, who lived to 1883.
Thanks for the correction on the 13 days vs. 3 days. I could see the 3 but didn't make out the one. Alpha is a fairly unusual name. I found an Alpha Ware in the 1800 census in Sherborn.
ReplyDeleteIn the Mass. Vital records up to 1850 I found about 10 first named Alphas scattered across Middlesex County with two of them in Holliston. Searching the Norfolk County vitals to 1850 I found quite a few Alphas with a larger concentration in Bellingham. One of them was even a girl.
I couldn’t tell if the stone said 3 or 13, but there are so many differences between stone and paper records (or between one set of paper records and another) that ten days seems minor.
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