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Jean Brevard1 2 3 4 5
Birth:ABT 1670 in France 1 6 7 5
Death:ABT 1733 in Elk River, Cecil County, Maryland 6 7 8 5
Sex:M
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Aliases:
John Brevard


Record Change: 18 DEC 2004

Spouses & Children
Mary Macknitt (Wife) b. 26 FEB 1692
Marriage:
Children: 
 
Jean McKnitt (Wife) b. 18 MAY 1698 in Manokin Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland
Marriage:
Children: 
 
Katherine Macknitt (Wife) b. 10 AUG 1689 in Manokin Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland
Marriage: ABT 1711 in Chester County, Pennsylvania Formerly New Munster Tract Of Cecil County, Maryland 1 2 6 7 5
Children: 
  1. DescendantsAdam Brevard b. ABT 1713 in Worcser County, Maryland
  2. DescendantsJohn Brevard b. 1715 in Elk River, Cecil County, Maryland
  3. DescendantsBenjamin Brevard b. 1717 in Chester County, Pennsylvania
  4. DescendantsRobert Brevard b. 10 JAN 1718 in Chester County, Pennsylvania
  5. Thomas Brevard b. ABT 1724 in Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
  6. DescendantsZebulon Brevard b. 29 MAR 1724 in Elk River, Cecil County, Maryland,
  7. DescendantsElizabeth Brevard b. 1722 in Chester County, Pennsylvania Formerly New Munster Tract Of Cecil Co.MD
 

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[hjackwells3--John MacAlister Alexander.FTW]Simpson Pg 1843 "Jean Brevard was a French Huguenot. :He left his nativ eland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes on 18 Oct 1685 and went t othe North of Ireland wherr he became acquainted with the McKnitt famil y.others of that family were already living in Somerset Co.Md., In comp anywith them he set sail for American shores. Amoung these was a young a ndblooming lassie of the Wallace clan whom he discovered to be a kindr edspirit, a mutual attachment which sprung up between them ripened into Love.The first elders of the first Presbyterian church in Cecil Co. were Je anBrevard and Samuel Alexander and Peter Bouchelle. Church was called t hebroad Creek Presbyterian Church. Jean Brevard was a Hugguenot who fle dfrom France on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685,and settl edamong thd Scotch-Irish in the Northern part of Ireland.Came to Americ aswith the McNitts to Cecil Co Md.Brevard C " Mary McKnitt and John/Jean Brevard had 12 chldrin"Pa Genol Mag " On 16 May 1689 William Wallace "Of Manokin River,Somers et County,carpenter" made his will (Maryland wills 149,Hall ofRecords,A nnapolis) In it he mentioned his "cousin Jean Macknett" She wasof cours e Jane (Wallace) McKnitt, whose husband was not only a witness tothe wi ll but also was surety for James Wliiiam's estate (TestamentaryProceedi ngs 187) the testator also left property to " my two cousinsJohn Breva rd and John Wallace""Ch Christinia "The Presbyterian Historical Society has John Garner as the first recorded elder of the Head of Christiana Church in 1707,follo wed by John Steel in 1711, James Alexander beginning in 1715, joinedby D avid Alexander in 1726, the latter serving until 1732. On 8/9/1726,John B revard of the Elder Broad Creek Church and David Alexander attendedthe N ew Castle Presbytery in DE. In 1717,Simpson Pg 1843 "Jean Brevard was a French Huguenot. :He left his nativ eland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes on 18 Oct 1685 and went t othe North of Ireland wherr he became acquainted with the McKnitt famil y.others of that family were already living in Somerset Co.Md.Merton Alexander "Mary McKnitt m abt 1725 Jean Brevard d. abt 1773" : John or Jean BREVARD Sr. > Birth Date: About 1685 > Birth Place: France > Death Date: 1730 > Death Place: Cecil County, Maryland > > Marriage Date: About 1711 > Marriage Place: Cecil County, MarylandMerton Alexander "Katherine McKnitt m abt 1711 Jean Brevard d. Abt 1773 " > Spouse: John Or Jean BREVARD Sr. > Birth Date: About 1685 > Birth Place: France > Death Date: 1730 > Death Place: Cecil County, Maryland > > Marriage Date: About 1711 > Marriage Place: Cecil County, Maryland

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