Sidney Breese

The New Netherland Ancestors of

SIDNEY BREESE



Senator, State House of Representatives, State Supreme Court Justice (Chief Justice)



	    __Samuel Breese1,2,11
	   |
       __Arthur Breese1,11
      |    |
      |    |          __James Anderson2
      |    |         |
      |    |     __Garland Anderson2
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |          __John Garland2
      |    |    |    |         |
      |    |    |    |     __Sylvester Garland2
      |    |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |    |     __Abraham Verplanck2
      |    |    |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |    |__Susanna Verplanck2
      |    |    |    |    |         |
      |    |    |    |    |         |     __Ghislain Vigné2
      |    |    |    |    |         |    |
      |    |    |    |    |         |__Maria Vigné2
      |    |    |    |    |              |
      |    |    |    |    |              |__Adrienne Cuviller2
      |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |__Suit Garland2
      |    |    |         |
      |    |    |         |__Soetji Vanderculin
      |    |    |
      |    |__Elizabeth Anderson1,2,11
      |         |
      |         |     __Peter Chevalier2
      |         |    |
      |         |__Jane Chevalier2
      |              |
      |              |__(__)2
      |
SIDNEY BREESE1,11
      |
      |                         __John Livingston1
      |                        |
      |                    __Robert Livingston1
      |                   |    |
      |                   |    |__Janet Fleming1
      |                   |
      |               __Gilbert Livingston1,11
      |              |    |
      |              |    |          __Pieter Tjercks3
      |              |    |         |
      |              |    |     __Philip Pieterse Schuyler1,4
      |              |    |    |    |
      |              |    |    |    |__Geertruyt Philips van Schuylder3
      |              |    |    |
      |              |    |__Alida Schuyler1
      |              |         |
      |              |         |     __Brant Arentszen Van Slichtenhorst4
      |              |         |    |
      |              |         |__Margarita Van Schlichtenhorst1,4
      |              |              |
      |              |              |__Aeltje Van Wenckum4
      |              |
      |          __Henry Livingston1,11
      |         |    |
      |         |    |          __Wilhelmus Beeckman5,6
      |         |    |         |
      |         |    |     __Hendricus Beeckman1,5
      |         |    |    |    |
      |         |    |    |    |     __Hendrick de Boog6
      |         |    |    |    |    |
      |         |    |    |    |__Catalina de Booght5,6
      |         |    |    |         |
      |         |    |    |         |__(__) Slagboom6
      |         |    |    |
      |         |    |__Cornelia Beekman1,11
      |         |         |
      |         |         |     __Jacob Teuniszen Loper5
      |         |         |    |
      |         |         |__Johanna Loper1,5
      |         |              |
      |         |              |     __Cornelis Melyn5
      |         |              |    |
      |         |              |__Cornelia Melyn5
      |         |                   |
      |         |                   |__Janneken Adriaens5
      |         |
      |     __Henry Livingston1,11
      |    |    |
      |    |    |          __Deliverance Conklin7
      |    |    |         |
      |    |    |     __John Conklin1,7,11
      |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |          __Jan Boeckhout8
      |    |    |    |    |         |
      |    |    |    |    |     __Matthias Janszen Boeckhout7,8,9
      |    |    |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |    |    |__Hannah (__)8
      |    |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |__Engeltje Boeckhout7
      |    |    |    |         |
      |    |    |    |         |     __Theophilus Elsworth7,8,9
      |    |    |    |         |    |
      |    |    |    |         |__Elizabeth Elsworth7,8,9
      |    |    |    |              |
      |    |    |    |              |__Annetje Jans9
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |__Susanna Conklin1,11
      |    |         |
      |    |         |          __Dirck Goriszen Storm10
      |    |         |         |
      |    |         |     __David Storm7,10
      |    |         |    |    |
      |    |         |    |    |__Maria Pieterse10
      |    |         |    |
      |    |         |__Annatje Storm1,7,11
      |    |              |
      |    |              |     __Isaac See10
      |    |              |    |
      |    |              |__Esther See7,10
      |    |                   |
      |    |                   |__Esther Sy10
      |    |
      |__Catharine Livingston1,11
	   |
	   |     __Noah Welles1,11
	   |    |
	   |__Sarah Welles1,11
		|
		|               __George Woolsey11,12
		|              |
		|          __George Woolsey11,12,13
		|         |    |
		|         |    |     __Thomas Cornell13
		|         |    |    |
		|         |    |__Rebecca Cornell12,13
		|         |         |
		|         |         |__Rebecca (__)13
		|         |
		|     __Benjamin Woolsey11,12
		|    |    |
		|    |    |__Hannah (__)11
		|    |
		|__Abigail Woolsey1,11
		     |
		     |          __Henry Taylor14
		     |         |
		     |     __John Taylor14
		     |    |    |
		     |    |    |__Mary (__)14
		     |    |
		     |__Abigail Taylor11
			  |
			  |__Mary Whitehead14



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Biography of SIDNEY BREESE

 
BREESE, Sidney, jurist, born in Whitesboro, New York, 15 July 1800; died in Pinckneyville, Illinois, 27 June 1878. He was graduated at Union in 1818, removed to Illinois, and in 1821 was admitted to the bar. He became Assistant Secretary of State, and was State Attorney from 1822 until 1827, when he was appointed United States Attorney for Illinois. In 1829 he published the first volume of Supreme Court reports in that state. He served in the Black Hawk War as a Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers. In 1835 he was elected a circuit judge, and in 1841 to the Supreme Court. From 1843 to 1849 he was a Senator of the United States, having been elected as a Democrat to succeed Richard M. Young. He was a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution during the administration of President Polk, and served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Lands, in which capacity he made a report in favor of a transcontinental railroad to the Pacific. In 1850 he was Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. He was one of the originators of the Illinois Central Railroad. He again became a circuit judge in 1855, and was made chief of the court. In 1857 he was elected a Justice of the Supreme Court, and in 1873 he became Chief Justice, in which office he continued till the time of his death. In 1869 he published a work on Illinois and one treating of the "Origin and History of the Pacific Railroad."
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Kinkead, The Rev. George B., "Gilbert Livingston and Some of His
       Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 84
       (1953):  4-15, 99-107, 170-178, 239-245; 85 (1954):  20-34, 107-113,
       172-180, 230-239; 86 (1955):  35-43, 80-89, 177-184, 239-246; 87 (1956):
       37-51, 113-115, 166-179, 238-245; 88 (1957):  39-48.
   2.  Stewart, Robert, Colonel George Steuart and His Wife Margaret Harris:
       their ancestors and descendants with appendixes of related families, a
       genealogical history.  Lahore:  Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907.
       Unnumbered chart near beginning of book as well as Appendix No. I
       (p. 374-377).
   3.  Christoph, Florence, Schuyler Genealogy, A Compendium of Sources
       Pertaining to the Schuyler Families in America Prior to 1800. The
       Friends of the Schuyler Mansion, 1987.  2.
   4.  Ibid., p. 3-6.
   5.  Burton, Paul Gibson, "Cornelis Melyn, Patroon of Staten Island and Some
       of His Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,
       68 (1937):  3-17, 132-146, 217-231, 357-365.
   6.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  393.
   7.  Mann, Conklin, "John Conklin of Flushing and Rye, New York," The
       American Genealogist, 26 (1950):  129-143, 234-248.
   8.  Riker, op. cit., p. 157.
   9.  Ibid., p. 541.
  10.  Hill, Glenna (See), "The See Family of Calois, France and the Mannor of
       Philipsburgh," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 114
       (1983):  92-98, 156-163, 202-212.
  11.  Dwight, Benjamin W., "The Descendants of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey, of
       Dosoris (Glen Cove), L.I.," The New York Genealogical and Biographical
       Record, 4 (1873):  143-155; 5 (1874):  12-25, 76-83, 134-147.
  12.  Riker, op. cit., p. 1806.
  13.  Ibid., p. 332.
  14.  Ibid., p. 1394.

 

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