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died: 1722 in Virginia
Breechin, James Decedent  19 October 1721, 6 April 1722. My late wife Ann sons William and James land at falls of Potomac; to Mr. John Rele 50 acres; to Dennis Lynsey 100 acres of land; to Thomas Poindexter 300 acres of land; daughters Anna and Jane land; to James and Anna Sorrell 1 hogshead tobacco each; kinsman Thomas Sorrell a mourning ring; wife and Capt. George Turberville exrs., the latter to have a mourning ring; wife Sarah personal estate.

James Breechin was an Anglican minister of Snow Hill Parish and Coventry Parish in Somerset County, Maryland between 1695 and 1697. He was pastor of St. Paul's Parish in what is now Hanover County, Virginia, and finally of Copel Parish in Westmoreland County, Virginia. "While pastor at Coventry Parish, James became a close friend of Colonel Thomas Lee, who was the Crown's Agent in Virginia for the Northern Neck Proprietary and was responsible for awarding many of the Royal Land Grants in early Colonial Virginia. In December of 1716 James Brechin was awarded 795 acres about two miles below the falls of the Potomac River adjoining the property of Thomas Goings [the land mentioned above in his Will]. It appears that none of the Brechin's ever lived on the land and that after James' death in 1722, it was sold to Daniel Jennings, the first official surveyor for Fairfax County, Virginia. The land at the Falls of the Potomac, awarded to James Brechin and willed to his two sons, is located in what is not Arlington County, Virginia. Today the area is referred to as Cherrydale and Waverly Hills, but in 1791 it was part of the ten square miles of land surveyed as the Nation's Capital. All of present day Arlington County, Virginia was known as Alexandria County of the District of Columbia until 1848 when it was returned to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The former Brechin land grant is less than three miles from present day Washington D.C." (Information provided by Jack Callahan)

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Spouse: Ann //

1. William Breechin
2. James Breechin

Spouse: Sarah Crawford

Children:
1. Anna Breechin
2. Jane Breechin