Person:John Breynton (3)

Rev. Dr. John Breynton, D.D.

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m. 6 Sep 1779

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Rev. Dr. John Breynton, D.D.
Gender	Male
Occupation^[1]	Bet 1753 and 1789	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaRector of St. Paul's Church
Marriage	6 Sep 1779	to Mary Cradock
Emigration^[1]	Sep 1785	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaSailed for England
Death^[1]		England

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 2. Hon. Joseph⁴ Gerrish, in Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The Gerrish Family: Family of Capt. John Gerrish. (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1913)
p. 7.

...who was chaplain on an English warship at the first siege of Louisburg, and from 1753 until 1789 was rector of St. Paul's Church, Halifax, the mother Anglican church of Canada. In Sept 1785 Dr. Breynton and his second wife, previously Mrs. Joseph Gerrish, sailed for England, and although Dr. Breynton retained the rectorship of St. Paul's for almost five years longer, he never came back to Halifax, and both he and his wife died in England.