Person:Sarah Breckenridge (6)

1. Sarah Jane was very likely the sister of Alexander Breckenridge. According to the biography of John Cabell Breckinridge, the Kentucky senator and vice president of the United States of the Civil War period, his family came to this country in about 1728. The family originated in Ayrshire, Scotland, migrated to the highlands of Scotland to Breadalbane Scotland, later to the North of Ireland. They later migrated to this country via Philadelphia, later passing on to Virginia by way of Staunton, then east again to Albemarle County. 1. Manfrina, Myra, Huyck Cousins, (Printed by Vance Newcomb, 1986), p. 159.