Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge b. 8 Mar 1800 Cabell's Dale, Fayette, Kentucky, USA d. 27 Dec 1871 Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA: JHBL Genealogy

1800 - 1871 (71 years)

Name	Robert Jefferson Breckinridge [1, 2]
Title	Rev.
Born	8 Mar 1800	Cabell's Dale, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [3, 4]
Born	Exact location unknown
Gender	Male
Residence	1850	Fayette, Kentucky, USA [3]
Burial	1871	Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [4]
Buried	1871	Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [4]
Died	27 Dec 1871	Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA [4]
Person ID	I559	mytree
Last Modified	20 Jul 2022

Father	John Breckinridge, b. 2 Dec 1760, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, USA , d. 14 Dec 1806, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 46 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Hopkins Cabell, b. 22 Feb 1769, Buckingham, Virginia, USA , d. 26 Mar 1858, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 89 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	28 Jun 1785 [5]
Notes	After his marriage he lived for a while in Aberlmarle Co. on the James River. He moved to Kentucky in 1792.
Family ID	F344	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Virginia Hart, b. 14 Jun 1809, Kentucky, USA

Children

	1. Virginia Hart Breckinridge, b. 10 Feb 1847, Kentucky, USA , d. in childhood [natural]
	2. Nathaniel Hart Breckinridge, b. 21 Jul 1849, Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky, USA , d. 29 Feb 1852, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 2 years) [natural]
	3. John Robert Breckinridge, b. 23 Sep 1850, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA , d. 9 Apr 1874, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA (Age 23 years) [natural]

Last Modified 20 Jul 2022

Family ID F388 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Margaret Faulkner
Last Modified	20 Jul 2022
Family ID	F389	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 3 Anna Sophonisba Preston, b. 9 Apr 1803, Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA , d. 21 Dec 1844, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA (Age 41 years)

Married 11 Mar 1823 Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA [6]

Notes

The couple were second cousins.

Children

+	1. Mary Cabell Breckinridge, b. 6 Apr 1829, Fayette, Kentucky, USA , d. 13 Jan 1902, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 72 years) [natural]
	2. Sally Campbell Breckinridge, b. 18 Sep 1832, Kentucky, USA , d. 23 Apr 1865 (Age 32 years) [natural]
+	3. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr., b. 14 Sep 1833, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA , d. 13 Mar 1915, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA (Age 81 years) [natural]
+	4. Marie L. P. Breckinridge, b. 1836, Kentucky, USA [natural]
+	5. William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, b. 28 Aug 1837, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA , d. 18 Nov 1904, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 67 years) [natural]
+	6. Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, b. 26 Aug 1839, Fayette, Kentucky, USA , d. 14 Nov 1880 (Age 41 years) [natural]
+	7. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, b. 14 Jan 1842, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA , d. 18 Aug 1920, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 78 years) [natural]
	8. Charles H. Breckinridge, b. 9 Sep 1844, Kentucky, USA , d. 27 Aug 1867 (Age 22 years) [natural]
	9. Francis P. Breckinridge, d. in infancy [natural]
	10. Louisiana Hart Breckinridge, b. 1825, d. 1825 (Age 0 years) [natural]
	11. John Breckinridge, d. in infancy [natural]

Last Modified 20 Jul 2022

Family ID F390 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 8 Mar 1800 - Cabell's Dale, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
	Married - 11 Mar 1823 - Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA
	Residence - 1850 - Fayette, Kentucky, USA
	Burial - 1871 - Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
	Buried - 1871 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
	Died - 27 Dec 1871 - Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA

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Photos
1850 US Census - District 1, Fayette, KY (p167B)

Notes

Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge was educated at Princeton, Yale, and Union College. He graduated from Union in 1819 with a Bachelor of Arts. He obtained his license to practice law 3 Jan 1824. He was elected to his first term in the House of the Kentucky Legislature in Nov 1825, and was re-elected three more times before leaving public office due to personal difficulties. In 1830, after a conversion of faith and joining the Presbyterian Church, he became a political/social speaker, arguing against the enslavement of Africans. He became licensed to preach 5 Apr 1832, and was ordained in Nov 1832. He was awarded an honorary Master of Arts from Princeton the same year. He became president of Jefferson College in Pennsylvania in 1845, a position he left in 1847 to pastor the First Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Kentucky. His last vocational move was to become the first Professor of Exegetic, Didactic, and Polemic Theology in the Presbyterian seminary at Danville, Kentucky.

Sources

[S94] Melissa Ward (sarafina@delcarsdungeon.com), Papers left to her grandson, CHL III.
[S86] Louis Salesse, Page 8.
[S189] 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Fayette, Kentucky; Roll: M432_199; Page: 167B; Image: .
R J Breckenridge,
Virginia,
Sallie C.,
R. I.,
Maria P.,
W. P. C.,
Sophy P.,
Jas. C.,
C. W.,
Virginia,
R. H.
[S57] Find A Grave.
[S86] Louis Salesse, Page 7.
[S73] History of Washington College, Dr. W. H. Ruffin, President of Washington College 1833-1848/Feb 1893, Page 117.