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Amasa Breck, [3102], b. 20th June, 1788, at Medfield, Mass.; m. 20th June, 1815, Nancy Hoar, (b. 8th Jan., 1797, at Bristol, R. I.,) dau. of Benjamin and Priscilla ( Waldron) Hoar, of Bristol, R. I.; he d. at Providence, R. I., 4th Dec, 1846; she d. at same place 12th Nov., 1867.
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Amasa Breck was born at Medfield, Mass., in 1788. Early in life he removed to Bristol, R. I., where he engaged in the manufacture of saddles, harness and trunks. Here, in 1815, he married Miss Nancy Hoar. Bristol not proving a satisfactory location he removed in 1829 to Newport, and the next year to Providence, where he estab- lished the same business. The increasing demand for his trunks induced him to abandon his other manufactures and to estab- lish a manufactory of trunks. To this he applied his characteristic indomitable energy and thrift, coupled with a strict integrity, and soon took the lead in that branch of busi- ness. His manufactory was highly prosperous during his lifetime, and was left to his sons Thomas and William, who still carry it on at the same location. Mr. Breck was a genial and social companion, though of very decided opinions, and a devout member of the Episcopal Church. He was stricken down by typhoid fever at the age of 58. The above picture is copied from a portrait now in the possession of his son Thomas.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/Providence/article273.html
Trunks and Valises. T. & W. Breck, No. 33 North Main Street, manufacturers of, and wholesale and retail dealers in, trunks, valises, carpet-bags, &c. Business established in 1829, by Amasa Breck. In 1846, his two sons, T. and W. Breck, were admitted as partners, under the firm-style of A. Breck & Sons. The senior member of the firm died in 1846, when the business passed into the hands of the present firm.
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