They sailed from Berlin for the Bahamas under the name of Broecher about the time that Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. One brother, George, changed his name to Breaker, the other, Conrad, to Prichard (and was never heard from again). The Breaker line settled in South Carolina and became religious. JMC Breaker, born 25 years later, put it this way, of himself: "It was in Beaufort that he baptized 223 persons, mostly colored, at one time, and in 65 minutes, a fact which was noticed and published in many secular as well as religious papers throughout the country, under the heading, 'A Long Controversy Settled,' alluding to the proof thus furnished of the ease with which the 3,000 could have been immersed by the 12 apostles on the day of Pentecost." Now you know.
Sources: Court family records; U.S. Census 1790, 1820, 1830, 1840
generation no. 1
George Broecher/Breaker, born 1744 in Berlin, died 23 February 1804 in South Carolina.
generation no. 2
Lewis Frederick Breaker, born 1779 in Camden SC, died 3 March 1842 in Key West and buried there. Married 1807 Martha Cantey.
generation no. 3
Jacob Manly Cantey Breaker, born 25 July 1824 in Greenville SC, died 14 April 1891, buried in Houston TX. Baptist minister. Married Emma Juliette Juhan, born 1830, died 1918.
generation no. 4
Annie Bordeaux Breaker, born 14 June 1862 in Greenville SC, died 22 November 1943 in Houston TX. Married Frederick Mohl Court.
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