Samuel Breese (1737-1800)
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
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- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02445
- Given Name
- Samuel
- Family Name
- Breese
- Birth Date
- 1737
- Death Date
- 1800
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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Colonel Samuel Breese was the son-in-law and executor of the estate of Samuel Finley (the fifth president of Princeton University). Breese was married to Finley's daughter Rebecca. In his role as the executor of Finley's estate in 1766, Breese auctioned off 6 Black persons who had been enslaved by Finley.
Records related to Finley's estate place Breese in New York and Newark. He eventually moved to Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, where he became a judge. He served in the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Princeton University history
- executor or administrator for estate of enslaver
- Enslaver of
- Peg
- Spouse of
- Rebecca Finley Breese (1745-1767)
- Related Person
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Samuel Finley (1715-1766)
- References
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This person is represented on the following page(s):
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Breese-11 - Record Contributor
- Kayra Guven
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Slave sale ad for Two Women, a Man, and Three Children, to be sold at public auction for the estate of Samuel Finley in Princeton (Slave sale ad for Two Women, a Man, and Three Children, to be sold at public auction for the estate of Samuel Finley in Princeton, "TO BE SOLD," Pennsylvania Journal, July 31, 1766, p. 3.)
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Additional Participant in:
- 1766-06-25 Will (of Samuel Finley): Peg (Role: Executor or Administrator)
- 1766-07-31 Advertisement: 2 Black women, a Black man, and 3 Black children for the estate of Samuel Finley (Role: Advertiser)