Portraits Nᵒ.1: Miniature Portrait of Phyllis Breay (1792-1870)

Miniature in gold by John Jukes.
Private collection.

PHYLLIS HARRIET BREAY, nee PEYTON
1792 (London) - 1870 (Birmingham)
Profession: minister's wife, charitable worker & religious writer
Married: Rev. John George BREAY in 1827 in Rothley, Leicestershire.
Worked alongside her husband at Christ Church (Ann Street/New Street junction) and after her husbands death continued to work for charitable causes.

PHYLLIS BREAY WROTE
1840: The Teacher Taught: Or, The Sunday School Instructor : Furnished with Material for His Work, in a Series of Questions, to which Answers and Appropriate Texts are Appended
c. 1850: The Mine Explored (a book about scripture)
c. 1853: "It is Written Again;" Or, A Help to a Connected and Harmonized Reading of the Scripture



REV. JOHN GEORGE BREAY
9 Apr 1796 (Devonport) - 5 Dec 1839 (Birmingham) 
Profession: minister
Married: Phyllis PEYTON in 1827 in Rothley, Leicestershire.
Minister and Evangelical preacher at Christ Church (Ann Street/New Street junction) between 1832 and 1839.

Find his memoir here.