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Roger PRESTON was born about 1614 in England. On 8 April 1635 he took an oath at the port of London and embarked on the Elizabeth of London, describing himself as a tanner. He went to Massachusetts where we find records of him in Ipswich owning land in 1639 about the time we believe that he married Martha who was born about 1622. Children of Roger PRESTON and Martha (--?--) were as follows:
Roger died on 20 Jan 1666 at Lynn, MA. After his death, Martha married Nicholas HOLT, 21 May 1666, Andover MA. She was his third wife. They lived in Andover where Martha took her children with probably the exception of Thomas. Martha died 21 March 1702/3, aged upwards of 80 years. |
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Levi PRESTON, the son of Roger PRESTON and Martha (--?--),was born on 16 Jul 1662 at Salem, MA. He married Abigail BROOKS, daughter of Timothy BROOKS and Mary RUSSELL, on 16 Oct 1695 at Swansea, MA. Levi and Abigail went with a colony of Baptists from Swansea, MA to West Jersey, and settled in Cohansey, Salem Co., NJ. An old family Bible, printed in Oxford, 1749, contains the dates of birth of Levi and his children. Levi Preston was constable, 1713 and 1722. Surveyer of highways, 1719. Collector, 1721. Assessor, 1728, 1730 and 1731. Children of Levi PRESTON and Abigail BROOKS were as follows:
Levi died on 17 Jan 1752. His gravestone, giving his age as 90 years, is in the old burying ground on the banks of the Cohansey River, below Fairton, NJ, which was formerly New Englandtown. His will dated 19 Feb 1750, was proved 4 Feb 1762. Abigail died and was buried in Cohansey but no marker has been found for her.. |
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Isaac PRESTON I was the son of Levi PRESTON and Abigail BROOKS, was born on 10 Sep 1707 He married Elizabeth DARE, daughter of William DARE, Jr. and Mary (--?--), at Cumberland Co, NJ..
In 1737 Isaac was overseer of the poor. He died in 1748/49 at Fairfield, Cumberland Co, NJ. He left a will on 27 Feb 1748/49 at Fairfield Township, Cumberland Co, NJ; Estate probate. After Isaac's death Elizabeth married Jehiel WHEELER. Jehiel died 1759. |
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Isaac PRESTON II, son of Isaac PRETON I and Elizabeth DARE, was born on 20 Nov 1735 at Fairfield, Cumberland Co, NJ. He married Hannah BOWER, daughter of Ebenezer BOWER and Priscilla (--?--), on 7 Mar 1756. Children of Isaac PRESTON and Hannah BOWER were as follows:
Prior to December 23, 1778 Isaac became a Lieutenant Colonel in Colonel Silas Newcomb's First Regiment, Cumberland County Militia. On 27 January 1777 General Washington wrote a letter that Lt. Col. Preston's Militia Unit has deserted him and that effectual measures should be implied to prevent this from happening in other units. On February 4, 1777 he was listed as Colonel, First Regiment, Cumberland County Militia at which time he resigned. Evidently his resignation was not accepted because the records say that he commanded his regiment in service, February 1777, and in consequence of a severe fatiqueing and dangerous Expedition against the Enemy, then at New Brunswick, about the 25th of February 1777, he was seized with a violent disease of which he died in camp, March 5, 1777. Records from David's Library, Washington Crossing, PA He was buried at Christ Church yard or old burying ground on the banks of the Cohansey River, below Fairton, NJ in the same plot as his grandfather Levi. Isaac's will which was written 8 Jan 1775 leaves Hannah, his wife, one-half of my movable estate and a third of the Lands and Marsh during her Life and all the buildings except the New Pecan Log House during her widowhood. Also all my grain in the Barn and all my grain on the ground also all my Indian Corn in the cribb, also all my Pork and Beef in the Celler and six of the best Swine in the Pen and all my store wine. He leaves the land to sons Isaac and John Bower Preston and bequests to the other children. Theodosia who was born after her father died is not mentioned. Hannah is the sole executor. Hannah Preston received for the Estate of Col. Isaac Preston a Certificate No. 41 signed by Eli Elmer, in the amount of $10.0.0, for the depreciation of his Continental pay in the Cumberland County Militia, dated May 1, 1784. On 12 Jan 1782 Hannah signed her will. She died of small pox sometime after that. |
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Isaac PRESTON III, son of Colonel Isaac PRESTON and Hannah BOWER, was born on 26 April 1765 at Fairfield, Cumberland Co, NJ. He married Lovice DANIELS on 11 Sepetember 1785. Children of Isaac PRESTON and Lovice DANIELS were as follows:
He died on 24 Mar 1799 at Fairfield, Cumberland Co, NJ. |
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John PRESTON, son of Isaac Preston II and Lovice DANIELS, was born on 6 Feb 1796 at Fairfield, Cumberland Co, NJ. He married Hannah DENNIS on 1 Mar 1817 at Millville, NJ. On the 1850 Cumberland County, NJ Federal Census, John is listed as a house carpenter. From Tales That Are Re-Told About Schools in Greenwich Cumberland County, New Jersey, "Misses Lizzie and Hannah Preston had a school in their own home. The house is now owned by Newlin Watson. The School room was the one towards The Head of Greenwich. Miss Lizzie and Miss Hannah would take turns teaching. Very conveniently one could prepare the dinner while the other sister heard the A.B.C's." ( I believe that this was probably Mary Elizabeth and her mother, Hannah Dennis Preston. - MLB) Children of John PRESTON and Hannah DENNIS were as follows:
John died on 8 Oct 1858 at Greenwich, Cumberland Co, NJ, at age 62 and was buried at Greenwich Baptist Cemetery, Cumberland Co, NJ. Hannah died 5 Jan 1880 in Greenwich, Cumberland Co, NJ |
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John Howard PRESTON, son of John PRESTON and Hannah DENNIS, was born on 17 Mar 1822 at Philadelphia, PA. He first married Anna Maria MOORE on 15 Sep 1846 at Camden, NJ. John Howard was a carpenter and made fine pieces of furniture. Some of these pieces are owned by descendants. He was issued a teaching license 17 May 1850. Family papers show that he taught carpentry and math at the Friend's Academy, Greenwich, NJ. About 1854 the family moved to Illinois to the city of Peoria. On 26 February 1855, John H. Preston became a member of the Fort Clark Odd Fellow Lodge, No 105, Peoria, IL. Children of John Howard PRESTON and Anna Maria MOORE were as follows:
Anna Maria died 4 Oct 1861 in Peoria, IL. He married Catherine HALLENBECK, daughter of Peter HALLENBECK and Margaret BEVERLY, on 18 Jun 1862 at Aurora, Kane Co, IL. Children of John Howard PRESTON and Catherine HALLENBECK were as follows:
The family moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1868. An 1880 Atlas shows where the family lived. In 1889 John Howard and his family moved to Brownsville, TN, not far from Jackson where his son William was practicing medicine. During this time Howard was in the Spanish-American War. Several letters that he wrote to his family survive. John Howard died on 24 June 1899 at Brownsville, Haywood Co, TN. He was buried at Brownsville, Haywood Co, TN. Catherine and her daughter Eva and son Howard moved to Florence, Texas where her son Charles was living. She died there 7 December 1902 and is buried in the Florence Cemetery. |
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Segdewick County, KS: Bill Pennington and John Schunck Preston Bible in the possession of Randy Preston Cousin Bessie Underwood McCann who gave me much family information and told me many Preston stories. Charles Henry Preston, Descendants of Roger Preston of Ipswich and Salem Village, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1931 Belle Preston, Bassett-Preston Ancestors: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co, 1930 Information copied from tombstones by Mary Love Berryman. New Jersey Archives, Trenton, NJ - Wills copied from microfilm Tales That Are Re-Told About Schools in Greenwich Cumberland County, New Jersey, by Sarah Sheppard Hancock, published by the Cumberlany County Historical Society, Greenwich, NJ. William Dare of Cohansey by Robert D. Dare. The Descendants of Captain William Dare, Volume 1, William, Hannah, and Robert, Historian Edward Everett Grosscup, Compiled by robert Dallas Dare, Published by The Groucester County Historical Society, Woodbury, NJ, 1993. David Library, Washington's Crossing, PA - 23 Sep 1997 - Cards on Microfilm -copied by Mary Love Berryman
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