. The Preston genealogy, Orange County branch, and the life sketch of the compiler, David C. Preston . ok, N. J., and battles ofBrandywine and Germantown in Pennsylvania, and winteredat Valley Forge, 1777-1778. The two companies were consoli-dated and ordered to the Wyoming Valley where they built afort and joined Sullivans Expedition against the Western Indi-ans. Only a small portion returned to Washingtons Army inthe Highlands. There were a number of Prestons who came to Americawith the Pilgrim Fathers between 1621 and 1679, and whosenames are enrolled in Hottens Ship Lists, which can be fou
. The Preston genealogy, Orange County branch, and the life sketch of the compiler, David C. Preston . ok, N. J., and battles ofBrandywine and Germantown in Pennsylvania, and winteredat Valley Forge, 1777-1778. The two companies were consoli-dated and ordered to the Wyoming Valley where they built afort and joined Sullivans Expedition against the Western Indi-ans. Only a small portion returned to Washingtons Army inthe Highlands. There were a number of Prestons who came to Americawith the Pilgrim Fathers between 1621 and 1679, and whosenames are enrolled in Hottens Ship Lists, which can be foundin the Lenox Library. Among these was a William Preston who came to Americain 1635 in the good ship True Love and settled at NewHaven, Conn. His descendants settled at Stratford andWoodbury, Connecticut. There was brought from England a coat of arms of the fam-ily, which is in circulation in some of the families, and whichshows them to be related to a Preston who was of the royalline and was an Earl in the House of Lords. The Earls resi-dence was at Beeston, St. Lawrence County, Norfolk Bart, 18. PRESTON FAMILY COAT OF ARMSPresented to Stephen L. Preston, 1871 England. The coat of arms represents Ermine on a chiefssable; three crescents gold, crest, a crescent, Ermine indicatingroyalty. Motto: Lucem spero clariorem—I hope for clear-er light. (See Burkes Peerage.) The mother of the subject of this sketch, Margaret , was for more than half a century a respected andesteemed resident of Middletown. With the members of herfamily about her, she was the picture of serene contentmentand happy and hallowed old age, with whom lingered nothingbut what was sunny and sweet. Mrs. Preston was the daugh-ter of David Christie, and Jane Willson, his wife, and wasborn near Sussex, N. J., Feb. 5, 1827. Her father was a Un-ionville man, son of David Christie, Sr., who owned the farmin the town of Minisink now in the possession of Chas. Wall-ing. She was a true and fervent Christia
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