A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, Connecticut, his ancestry and descendants ; including ancestry in the Eaton, Knowlton, Butt, Raymond, Witter, Killam, Hinds and other kindred families . on was so surprisf^d Ithat he seemed powerless to^ive tx-*preeslon to the feelings of his heart. Song by Mrs. Ben Hall. Song by Miss Elsie Arbogaet. Original Poem by Mrs. Edmiuistei. Recitation by Mrs, R, Plummer. Urand Banqoet. LINE OF ANCESTRY Preston Family I. Roger, born 1614, had: Thomas, Samuel, John, Jacob, Levi, Elizabeth, and Mary. II. Samuel, born 1G51, had: Samuel, William, Susanna, M
A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, Connecticut, his ancestry and descendants ; including ancestry in the Eaton, Knowlton, Butt, Raymond, Witter, Killam, Hinds and other kindred families . on was so surprisf^d Ithat he seemed powerless to^ive tx-*preeslon to the feelings of his heart. Song by Mrs. Ben Hall. Song by Miss Elsie Arbogaet. Original Poem by Mrs. Edmiuistei. Recitation by Mrs, R, Plummer. Urand Banqoet. LINE OF ANCESTRY Preston Family I. Roger, born 1614, had: Thomas, Samuel, John, Jacob, Levi, Elizabeth, and Mary. II. Samuel, born 1G51, had: Samuel, William, Susanna, Mary, Jacob, Elizabeth, John,Joseph, Ruth, Lydia, and Priscilla. III. Jacob, born 1G81, had: Jacob, Benjamin, William, Joseph, David, and John. IV. Jacob, born 1703, had: Sarah, Jacob, Abiel, Eneas, Mary, Eunice, Hannah, andAbraham. V. Jacob, born 1733, had: Shubal, Jacob, Samuel, Charles, Sarah, Foster, Roswell,Ambros, Mary (Polly), and Chloe. VI. Roswell, born 1771, had: Chloe, Amanda, Alvah, Roswell, Mary, William, Jacob,Julia-Ann, and Sabrina. VII. Jacob, born 1810, had: Theodore, Edward, Marcus, Benjamin, Norman, Abner,and Charles. VIII. Edward, born 1841, had:IX. Myers Albert, born ^ 1 ^ ?o (^, > V >-j,.. k ^, Preston Family. The emigration of the Puritans to New England, which com-menced with the sailing of the Mayflower in 1620, continuedunabated until 1640, when the Puritan opposition to ecclesiasticaltyranny in Old England became so aggressive that Charles I, aftereleven years of despotic rule, was compelled to again summon aparliament. The Long Parliament enacted laws which were designedto suppress the tyranny of the Church of England and to limit thedespotic power of the King. The enactment of those laws and thepolitical revolution which followed, for a time, checked the tide ofemigration. While it lasted, however, over twenty-five thousandPuritans had settled in America. [I.] Roger Pkeston was one of that number. He was born inEngland in 1614. In 1635,
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