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 . t Hampton is an ancient tomb-stone inscribed as follows:— Sarah Preston ye wife of Left. Jacob Preston, died April 14, 1751, aged 43. Connecticut records state that Jacob Preston was confirmedand established a Lieutenant of the 6th Company of the 5thRegiment, Colonial militia in the month of May, 1751—about onemonth after the death of his wife, Sarah. ^ Lieut. Jacob* Preston married (second) Mar
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 . t Hampton is an ancient tomb-stone inscribed as follows:— Sarah Preston ye wife of Left. Jacob Preston, died April 14, 1751, aged 43. Connecticut records state that Jacob Preston was confirmedand established a Lieutenant of the 6th Company of the 5thRegiment, Colonial militia in the month of May, 1751—about onemonth after the death of his wife, Sarah. ^ Lieut. Jacob* Preston married (second) Mary Hqmes of Woodstock,Conn., 1 January, 1752. In 1754 he moved from Windham to Ashford 10. I. 11. H. 12. HI. 13. IV. 14. V. 15. VI. 16. vn. 17. VHI. yfui<y ilJ\c(^ ti^ A ilA^cU I ^^^f— , ^- i^, /x^c//^^^-^ /y^^^a^-^/ .^//^<<.. ..#(;!^e^Au^^^C)V^ ^^,^C^<,K, ^^^, ^^>Y/>5?^- ^^^ -^<^^.W ^0 Appaqua power fo other irii hammer Southbrii apple-tre of thirty and near When had beco organizat [4.]father tomarriageresided atHe marriAndover, JacobMass., In thestone inscri Sarah P: Connectand establi;Regiment, Cmonth after Lieut. JaConn., 1 Jan. Preston — J<tcub^ — J<icoh— Butt. 9 where he purchased lands from Jacob Preston (doubtless of his father)in 1754 and 175G. About ten years later he moved to Woodstock,the former home of his wife Mary. He transferred from Secondchurch in Windham to church in Ashford, 29 March, 175G, thence tochurch in Woodstock 10 iMarch, 17G5. His wife Mary transferred fromchurch in Woodstock to Second church in Windham, 5 July, 1752;thence to church in Ashford in 1759 and reunited with her church atWoodstock, 10 March, 17G5. [The line of Preston ancestry from Roger to Jacob and copies of churchrecords, were obtained through the courtesy of Charles H. Preston of .^cylum Sta- /Vrj r/2<ry^turn, Massachusetts, who is now compiling A (lenealogy of the Preston Familyin America.] [tl.] jAroB^ Preston, bor
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