Col. William Preston1

#6066
Father*John Preston2 ( - 1747)
Mother*Elizabeth Patton2 ( - 1776)

Family 1

Susanna Smith

Family 2
Children 1.Mary Preston+1 ( - 1824)
 2.John Preston3
 3.Elizabeth Preston4
Marriage*He married Susanna Smith, daughter of Francis Smith and Elizabeth Waddy.2 
1740He accompanied John Preston and Elizabeth Patton in 1740 from Ireland to VirginiaG.2 

Citations

  1. [S644] J. Lewis Peyton, compiler, Memoir of John Howe Peyton in Sketches by His Contemporaries (Staunton, VA: A. B. Blackburn & Co., 1894), p. 241.
  2. [S646] W. E. Robinson, "The Prestons of America", Scotch-Irish in America Proceedings and Addresses 2nd Congress at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 29 to June 1 1890 (1890): pp. 204-222.
  3. [S644] J. Lewis Peyton, Memoir of John Howe Peyton, p. 241 ff.
  4. [S644] J. Lewis Peyton, Memoir of John Howe Peyton, p. 241 ff, citing a letter from Mary's brother John Preston, dated 8 Feb 1824.