Roger Preston1

#5793, (1614 - before 1666)

Family

Martha _____ d. 1702/3
Children 1.Thomas Preston+7 (1643 - 1697)
 2.Mary Preston7 (c 1645 - )
 3.Elizabeth Preston7 (c 1647 - )
 4.Samuel Preston+7 (1651 - 1738)
 5.John Preston+7 (c 1653 - )
 6.Jacob Preston7 (1658 - 1679)
 7.Levi Preston7 (1662 - 1752)
Birth*1614He was born in 1614 at EnglandG.2 
circa 17 April 1635He migrated on the Elizabeth, departing London circa 17 April 1635 to MassachusettsG.3,4 
Marriage*1642He married Martha _____ in 1642 at MassachusettsG.1,5 
Death*before 1666He died before 1666 at Salem, Massachusetts.1,6 

Citations

  1. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-2011), III:399.
  2. [S870] Rosaline Preston and Carol Huber, The Preston / Lindsey Trail (Wash. and Calif.: privately published, 1995), pp. 1-4, citing ship passenger list of 1635, age 21.
  3. [S298] The Winthrop Society, online WinthropSociety.com, Roger Preston, tanner, age 21, record date 8 Apr 1635, oath at St.Alphage Cripplegate, London; roll no. 11 for the "Elizabeth", Master William Stagg. No other Preston listed, oath taken with two others (fourth name added later): Wm Holdred, Daniell Brodley (see Hotten).
  4. [S810] John Camden Hotten, editor, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality (London and New York: John Camden Hotten; reprinted Empire State Book Co., 1874), p. 53: "8 Aprilis 1635; Theis pties herevnder mentioned are to be transported to New-England : imbarqued in the Elisabeth of London W M STAGG Mr bound thither : they have taken the oath of Allegeance Supremacie p Cert: from the pish of St Alphage Cropplegate [Cripplegate] the Minister there.
    Tanners: W" HOLDRED 25
    ROGER PRESTON 21
    DANIELL BRODLEY 20
    ISACK STUDMAN* 30
    That theis 3 ptics prd are no Subsedie men : wee whose names herevnto are written belonging to Blackwell Hall, do averr they are none.
    ROB TE FARRANDS.
    THOMAS SMITH.

    *[This fourth name is in a different handwriting from the preceding three, and was doubtless inserted after the succeeding paragraph (in which three only are referred to) had been written.].
  5. [S870] Rosaline Preston and Carol Huber, The Preston / Lindsey Trail, pp. 1-4, for date.
  6. [S870] Rosaline Preston and Carol Huber, The Preston / Lindsey Trail, pp. 1-4, for date of death of 20 Jan 1666.
  7. [S870] Rosaline Preston and Carol Huber, The Preston / Lindsey Trail, p. 298.