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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Berkshire => England => Berkshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: dee-jay on Thursday 06 November 08 13:31 GMT (UK)
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Can SKS please do a lookup for the baptism of Mary PRESTON 09 Apr 1797 to see if there is any further information than that given on the Hugh Wallis website? Parentage is given as John PRESTON/Mary WHEELER but their marriage is not recorded in the IGI and there does not appear to be a PRESTON presence in the village in 1841 or subsequently, so far as I can tell.
Mary has been on the 'back burner' for years, as my limited knowledge of the area deterred further research, believing that her quoted birthplaces conflicted [1851 Ashbury and 1861 Idstone] and boundary changes could make her pursuit difficult. However, as I now know that the latter is a tything of the former, I've resurrected Mary for further research.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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From OFHS Ashbury PRs
Born 30 Mar, Bap 9 Apr 1797 Mary Preston, father John, Mother Mary
Mothers maiden name Wheeler
Would you like any other info on these families ;D
Sue
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Yes, please, Sue. ;D
I believe Mary [recorded PRESON or PRESSON at marriage in Kingsclere 1825] to be my Gt.gt. grandmother. On my Gt. grandmother's birth certificate she was recorded PRESTON and she appears in Kingsclere records until death.
I am aware of the baptisms and 3 infant mortalities on the Hugh Wallis website but the absence of any PRESTONs with Idstone/Ashbury origins in the census indexes on FindMyPast suggests most met untimely deaths. Anything you can offer on these branches will be most gratefully received.
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Ashbury PRs
These are other children baps of John and Mary ;D
Name spelt Prestone sometimes but mothers maiden name Wheeler :)
20 Jan 1782 William
10 Feb 1788 Rachel
13 Oct 1789 John
21 May 1792 David, born 18 May
26 Oct 1794 Joseph, born Oct 21
27 Apr 1800 Charles, born 25 April
Seems a large gap between William and Rachel and it only says parents John and Mary
on Williams baptism ???
Will have a look for marriages and burials now :)
Sue
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Did find one other baptism
6 Oct 1816 Robert Preston son of John and Sarah ( Idstone)
And found these 2 marriages names spelt different
30 Sep 1765 George Minchin to Martha Pressen (x)
6 Sep 1812 Robert Hughs to Elizabeth Preson (x)
Searching burials now :)
Sue
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Hugh Wallis has this baptism:
13 Aug 1785 Elizabeth Wheeler PRESTON
and this marriage:
15 Oct 1801 John JOURDAN/JORDIN and Mary WHEALER
As the PRESTON baptisms to John and Mary nee WHEELER finished in 1800 with Charles - an infant mortality - I wondered if either parent also succumbed.
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And here are the burials i have found
29 July 1780 William Preston
7 Feb 1790 Rachel Preston, inf, dau John and Mary
4 May 1793 David Prestone, inf, son of John and Mary
? Dec 1800 Charles Preston son of John and Mary
18 May 1824 Mary Preston age 76 ( Idstone )
20 May 1831 John Preston age 75 (Ashbury )
Hope this helps ;D
Sue
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I have surrounding villages of Ashbury and will do a search for John and Mary's wedding
if it will help but have to pick my kids up from school now ::)
Sue
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Many thanks, Sue.
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Well see what you think of these ;D
Pusey PRs
Marriage
May 25 1826 Joseph Prestone of Eaton Hastings to Elizabeth Brooks of Pusey
Stanford in the Vale PRs
Marriage
17 Nov 1745 Richard Preston of little Coxwell to Marta E??ot
18 Jan 1864 Charles Preston,b, 23, shepherd, father James, shepherd
Mary Dear,sp, 20, dau James, lab
4 Jun 1876 Ralph Preston b, full age, lab, father Thomas, lab
Emma Bunjay sp, 20, dau Henry, lab
27 Jan 1883 William Hazell, wid, lab, son of James, lab
Emma Preston, wid, dau of John Winter, lab
Faringdon PRs
Marriages
31 May 1732 Hugh Honeybone to Mary Preston
1 Oct 1748 Joseph Preston to Elizabeth Haydon
30 May 1759 Thomas May to Ann Preston
9 Feb 1782 Thomas Kent of Lockinge to Elizabeth Preston of Lt Coxwell
Hope these may help ;D ;D
Sue
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Thanks again, Sue. You've given me plenty with which to work. I'm always amazed at such families where they appear to make a significant impact in a Parish Register for 20 years and then vanish with ne-er a trace from whence they came or where they went! ???
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Sorry had to rush off so here is the last marriages id found ;D ;D
Great Coxwell PRs
29 Mar 1830 Thomas Preston, little Coxwell to Jane Legg, widow
14 Oct 1852 Henry Preston, full age, bach, shepherd, father James, lab
Mary Pitt full age, sp, servant, father James, lab
27 Oct 1870 Alfred Preston 23, bach, groom, father Thomas, lab
Ann Stone 19, sp, Lt Coxwell, father William, lab
If any are likely and you would like me to look up baptisms or burials just let me know ;D ;D
Good luck with your research :)
Sue
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Hello DeeJAY I know this is a long shot has your entry was posted some time ago. I am researching the Preston family which was my maiden name. My GGrandad was born in Westminster London, as was his Father William. Williams Father which makes him my GGGrandad was Joseph Preston, I have been ableto find a marriage record for him, but unfortunately no birth record of him in London, so the conclusion I have come to he must have been born elsewhere. I do know he was born in 1794 the only 2 records I can find of a Joseph Preston is in Berkshire, and Nottingham, but I am leaning to the Berkshire one, as all the childrens names I have of the family you are interested in are family names, I have found a marriage entry for a John Preston to a Mary Wheeler, could be the them, have you managed to find any further info on them . Best Wishes carole oh
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Firstly, Carole, I must apologise for not responding to your PM which arrived earlier this month when my computer was away for a rebuild and I only had temporary access to a borrowed laptop without any of my usual websites or my personal research.
I did not get any further with my own PRESTON research, having failed to find the marriage of John PRESTON and Mary WHEELER, so I consigned them to the back-burner again. ::)
I would be very interested in the details of the marriage that you found, please? Hopefully we may be able to assist each other to break down our personal 'brickwalls'.
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He llo, Here is the marriage I found of John Preston and Mary Wheeler. married 16th Oct 1776.
Children, Joseph 1794, William 1782, Elizabeth 1785, Rachel 1788 died 1790, David 1792, charles 1800, John 1789. sorry forgot to mention marriage Chiseldon Wiltshire which is very near Berkshire , this family is the nearest I have got to my GGGrandfather who was Joseph Preston he married 1821 ST jOHN THE eVANGELIST wESTMINSTER 1821 but could find no baptism for him there so assumed he was born elsewhere only this entry matches his date of birth. Best Wishes carole oh ;)