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Meath / Re: Preston family from Meath
« on: Wednesday 22 October 14 13:21 BST (UK)  »
I checked out the peerage site. No help there. did find the names that my aunt pauline thought were ours and she just filled in the rest out of her imagination. None of my Preston line could read or write until my great grandfather, Gratton Hanley Preston. I will keep looking, but i don't hold out any hope that i will find anything out.

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Meath / Re: Preston family from Meath
« on: Sunday 19 October 14 17:28 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the tip. Did not know date of marriage for this john preston and elizabeth harkness. It isn't my line. Not unless john was well over a hundred years old when he married her. My john's wifes first name was listed
as Betsy, which is a nickname for elizabeth

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Meath / Preston family from Meath
« on: Sunday 19 October 14 14:54 BST (UK)  »
I am new to this forum. I've been looking for John Jilson Preston forever, it seems like. He is very hard to track. Supposed to have come from County Meath.Don't know what town. Was born about 1743-45. Landed in Virginia with about 5 brothers before 1760. He was married to , we think, an Elizabeth Harkness. His son Gilson or Jilson was born in Virginia in 1763. Don't know if he was married when he came over or married here. My Aunt Pauline seems to think that we are related to the Gormaston Prestons. I don't think so. I need help. I can't afford to go on paid sites, so I have to rely on others to help me. Can anyone out there give me some clues about John Jilson Preston?

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