'Preston04'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Preston of (Ellel in) Cockerham, Preston of Holker Hall, Preston of Leasgill, Preston of Up-Ottery

                               
Thomas Preston of Ellel in Cockerham (d 1596)
m. Margaret Fytche (dau of Roger Fytche or Fycher of Cockerham)
1. William Preston of (Ellel) in Cockerham
  A. William Preston of Ellel in Cockerham (d 1666-7)
  i. William Preston of Ellel and Hilham House in Cockerham (bur 26.04.1685)
  m1. Alice (bur 12.02.1678)
  a. Richard Preston of Ellel and Hilham House in Cockerham (b 17.09.1661, d 1721)
  m1. Dorothy Dennis (dau of Robert Dennis)
(1) John Preston of Cockerham, later of Preston Patrick
  m. Alice Mauleverer
  (A) daughter
  m1. Arthur Barrow
  m2. Richard Johnson of Old Hall
  m2. Mary Hastings (b c1665, d 1765, dau of Henry Hastings of Dublin)
  (2) Robert Preston (b 29.05.1713, d 18.03.1788)
  m. Margaret Bouker (d 07.1802, dau of Robert Bouker of Broughton)
  (A) Robert Preston of Firgrove (b 1761, d 19.11.1833)
  m. _ Wilkinson
  (i) Robert Preston (dvp 1825) had issue
  m. Ellen Berthen (dau of Peter Berthen of Glenadda)
  (ii) Margaret Preston
  m. (15.04.1810) James Dawson of Low Wray
  (iii) Elizabeth Preston
  m. John Jackson of Hamburgh
  (iv) Judith Preston
  m. Thomas Rodick of Gateacre
  (B) Richard Preston of Liverpool (d 01.11.1820) had issue
  m1. _ Collins
  m2. Isabella Rushton (dau of Edward Rushton of Liverpool)
  (C) William Preston of Birchfield, later of Fairview (d 16.05.1828) had issue
  m. _ Webster
  (D)+ other issue
  (3)+ other issue - 2 sons (d infant), 3 daughters
  b. John Preston (b 1666)
  m. Ellen Minshull
  (1) John Preston of Leasgill
  m1. Alice Mauleverer (widow of John Preston of Preston Patrick)
  (A) John Preston of Hincaster (dspms)
  m2. Ann (b c1695, d 1767)
  (B) William Preston, Bishop of Ferns (b c1709, dsp 1769)
  (C) John Preston of Leasgill (dsp)
c.+ 2 daughters
  m2. (sp) Jenet Walker
  B. Henry Preston of Hay Carr, etc. (a 1657)
  i.+ issue - Thomas of Hay Carr, William of Eliel Grange, Mark of Furton, Robert, 3 daughters
2. Roger Preston of Up-Ottery (Upatric or Up-Awtrey), Devon (d 1599/bur 31.07.1600)
  m. Alice Perrye (bur 26.10.1593, dau of William Perrye or Pery of Membury)
  A. Thomas Preston (dsp but 25.06.1587)
  B. Henry Preston of Up-Ottery (d 28.11.1623)
  m. Elizabeth Hancock (bur 08.11.1632, dau of William Hancock of Combmartin)
  i. Robert Preston of Up-Ottery (bpt 17.11.1589, a 1623)
  ii. Henry Preston (b c1596, a 1620)
  m1. (c11.1624) Agnes Eveleigh (bur 30.07.1640, dau of John Eveleigh)
  a. Christian Preston (bpt 27.03.1628)
  m. (18.03.1661-2) Samuel Carpenter
  b.+ other issue - Henry (bpt 28.10.1630), William (bpt 02.12.1632, bur 07.07.1669), Elinor (bpt 06.11.1629, bur 28.02.1629-30), Gertrude (bpt 18.05.1635), Katherine (bpt 16.01.1637-8), Elizabeth (bpt 05.06.1640, bur 02.08.1640)
  m2. ??
  h.+ other issue - Roger (bpt 31.07.1645, bur 27.06.1725), John (bpt 19.04.1652)
  iii. Alice Preston (bpt 15.10.1591)
  m. (22.09.1619) Nicholas Dotting of Thorlstone
  iv. Christian Preston (bpt 14.10.1593)
  m. (c09.1617) William Martin of London
  v.+ other issue - William (bpt 05.05.1597, a 1620), Elizabeth (bpt 08.12.1595, bur 06.06.1650)
3.+ other issue - Nicholas, John, Thomas, Christopher

 

 

Christopher Preston of Holker Hall (d 27.05.1594)
m1. Margaret Southworth named Margaret Ludworth by Smart
1. John Preston of Holker Hall (d 11.09.1597)
  m. Mabel Benson (dau of William Benson of Hugil) named Anne by Smart
  A. George Preston of Holker Hall & Furness Abbey (bur 05.04.1640)
  m1. Elizabeth Ashton or Assheton (b 1575, dau of Ralph Assheton of Great Leaver)
i. Thomas Preston of Holker, Sheriff of Lancashire (d 09.01.1678)
  m. Katharine Hoghton (dau of Sir Gilbert Hoghton, Bart of Hoghton Tower)
  a. George Preston (dvp)
  m. Mary Lowther (dau of John Lowther of Hackthorpe and Maulds Meaburn)
  (1) Elizabeth Preston (d 03.04.1734)
  m. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart of Isell (d 1704/5)
  b. Thomas Preston of Holker (b 1646, d 31.01.1696)
  m1. (sp) Mary Dodding (dau of George Dodding of Conishead Priorty)
  m2. Elizabeth Bradshaigh (d 29.02.1732, dau of Sir Roger Bradshaigh, Bart of Haigh)
  (1) Katherine Preston
  m. Sir William Lowther, 1st Bart of Marske (b 1670, d 04.1705)
  c. Margaret Preston (d 05.10.1675)
m. Edward Ogle of Whiston
  ii. Christopher Preston
  BEB1844 (p425 in note) suggests that Christopher dsp. Smart notes that he was identified as "unmarried in 1646" but indicates that he was father of ...
  a. Christopher Preston of Kirby Lonsdale
  (1) John Preston (3rd son)
  (A) John Preston
  m. Christiana Prichard
(2) Anne Preston (b 1733, d 08.12.1829)
  m. William Prichard of Preston
  (3)+ other issue - Richard (b 1722, dsp 1803), Achilles (b c1730, Captain), Christiana (dsp 1801)
  iii. Frances Preston (bur 04.06.1663)
  m. (23.08.1618) Richard Duckenfield of Duckenfield (bpt 14.08.1597, bur 30.08.1630)
  m2. Margaret Strickland (dau of Sir Thomas Strickland of Syzergh Castle)
  iv. George Preston (dsp)
  v. Ann Preston (dsp(s) 12.04.1705)
  m. Sir George Middleton, Bart of Leighton (d 1673)
  vi. Elizabeth Preston
  m1. John Sayer of Yarm
  m2. Nathaniel West of Borwick
  m3. George Leybourne of Cunswick Park
vii. Frances or Margaret Preston
  m. Francis Biddulph of Biddulph (b c1619)
2. Thomas Preston (dsp)
  m. "the lady Wandesworth of Kirklington"
3. Anne Preston (dsp)
  m. Charles Laton of Sexey
m2. _ Jephson
4. Elizabeth Preston
  m1. Thomas Tildesley of Morley
  m2. Thomas Latham of Parbold
  m3. Thomas Westby of Mowbreck

Main source(s): BEB1844 ('Preston, of the Manor of Furness') with some input/support for the upper section from Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Preston of Upottery', p614) and for the lower section from 'Genealogy of the Descendants of the Pritchards' (Rev. Thomas Gregory Smart, 1868, p84+)
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