When Thomas Prestwood was born in 1699, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, Thomas Preston V, was 26 and his mother, Mary Deaver, was 29. He had at least 4 sons and 1 daughter with Elizabeth Ely. He died in 1766, in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 67.
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Historical Boundaries: 1729: Baltimore, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1851: *Baltimore City, Maryland, United States. *Became Independent City from Baltimore County.
Baltimore Timeline: 1729: Founded 1745: Absorbed Oldtown or Jonestown, and Fells Point 1768: County seat of Baltimore County 1796: Jonestown, Fells Point and Baltimore incorporated as City of Baltimore 1851: independent City
English (Shropshire and Lincolnshire): habitational name from any of several places called from Middle English prest, pri(e)st ‘priest’ + wode ‘wood’ (Old English prēost, wudu).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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