Jacob Preston

Brief Life History of Jacob

When Jacob Preston was born about 1657, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Roger Preston, was 45 and his mother, Martha, was 36. In 1671, at the age of 15, his occupation is listed as blacksmith - bound himself to thomas chandler for 7 years in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. He died about 1679, in At Sea, at the age of 24.

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Family Time Line

Roger Preston
1613–1666
Martha
1622–1703
Thomas Preston
1643–1697
Elizabeth Preston
1645–1684
Mary Preston
1647–1684
Elizabeth Preston
1649–
Jacob Preston
1657–1679
John Preston
1659–1738
Samuel Preston Sr
1651–1738
Levi Preston
1662–1752

Sources (2)

  • The Great Migration - Roger Preston family [$$$]
  • North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from one of the many places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

occasionally from Middle English prest + son ‘son of the priest’. Priests were forbidden marriage but many produced illegitimate offspring.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Jacob Preston

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