Sarah Preston

12 January 1784–1 January 1837 (Age 52)
Lincoln, Loudoun, Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of Sarah

When Sarah Preston was born on 12 January 1784, in Lincoln, Loudoun, Virginia, United States, her father, John Preston Jr., was 33 and her mother, Rebecca Vickers, was 30. She died on 1 January 1837, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Carroll, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Preston Jr.
1750–1820
Rebecca Vickers
1753–1834
Zenas Preston
1775–1853
John Jonas Preston III
1776–1838
Amos Preston
1779–1843
Moses Vickers Preston
1781–1838
Sarah Preston
1784–1837
Peter Preston
1786–1854
Ann Vickers Preston
1788–1839
Anne Preston
1788–1792
William Preston
1790–1838
Jonas Preston
1792–1816
David Preston
1795–1797

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World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 2
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
Age 3
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 16
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

1 English: habitational name from any of the extremely numerous places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the meaning may have been either ‘village with a priest’ or ‘village held by the Church’.2 Scottish: habitational name from Presto(u)n, now Craigmillar, in Midlothian. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 13th century.

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

Possible Related Names

Prestwich

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  • Sarah Preston, "Find A Grave Index"

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