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Christopher 4th Viscount Gormanstown Preston 1537–1599 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1537

Birth Location: Gormanston, 5314, Ireland

Death Date: 24 January 1599

Death Location: Gormanston, 5314, Ireland

Father: Jenico Gormonston

Mother: Catherine Howth

Spouse(s): Catherine Fitzwilliam

Children(s): Thomas Preston

In 1537, Christopher 4th Viscount Gormanstown Preston entered the world in Gormanston, 5314, Ireland, born to Jenico Preston 3Rd Viscount 6Th Baron Gormonston And Catherine Fitzgerald Of Kildare Lady Viscountess Gormanston Baroness Howth. Christopher 4th Viscount Gormanstown Preston married Catherine Fitzwilliam, and had children including Eleanor Preston, Thomas Preston. Christopher 4th Viscount Gormanstown Preston passed away in 1599 in Gormanston, 5314, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1537, Christopher 4th Viscount Gormanstown Preston entered the world in Gormanston, 5314, Ireland, born to Jenico Preston 3Rd Viscount 6Th Baron Gormonston And Catherine Fitzgerald Of Kildare Lady Viscountess Gormanston Baroness Howth.
  • Christopher 4th Viscount Gormanstown Preston married Catherine Fitzwilliam, and had children including Eleanor Preston, Thomas Preston.
  • Christopher 4th Viscount Gormanstown Preston passed away in 1599 in Gormanston, 5314, Ireland.

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Spouses(s)

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Christopher Preston's Ancestors

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Christopher Preston
1537–1599
Birth Place: Gormanston, 5314, Ireland
Parents
Jenico Preston 3rd Viscount +6th Baron Gormonston
1502–1560
Gormanston Castle, Stamullin, barony of Upper Duleek, (Drogh, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
Catherine (Fitzgerald of Kildare Lady Viscountess Gormanston, Baroness) Howth
1510–1591
Kildare, Kildare, Leinster, Ireland
Grandparents
Gerald (Marquis Kildare Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare) (Maynooth
1487–1534
Maynooth, Kildare, Leinster, Ireland
Elizabeth (Lady Fitzgerald LA) Zouche
1483–1517
Codnor Castle, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Ireland
1487–1534
Elizabeth Zouch
1488–1517
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Ireland
1455–1513
Alisson Fitzeustache
–1495

Christopher Preston's Descendants

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Christopher (4th Viscount Gormanstown) Preston (1537–24 January 1599) m. Catherine Fitzwilliam (–1584)
  1. 1. Thomas Preston 1585–1655

Christopher Preston's Timeline

2 Records

1537
1537
Birth of Christopher 4th Viscount Gormanstown Preston in Gormanston, 5314, Ireland
Gormanston, 5314, Ireland
1599
24 January 1599
Age 62
Death of Christopher 4th Viscount Gormanstown Preston in Gormanston, 5314, Ireland
Gormanston, 5314, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1537
    Event Place: Gormanston, 5314, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Middlesex: - Calendar to the Sessions Records, 1612-1614
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: St. James', Clerkenwell St. James', Clerkenwell St. Sepulchre's Clerkenwell Clerkenwell East Smithfield East Smithfield, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Middlesex: - Calendar to the Sessions Records, 1612-1614
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: St. James', Clerkenwell St. James', Clerkenwell St. Sepulchre's Clerkenwell Clerkenwell East Smithfield East Smithfield, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Sawbridgeworth, Herts., Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 January 1599
    Event Place: Gormanston, 5314, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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