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Lois Preston 1738–1780 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Feb 1738

Birth Location: Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 1780

Death Location: Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia

Father: William Preston

Mother: Lois Simons

Spouse(s): James Smith

Children(s): Alithea Smith, Mary Smith, Stephen Smith, Olive Smith, Lois Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Stephen Smith

Lois Preston was born in 1738 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA, the child of William Preston And Lois Simons. Lois Preston married James Smith, and had children including Alithea Smith, Lois Smith, Mary Polly Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Olive Smith, Stephen G Smith, Stephen G Smith. Lois Preston passed away in 1780 in Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia.

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Biography

  • Lois Preston was born in 1738 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA, the child of William Preston And Lois Simons.
  • Lois Preston married James Smith, and had children including Alithea Smith, Lois Smith, Mary Polly Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Olive Smith, Stephen G Smith, Stephen G Smith.
  • Lois Preston passed away in 1780 in Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia.

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Lois Preston's Ancestors

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Lois Preston
1738–1780
Birth Place: Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Parents
William Preston
1711–1778
Andover
Lois Simons
1711–1750
Windham, Windham, CT, USA
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lois Preston's Descendants

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Lois Preston (16 Feb 1738–1780) m. James Smith (6 Jun 1744–8 May 1817)
  1. 1. Alithea Smith 1767–1843 m. Thomas Ruggles 1765–1825
    1. 1. Elethear Ruggles 1795–1857 m. Ezekial (Ladd) Bailey 1786–1863
      1. 1. Thomas (Ruggles) Bailey 1817–1897 m. Sophia (Eunice) Moore 1821–1896 m. Lavaney Bailey 1818–
        1. 1. Henry (Moore) Bailey 1848–1924 m. Bailey 1861–1955
        2. 2. Frederic (Ruggles) Bailey 1856–1927 m. Gertrude (M) French 1873–1958
      2. 2. Mary (L) Bailey 1822–1887
      3. 3. Franklin (L.) Bailey 1829–1910
      4. 4. Eleanor Bailey 1832–1910
      5. 5. Dell (Louisa) Bailey 1825–
    2. 2. Stephen (Preston) Ruggles 1808–1880
    3. 3. Sumner Ruggles 1797–1885
    4. 4. Lorinda Ruggles 1804–1841
    5. 5. Lucretia Ruggles 1799–
    6. 6. Adolphus Ruggles 1793–
    7. 7. Preston Ruggles 1792–1792
    8. 8. Lorinda Wood 1804–1841
  2. 2. Mary (Polly) Smith 1771–1856
  3. 3. Stephen (G) Smith 1768–1858
  4. 4. Olive Smith 1772–1773
  5. 5. Lois Smith 1774–1775
  6. 6. Nathaniel Smith 1778–1779
  7. 7. Stephen (G.) Smith 1769–1833

Lois Preston's Timeline

4 Records

1738
16 Feb 1738
Birth of Lois Preston in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA
1738
5 Mar 1738
Lois Preston was baptized in Hampton, Connecticut, USA
Hampton, Connecticut, USA
1766
30 Apr 1766
Age 28
Lois Preston was married in Windham, CT, USA
Windham, CT, USA
1780
1780
Age 42
Death of Lois Preston in Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia
Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1738
    Event Place: Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Genealogy of Thomas Ruggles of Roxbury, 1637, to Thomas Ruggles of Pomfret Connecticut, and Rutland Vt.; The Genealogy of Alitheah Smith, of Hampton, Conn., the wife of Thomas Ruggles; and the genealogy of the descendants in part of Samuel Ladd

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 5 Mar 1738
    Event Place: Hampton, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1766
    Event Place: Windham, CT, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Windham
    Record Source: Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia

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