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Peter Presley 1629–1693 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1629

Birth Location: Dorsetshire, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 April 1693

Death Location: Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: WILLIAM PRESSLEY

Mother: JANE NEWMAN

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Thompson

Children(s): Elizabeth Presley

In 1629, Peter Presley entered the world in Dorsetshire, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, born to William Pressley And Jane Newman. Peter Presley married Elizabeth Winifred Thompson, and had children including Elizabeth Presley. Peter Presley passed away in 1693 in Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1629, Peter Presley entered the world in Dorsetshire, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, born to William Pressley And Jane Newman.
  • Peter Presley married Elizabeth Winifred Thompson, and had children including Elizabeth Presley.
  • Peter Presley passed away in 1693 in Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

WILLIAM PRESSLEY
1608–1655
Birth Location: London, City of London, Greater London, England
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JANE NEWMAN
1613–1655
Birth Location: Queen Camel Somerset England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Thompson
1642–1720
Birth Location: St Stephens, Northumberland, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Presley
1671–1719
Birth Location: St Stephens Parish, Northumberland, Virginia, United States
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Peter Presley's Ancestors

Self
Peter Presley
1629–1693
Birth Place: Dorsetshire, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
WILLIAM PRESSLEY
1608–1655
London, City of London, Greater London, England
JANE NEWMAN
1613–1655
Queen Camel Somerset England
Grandparents
William Presley
–1620
VA
Winifred (Judith) Griffin
1561–1655
London, Middlesex, England
Col (Robert Dameron) Newman
1580–1655
Queen Camel, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Colonel I
1525–1567
*Margaret Moseley
1525–1567
Leroy Griffin
1530–1599
Winifred Corbin
1540–1609
**Col. II
1552–1601
Alice Quarles
1556–1606
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Presley
1502–1579
Anne Cartwright
1505–1543
SARAH GURDOU
1512–1562
**Sir Musgrove
1525–1574
Lady Brixton*
1529–1574
Sir Author
1508–1570
Alice Pole
1534–1591

Peter Presley's Descendants

1.
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Peter Presley (1629–16 April 1693) m. Elizabeth (Winifred) Thompson (1642–2 Apr 1720)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Presley 1671–1719 m. Ebenezer Saunders 1661–1693
    1. 1. John (Kitchen) Cockrill 1695–1755 m. Elizabeth (LONGWORTH) Cockrill 1699–1750
      1. 1. Joseph (Cockrill or) Cockrell 1721–1795 m. Jane (Beheathland MARMADUKE) Cockrill 1721–1761
        1. 1. Christopher Cockrill 1750–1796
        2. 2. John (C) Cockrell 1757–1809
        3. 3. Joseph (Marmaduke) Cockrell 1758–1804
        4. 4. Ann Cockrill 1747–1792
        5. 5. Jemima Cockrill 1735–1816
        6. 6. Sampson Cockrill 1759–1791
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Helyn) Saunders 1686–1780
    3. 3. Ebenezer Saunders 1687–
    4. 4. Edward Saunders 1691–1739
    5. 5. Jane (Presley) Saunders 1693–

Peter Presley's Timeline

2 Records

1629
1629
Birth of Peter Presley in Dorsetshire, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Dorsetshire, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1693
16 April 1693
Age 64
Death of Peter Presley in Northumberland, Virginia, USA
Northumberland, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1629
    Event Place: Dorsetshire, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 April 1693
    Event Place: Northumberland, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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