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William Preston 1590 – 1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Jan 1590

Birth Location: Giggleswick, Yorkshire, (Present UK), England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 Jan 1649

Death Location: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: Adam Preston

Mother: Isabel Braithwaite

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Sale

Children(s): Mary Preston

It was in 1590 that William Preston III was born in Giggleswick, Yorkshire, (Present UK), England, United Kingdom, a child of Adam Preston and Isabel Braithwaite. William Preston III went on to marry Elizabeth Sale and had children such as Mary (Marie) Preston. William Preston III was deceased by 1649 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Parents

Adam Preston
1558 – 1593
Birth Location: Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
AP
Isabel Braithwaite
1562 – 1620
Birth Location: Giggleswick, Craven District, North Yorkshire, England
IB

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Sale
1590 – 1633
Birth Location: Chesham, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
ES

Children(s)

Mary Preston
1629 – 1690
Birth Location: Chesham, Chiltern Buckinghamshire
MP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 29 Jan 1590
    Event Place: Giggleswick, Yorkshire, (Present UK), England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 28 Jan 1590/1591
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Yorkshire, England, Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873, Yorkshire Parish Register Section; Leeds, England, United Kingdom; Giggleswick Vol 1, 1558-1669

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: 28 Jan 1590
    Event Place: Giggleswick, York, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1620-1650
    Event Place: New Haven, Connecticut
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: New Haven, Connecticut; Year: 1620-1650; Page Number: 186

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1635
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1640
    Event Place: New Haven
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: The Preston genealogy : tracing the history of the family from about 1040, A.D., The ancestral lines of Mary Lenore Knapp

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 4 Jan 1649
    Event Place: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Millennium File, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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