Person:Daniel Preston (10)

Name	Daniel Preston
Gender	Male
Christening^[1]	7 Oct 1649	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Bef 1675	Based on birth of eldest known child to Abigail Jackson
Death^[2]^[3]	13 Mar 1725/26	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Boston (Massachusetts). Record Commissioners. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1890)
p. 159.

Anno 1649.
Daniell Preston 7 - 8 mo 49
[Note: In old-styles dates, the eighth month is October. More info may be found here.]
↑ Boston (Massachusetts). Record Commissioners. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1890)
p. 133.

Elder Daniel Preston Died March ye 13th. 1725/6. being in ye 77th. year of his age.
[Note: 77th year, so age 76, so birth about 1649.]
↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate records, 1636-1899. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-1971)
Case 5229 Preston Daniel Dorchester 1726 Mch 28.

Will of "Daniel Preston of Dorchester ... yeoman", dated 20 Jan 1720/21, codicil 4 Mar 1725/26, proved 28 Mar 1726, names wife Abigail; eldest son John Preston; son Remember Preston; son Daniel Preston; four daughters (viz) Abigail Smith, Delivorance Carpenter, Margret Georg and Elizabeth Georg; children of my daughter Mary Carpenter Dec'd. Codicil names Joshua George who maried my Daughter Margaret Preston. Sons Remember and Daniel to be executors.