Person:William Preston (1)
William Preston
chr.28 Jan 1590/91 Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England
d.1647 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Jun 1583
  1. Margaret PrestonEst 1583 -
  2. Thomas PrestonEst 1585 -
  3. Janet PrestonEst 1588 -
  4. Katherine PrestonEst 1589 -
  5. William Preston1590/91 - 1647
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Oct 1613
  1. William Preston, Jr1614 - 1633
  2. John PrestonEst 1616 - 1623
  3. Edward Preston1619 - Bef 1699
  4. Daniel Preston1621/22 -
  5. Elizabeth Preston1623/24 -
  6. Sarah Preston1626 - Bef 1690
  7. Mary Preston1629 - 1690
  8. John Preston1631/32 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  William Preston1590/91 - 1647
  • W.  Mary UnknownAbt 1601 -
m. Bef 1635
  1. Hannah PrestonAbt 1636 - Bef 1701
  2. Jehiel Preston1640 - 1684
  3. Hackaliah Preston1643 - Bet 1690 & 1692
  4. Deacon Eliasaph Preston1643 - 1707
  5. Sergeant Joseph Preston1646/47 - 1733
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Facts and Events
Name William Preston
Gender Male
Christening[1][2][3] 28 Jan 1590/91 Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England
Marriage 11 Oct 1613 Chesham, Buckinghamshire, Englandto Elizabeth Sale
Marriage Bef 1635 to Mary Unknown
Emigration? 1635 New Haven Colony
Death[2] 1647 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Alt Death? 4 Jan 1649 New Haven Colony

William was a church warden in Chesham in 1617. After his wife died, William emigrated to the New Haven Colony on the “Truelove” in September, 1635 with second wife Mary and children Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, and John. His will is dated 9 July 1647 and refers to an estate in Yorkshire in town of Gigleswere (Giggleswick) in Craven.

The Truelove (1635)
Sailed: 19 Sept 1635 from an unspecified port in England under Master John Gibbs
Arrived: October? 1635 at New England

Passengers:
~80 		Wm Beeresto - Geo: Beeresto - Jo: Bentley - Wm Bentley family - Tho: Blower - Tho: Brighton - Roger Broome - Robert Browne - Thomas Burchard family - John Done - Ralph Ellwood - Rabecca ffeaner - Samvel Grover - Lester Gunter - Sarah Haile - Richard Hawes family - Edward Howe family - Elizabeth Jenkins - Edward Jeofferies - Wm Jones - Margaret Killiaghall - Dorothie Lowe - Geo: Morrey - Edward Parrie - Peter Place - Wm Preston family - Tho: Rumball - Jo: Sedgwick - Jo: Simpson - Thomas Sterte - Jo: Streme - Tho: Stockton - Richard Swayne - Geo: Tayler - Tho: Tibbaldes - Ralph Tomkins family - Jane Walson - Zacharia Whitman family
Resources: Transcription of records from Hotten; Founders of New England NEHGR v14

References
  1. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    5:521.

    'Baptized Giggleswick, Yorkshire, 28 January 1590/1, son of Adam and Isabel (Braithwaite) Preston [TAG 14:134-37].'

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:490-91.

    'Preston, William. ...
    His will mentions land at Giggleswick, co. York, inherited by elder bro. and himself from his father. The late James Shepard, of New Britain, Conn., obtained a record to the effect that William, son of Adam and Isabel (Braithwhet) Preston, was bapt. at Giggleswick, 23 Jan. 1590/1, but we do not know how authentic the record is. ...
    The family settled in New Haven, where William d. in 1647.'

  3. ↑ The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
    14:135.

    '1590-1 Jan 28 William, s. Adam' (in a list of Preston baptisms in the Giggleswick Church Registers)

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