8. PETER3 PRESLEY (Peter2, William1) was sheriff of Northumberland and colonel of militia in 1712, and burgess in the Assemblies from 1710 to 1749. He married Winifred Griffin, daughter of Col. Leroy Griffin (born in 1646), and had issue:
6 Winifred, only child and heiress, who married Anthony Thornton.
Col. Presley was murdered by his servants, and his will dated Aug. 12, 1748, was proved Sept. 10, 1750. With him the male line of the Presley family in Virginia appears to have become extinct. Col. Peter Presley gave nearly all of his extensive estates in Virginia and elsewhere to his grandson Presley Thornton, who was born in 1722, resided at "Northumberland House," and was a member of the council from 1760 till his death December 8, 1769. For his descendants see QUARTERLY, IV., 176.
