Edward Preston … m. by 1651 Margaret ----- (eldest known child g. Boston 30 January 1651[/2?] [BVR 33]. … Various sources identify the wife of Edward Preston as Margaret Hurst, but without providing evidence [FANH 1479]; FOOF 1:491]. … Taken together, these items are suggestive, but fall far short of proof of the identity of the wife of Edward Preston.