Grace (Preston) Horner (abt. 1709 - abt. 1756)

Born about 1709 in Lower Gunpowder, Harford County, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Anderson — married 2 Nov 1726 in St George's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland

Wife of Thomas Horner — married 27 Oct 1741 in Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died about 2 Nov 1756 at about age 47 in Baltimore, Hartford County, Maryland

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Biography

Grace Preston d/o James and Sarah (Scott) Preston She was born ca1709.

Her grandfather, Thomas Preston, Jr., who was born in VA owned nearly 1000 acres on Bush River as the Rent Rolls show.

Richard and Thomas Preston (brothers) came from England to Va and then to MD Thomas Preston born 1615 in England married Elizabeth _____ In 1665 they moved to Calvet Co MD

Their children were

1. Thomas Jr,
2. Elizabeth and
3. Sarah.

Thomas Preston Jr. born ca1641 VA and died 1710

He married ca1672 to Mary widow of Joseph Hewes and they moved to Bush River.

They had a son James Preston, who was born 1675 married Oct 1729

He married in 1708/9 to Sarah Scott d/o Daniel Scott

After James died Sarah married 2nd in 1731 to Thomas Pycraft.

THIS IS THE Grace Preston that is LINKED to the Charles Anderson, so I will go ahead and leave it......... and add the daughter that the ENTRY............names.............

Marriage/Births

St. George's Parish Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1681 - 1799

"Sarah Anderson daughter of Charles Anderson & Grace his

wife was born June 7th 1728."

NEXT ENTRY

"Charles Anderson married to Grace Preston Nov'r 2d 1726." ^[1]

Marriage

Previously, Grace Preston Anderson, born 1709 in Harford County, was shown to have married on 27 October 1741 to Thomas Horner, who was born in 1641, 100 years earlier. This is so unlikely that the two have been de-linked.Day-1904 20:23, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Grace passed away in 1756.

Sources

1. ↑ [1] image 1063/ page 248

• Genealogy Research of Stanley M Keen

• Courtesy of J. Harlan Livezey, Aberdeen, Maryland

• Geni http://www.geni.com/people/Grace-Preston/6000000009461615710

• Dave's Bohemian, Canadian, and Southern Kin http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=david%5Fhughey&id=I230172

• Find A Grave Memorial# 141633218

• Albert Lowell Tangora, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 23, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #2398, Date of Import: May 7, 1998. 1996, Date of Import: Sep 19, 1998.