Benjamin Preston (1761 - 1847)

Born 2 Jan 1761 in Chester, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Kimball) Preston — married 11 May 1782 in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1847 at age 86 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Benjamin Presson was born Chester, New Hampshire, 2 January 1761, the son of William Presson and his wife, Hannah Healey.^[1][2] He died perhaps Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, 13 April 1847.^[3][4][5]

Benjamin married at Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, 11 May or 11 July 1782, Elizabeth Kimball.^[6] She was born about 1762 (gravestone) or 1765 (she was 63 years old on 20 June 1828),^[7] and died 10 September 1846, age 84 (gravestone). Her ancestry is unknown or unproven.

Benjamin served in the Revolution from Rumney in Col. Hobart’s 3rd Regt. Capt. Stone’s 9th Company. He was an Assemblyman from Strafford.^[8]

Benjamin and Elizabeth (Kimball) Preston are buried Strafford Cemetery, Strafford.^[9]

Children of Benjamin Preston and his wife, Elizabeth Kimball,^[10]

1. Susan Preston, born about 1784 (calculated from death record; 1850 NY Cn, Genesee Co, Bethany, 128, ae 66), married Ira Norton, son of Nathan^6 (Elihu^5, Joseph^4-3, Thomas^2-1) and Experience (Howe) Norton.
2. Benjamin Preston, born about 3 October 1785 (calculated from death record), died Strafford, 10 May 1858, age 72-7-7 (gravestone, Strafford Cemetery, ae 73); married (1) Strafford, 26 May 1808, Mary Sanborn,^[11] daughter of Moses Sanborn and Sarah Marden; married (2), at Strafford, 26 October 1824, Lucy Reynold, whose ancestry is unknown.
3. Sally "Sarah" Preston, born about 1788 (1860 census); married Strafford, 21 August 1808, Peter Brown,^[12] son of Moses and Mary (Hobbs) Brown. Several children born Vermont; the family removed to Ohio.^[13][14][15]
4. Betsey Preston, born 29 March 1790, died 7 April 1859; married in 1812, Selah Walbridge, son of John^4 (John^3, William^2, Henry^1) and Mary Walbridge.^[16]
5. Esther Preston, born Strafford, 19 November 1792,^[17] died Monroe County, Michigan, about 1834;^[18] married Strafford, 15 July 1815,^[19] Earl Sexton of Sharon, ancestry unknown. He died Monroe County, Michigan, about 1834;^[20][21] five children.
6. John Ambrose Preston, b 1794 Oct 10,^[22] dc 1835 May — [NSDAR #68695]; m (1) 1812 Sep 17 Strafford [VR] Christina Mosher, ancestry unknown, bc 1798 [Mosher, 90], db 1891 [ibid.], daughter of Pardon5’ (Nicholas4, Thomas3, Nicholas2, Hugh1) and Sarah (Garfield) Mosher, no further record. Parents of Hersey Derby Preston; John married (2), 1817 May 25 [NSDAR #68695j probably Strafford, Orilla Harris. [Christina Mosher Preston married (2) Levi Mosher, son of Rodman5 (Nicholas4, Thomas3, Nicholas2, Hugh1) and Sarah (Garfield) Mosher.]
7. Azubah Preston, bc 1796 Oct 31 [calculated, dVR], d 1867 Mar 02 Sharon (Mosher, 231, as ae 70-4-2); married 1812 Oct 27 Strafford [ibid.] Alanso Mosher, son of Pardon5 (Nicholas4, Thomas’, Nicholas2, Hugh1) and Sarah (Garfield) Mosher.
8. Tichenor Preston, b 1797 Oct 10, d 1800 Oct 24 Strafford [VR. ae 1-0-14]
9. Mahala Preston, b 1801 Mar 02, d 1880 Nov 13 Sharon [Roberts, 3; 493]; m 1820 Oct 24 Strafford [VR] Edward Colcord Quimby, son of Elisha and Mahitable (Colcord) Quimby.
10. Luther D, Preston, b 1803 Jun 10, d 1867 Sep 25 Royalton [VR, ae 64-3]; m int. 1823 Mar -- Springfield NH [Roberts, 3:499] Sarah B. Colcord.

Sources

1. ↑ Scott A. Bartley, ed., Vermont Families in 1791. 2 vols., 2 (St. Albans, Vermont: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1992), 162-164 (Benjamin Preston, 34a ...); Bartley attributes the Preston genealogies (2:159-167) to Barbara Preston (Rowe) Sprague (Vernon, Vermont).
2. ↑ Benjn Presson 1761 birth, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, DGS 004244273, image 1684 of 5075.
3. ↑ Citing Strafford cemetery gravestone, Scott A. Bartley, ed., Vermont Families in 1791. 2 vols., 2 (St. Albans, Vermont: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1992), page 162-164 (Benjamin Preston, 34a ...); Bartley attributes the Preston genealogies (2:159-167) to Barbara Preston (Rowe) Sprague (Vernon, Vermont).
4. ↑ Benjamin Preston entry, "Vol. J, Revolutionary War pensioners under Acts of 1818, 1828, and 1832, 1831-50 ..." in "Ledgers of payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. pensioners, under Acts of 1818 through 1858, from records of the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury" in "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images; FamilySearch; DGS 007196953 (10-vol J Revolutionary War pensioners), image 190 of 273; citing NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962); pages carries header, "Windsor, Vt. act 1818."
5. ↑ Benj Preston 1841 [sic] death, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch, DGS 004705246, image 3002 of 4118; card carries and is indexed as "Apr. 13, 1841," reporting his age as 86 years.
6. ↑ Preston-Kimball 1782 marriage, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch, DGS 004243070, image 3396 of 5016; carries date 11 July 1782.
7. ↑ Benjamin Preston declaration of 20 June 1828, Benjamin Preston, Revolutionary War Pension file, S[oldier] 41,078, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, micropublication M804 (Washington: National Archives, 19__), roll 1972; digital image(s) from archival media, Footnote.com (http://www.footnote.com : accessed 28 November 2007); under declaration of 20 June 1828, he testified that his pension certificate was no. 11,242 (filmed page 7 of 38).
8. ↑ Citing "NHSP. 14: 566" [sic, should be 14:463, 657] and "Roberts, 3:493," Scott A. Bartley, ed., Vermont Families in 1791. 2 vols., 2 (St. Albans, Vermont: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1992), page 162-164 (Benjamin Preston, 34a ...).
9. ↑ Benjamin Preston, memorial 233373651 and Elizabeth Preston, memorial 233373696; web content, FindAGrave; images of both gravestones appear.
10. ↑ Scott A. Bartley, ed., Vermont Families in 1791, 2 vols., 2 (St. Albans, Vermont: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1992), page 162-164 (Benjamin Preston, 34a ...); Bartley attributes the Preston genealogies (2: 159-167) to Barbara Preston (Rowe) Sprague (Vernon, Vermont).
11. ↑ Preston-Sanborn 1808 marriage, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch; DGS 004705246, image 3004 of 4118; married by Benja Preston, J. P.
12. ↑ Brown-Preston 1808 marriage, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch.
13. ↑ Lewis Publishing Company, Biographical history of northeastern Ohio : embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake ... (Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co, 1893), 426-28 (D. D. Burnett); digital images, InternetArchive.
14. ↑ Harriet Taylor Upton, History of the Western Reserve, 3 vols. (Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company, 1910), 3:1531-2 (Henry Brown); digital images, Hathi Trust.
15. ↑ Sarah Brown in Harvey P. Newton household, 1860 U.S. census, Ashtabula County, Ohio, population schedule, Kingsville p. 21 (no stamp), dwelling 165. family 177, Harvey P. Newton household; database and digital images, FamilySearch; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll number unknown.
16. ↑ Citing "Walbridge, 73, 102[-103]," Scott A. Bartley, ed., Vermont Families in 1791. 2 vols., 2 (St. Albans, Vermont: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1992), page 162-164 (Benjamin Preston, 34a ...).
17. ↑ ___ther Preston 1792 birth, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," images, FamilySearch, DGS 004705246, image 2856 of 4118.
18. ↑ Chapman Brothers, Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale county, Mich ... (Chicago : Chapman brothers, 1888), 878 (Sketch of Gideon and Marcus B. Emerson); digital images, Hathi Trust.
19. ↑ Sexton-Preston 1815 marriage, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch.
20. ↑ Mike Flood, "Descendants of Noah Sexton"; entry for Earl Sexton; RootsWeb; see also correspondence of 2006.
21. ↑ Chapman Brothers, Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale county, Mich ... (Chicago : Chapman brothers, 1888), 878 (Sketch of Gideon and Marcus B. Emerson); digital images, Hathi Trust.
22. ↑ ___mbrose Preston 1794 birth, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," image, FamilySearch, DGS 004705246 > image 2852 of 4118

• Benjamin Preston, Revolutionary War Pension file, S[oldier] 41,078, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, micropublication M804 (Washington: National Archives, 19__), roll 1972; digital image(s) from archival media, Footnote.com (http://www.footnote.com : accessed 28 November 2007); under declaration of 20 June 1828, he testified that his pension certificate was no. 11,242 (filmed page 7 of 38).