Mehitable (White) Preston (1752 - 1827)

Born 13 Apr 1752 in Danvers, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Preston — married 13 Feb 1772 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Biography

Marriage

Mehitable White married John Preston in Danvers, Massachusetts Bay, on 13 Feb 1772.^[1]

Military

Private John Preston, born 08 September 1746 in Salem Village, Massachusetts, died 23 December 1827 in Danvers, Massachusetts, and his wife Mehitable White Preston are honored for service in the American Revolution; he responded to the Lexington Alarm.^[2]

Family

Children born to Mehitable (White) Preston and John Preston:

1. a daughter, unnamed, who died 01 October 1772 in Danvers, Massachusetts.^[3]

In her father's 1799 will, she is noted under her married name of Mehitable Preston.

Find-a-Grave

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-X39Z : 6 November 2017), Preston, 01 Oct 1772; citing Death, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 758,829. A snippet
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 12, 2019), "Record of John Preston", Ancestor # A092924.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH17-85N : 10 February 2018), Preston, 01 Oct 1772; citing Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, reference P295; FHL microfilm 758,829.

• Mayflower Families Vol. 13 p. 129
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 January 2019), memorial page for Mehitable White Preston (13 Apr 1752–Dec 1820), Find A Grave Memorial no. 26681507, citing Old Settlers Burying Ground, Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bob on Gallows Hill (contributor 46630279) .