Mary Ann (Preston) Howard (1740 - 1814)

Born 28 Oct 1740 in Augusta County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Lynn Howard — married Oct 1764 in Augusta County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1814 at about age 73 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky

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Biography

Mary Ann Preston was born October 1740 in Augusta county, Virgina. She was the daughter of Colonel John Preston and Elizabeth Patton.

A record of the names of the children baptized by the Rev. John Craig, both in his own and in the neighboring Congregations, where God in his providence ordered his labours.

Wherein the time and place and the parents' name that presented the children are all recorded:

Note if the child belonged to the Congregation no place is named.

For the use of the Congregation beginning anno Dom 1740.

October 1740.

5. Jeremiah Williams, a child Baptized named Elizabeth at Bulskin.

19. John Kerr, a child Baptized named Isabel.

Robert Renix, a child Baptized named Ann.

James Anderson, a child Baptized named Agnes.

John Anderson, a child Baptized named John.

Jacob Funkenburgh, a child Baptized named John.

William Jonston, a child Baptized named John.

James Allen, a child Baptized named Rachel.

26. William Logan, a child Baptized named Samuel.

William Jonston, a child Baptized named Margaret.

Andrew Rafrel, a child Baptized named Andrew.

William Finly, a child Baptized named William.

28. John Preston, a child Baptized named Mary

The number Baptized this month 13, of which seven females.

She married John Howard in October 1764 at Spring Hill, Augusta County, Virginia, U.S.A.. She died in 1814 at Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, U.S.A.. From October 1764, her married name became Howard.

Sources

Baptism and Christening Records OF BAPTISMS

By REV. JOHN CRAIG in AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1740 - 1749. Published By L. B. Katke

Transcribed by K. Torp

http://genealogytrails.com/vir/augusta/baptisms_johncraig.html

• thepeerage.com

• "Mary Preston (1732 - 1814)" Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Webpage (Retrieved 14 July 2018)

• "John Howard (1733 - 1834)" Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Webpage (Retrieved 14 July 2018)

• Brown, John Mason. Memoranda of the Preston Family (Frankfort, KY: S.I.M. Major, 1870). See story of John Preston and Elizabeth Patton (Mary's parents) pp. 5-6. The children of John and Elizabeth (Patton) Preston are listed on page 6: Letitia (Preston) Breckinridge, Margaret (Preston) Brown, William Preston, Ann (Preston) Smith, and Mary (Preston) Howard.

• Descendants of Mary Preston are given on pp. 58-63 of Brown's book. Note that on p. 6 Mary's husband is incorrectly named as Benjamin Howard. On p. 58 this is corrected and her husband is correctly named as John Howard. Their son was Gov. Benjamin Howard (p. 62), a Brigadier General in the War of 1812, Congressman and the third governor of the territory of Missouri/Louisiana.

• Wilson, L. A. and William Bowker Preston. The Preston Genealogy (Salt Lake City, UT: Desert News, 1900). See Second Generation, "Mary Preston, who was born about 1732, and married John Howard of Virginia," pp. 157 - 159.