Nehemiah
Preston
Born in Washington County, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Nathan Preston 2nd
and Elizabeth Rumery
Brother of
Nathan Preston, Sarah Preston, William Preston, Ichabod Preston, Susanna Preston, Jane Preston, Ann Preston, Elizabeth (Preston) Jones, John M Preston and Mary Preston
Husband of
Leah B. B. Whitney
— married
28 Nov 1820 in Eastport, Washington County, Maine, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Betsy (Preston) Jones, Nehemiah Preston, Nathan Clifford Preston, Lydia Preston, Paran C. Preston, Parham Preston, George Washington Preston, William L. Preston, Joel Preston, Otis W Preston and Solomon Preston
Died
at age 73
in Plantation 14, Washington County, Maine, United States
Profile managers:
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Biography
Nehemiah was born in 1800. Nehemiah Preston married Leah Whitney. He died in 1874[1]
- United States Census, 1850[2] Washington county, part of, Washington, Maine, United States
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- Nehemiah Preston M 50 Maine
- Leah Preston F 47 Maine
- Nathan C Preston M 21 Maine
- Parson Preston M 15 Maine
- George W Preston M 13 Maine
- Wm Preston M 11 Maine
- Joel Preston M 8 Maine
- Otis Preston M 6 Maine
- Solomon Preston M 4 Maine
- United States Census, 1860[3] Township 14, , Washington, Maine, United States
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- Nehemiah Preston M 60 Maine
- Leah B Preston F 56 Maine
- Parham C Preston M 25 Maine
- George W Preston M 23 Maine
- William L Preston M 20 Maine
- Joel W Preston M 18 Maine
- Otis W Preston M 16 Maine
- Solomon Preston M 14 Maine
- Anna M Dolen F 25 Maine
- United States Census, 1870[4] Cathance Township, Township 14, , Washington, Maine, United States
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- Nehemiah Preston M 69 Maine
- Leah Preston F 66 Maine
- Otis W Preston M 25 Maine
- Annie Preston F 35 Maine
This person was created through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.
Nehemiah was born in 1805. He passed away in 1874. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 January 2020), memorial page for Nehemiah Preston (9 Jun 1805–8 Feb 1874), Find A Grave: Memorial #84451341, ; Maintained by Jerry Newman (contributor 47450515) Unknown.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VH-TZ5 : 29 October 2019), Solomon Preston in household of Nehemiah Preston, Washington county, part of, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 21, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDH2-W87 : 12 December 2017), Anna M Dolen in entry for Nehemiah Preston, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DW-83F : 12 April 2016), Nehemiah Preston, Maine, United States; citing p. 1, family 6, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,062.
- ↑ Source will be added by Alicia (Laski) Hunt by 1 Jan 2022.
Acknowledgements
Import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nehemiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nehemiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nehemiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nehemiah:
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~3.12%
Roger Newman
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #12656
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~1.56%
Carleton Cox :
23andMe, GEDmatch AR6411844 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CarletonCox
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~1.56%
Adam (Query) McQuery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MF1948837 [compare], yourDNAportal ADA22837749, Ancestry member AdamMcQuery
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~0.78%
Loretta (Preston) McDonough :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lorettamcd920
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Alicia (Laski) Hunt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A328039 [compare], Ancestry member aliciagal
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