Born about in Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Preston
and Elizabeth (Patton) Preston
Sister of
Margaret (Preston) Brown, Letitia (Preston) Breckenridge, William T. Preston Sr., Mary Ann (Preston) Howard and James Preston
Wife of
Francis Smith
— married
Aug 1761 in Augusta County, Virginia (USA)
Descendants 
Mother of
William Preston Smith, Elizabeth Preston (Smith) Blair, John Smith, Susanna (Smith) Trigg, Jane (Smith) Madison and Agatha (Smith) Marshall
Died about
at about age 74
in Kentucky
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| Created 5 May 2011
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Biography
Ann Preston was born in 1739 at Spring Hill, Orange County, Virginia, U.S.A..1 She was the daughter of Colonel John Preston and Elizabeth Patton.1 She married Major Francis Smith.1 She died in 1813 at Kentucky, U.S.A..1 Her married name became Smith.
Sources
- thepeerage.com
- https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=BAo7AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA453] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Husband, Child, Death page 453
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ann by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ann:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ann by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ann:
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~1.56%
Cornelia Geesey
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Sue Christian :
23andMe, GEDmatch M277473 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Bob Christian :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A896944 [compare]
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Deena (Smith) Cross
Deena (Smith) Cross
Preston-2730 and Preston-422 appear to represent the same person because: Same places, same spouse
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by Deena (Smith) Cross
Rejected matches › Ann Preston (bef.1741-)
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