Major William Preston Sources

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William Preston (1754-1842)
Elizabeth Clark (1760-1807)
Mary Herbert (1769-1857)

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• The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the year 1843 (1842), 320; digital images, GoogleBooks, reporting William Preston's death January 17 [1842] at Rumney; ae 87, he was a revolutionary pensioner, "Few men were called to endure greater hardships in our struggle for liberty. He was one of the first settlers of Rumney, filled many important offices, and represented the town for a number of years in the General Court."
• Annette Lamb, William and Elizabeth Preston gravestone photograph, 2004, Rumney Depot Cemetery, Grafton County, New Hampshire; digital images, Rumney, New Hampshire Eduscapes (17 October 2006); from the digital image, “Maj. William Preston : Died Jun 17, 1842 : in the 88 yr of his age.” Lamb is a direct descendant of Maj. William and Elizabeth (Clark) Preston.
• "Another Revolutionary Hero Gone.--," obituary of Mr. William Preston, The (Baltimore, Maryland) Sun, Wednesday, June 1, 1842 (Morning ed.), page 2, column 2; digital image via GenealogyBank.com, 19 November 2007, "Historical Newspapers" collection; see also, same publication, pg. 2, col. 6, death notice for William Preston.
• Town of Rumney, New Hampshire (79 Depot St., Rumney, NH 03266) to compiler, information supplied telephonically by Linda Whitcomb, Town Clerk, 20 October 2008, for William Presson and Elizabeth Clark, married 10 May 1779, citing "Town of Rumney: Town Clerk ledger," book B, pg 242.
• "Died," obituary of Elizabeth Preston, The Sun, Dover (New Hampshire) Gazette, and County Advertiser, Saturday, June 27, 1807, pg. 3, col. 1; digital image, GenealogyBank.com(accessed 5 January 2008), "Historical Newspapers" collection; reports her death on the 19th, that she leaves eleven children to morn. Separately noted, from the record of twelve births in the vital records, compiler concludes that one child predeceased Elizabeth.
• Annette Lamb, "Rumney, New Hampshire," William and Elizabeth Preston gravestone photograph, 2004, Rumney Depot Cemetery, Grafton County, New Hampshire; digital images, Eduscapes (extracted 17 October 2006); from the image, “Elizabeth : Wife of Maj. William Preston : Died : June 17, 1807: in the 47 yr of her age.” Lamb is a direct descendant of Maj. William and Elizabeth (Clark) Preston. Separately noted, Sprague (for Vermont Families in 1791) read the death date inscribed on the stone as 7 Jun 1803, but reported Elizabeth’s death 19 June 1807, citing vital record; obituary of Elizabeth Preston [The Sun...,June 27, 1807] reports she died 19 June 1807.
• Nathaniel Bouton, The History of Concord from it First Grant in 1726... (1856);, 665-670 (The Herbert Family); Hathi Trut; Mary Herbert, b. 11 Feb. 1769, Concord, dau. (fifth child) Lieut. Richard Herbert (31 Dec 1729-17 July 1823) and his wife, Hannah Hall (31 Nov 1735-11 Aug 1825), married “Maj. William Preston, Rumney, N. H...; provides continuing information about Mary's family.
• William Preston (Mary), Revolutionary War Pension file Widows 2667, Soldier 3222, BLWt 5079-160-55, 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 (accessed 28 November 2007).
• Jesse A. Barney, Rumney, Then and Now, History (Rumney, NH: Town of Rumney, 1967), 187, Preston entries.
• Hannah (Preston) Webster, oral family history recorded by Charles H. Herbert at Elgin, Ill., 15 September 1887; "War journal and letters, 1852-1865" (Charles H. Herbert papers), MS 1989-128, pages 219-217; New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord; digital images, supplied by Bill Copeley, Reference Librarian, correspondence of 21 November 2008. Hannah (Preston) Webster was the daughter of Maj. William Preston m2 Mary Herbert.
• Affidavit by William Preston dated 1 September 1832, Jonathan Fogg, file S[oldier] 10,695 (Private, New Hampshire), Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, micro-publication M804 (Washington: National Archives, 19__), roll 994; digital image(s) from archival media, Footnote.com (accessed 19 Nov 2008).
• Affidavit by William Preston, 6 December 1819, Elkanhan Danforth (Molly), file W[idows] 15889, S[oldier]16,959, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, micropublication M804 (Washington: National Archives, 19__), roll 735; digital image(s) from archival media, Footnote.com (accessed 26 November 2008), pages filmed as 1, 2, 5, and 52.
• "Quebec Expedition,” and some related documents, Isaac W. Hammond, editor, Rolls of the (New Hampshire) Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to May 1777, vol. 1, New Hampshire, State Papers, Vol. 14 (1885), herein as NHSP v14, p. 210, 215; digital images, New Hampshire Archives and Records Management , at 210, table 1-238, “Capt Henry Dearborn's Company in Colonel B. Arnold's Detachment,” line 26 for William Preston; at 215, table 1-240, “Pay Roll of Capt Henry Dearborns Company in Colo. Arnolds detachment for Canada inlisted out of Colo Starks and Colo Poors Regiments from the time of entry in said Regiments to Sept 1st 1775 --,“ entry at line 37 for William Preston, private [editor notes that parts of the original entry for Preston were torn out, including the “time of entry”; however, compiler reconstructed the calculations to prove that William’s enlistment date would have been reported as no later than 4 May 1775; file memorandum available on request].
• Isaac W. Hammond, editor, Rolls of the (New Hampshire) Soldiers in the Revolutionary War May 1777 to 1780, vol. 2, New Hampshire, State Papers, Vol. 15 (1886), herein as NHSP v15, pgs 459-60, 605-6, 607-611, and 710-733; digital images, New Hampshire Archives and Records Management at 460, table no. 5-30, entry for William Preson, Jr., in Stone’s Company; at 605, table 5-186, for William Preston of Rumney in Stone’s Company; at 609, table 5-187, for William Presson of Rumney, under Capt. Stone; at 732, table 5-360, for William Presson, Corporal & Sergeant.
• Isaac W. Hammond, editor, Rolls of the (New Hampshire) Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, vol. 3, New Hampshire, State Papers, vol. 16 (1887), herein as NHSP v16; digital images, New Hampshire Archives and Records Management; at 035, table 6-44, “Return of Capt. Benjamin Stone’s Co., for William Presson, Corp., enlisted for three years; promoted to Sergeant 1 Jan. 1778; discharged 10 Feb. 1780; at 40, table 6-48, “Return of Capt. McGregore’s Co.,” entry for William Presson, Sergeant, remarked as having transferred to Capt. Hawkins. Co.; at 40, table 6-52, “Return of Capt. Hawkin’s Co.,” William Presson, Corporal, enlisted 10 Feb. 1777 for three years, promoted to Sergeant 1 January 1778, discharged 10 Feb. 1780; at 189, table 6-288, “Return of Captain McGregore’s Co.,” William Preston, Sergeant, enlisted for 3 years, discharged 10 Feb. 1780; at 212, table 6-326, “9th Company,” William Preston, Sergeant. Separately consulted, William Preston (Mary), Revolutionary War Pension file ... S3222 ..., provides for William’s discharge 21 Jan. 1780.
• George C. Gilmore, State Senators 1784-1900 : New Hampshire Men at Bunker Hill (1899), 63; digital images, Hathi Trust; entry for William Preston of Rumney, Private, Abbot’s Company, Stark’s Regiment, citing NHSP, vol. 14, pg 217, further reporting William was a taken prisoner in Arnold’s expedition to Quebec.
• Ezra S. Stearns, The History of Plymouth, New Hampshire 2 vols., (1906). 1:481; digital image, Hathi Trust, William Preston commissioned 16 June 1800 as Major, 1st Battalion, 14th NH Regiment.
• Albert Stillman Batchellor, editor, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of New Hampshire in New Hampshire, State Papers, vol. 30, (1910):256-27, 425; digital images, New Hampshire Archives and Records Management, at 256-27 for William Preston, Sergeant, NH Cont., one of the men of Grafton County granted a pension under the act of 18 March 1818; at 425 for William Preston of Rumney, from the rolls of NH pensioners as of 1 June 1840.
• “Journal of the House of Representatives,” Thursday, June 16, 1791, Albert Stillman Bachellor, editor, Early State Papers of New Hampshire in New Hampshire, State Papers, vol. 22 (1893):352-9; digital images, New Hampshire Archives and Records Management, at 357 for Alexander Craige, Josiah Sanborn and William Preston, as "Select men of the Town of Rumney"--an act enabling them to levy assess and collect tax for the purpose of making highways and bridges was passed.
• George F. Plummer, History of the Town of Wentworth, New Hampshire (1930), 301 (Wentworth and Rumney Representatives); digital image, Hathi Trust; William Preston of Rumney was representative to the General Court for the legislative years 1800 and 1802.
• Ivan Kemp (New Hampshire), interview by GJ (telephonic), Dec. 2006; file memorandum, privately held by GJ, Arizona, 2006; Kemp lived at Rumney and owned the home there originally built by William Preston; during some of the time that he lived in Rumney, Ivan took care of Rumney Depot Cemetery; according to Ivan, “Rumney Depot St. turns into School St. at Main. The Major's house is on School Street, about the fifth home from Main, on the north side of the street. The school [Russell Elementary School, 195 School St.] is beyond the home. There is a dark roof on the barn and home, and they are connected by a metal roof-ed 'L.' [...] A woman from Boston, Louisa Morrow, remodeled the home in about 1880 [...] She is the person who removed the single chimney and put in the two smaller chimneys. She had the barn taken down and moved next to the house. It is connected by a walkway that has a metal covered roof. There is a large field."
• Grafton County (New Hampshire) deeds 51:154, William Preston to Rumney Selectmen, deed dated 19 May 1810; digital image from screen shots in possession of compiler. See also, Grafton County Registry of Deeds.
• Henry Harrison Metcalf, New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches... (1895), 23 (Eunice Elizabeth Preston); digital images, Hathi Trust; she is daughter of Worchester, grandaughter of John, wife of Charles Albert Busiel; reports that her grandfather, John, was the brother of Rev. War patriots William and Benjamin Preston.
• Henry C. Preston in "Jones County, Iowa Biographies"; database of transcribed extractions, Jones County, Iowa GenWeb,; web content, via WayBackMachine, citing R. M. Corbitt, History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present (Chicago: J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1910), p. 92.
• "Deaths," Collins Preston obituary, The Boston (Massachusetts) Gazette, Thursday, October 8, 1812; digital image, NewsBank, GenealogyBank.com (accessed 18 November 2007), "Historical Newspapers" collection, for, “In this town ... Mr. Collins Preston, late of Rumney, N.H., aged 31...”
• "Died--," Collins Preston obituary, The (Boston, Massachusetts) Repertory and General Advertiser, Friday, October 9, 1812; digital image, NewsBank, GenealogyBank.com (accessed 18 November 2007), "Historical Newspapers" collection.
• Leon Keyser, The Keyser Family of New England 2 vols. (1983) 1:210; digital image (snippet, extracted from Google Book Preview 13 November 2008), entry for Lemuel^6 [No. 294] Keyser, Jr., b. 16 May 1787 at Wentworth, s. Lemuel [93] and Anna (Clark) Keyser; m. 17 November 1808, at Rumney, Elizabeth Preston; reports Elizabeth b. 1786, died June 18, 1847, ae 61, citing gravestone; reports Lemuel Jr. died of Spotted Fever, 18 Nov 1815, ae 28; compiler Keyser reports Elizabeth as dau. Michael and Mary (Merrill) Preston of Warren, N. H.--but she was not; Michael was her brother, see his entry; he did not marry until 1816 to Mary Merrill, who herself was younger than Lemuel Jr.'s wife.
• William Little, The History of Warren: A Mountain Hamlet, Located Among the White Hills of New Hampshire (1870) 444-5; 561; digital images, Google Books'; entries about Michael Preston, a trader at Warren, 1816 for about three years; reports that Capt. Benj. Merrill operated the store at fort of Coventry road and turnpick in about 1805, and that Lemuel Keezer operated the place from 1814-1816, when he died of spotted fever; the store was next occupied by Michael Preston, for about three years; Preston sold out to Amos Burton.
• "Deaths," obituary of Mr. Henry D. Preston, The (Dover) New-Hampshire Patriot, Wednesday, June 8, 1853, page 3, col. 4; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (accessed 19 November 2008), "Historical Newspapers" collection; reporting he died June 6th, at Hill.
• Sue Armstrong, Gravestones at Bunker Hill Cemetery, Hill, New Hampshire (now Merrimack County), 2004, online digital images, Central New Hampshire Gravestone collection, New Hampshire Cemeteries, for stone inscription "Henry D. Preston : Died June 6 1853 : ae 65 "; "He died in full faith of our dear Redeemer"; Henry's brother, Michael Preston also buried at Bunker Hill Cemetery. See also related E-mails of 13 Nov 2008, Armstrong to compiler for higher resolution images of the Michael and Henry Preston stones; she writes, "I believe that the Prestons are buried in the north end of Bunker Hill. If this is correct, their graves were moved there from another part of Hill or Bristol that would have been threatened by the building of the flood control dam at Franklin. I'll look in the information that I have and see if I can find out if they were among those moved."
• Methuen, Massachusetts, "Vital Records of Methuen Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849," 1 (marriages): 256, Henry D[erbor] Preston and Percis Bodwell, married May 15, 1808, entry reads, [Preston] "Henry Derbor. int.], of Rumney, NH, and Percis Bodwell, May 15, 1808" [with intention]; database and digital images, Massachusetts Vital Records Project.
• Isabella H. Taylor (Fort Wayne, Indiana), “Genealogy of the Ewing Family,” 22 November 1929, 3 pp.; also known as "Indiana Biography Series" v. 14:99-101; duplicate image copies (including one negative) supplied by Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana, correspondence dated 13 Feb 2009, “Capt. John Preston ... died at Defiance, Ohio, May 7, 1819.”
• John Tipton and Glen A. Blackburn, The John Tipton Papers (1942), 1(1809-1827);608; digital images, Hathi Trust, letter from Matilda S. Tipton to her mother, Matilda writes, "Give my love to all my friends and acquaintences and Mrs. Preston and tell Livinia she mus be shore to write to me soon ..."; and editor Blackburn’s note, "Mrs. Preston and Lavina were daughters of Alexander Ewing. Sophia Charlotte Ewing married (1) Captain John Preston; (2) William N. Hood; (3) Smallwood Noel. Lavina married George B. Walker," citing "Genealogy of the Ewing Family," compiled by Mrs. Sam R. Taylor, in _Indiana Biography Series_ 4:99-101."
• Federal Mortality Census Schedule (1850), Grafton County, New Hampshire, page [1], deaths at Hill, line 7, entry for Mikeil Preston dec'd September [1849], ae 57, of consumption; digital images, FamilySearch Grafton County, image 17 of 31, otherwise, National Archives and Records Administration, roll "CSNH1850_1"; reports he was a carpenter/joiner; born New Hampshire.
• "Married," Michael Preston and Mary Morrill, The (Concord) New-Hampshire Patriot, June 18, 1816, page 3, col. 3; digital image, Genealogy Bank (accessed 26 December 2007), “Historical Newspaper” collection; reports they were married at Warren by Rev. Mr. Young.
• Samuel Merrill, A Merrill memorial .. (1917-1928), p. 565-6 (2832 Joseph Merrill); digital images via FamillySearch Books (filmed pages 579-580 of 735); Joseph Merrill and Sally Copp's daughter Mary Merrill, b. 4 Dec 1798, married ----- Preston of Warren..
• Newton (Mass.), "Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the year 1850" (Boston, Pub. by the New-England historic genealogical society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, 1905), 324 (Kendrick); digital images, Hathi Trust; Michael Preston and Mary E. [int. Eleanor] Kenrick, married 18 Oct 1838.
• 1850 U.S. census, Grafton County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Hill, page 126 (stamped on facing sheet), dwelling 42, family 49, Mary E. K. Preston as separate "family" in Benja Cole dwelling as of 29 July 1850; digital image FamilySearch, National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 430; Mary E. K. Preston is reported ae 56, b. Massachusetts, she reports personal assets of $1000; Benja Cole (same dwelling, family 48) is ae 30/31, he is a bedstead maker, b. NH; apparent wife Orpha, ae 20, b. NH; there are no others enumerated in the dwelling.
• Francis Jackson, History of the early settlement of Newton, county of Middlesex, Massachusetts (1854), 357-58 (John Kenrick, Esq. m. Mehitable Meriam); digital images, InternetArcive; reporting his daus. 1) Vesta m. Col. Joseph Preston and 2) Mary Ellener m. Michael Preston, Esq.; Vesta's dob given as 21 June 1787, but no date of birth is provided for Mary E.
• 1860 U.S. census, Grafton County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Hill, sheet 10 (penned as page), dwelling 701, family 684, Mary K. Preston as of 3 July 1860; digital images, FamilySearch, National Archives microfilm publication M653, roll 670; Mary Preston is HOH, reported ae 66, b. Massachusetts; Lorenzo Whitman, ae 31, M, occ: farm laborer, b. Massachusetts, his apparent wife, Mary, ae 28, F, b. Massachusetts; there are no others enumerated in the dwelling.
• Children of Michael and Mary (Merrill) Preston born or baptized at Canada are Caroline Preston, bap. In at Shefford, Shefford County, Quebec, 14 Feb 1823, d. 08 Jul 1839 at Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.
• "Died," Wells Preston obituary, Boston (Massachusetts) Daily Advertiser, September 11, 1816, pg 2, col. 5; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (accessed 26 Feb. 2007), "Historical Newspapers" collection; reporting Wells as ae 22, s. Major William Preston of Rumney, NH; reports Well's his death on "Monday last"; funeral 11 September 1816 at the home of Mr. Joshua Preston, Cambridge-Street.
• Annette Lamb, Colonel Joseph Preston and wives gravestone photograph, 2004, Rumney Depot Cemetery, Grafton County, New Hampshire; digital images, Rumney, New Hampshire Eduscapes (extracted 17 October 2006); from the image, “Colonel Joseph Preston (1796-1868) Eliza B. Burnham (1794-1830) : Roxanna Preston (1807- -) : His Wives.”
• Roderick H. Burnham, The Burnham Family (Hartford, Connecticut (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1869), page 356; "Abraham Burnham [...m.] Nancy Blair [...]. Their children, [...] Elizabeth b. Oct. 3, 1794; m. Nov 11, 1819, Col. Joseph Preston; d. Mar. 5, 1830."
• Newton (Mass.), "Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the year 1850" (Boston, Pub. by the New-England historic genealogical society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, 1905), 360 (Preston); digital images, Hathi Trust Col. Joseph Preston, of Rumney, and Vesta Kenrick, married July 4, 1830.
• "Marriages," Col. Joseph Preston and Miss Vesta Kenrick, Boston (Massachusetts) Courier, Thursday, July 8, 1830, pg. 2, col. 4; digital image, GenealogyBank (accessed 11 November 2008), Historical Newspaper Collection; reporting Joseph Preston of Rumney, NH and Vesta Kenrick the daughter of John K., Esq.
• Ivan Kemp (New Hampshire), interview by GJ (telephonic), Dec. 2006; file memorandum, privately held by GJ, Arizona, 2006; Kemp lived at Rumney and owned the home there originally built by William Preston; during some of the time that he lived in Rumney, Ivan took care of Rumney Depot Cemetery; Ivan said, “Caroline A. Preston married Henry Hoyt Eastman, they lived down the road a bit, outside of Rumney; Caroline had a very large family, perhaps 18 children; her mother was Roxanna Hickock; I don’t know the names of Roxanna’s parents, but there were Hickock families of Rumney.
• 1850 U.S. census, Grafton County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Rumney, page 165 (stamped), dwelling 148, family 149, Joseph Preston household as of 11 October 1850; digital image, FamilySearch, National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 431; reports Joseph’s apparent wife, Roxanna, ae 43, b. NH.
• 1880 U.S. census, Grafton County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Groton, page 175 (stamped), enumeration district (ED) 84, sheet 7 (penned), dwelling 66, family 74, Roxann Preston as mother in law in Henry H. Eastman household as of 9 June 1880; digital image, FamilySearch, citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 765; reports Roxanna ae 72, b. NH/NH/NH.
• "Deaths at Concord," New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 92 (1938):312; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors death notice for Washington Preston; "September 5, 1825, Washington Preston, son of Major P [indexed Major Preston] of Rumney, 28.”
• "Marriages," matrimony notice for Washington Preston and Abigail Lane, New Hampshire Patriot & (Concord, New Hampshire) State Gazette, Monday evening, December 24, 1821, pg 3, col. 2; digital image, GenealogyBank (accessed 26 February 2007), Historical Newspapers; reporting that Washington and Abigail were married at Chester.
• Town of Bradford, Vermont (172 N. Main Street, Bradford, Vermont 05033) to compiler, information supplied telephonically by Marianne McClure, Town Clerk, 16 October 2008, for Adams Preston and wife, Jane, Adams Preston's death not reported at Bradford; death of wife Jane reported there 3 March 1874, Marianne consulted separately text cited as Arthur Hyde, Bradford, Vermont Burials, 1770-1997 (publication date unknown, but Hyde survives and lives at Bradford), reports Adams Preston and wife Jane buried at Upper Plains Cemetery in Bradford; reports he died 16 March 1878; Marianne comments, “he must have died elsewhere and was brought back to Bradford for burial.” Separately consulted, Arthur Hyde, by telephone interview, confirming both the entries for Adams and Jane in the text he authored and to learn there were no other known cemetery records available; his material developed from tombstone readings.
• Arthur Hyde (Bradford, Vermont), interview by compiler (telephonic), 20 October 2008; file memorandum, privately held by compiler, Arizona, 2008, Arthur knows of no other cemetery records that might call out more information about the location of Adams Preston's death, but he and his wife Jane are both buried at Upper Plains Cemetery.
• Silas McKeen, A History of Bradford, Vermont (1875), 380-1 (Adams Preston biographical sketch); digital images, Hathi Trust.
• "Marriages," Adams Preston and Jane Parkinson, New Hampshire Patriot & (Concord, New Hampshire) State Gazette, Monday, February 26, 1827, pg 3, col. 4; digital image, GenealogyBank (accessed 22 Dec 2008), Historical Newspapers; "--In Wentworth, by Hon. Caleb Keith, Mr. Adams Preston to Miss Jane Parkinson."
• 1850 U.S. census, Orange County, Vermont, population schedule, Bradford, page 176 (stamped), sheet 351? (freely penned at upper right), dwelling 574, family 631, Adams Preston household [indexed by Ancestry as Adams Polston] as of 8 Aug 1850; digital image, FamilySearch, National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 926; reports Jane is ae 49, b. NH; also residing in the home is Mary/Marg J.Parkinson, ae 35, b. NH. Separately consulted, 1860 U.S. census enumeration of Adams and Jane Preston, also Bradford, Vt.; Jane there ae 60, b. NH.
• Adams Preston (1801-1874), painting ca 1835 attributed to Alonzo Slafter; and Mrs. Adams Preston (Jane Parkinson (1797-1874), painting attributed to Alonza Slafter; online database, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog (http://www.siris.si.edu/ : accessed 16 October 2008); reports both works owned by William S. Preston, Jr., Berlington, Vermont, sites National Society of Colonial Dames, 1977.
• Every (Elgin, Ill.) Saturday, June 8, 1889 (Mrs. Hazen Webster); digital image from Gail Borden Library (Elgin) files, supplied by Jim Varner, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Foundation (Chicago), email of 5 April 2007; reports Mrs. Webster died “Wednesday,” at Waukegan, and was “buried yesterday from the Baptist Church here.” [Of separate note, Hannah’s dau. Mary Florence (Webster) Giles (1852-1932) and family then lived at Waukegan, Ill.]
• Ezra S. Stearns, The History of Plymouth, 2 vols. (Cambridge, Mass. : Printed for the town by the University press, 1906), 2:704-23 (Webster families), at 711 (Amos Webster); digital images, Hathi Trust (originally supplied by Lucy Cusson Lahey, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, “Re: History of Plymouth: Webster...” emails to compiler dated 11 Jan. 2007; entry at 711 for Amos Webster and his wife, Esther Goold, and for their children including Hazen b. 4 Oct 1810, m. 3 Oct 1833 to Hannah Preston of Rumney; reports Hazen lived at Plymouth until about 1840, “when he removed to Elgin, Ill., where he d. August 27, 1885” [sic.; Elgin, Ill. obituaries call out Hazen’s death 27 May 1885]; reports Hazen’s sister, Mary G. (noted as deaf and mute), b. 16 July 1813, also resided Elgin, Ill.; died unmarried 1 Nov 1885.
• Obituary of Hazen Webster, May 28, 1885, from unidentified Elgin, Illinois publication; digital image from Gail Borden Library (Elgin), supplied by Jim Varner, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, E-mail to compiler dated 5 April 2007; reports Hazen deceased "yesterday evening."
• Hannah (Preston) Webster (Elgin, Ill.) to “Dear Aunt,” letter, 15 Nov 1856, hand-penned transcription by C. H. Herbert, 1887; "War journal and letters, 1852-1865" (Charles H. Herbert papers), MS 1989-128; New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord; digital images supplied by Bill Copeley, Reference Librarian, 21 November 2008.