Peter Preston 1786 - xxxx

Bedford Co., Virginia ?

Another unconnected line which appears to be connected to the Bedford Co., VA branch, starts with a JOHN as do many other Virginia Prestons (Smithfield, Walnut Grove). John Preston b.2/11/1698/99 d. m. in 1749 Elizabeth Tucker in Pennsylvania. They had 3 children:

  1. William Preston
  2. Sarah Preston
  3. John Preston b.5/27/1750 in Bucks, York, PA. and d. 1820 in Lynchburg, VA., m. on 2/22/1774 Rebecca Vickers and they had 10 children:
    1. Zenas Preston
    2. John Preston
    3. Amos Preston
    4. Moses Preston
    5. Sara Preston
    6. Ann Preston
    7. William Preston
    8. Jonas Preston
    9. David Preston
    10. Peter Preston b.5/2/1786 in Bucks, York, PA d. 9/17/1855 in Kensington, Columbia Co., OH m. on 3-28-1808 Abi Hole, in Bedford Co., VA., daughter of Jacob Hole and Mary Thomas. Peter and Abi lived in Bedford Co., VA and had 16 children: (The data shown here came from a page by Robert B. Hole Jr. , the page is called "A Family History", Index for the HOLE Family. The URL of which is http://www.intcraktv.com/genealogy/hole/D0027/13815.html. Other data has been supplied by Larry Preston.)
      1. Charles Hole Preston b.2-27-1809 d.xxxx m. Susan Hicklin and they had 3 children:
        • Charles H. Preston.
        • Elvira Jane Preston.
        • William Cullen Preston.
      2. Martha Vickers Preston b.9-28-1810 m. James Green and they had 8 children:
        • Alvan Green m. Unknown and had 3 children:
          • Alva Green.
          • Harry Green.
          • Paul Green.
        • Caroline Frances Green.
        • Charles Hole Green.
        • Edwin Green.
        • James Edward Green.
        • John Green.
        • Samuel Green.
        • William Green.
      3. Mary Knight Preston b.12-31-1811. No issue.
      4. Edwin Thomas Preston b.3-14-1813 d.1902 m. Mary Jane Chambers and they had 9 children:
        • Abi Preston (no children).
        • Caroline M. Preston.
        • Charles Preston (no children).
        • Edwin Thomas Preston II b.3-12-1861 d.6-1-1925. Born in Jasper Co., Iowa and died in Oakland, Calif.. He married Cora Zetteler of Wisconsin. They had one child:
          • Kathleen Preston who married Dowling.
        • George Albert Preston (unmarried).
        • Hartwell Preston (unmarried).
        • Junius W. Preston (unmarried, Baxter, Jasper Co., Iowa in 1904)
        • Mary Preston.
        • William Selwyn Preston m. Unknown and they had 1 daughter. Living in Florida in 1904.
      5. Elouisa Preston b.10-13-1814 d.xxxx m. John T. Johnson and they had one child:
        • Preston Hill Johnson.
      6. William Penn Preston b.1-14-1816 in Lynchburg, VA (?) m. Cynthia E. Tinker and they had 4 children:
        • Annetta Mary Preston m. John Smith and they had 3 children:
          • Frank Smith.
          • Olive Smith.
          • Unknown Smith.
        • Charles Preston.
        • Emma Van Gorder Preston m. Geneo Shaw and they had 3 children:
          • Augusta Shaw.
          • Jessie Shaw.
          • Nellie Shaw.
        • Olive Phebe Preston m. Byron Elliott and they had 2 children:
          • Floy Elliot
          • William P. Elliot.
      7. Caleb Mead Preston b.11-22-1817 d.xxxx m. Ann Eliza Morris. They had 3 children but the first died in infancy, and Ella died at age 6. The third:
        • William Florydon Preston was a Congregational Minister and had 7 children.
      8. Sarah Ann Preston b.4-23-1819, unmarried.
      9. Hartwell Lyttleton Preston b.6-20-1821, no children.
      10. Junius Addison Preston b.12-29-1822 m. Elizabeth Barcroft and they had one son:
        • Laurentius Sylvius Preston m. Emma Unknown and they had 7 children:
          • Bertha Preston.
          • Ella Preston m. Charles Rudesil and they had 4 children:
            • Earl Rudesil
            • Frank Rudesil
            • Mabel Rudesil
            • Vern Rudesil
          • Eunice Preston had 2 children.
          • Jessie Preston.
          • Lura Preston.
          • Minnie Preston.
          • Ralph Lee Preston.
      11. John Alexander Preston b.10-28-1824 in Columbus Co., Ohio d.2/15/1899 in Guthrie, IA., m. Hannah Bentley <B>(2nd wife) and they had 10 children:
      12. Minerva Jane Preston b.9-25-1826 m. Thomas C. Morris and they had 6 children:
        • Abbie Wilina Morris
        • Adrienne Elouisa Morris
        • Eva Sophia Morris
        • Luella Mary Morris
        • William Ernest Morris
        • Lindley Warren Morris
      13. Eliza Rebecca Preston b.6-20-1828 d.xxxx m. Joseph B. Smith and they had 5 children:
        • Hartwell Sumner Smith
        • Ledra Minerva Smith
        • Lyndon Preston Smith
        • Ulysses Grant Smith
        • Willey Leander Smith
      14. Charlotte Elizabeth Preston b.1-7-1830 d.xxxx lived in Caro, MI in 1904.
      15. Lindley Murray Preston b.11-22-1831 d.xxxx no children.
      16. Joseph Warren Preston b.8-21-1834.
Minerva Jane Preston b.9-25-1826 m. Thomas C. Morris and they had 6 children: