Prestons of Great Britain - Cockerham and Up-Ottery branches.
and Margaret Curwen, married Margaret Fytche, daughter and
heiress of Roger Fytche of Ellel, the owner of the vast COCKERHAM ESTATES, and
thenceforward, with his descendents became identified with that County seat. Thomas and
Margaret had issue as follows:
- William Preston
b. abt 1560 at Cockerham, married and had issue. His
wife died June 1612 and he died May 1623.
- William Preston
b. abt.1590, married first on July 24, 1618 Clement Braide and
second on May 9, 1642, Elizabeth Denys. He took up arms upon the breaking out of Civil War
in behalf of King Charles I, and by furnishing the munitions of war to that unfortunate
monarch, greatly encumbered his estates, and to add to his distress, when the names were
listed of the Royalists whose estates were forfeited to the state, by act of Parliament
passed November 19, 1652, the name of Mr. Preston was among the number.
- Nicholas Preston.
- John Preston.
- Roger Preston who married Alice Parry, daughter of William Parry of
Membury in Devonshire, and who removing from his father's estate and County established
himself at UP-OTTERY in Devonshire, where his family was living as late as 1850? Roger and
Alice had issue:
- Roger Preston.
- Henry Preston of the Up-Ottery branch married Miss Martin and they had two daughters,
names unknown, and three sons. Other than the names of these three sons, no other
information is available on the Up-Ottery Devonshire branch of Prestons. Records indicate
other branches of Prestons visited the Up-Ottery branch for many generations. Henry's
three sons were:
- Christopher Preston.
- Henry Preston.
- William Preston.
- Thomas Preston of whom nothing more is known.
- Christopher Preston.
William Preston, son of William Preston of Cockerham Estates, had issue
by his first wife, Clement Braide.
- William Preston
, born January 1632, married Alice who died in Feb. 1678. William
died April 23, 1685. He succeeded to what was left of Cockerham Estate. He was also male
heir next of kin to Sir Thomas Preston, third baronet, who settled the manor and Abbey of
Furness upon the Jesuits, but being apprized that if a suit at law for the purpose of
annulling the settlement were successful, the estate would be forfeited to the Crown
rather than to him, and the Cockerham Estates being in no condition to carry any more
burden, he resigned his equity in the case to his kinsman, Thomas Preston of Holker Hall.
William and Alice had issue.
- William Preston, who died young.
- Richard Preston was born September 17, 1661 and married first Dorothy Dennis and
second Mary Hastings. He died in 1721.
- John Preston.
- Ellen Preston who married Thomas Parkinson.
- Alice Preston.
Richard Preston b.9-17-1661 d.1721 succeeded to Cockerham Estates,
married first Dorothy Dennis, daughter and co-heir of Robert Dennis Esq., and second Mary
Hastings, daughter and co-heir of Henry Hastings. Because of his extravagant living and
the encumbrances on the Cockerham Estate, he was forced to dispose of nearly all of the
family estate. He had issue:
- John Preston b.abt 1690 d.xxxx removed from the ancestral shire
of his fathers by marriage and by purchase. He obtained a part of the old Preston estates
of Preston Patrick, Leasgill and Haversham and thence forward resided in Westmoreland.
- Robert Preston b.5-29-1713 d.3-18-1788, married Margaret Bouker, the only child of
Robert Bouker, gent., of Broughton. She died July 1802.
John Preston, 25th generation, the last Preston to occupy the ancestral estate of
Cockerham, sold what was left to him of the estate and established himself, by purchase
and by marriage, upon a part of the estate which had been held by the Preston family from
the time when the homestead was changed from Scotland to England, nearly 200 years before,
until it was carried out of the family by the daughters of Sir Thomas Preston, the third
baronet. He obtained a part of the old Preston Patrick Estate together with a part of the
estates of Leasgill and Haversham in Westmoreland. He went there to reside permanently. He
left male issue:
- William Preston D.D. Lord Bishop of Ferns, who was born 1729 and died in 1789.
- Thomas Preston had one son, John Preston of Leasgill, who died June 28, 1816 without
leaving any male issue.
This ended the Prestons of Cockerham Estates.
Robert Preston b.5-29-1713 d.3-18-1788, married Margaret Bouker and had
issue:
- Robert Preston of Firgrove, West Derby, Lancashire, who married Janet Wilkinson and died
November 19, 1833. They had 3 daughters and 3 sons:
- Robert Preston born in 1790.
- Thomas Preston born in 1791.
- Robert Preston born 4-26-1792 and married Sarah Ellen Berthon second daughter of Peter
Berthon, Esq. of Walthamstow, Essex. They had issue:
- Ellen Jane Berthon Preston.
- Jennette Berthon Preston.
- Robert Berthon Preston b.6-26-1820.
- Margaret Preston married James Dawson, Esq.
- Elizabeth Preston married John Jackson Esq. of Hamburgh. She died 4-21-1819 leaving an
only child, Mary Elizabeth Jackson.
- Judith Preston married Thomas Rodick, Esq.
- Richard Preston of Liverpool, married first Miss Collins and second Isabella Rushton,
daughter of Edward Rushton of Liverpool. Richard died 11-1-1820. Issue by Miss Collins:
- John Robert Preston born 1-16-1803
Richard then married Isabella Rushton and had issue:
- Richard Rushton Preston b.8-29-1811.
- Edward Rushton Preston b.12-25-1812.
- Charles James Preston b.2-9-1818.
- Isabella Rushton Preston b.xxxx.
- Anne Elizabeth Preston.
- William Preston of Birchfield, removed to Fairview Toxteth Park, and afterward to
Liverpool. He married Miss Webster and died 5-16-1828. They had issue:
- William Robert Preston of Aigburth, in Lancashire, born 6-22-1808 married the widow of
his cousin, Robert Preston, Sarah Ellen Berthon Preston.
- James Frank Preston b.5-22-1818.
- Mary Preston married Charles Wilding Jones.
- Margaret Preston.
NOTE: The name BOWKER shows up in Prestons in this country and there is reason to
believe it came from Margaret BOUKER who married Robert Preston.
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