Joseph Preston     1748-1810
Pennsylvania/Maryland Prestons

The following Preston line was supplied by Rodney Johnson

This line starts with Jonas Preston ca.1600-1669 of West Riding, Yorkshire. Jonas' son, Jonas Jr. married Sarah Unknown and their son William of Bradley in Coverdale, Yorkshire, England was the immigrant to America. William came to Pennsylvania with his wife Jane Deyn in 1718 with their children, John, William and Jonas Preston. The family belonged to the "New Garden Monthly Meeting of Friends" (Quaker). The children of William Preston, Jr. 1708-1766 were John, Martha, Joseph, Sarah, Jonas, Mary and Ruth Preston. William was a stone mason in Bucks County, PA.

Joseph Preston b.1-11-1748 d.6-1-1810, fifth child and only son of William Preston Jr. and Deborah Chesman, was born on the family farm at Buckingham, Bucks Co., PA and was less than 2 years old when his mother died. Joseph married on 1-17-1770 Rebecca (orig. spelling Rebeckah) Bills b.11-30-1744 d.3-7-1790 of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ, dau. of Hersham Bills and Sarah Gardner and granddaughter of Nathaniel Bills. They were solemnized in Buckingham Meeting House. Joseph lived on the family farm for 15 years and then sold it and moved to Chester Co., PA. and bought a farm from then on known as "Prestonville", located at Londongrove, between West Grove and Avondale. Joseph and Rebecca along with some other members of the Preston family were buried at the West Grove Friends Meeting. After Rebecca's death, Joseph m. Anna Samms b.5-2-1761 d.4-19-1836, dau. of Nathaniel Samms and Ann Kirk. Joseph and Rebecca had 9 children. Joseph and Anna had 2 children, the second died in infancy. Children of Joseph and Rebecca were:

  1. William Preston b.11-6-1770 d.5-26-1839 married on 10-11-1791 Mary Moore b.6-3-1769 d.4-8-1844 and moved to Maryland and settled in Cecil County in about 1792. William was the first of the family to establish a home in Maryland. They were located 3 miles east of Conowingo, near Porters Bridge on Octoraro Creek. Mary was the dau. of Joseph and Jane Moore. They became members of the Nottingham Monthly Meeting. William and Mary were interred at Octoraro Meeting. William and Mary had one son:
    1. Joseph Preston b.1-14-1795 d.5-4-1869 m. on 10-18-1815 Rebecca Reynolds b.2-1-1796 d.7-7-1868, dau. of Jacob Reynolds and Esther Taylor of West Nottingham. They lived most of their life at Octoraro and they had 8 daughters and one son:
  2. Jonas Preston b.10-22-1772 d.3-23-1863, second child of Joseph and Rebecca Bills Preston, married on 6-15-1798 Elizabeth Brown b.2-22-1774 d.1-24-1852, dau. of Alexander Brown. Elizabeth was the sister of Sarah Brown who married Isaac Wilson, son of Martha (Preston) Wilson and grandson of William Preston, Jr.. He moved his family to Maryland in 1813 and settled one mile east of Conowingo and two miles west of the farm where his brother, William, had already lived for 21 years. It was here that the last three of his 9 children were born. Jonas and Elizabeth had 4 sons and 5 daughters:
    1. Rebecca Preston b.3-7-1799 d.2-8-1845 m. on 9-6-1821 at Octoraro Meeting, John C. Jackson b.7-25-1797 d.11-23-1850 son of James Jackson and Ann Cooper.
    2. Anna Preston b.1-15-1801 d.2-10-1895, unmarried.
    3. Sarah Prestonb.3-25-1804 d.1883, unmarried.
    4. Isaac Preston b.5-28-1807 d.8-29-1844 m. on 11-28-1833 at East Nottingham Meeting Mary B. Stewart b.8-15-1806 d.10-14-1877, dau. of Joseph and Rachel Stewart of Salem, NJ. Isaac and Mary lived at Octoraro, Maryland where they had 3 sons and a daughter:
      1. Edward Stewart Preston b.12-6-1834 d.xxxx.
      2. Jonas B. Preston b.6-16-1837 d.9-31-1882 m. in 1861 Margaret Reed.
      3. Rachel Griscom Preston b.6-17-1839 d.8-31-1865 m. on 10-11-1860 at West Grove Meeting, Thomas Smedley.
      4. Isaac Wilson Preston b.1-6-1844 d.4-30-1910, fourth child of Isaac Preston and Mary Stewart, m. on 9-9-1869 Helen Woodward b.6-9-1851 d.3-15-1926, dau. of Jacob Woodrow and Mary Clayton. She was born at Rising Sun and died at Colora, MD. Isaac and Helen lived for 41 years in Colora, MD. They had 6 sons and 5 daughters:
        1. Elmer Preston b.5-18-1870 d.xxxx, of Colora, unmarried.
        2. Lucy Preston b.2-14-1872 d.8-1-1879.
        3. Edward Preston b.8-22-1874 d.12-29-1903 born at Elkton, MD.
        4. Jacob Henry Preston b.2-11-1877 d.6-2-1929 m. Ella Jenkins Gamble.
        5. Walter Preston b.11-25-1879 d.2-5-1885 born and died at Colora.
        6. Lewis Preston b.5-15-1882 d.xxxx m. Mary Hibbord. Lived and died at Colora.
        7. Mary Preston b.3-21-1884 d.2-15-1913 m. on 4-4-1908 Millard Coat.
        8. Mabel Preston 6-15-1886 d.xxxx m. Peroy L. Embly.
        9. Edith Preston b.7-30-1888 d.xxxx m. Harry B. Conrad.
        10. Ernest Preston b.2-25-1891 d.xxxx.
        11. Annie Preston b.7-14-1893 d.xxxx.
    5. Amos Preston b.4-22-1810 d.8-27-1875 m. on 12-12-1839 Ruth Hannah Richards b.5-20-1816 d.2-3-1909, dau. of Thomas Richards and Orpha Stubbs of Lancaster, PA. Amos died in Colora, Cecil Co., MD where they lived for many years. They had 6 children:
      1. Thomas Richards Preston b.5-19-1841 d.9-24-1872.
      2. Albert W. Preston b.5-8-1844 d.11-11-1928 m. on 7-25-1872 Eliza H. Bonsall b.9-26-1846 d.9-7-1896 dau. of Thomas L. Bonsall and Naomi P. Hunt. Eliza was born in Philadelphia and died at Lambertville, NJ. They had no children who survived birth. Albert m. 2nd Florence Mahan Camp b.7-24-1871 d.xxxx dau. of Abel Mahan Camp and Rebecca Webb. Florence was born in Trenton, NJ and died in Swarthmore, PA. They had one son:
        1. Albert Welding Preston, Jr. b.4-5-1901 d.xxxx m. on 11-30-1929 Kathryn U. Lautenbacher b.2-2-1902 d.xxxx, dau. of Irvin L. and Kate S. Lautenbacher. They lived at Crafton, PA and had 3 sons, last two being twins:
          1. Ivan L. Preston b.12-18-1931
          2. Albert Welding Preston III b.6-17-1933.
          3. Thomas A. Preston b.6-17-1933.
      3. Joanna Preston b.7-2-1846 d.10-19-1852.
      4. Milton Preston b.2-11-1850 d.9-10-1851.
      5. Elizabeth A. Preston b.6-17-1852 d.xxxx m. on 9-1-1883 G. Birdall Passmore b.4-4-1856 d.xxxx, son of Samuel W. Passmore and Emeline Stubbs. They had a daughter Helen Alberta Passmore b.4-28-1888.
      6. Emma Rebecca Preston b.10-20-1854 d.9-22-1856.
    6. Jonas Preston, Jr. b.8-6-1812 d.1-24-1887 m. on 1-4-1838 Maria Reed at Baltimore. Jonas and Maria had 3 children:
      1. Helen Annie Preston b.4-20-1846 d.xxxx m. on 11-14-1872 James Webb.
      2. E. Osgood Preston b.8-4-1853 d.xxxx m. on 12-18-1883 Amelia V. Stump.
      3. Samuel W. Preston b.8-18-1856 d.xxxx m. on 3-18-1878 Ida Forrest. Samuel and Ida had 4 sons:
        1. Howard Osgood Preston b.1-28-1879 d.xxxx.
        2. Samuel Walter Preston b.8-6-1882 d.xxxx.
        3. William H. Preston b.3-20-1884 d.xxxx.
        4. Albert F. Preston b.12-28-1887 d.xxxx.
    7. Joseph Brown Preston b.12-8-1814 d.1-31-1879 m. on 2-3-1855 Melissa Trump b.10-29-1835 d.10-26-1917, dau. of Robert V. Trump and Marianna Hallowell of Conowingo, MD. The lived at Port Deposit, Cecil Co., MD. Joseph died near Darlington, Hartford Co., MD and Melissa died in Grand Rapids, MI at the home of her son Jacob Tome Preston. Joseph and Melissa had 3 sons and 4 daughters:
      1. Anna Belle Preston b.1-9-1859 d.xxxx m. in Aug. 1881 J. Howard Hanna at Darlington, MD and 2nd on 10-8-1901 Charles Albert Meyer b.9-23-1855 d.xxxx of Coronado, CA son of Charles F. and Emma Meyer. The wedding was at Tacoma, Washington.
      2. Jacob Tome Preston b.2-3-1861 d.xxxx m. on 3-3-1898 Wilhelmina Hicks b.4-5-1867 at Ypsilanti, MI, a dau. of Stephen Hicks and Rhoda Truman. They lived in Grand Rapids, MI.
      3. Clara Preston b.4-17-1863 d.2-26-1928 m. on 8-21-1887 Benjamin Slade at Parnell, MI.
      4. Volney Preston b.6-15-1865 d.3-16-1904, unmarried.
      5. Florence Preston b.8-23-1867 d.xxxx m. in 8-1892 Charles Marshall Childs b.1861 d.12-1897 of Kernstown, VA, son of John Childs. They were married in Grand Rapids, MI. and Florence m. 2nd Henry Gold Seelye b.5-24-1865 d.xxxx, of Kansas City, MO, son of Joseph Trumbull Seelye and Ellice Smith. They were married in Kansas City on 11-3-1900.
      6. Sarah H. Preston b.1-31-1869 d.xxxx m. Arthur Tuttle at Buffalo, NY.
      7. Walter Preston b.9-27-1871 d.12-27-1911, unmarried.
    8. Eliza Lavina Preston b.8-20-1817 d.5-25-1882, eighth child of Jonas Preston and Elizabeth Brown, m. ca.1836 Thomas Clarkson Cook b.1815 d.10-30-1882 of Pleasant Grove, Lancaster County, PA, son of William Cook and Susanna Cutler. Both Eliza and Thomas were buried at Penn Hill Friends Meeting.
    9. Philena Preston b.12-2-1820 d.8-12-1851 m. on 2-28-1839 Franklin Cook of Little Britain Township, Chester Co., PA. Franklin was the brother of her sister Eliza's husband, Thomas Cook.
  3. Rachel Preston
  4. David Preston b.9-2-1774 d.3-29-1854 m. on 9-2-1797 Judith Scott Hollingsworth b.12-21-1776 d.8-29-1845, dau. of Isaac Hollingsworth and Hannah Scott. (Hannah was the dau. of Timothy and Sarah Scott of New Castle, Delaware.) David was born on the family farm in Bucks Co., PA and when he was 11 years old he moved with his family to a new homestead, "Prestonville", in Chester Co., PA. David married Judith in 1797 and they remained in Prestonville for 9 years. In 1806 they moved to Maryland, buying a farm near Jerusalem Mills. David acquired a farm known as "Cecil's Adventure" (near Fallston, Md.) by deed dated 10-27-1817. He lived there till his death 37 years later. David and Judith had 7 children:
    1. Isaac Hollingsworth Preston b.1-10-1798 d.3-25-1873, unmarried.
    2. Eliza Preston b.11-29-1799 d.3-5-1803.
    3. Hannah Preston b.11-3-1801 d.2-7-1840.
    4. Silvester Bills Preston b.8-23-1804 d.2-23-1852 m. Annie West. They moved west and had several children but no record.
    5. Rachel Preston b.5-2-1807 d.12-28-1877 m. William Rodham b.8-1805 d.10-29-1886 (his second wife). Rachel and William had 3 children:
    6. Edmond Preston b.9-14-1814 d.3-16-1893 m. Phebe Hannah Hoskins 1821-1909, dau. of Nathaniel Hoskins 1774-1840. Edmond and Phebe lived at "Cecils Adventure". They celebrated their 50th wedding aniversary in 1890. Both are buried in Little Falls Friends burial ground. Edmond and Phebe had 8 children. Go to Edmond Preston page.
    7. Deborah Preston, 7th child of David Preston and Judith Hollingsworth, b.11-24-1817 d.3-29-1895, unmarried. Deborah taught school and later in life lived with niece Judith (Preston) Hoopes and helped raise her children.
  5. Joseph Preston
  6. Mahlon Preston b.2-8-1781 d.xxxx, sixth child of Joseph and Rebecca Bills Preston, m. Amy Coates and lived at the family home known as "Pretonville", at Londongrove, Chester Co., PA. Mahlon and Amy had 6 children:
    1. Isaac Coates Preston b.10-15-1807 d.xxxx.
    2. Zillah Preston b.9-4-1809 d.xxxx.
    3. William Preston b.11-6-1811 d.xxxx.
    4. Hannah Preston b.2-2-1814 d.xxxx.
    5. Burkley Preston b.1-19-1816 d.xxxx.
    6. Isreal Preston b.4-22-1818 d.xxxx.
  7. Debora Preston
  8. Sarah Preston (twin of Amos)
  9. Amos Preston b.7-15-1786 d.12-2-1856, nineth child of Joseph and Rebecca Bills Preston, was the only son born on the farm "Prestonville". (twin of Sarah). Amos married on 4-10-1811 Margaret Smith b.3-29-1791 d.1-4-1863, dau. of Joseph and Elinor Smith of Londongrove. Amos and Margaret had 9 children:
    1. Joseph Preston b.1-17-1812 d.1883.
    2. Ann Preston b.12-1-1813 d.4-18-1872. Dr. Ann Preston was a prominent physician and founder of the Woman's Hospital in Philadelphia.
    3. Simpson Preston b.5-19-1816 d.xxxx.
    4. Smith Preston b.5-6-1818 d.11-3-1880.
    5. Levi Preston b.6-23-1820 d.10-4-1886 m. Rebecca Laws b.xxxx d.2/10/1902. Levi and Rebecca had 6 children:
      1. Frank Preston b.est.1845
      2. Glenmoore Preston.
      3. Howard L. Preston b.1855 d.8-13-1924 in Fairview m. on 6-12-1885 Sarah Ella Carney b.1865 d.1931 of Doe Run. Howard was a blacksmith in Coatesville, PA. Howard and Ella died in Fairview or were buried in Fairview ?? They had 6 children:
        1. H. Lewis Preston b.xxxx d.xxxx m. on 8-3-1937 Rena E. Rynier
        2. Edward Preston m. Ada
        3. Jessee Preston
        4. Nettie Preston
        5. Charles E. Preston b.1893 d.1923 (Fairview). He was a seaman in U.S.M.)
        6. George Preston b.5-18-1892 d.6-1972 m. Helen Griffith b.6-24-1896. They were divorced on 9-4-1917. George and Helen had one child:
          1. Malcom Preston b.1914 d. 4-6-1951 m. Janet Roberts. They had four children:
            1. Malcom Preston m. Freda May Weaver b.7-17-1918 d.4-17-2000.
            2. Jimmy Randel Preston b.1-7-1944 d.1964.
            3. Ellen June Preston b.7-5-1946 m. Howard Artemis Taylor b.4-12-1941 and m. second Sheridan Taltoan b.6-12-1946.
            4. Carol Ann Preston b.8-15-1947 m. Robert Otha Slay. They had 3 children:
              1. Elizabeth Ann Slay b.4-5-1967 m. William Levengood. They have 3 children, William James Levengood, Michelle Nicole Levengood and Michael David Levengood.
              2. Carolyn Sue Slay b.6-17-1968 m. George F. Rogers b.12-1-1965. They had 2 children, George D. Rogers b.9-14-1984, Steven R. Rogers b.4-17-1986.
              3. Freda May Slay m. L. Christopher Mason.
      4. Albert Preston
      5. Jesse Preston m. Mr. Cox.
      6. Mary E. Preston b.10-5-1870 d.1-10-1954 in Modena, PA m. Maris Crossan.
    6. Charles Preston b.3-9-1825 d.xxxx. Charles Preston and wife had 3 children:
      1. Hilda H. Preston b.xxxx d.1-29-1941.
      2. Ira Preston m. Mr. Gordy of West Chester.
      3. Dau. m. Mr. Walter H. Matson of Wilmington.
    7. Rebecca Preston b.11-17-1826 d.10-15-1842
    8. Howard Preston b.8-29-1830 d.12-15-1898 ? of lower Oxford.
    9. Caroline S. Preston b.9-22-1833 d.1-2-1834.


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