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Abigail Preston (Jackson)

Also Known As: "Robbins;"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Death: April 24, 1723
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Deacon John Jackson and Margaret Jackson
Wife of ‘Elder’ Daniel Preston, Jr.
Mother of Mary Carpenter; John Preston; Remember Preston; Margaret George; Abigail Smith and 4 others
Sister of Theodocia Wiswall; Caleb Jackson; Anna Jackson; Margaret Trowbridge; Hannah Ann [Kendrick] Hyde and 7 others
Half sister of John Jackson, Jr

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About Abigail Preston


Biography

Daniel Preston, the son of Daniel Preston and Mary (Unknown) Preston, was born 2 October 1649 and baptized 7 Oct 1649. He died on 13 Mar 1725/6 in Dorchester.[1]

Daniel married Abigail Jackson by 1675.[2]. She was the daughter of John Jackson and his 2nd wife, Margaret.

Children of Daniel Preston and Abigail Jackson:

  1. Mary Preston (1675-1706) m. Nathaniel Carpenter
  2. Abigail Preston (1676-1732) m. Daniel Smith
  3. John Preston (1676 - ) m. Mary Capen
  4. Remember Preston (1678-1746) m. but had no issue
  5. Margaret Preston (1680-) m. Joshua George
  6. Deliverance Preston (1682-1767) m. Obadiah Carpenter
  7. Daniel Preston (1682-1682) d.y.
  8. Elizabeth Preston (1687 - ) d.y.
  9. Relief Preston (1691-1691) d.y.
  10. Elizabeth Preston (1692- ) m. Abiel George
  11. Daniel Preston (1693-1762)[3] m. Mary Pierce

Will: < FamilySearch >

Daniel Jr.'s will mentions daughters, Margaret George and Elizabeth George. Dorchester marriage records show Margaret married Joshua George 2 Dec. 1708 and Elizabeth wed Abiel George 3 Aug. 1715, Rev. Mr John Danforth presiding.



Inscription

Here Lyes ye Body of Mrs. Abigail Preston ye Wife of Elder Daniel Preston Died April ye 24 1723 in ye 75th year of her age.


Sources

  1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jackson-3362 Cites
    1. A genealogical dict. of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. By James Savage. Boston. 1861. (4v.)v.2:529-30 < http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk2/ingles-jack... link] >
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Preston-861#_note-3 cites
    1. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 5 (1851), page 465
    2. Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004, page 1230.
    3. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQT-4Y7 : 14 January 2020), Daniel in entry for Daniell Preston, 1689. ##https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y5-39MX-H?cat=12...
    4. FamilySearch profile. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LB69-2JJ
    5. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20756967/daniel-preston : accessed 27 November 2021), memorial page for Daniel Preston (2 Oct 1649–13 Mar 1725), Find A Grave: Memorial #20756967, citing Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520) .
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20750204/abigail-preston
  4. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/13173724?cid=mem_copy
  5. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/164606791?cid=mem_copy
  6. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. United States: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860. Preston Family. Page 26- < GoogleBooks >
  7. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20750204
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Abigail Preston's Timeline

1648
August 14, 1648
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1675
September 1, 1675
Dorchester, Dorset, England
1676
November 12, 1676
Dorchester, MA
1678
November 4, 1678
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
1680
January 23, 1680
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
May 1680
Dorchester,Suffolk,Massachusetts,USA
1682
October 7, 1682
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1689
August 15, 1689
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1691
May 5, 1691
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States