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Descendants of Leolphus de PRESTON of Scotland
"Preston—Ancient North Britain family.
Name assumed at the time of Malcom, King of Scots, Leolphus de Preston, 1046."
(Holmes, 1923 — see Sources below)
I have extracted the first 22 generations of the pedigree from William Bowker Preston's book on the Preston genealogy (see Sources below) and recreated it below as an outline descendancy chart.  As an aid to making sense of Preston's rather convoluted way of presenting the genealogy, I have added "Jr.," "Sr.," or Roman numerals to distinguish individuals; they were not so designated in the original.   I may have made errors interpreting Preston; I would appreciate being notified of any such errors.

My main purpose in presenting this chart is to draw attention to an error with regard to the identity of Roger PRESTON of Up-Otterly (see Footnotes and names highlighted in red).

1 Leolphus DE PRESTON
.2 (male) DE PRESTON
..3 William DE PRESTON I
...4 Nicol DE PRESTON
....5 Lawrence DE PRESTON I
.....6 Richard DE PRESTON I
......7 Richard DE PRESTON II
.......8 Richard DE PRESTON III
........9 Richard DE PRESTON IV
.........10 Richard DE PRESTON V
............+Annabella __?__
............11 Richard DE PRESTON VI
...............12 Richard DE PRESTON VII
..................13 John DE PRESTON I
.....................14 Richard DE PRESTON VIII
........................15 Margaret DE PRESTON
...........................+Alan PENNINGTON
.....................14 John DE PRESTON II
........................15 John PRESTON III
........................15 Richard PRESTON IX
...........................+Jacobina MIDDLETON
...........................16 Thomas PRESTON I
..............................+(female) REDMAYNE
..............................17 John PRESTON IV
.................................+Margaret REDMAYNE
.................................18 Thomas PRESTON II
....................................+Ann THORNBURGH
....................................19 John PRESTON V
.......................................+Margaret CURWEN¹
.......................................20 Thomas PRESTON III
..........................................+Margaret WESTBY
..........................................21 John PRESTON VII
.............................................+Elizabeth HOLLAND
.............................................22 Thomas PRESTON VII
.............................................22 John PRESTON IX
.............................................22 Ann PRESTON
.............................................22 Margaret PRESTON
................................................+Francis HOWARD
.............................................22 Agnes PRESTON
................................................+Christopher ANDERSON
.............................................22 Frances PRESTON
................................................+Francis DOWNES
.......................................20 Nicholas PRESTON I
....................................*2nd Wife of John Preston V
.......................................+Dorothy LAYTON¹
.......................................20 Thomas PRESTON IV
..........................................+Margaret FYTCHE
..........................................21 William PRESTON II
.............................................+(female) __?__
.............................................22 William PRESTON III
................................................+Clement BRAIDE
.............................................*2nd Wife of William Preston III:
................................................+Elizabeth DENYS
..........................................21 Nicholas PRESTON II
..........................................21 John PRESTON VIII
..........................................21 Roger PRESTON, Sr.
.............................................+Alice PARRY
.............................................22 Roger PRESTON, Jr.²
................................................+Martha __?__
.............................................22 Henry PRESTON II
................................................+(female) MARTIN
..........................................21 Thomas PRESTON VI
..........................................21 Christopher PRESTON II
.......................................20 Margaret PRESTON
..........................................+Roger KIRKBY
....................................19 Christopher PRESTON I
.......................................+Margaret SOUTHWORTH
.......................................20 John PRESTON VI
..........................................+Mabel BENSON
..........................................21 George PRESTON II
.............................................+Elizabeth ASHTON
.............................................22 Thomas PRESTON VIII
................................................+Katherine HOGHTON
.............................................22 Christopher PRESTON III
.............................................22 Frances PRESTON
................................................+Robert DUCKENFIELD
..........................................*2nd Wife of George Preston II:
.............................................+Margaret STRICKLAND
.............................................22 George PRESTON III
.............................................22 Ann PRESTON
................................................+George MIDDLETON
.............................................22 Elizabeth PRESTON
................................................+John SAYER
.............................................*2nd Husband of Elizabeth Preston:
................................................+Nathaniel WEST
.............................................*3rd Husband of Elizabeth Preston:
................................................+George LEYBOURNE
.............................................22 Frances PRESTON
................................................+Francis BIDDULPH
.......................................20 Thomas PRESTON V
..........................................+Lady WANDESWORTH
.......................................20 Ann PRESTON
..........................................+Charles LATON
....................................*2nd Wife of Christopher Preston I:
.......................................+(female) JEPHSON
.......................................20 Elizabeth PRESTON
..........................................+Thomas TILDESLEY
..........................................21 Thomas TILDESLEY
.......................................*2nd Husband of Elizabeth Preston:
..........................................+Thomas LATHAM
.......................................*3rd Husband of Elizabeth Preston:
..........................................+Thomas WESTBY
....................................19 George PRESTON I
....................................19 Ann PRESTON
.......................................+William BANASTRE
....................................19 Ellen PRESTON
.......................................+James LEYBOURNE
....................................*2nd Husband of Ellen Preston:
.......................................+William STANLEY
.......................................20 Elizabeth STANLEY
..........................................+?
..........................................21 William, Lord Morley & Monteagle
....................................19 Jane PRESTON
.......................................+William LAMPLOUGH
....................................19 Dorothy PRESTON
.......................................+William TRAVERS
....................................19 Elizabeth PRESTON
.......................................+Robert CANCEFIELD
....................................19 Catherine PRESTON
.......................................+Thomas CARUS
..............................17 Lawrence PRESTON II
.................................18 Henry PRESTON I
....................................+(female) BUTLER
....................................19 Ann PRESTON
.......................................+William, 1st Lord Paget & K.G.
..............................17 Helen PRESTON
.................................+Thomas STANLEY
........................15 (female) PRESTON
...........................+Thomas DE ROS
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FOOTNOTES:

1.  William Bowker Preston did not distinguish which of John PRESTON "V's" four children — two of whom were named "Thomas" — were by which of his two wives.  Assuming the children were listed in the book in birth order and assuming that each of the wives named their first son Thomas, my placement of them above may be correct.  Then again, it may not.

2.  William Bowker Preston appears to have equated his Roger PRESTON, Jr., "of Up-Otterly," with the New England immigrant, "Roger PRESTON of Ipswich," whose wife was named Martha.  I believe this to be an error.  Please see my discussion of "The Identity of Roger PRESTON of Ipswich."

SOURCES:

1.  Frank R. Holmes.  1923.  Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England families 1620-1700.  American Historical Society, New York.

2.  William Bowker Preston.  1900.  The Preston Genealogy: Tracing the History of the Family from about 1040, A.D., in Great Britain, in the New England States, and in Virginia, to the Present Time.  Self-published (online at GenealogyLibrary.com).

 

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