Priscilla Preston

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Priscilla Preston (Randall)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kennebunk, York County, Maine, United States
Death: 1752 (85-86)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Richard Randall, Sr., of Cape Porpus and Elizabeth Randall
Wife of William Charles Preston
Mother of Randall Preston and William Preston
Sister of Richard Randall, Jr., of Saco and Sarah Elizabeth West

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About Priscilla Preston

This Richard of Cape Porpus; no wife's name is given, but the two early children's births listed as:

  • Richard Randall, b. 6 Mar 1659 (he had no heirs in 1727)
  • Sarah Randall, b. 24 Mar 1661.
  • Dau. Priscilla is listed, but birthdate not given. Her date of birth can be reasonably determined as about 1666 by 1727 deposition (sourced separately).

Reports about Sarah's marriage 1st to Joseph Cole, her captivity in Canada also her later marriage to Capt. Thomas West of Beverly.

Includes report that in 1727, sisters and widows, Sarah West and Priscilla Presbury were the "only heirs" of Richard Randall, "late of Cape Porpus." They then deeded a Cape Porpus town grant of 1681-2 to Edward and Stephen Presbury of Newbury, shipwrights.

References

  • Charles Libby, et al, _The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire_ (1928; reprint 1979); digital images, _Ancestry.com_ (accessed 2013)
  • Maine Genealogical Society, _York Deeds_ Book 12, Part 1 (Bethel Maine: E. C. Bowler, 1903), folio 177; digital images, _Internet Archive_ (accessed 12 June 2013); Sarah West & Priscilla Presbury to Edward & Stepn Presbury.Archive.Org Sarah West & Priscilla Presbury to Edward & Stepn Presbury. Sarah and Priscilla claim Cape Porpus land granted to their father and convey same to two of Priscilla's sons, Edward and Stephen Presbury of Newbury, Mass., shipwrights. Therein, the two widows claimed they were the "Children & only Heirs of Mr. Richard Rundal late of Cape Porpus Mariner …"
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Priscilla Preston's Timeline

1666
1666
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, United States
1702
April 3, 1702
Beverly, Essex, Ma, Usa
1705
January 1, 1705
Beverly,Essex,Massachusetts,USA
1752
1752
Age 86