Sir John Preston, 1st Baronet

• Sir John Preston, 1st Bt.1
• M, #418392
• Last Edited=23 Aug 2014
• Sir John Preston, 1st Bt. is the son of John Preston.
• He lived at The Manor of Furness, Lancashire, England. He gained the title of 1st Baronet Preston, Preston Patrick and Nether Levens, co. Westmorland.
• Children of Sir John Preston, 1st Bt.
  • 1.Elizabeth Preston+ d. Apr 1688
  • 2.Sir Thomas Preston, 3rd Bt.+
  • 3.Anne Preston+2
• Citations
• 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1536. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p41840.htm#i418392 __________________________
• PRESTON, John (c.1578-c.1642), of Furness, Lancs. and Preston Patrick, Westmld.
• b. c.1573, o.s. of Thomas Preston of Preston Patrick by Anne or Margaret, da. of John Westby of Mowbrick, Lancs. educ. Skelsmergh sch. Westmld.; Caius, Camb. 1587; G. Inn 1591. m. Frances, da. of Richard Holland of Denton, Lancs., 2s. 4da. suc. fa. 14 June 1604.
• Though from a local family, Preston may have owed his return for Lancaster in 1593 to another Gray’s Inn man, very much his senior, Sir Gilbert Gerard, vice-chancellor of the duchy. Though he may later have practiced as a lawyer, virtually nothing is known about Preston except that he became a recusant, and was a benefactor of the poor of three Lancashire parishes. His will has not been found, but in 1638 he settled the manors of Preston Patrick, Nether Levins and Holme, Westmorland, on the children of his second son and heir, John. He died about 1642. (Burke, Extinct Baronetage, 427; Al. Cant.iii. 393; Lansd. 153, f. 52; Hist. Garstang (Chetham Soc. cv), 151; Lancs. Social Institutions (Chetham Soc. ser. 3, xi), 16; Nicolson and Burn, Hist. Cumb. and Westmld. i. 240.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/pr... _____________________________
• Preston baronets
• There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Preston, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of England and another in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
• The Preston Baronetcy, of Airdrie in the County of Fife, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 22 February 1628 for John Preston. The descent after the death of the fourth Baronet sometime after 1701 and the accession of Robert Preston in 1784 is uncertain. The title became dormant on the latter's death in c. 1792.
• The Preston Baronetcy, of Valleyfield in the County of Perth, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 13 March 1637 for George Preston. The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy Burghs. The title became dormant on the death of the ninth Baronet in 1873.
• The Preston Baronetcy, of Furness in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 April 1644 for George Preston. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1709.
• The Preston Baronetcy, of Beeston St Lawrence in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 May 1815 for Thomas Hulton Preston. Born Thomas Hulton, he was the son of Henry Hulton and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Preston of Beeston St Lawrence, whose estates he inherited. In 1804 he assumed the surname of Preston in lieu of his patronymic. The second Baronet served as High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1847.
• Preston baronets, of Airdrie (1628)
• Sir John Preston, 1st Baronet (died c. 1655)
• Sir John Preston, 2nd Baronet (died 1660
• Sir John Preston, 3rd Baronet (died 1675)
• Sir John Preston, 4th Baronet (died after 1701)
• succession unclear until 1784
• Sir Robert Preston, ? Baronet (c. 1706 – c. 1792)
• .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_baronets __________________________

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John was born in 1617. He was the son of John Preston and Elizabeth Holland. Spouse is Jane Morgan daughter of Thomas Morgan; of whom Preston Genealogy states 'of Heyfield Hall, Northamptonshire, Nicolson states 'of Moston in Wales.' Married in1637. John was made 1st Baronet in 1644, but passed away in 1645, fighting for the Parliamentarians in the Civil War;

alternately:

Upon the breaking out of civil war in 1642 between King Charles I and the English Parliament, John Preston, Esq., enlisted all energies on the side of the King, with the result he was created a baronet on the first of April, 1644, under the title of Sir John Preston "of Manor of Furness." He was not, however, allowed to enjoy his dignity for long. He was slain while fighting with the Parliametary troops at the head of a regiment put in the field at his own expense in 1645. His children were:

John Preston who was the second baronet, but who died unmarried in April 1663.

Thomas Preston who married Mary Molyneux, daughter of Caryll, third Viscount Molyneux and who became the third and last baronet.

Ann Preston who married Sir William Gerard, Baronet of Bryn and Garewood.

Elizabeth Preston who married William, the eleventh Lord Stourton.

Sir John Preston b.1617 d.1645, Twenty Second Generation, son of John Preston and Elizabeth Holland, succeeded to the estates of Preston Patrick, Under Levins Hall and the manor and Abbey of Furness in Lancashire. He married in 1637, Jane Morgan, daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Morgan Esq., of Heyford Hall in Northamptonshire, and Weston-sub-Weathley, in Warwickshire.

Origins

http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/fpreston/ppatrik1.htm

John Preston, Esq., married Elizabeth Holland, daughter and co-heir of Rich Holland, Esq., of Denton in Lancashire. John, Twenty-First Generation, and his wife Elizabeth Holland had issue as follows:

1. Thomas Preston who died young.
2. John Preston born in 1617 who became his heir.
3. Ann Preston who died young.
4. Margaret Preston who married Sir Francis Howard of Corby Castle, the second son of Lord William Howard, of Nawerth Castle, and by him had issue.
5. Agnes Preston who married Christopher Anderson, Esq., of Lostock.
6. Frances Preston who married Francis Downes, Esq. of Wardley Hall.

Sources:

• http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/fpreston/ppatrik1.htm
• Preston Genealogy p.18 Twenty Second Generation #61/79.