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Name | Robert Preston | |
Title | first Speaker of Kentucky State House of Representatives | |
Birth | Abt 1697 | Ireland |
Gender | Male | |
Religion | 1740 | Tinkling Spring Church, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia |
Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Fisherville, Augusta County Virginia This monument, which stands outside the Fellowship Hall, reads, "Sacred to the Memory of the Immigrants to this valley who turned the wilderness into habitations." It lists the names of the original members who were assessed twelve shillings each to build the first meeting house. Administratively, the membership was divided into three Quarters headed by John Christian, William Wright, and John Finley. Christian's quarter included families named Black, Cowin, Wilson, Long, Bell, Alexander, Stewart, Patton, Hall, Robison, Cristian, Davison, McCollock, Caldwell, Armstrong, Rutledge, Henderson, Conegham, Thomson, Scott, Gamel, Ramsey, Preston, Maxwell, McDonal, Russell, Lewis, Hutchison, McClanahan, Brackenridge, and McCollock. Wright's quarter included families named Smith Hutchison, Palmer, Thomson, Moday, Frazer, Johnston, Logan, Henderson, Scileran, Black, Cear, McCune, Fergeson, and Wright. Finley's quarter included families named McClure, Turk, Gay, Finley, McCollock, Gelaspey, Edmiston, Campbell, Stewart, Peterson, Cear, Tays, Steel, and White. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaaugust/photo.html |
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Death | Aft 1750 | Kentucky |
Person ID | I56436 | Roots |
Last Modified | 29 Jul 2013 |
Father | Phineas (Archibald)* (or John) Preston, b. 1672, Tara, Ardsallagh Townland, Co Meath, Leinster,Ireland d. Bef 28 Apr 1703, Ulster, Ireland (Age 31 years) | |
Mother | Hon., "Mary of Montjoy" Mary* Stewart, b. Abt 1677, Mountjoy, Co Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland d. 4 Oct 1765, Ulster Co, Ireland (Age ~ 88 years) | |
Marriage | 1692 | Mountjoy, Co Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland |
Family ID | F2460 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |