Robert PRESTON

Robert PRESTON

Male 1626 - 1689  (~ 63 years)

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  • Name Robert PRESTON 
    Christened 12 Feb 1626  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 23 Jun 1689  Herne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17088  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2022 

    Father John PRESTON,   b. Abt 1586,   bur. Bef 4 May 1669  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Mother Joane or Jane LAWRENCE,   c. 9 Nov 1600, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 5 Mar 1632, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Married 14 Oct 1622  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F5319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha,   bur. 7 Apr 1662, Graveney, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1649/1651 
    Children 
     1. John PRESTON,   c. 17 Feb 1651, Reculver, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah ^ PRESTON,   b. Abt 1662,   bur. 23 May 1662, Graveney, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F5208  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ann CLINCH,   bur. 10 Sep 1649, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Jan 1649  Ospringe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F5323  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Elizabeth DAVIS 
    Married 26 Feb 1663  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F5324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • I've now checked Seasalter baptisms and marriages for 1649-1670 = 0 results
      Swalecliffe checked baptisms and marriages 1649-1685 = 0 results
      Hernhill checked 1649- 1653 baptism and marriages - mine doesn't go any further = 0 results
      Hoath checked 1649-1670 baptisms and marriages = 0 results
      Whitstable checked 1649-1680 baptisms and marriages = 0 results but marriages missing 1655-1661
      my Reculver seriously lacking
      Herne checked 1649-1680 baptisms and marriages =
      Herne
      Preston Robert c 9 Aug 1663 Robert/Mary Herne PR
      Preston Henrie c 24 Mar 1667 Robert/Mary




      Consider this baptism of a John at Faversham 1651. Could this be the same as John baptised at Reculver in Feb 1651?
      PRESTON John C 24 Jan 1651 Robert/Martha Faversham PR

      Looks like family moved after Robert remarried Martha to Graveney:
      PRESTON Martha DBL 07 Apr 1662 wife of Robert Graveney BT
      PRESTON Sarah DBL 23 May 1662 do Robert Graveney BT
      John baptised at Faversham in 1651 has not been buried at Faversham, Ospringe or Graveney.

      After Martha dies, Robert Preston again remarries this time by licence
      Third Series, 1661-1676, Col. 376
      Preston, Robert, of Graveney, yeoman, widower and Elizabeth Davies of Faversham, widow of Thomas Davies, late of the same place. At Faversham or Preston near Faversham. John Binge of Holy Cross, Canterbury, yeoman, bondsman. Feb. 24, 1662/3.

      Fourth Series, 1677-1700
      Prestone, Robert of Whitstable, carpenter, bachelor, 25 and Thomasine Posier of the same place, spinster, 19, whose mother consents. At same. John Fowtrell, of the same place, yeoman, bondsman. May 16, 1691.


      Second Series, 1618-1661, col. 800
      Presten, John, of Faversham, maltster, widower, about 36, and Jane Lawrence, of the same place, maiden, about 22, daughter of John Lawrence, Jurat, who consents, as is testified by Mr. Charles Annoot of St. George's Canterbury, gent. At Faversham, Oct 9, 1622.

      Presten, John, of Faversham, maltster, widower and Sarah Knowler, of the same place, virgin, about 33. At same. Thomas Knowler of Faversham, yeoman, bondsman. Sept. 24 1632.





      First name(s) Robert
      Last name Preston
      Residence Nackington
      Marriage year 1625
      Marriage date 11 Jul 1625
      Marriage place Nackington
      Spouse's first name(s) Agnes
      Spouse's last name Pearce
      Spouse's residence Nackington
      County Kent
      Country England

      This wife, below dies in the same year
      SURNAME GIVEN NAME EVT DATE YEAR PARENTS/SPOUSE PLACE SOURCE
      PRESTEN Ann DBL 10 Sep 1649 wife of Robert Faversham PR

      First name(s) Robert
      Last name Preston
      Residence Ospringe
      Marriage year 1649
      Marriage date 02 Jan 1649
      Marriage place Ospringe
      Spouse's first name(s) Ann
      Spouse's last name Clinch
      Spouse's residence Ospringe
      County Kent
      Country England

  • Sources 
    1. [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), Second Series, 1618-1661, col. 800, 9 Oct 1622.
      Second Series, 1618-1661, col. 800
      Presten, John, of Faversham, maltster, widower, about 36, and Jane Lawrence, of the same place, maiden, about 22, daughter of John Lawrence, Jurat, who consents, as is testified by Mr. Charles Annoot of St. George's Canterbury, gent. At Faversham, Oct 9, 1622.

    2. [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), Third Series, 1661-1676, Col. 376, 24 Feb 1662.
      Third Series, 1661-1676, Col. 376
      Preston, Robert, of Graveney, yeoman, widower and Elizabeth Davies of Faversham, widow of Thomas Davies, late of the same place. At Faversham or Preston near Faversham. John Binge of Holy Cross, Canterbury, yeoman, bondsman. Feb. 24, 1662.