Sarah Preston

1626 - Aft 1648  (> 23 years)

• Name	Sarah Preston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	18 Jul 1626	Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
  Christening	18 Jul 1626
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1648	Newark, Essex, NJ, USA
  Person ID	I14635	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	William Preston,   b. 23 Jan 1591, Giggleswick, York, ENG d. 9 Jul 1647, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Sale,   b. Bef 8 Jun 1590, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England d. 22 Feb 1634, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England (Age > 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Oct 1613	Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
  Family ID	F3439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Meeker,   b. 1620   d. 1690, Elizabeth (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1649	New England, USA   [8]
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F5099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Her husband's name has also been listed as William Meeks, Sr. Sarah Meeker was named in the will of John Hunter in 1748, as was her sister Mary and widowed step-mother, Mary. My best guess is that he was a suitor or family friend of widy (Preston?) who had recently lost her husband. He had taken the oath of allegiance with Mary Mallory's husband in 1644 in New Haven, CT. (C-840)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2818] Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut (NY, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., c1911). [S92] William Preston and Elizabeth Sale Family Group Sheet prepared 8/24/1995 by Judy McAulliffe 3523 Shallow Ck. Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. [S78] Allen J. Mallory to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated Dec. 15, 1996 at allen.mallory@snet.net in Linda Coate files. [S93] New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 65. [S2098] Smith, Mallory, Email letters dated in the year 2000+ from MalloryMail@aol.com. [S44] James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of New England (Genealogical Pub. Co., c1981). [S42] Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1974). [S354] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.