George Preston

1504 - Aft 1537  (> 34 years)

• Name	George Preston  [1, 2]
  Birth	1504	, Yorkshire, ENG
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1537
  Person ID	I15198	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Children	1. William Preston,   b. Abt 1525, Of Giggleswick, York, ENG d. 23 Apr 1585, , , ENG (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  George Preston was of Valley Field who was given the title Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1537/1637. It's published in a 2nd hand source under 1637, but this date is likely a misprint that is off by 100 years as is his son William's death dae is supposedly in a book on the biography and history of settlers of Connecticut quoted below by Sharon Metcalf: "PRESTON The name Preston is of great antiquity in North Britain and was assumed by the family from territorial possessions in Midlothian in the time of Malcolm, King of Scots. Leolphus De Preston of the time of William the Lion in 1040 was grandfather of Sir William De Preston, one of the Scotch noblemen summoned to Berwick by Edward I. in the competition for the Crown of Scotland between Bruce and Baliol, the decision having been referred to Edward, After the death of Alexander III. in 1291, this Sir William De Preston was succeeded by his son. Nicol de Preston, one of the Scottish barons who swore fealty to King Edward I. He died in the beginning of the reign of David II. of Scotland, son of Robert Bruce, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Lawrence De Preston, who. in turn, was succeeded by Richard De Preston, who was seated at Preston Richard in Westmoreland in the time of Henry II. Sir Richard De Preston, fifth in descent from the above, Richard of Preston Richard, represented the county of Westmoreland in parliament in the seventeenth year of Edward III. His son, Sir Richard De Preston, had likewise the honor of being Knight of the Shire for Westmoreland in the same reign. twenty-seventh, Edward III., and in the same year, 1368, obtained license to empark five hundred acres. His successor was Sir John De Preston, of Preston Richard and Preston Patrick, and was member of parliament for Westmoreland in the thirty-sixth, thirty-ninth and forty-sixth years of Edward III. His son Richard had no male issue; his son John was judge of the court of common pleas in the reigns of Henry IV. and VI. and retired from the bench in consequence of great age in 1427. Children of Judge John Rev. John; Richard, his heir; and a daughter." (F-659)

  
  

• Sources

  [S206] United Ancestries Linked Pedigrees CD 100 (Automated Archives). [S78] Allen J. Mallory to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated Dec. 15, 1996 at allen.mallory@snet.net in Linda Coate files.