'Preston02'
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Families covered: Preston of Fernton, Preston of Gorton, Preston of Valleyfield
| James Preston, 1st of Valleyfield (a 1544) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Home (dau of Home of Prendergast) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Archibald Preston, 2nd of Valleyfield | ||||||||||||||
| m. Giles Semple (dau of Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir James Preston, 3rd of Valleyfield | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1567) Jean Erskine (dau of James Erskine of Little Sauchie) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Preston, 4th of Valleyfield | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grizel Colville (dau of Alexander Colville, Commendator of Culross) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Preston (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir George Preston, 1st Bart of Valleyfield (d 26.11.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1634) Marion Sempill (dau of Hugh Sempill, 5th Lord, by Anne Hamilton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir William Preston, 2nd Bart of Valleyfield (d before 1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1662) Anne Lumsden (dau of Sir James Lumsden of Innergelly) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir George Preston, 3rd Bart of Valleyfield (b c1670, d 09.1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1701) Agnes Muirhead (dau of Patrick Muirhead of Rashyhill) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir George Preston, 4th Bart of Valleyfield (d 02.03.1779) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1725/1730) Anne Cochrane (d 07.11.1779, dau of William Cochrane of Ochiltree by Mary Bruce) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Patrick Preston (dvp 25.04.1776, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Menzies (b 12.01.1745, dau of John Menzies of Ferntower or Fernton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Ann Preston, later Preston-Menzies-Campbell of Valleyfield & Fernton (dsp 28.05.1847) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.08.1810) Sir David Baird, 1st Bart (b 06.12.1757, dsp 18.08.1829, General) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Catherine Preston of Valleyfield and Fernton (d unm 06.04.1855) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Charles Preston, 5th Bart of Valleyfield (b c1735, d unm 23.03.1800, Major, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | George Preston (d 1797) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Anne Preston of Valleyfield & Fernton (dsp 02.09.1862) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.10.1821) Sir John Hay, 6th Bart of Smithfield and Haystoun (b 03.08.1788, dsp 01.11.1838) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Sir Robert Preston, 6th Bart of Valleyfield (b 21.04.1740, dsp 07.05.1834) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Brown (d before 07.1834, dau of George Brown of Stockton) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Mary Preston | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.08.1774) Robert Wellwood of Garvock | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BLG1952 (Campbell-Preston of Ardchattan). | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Robert Wellwood of Garvock | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Isabella Wellwood (d 1843) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1800) Robert Clarke of Comrie Castle | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Mary Wellwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Laurence Johnson of Sands | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Andrew Wellwood | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Elizabeth Wellwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Allan Maconochie of Meadowbank (b 1748, d 1816, judge as Lord Meadowbank) | |||||||||||||||
| (f)+ | other issue - Alexander (dsp), Agnes | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Marion Preston | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.09.1703) Sir Robert Anstruther, 1st Bart of Balcaskie (bpt 24.09.1658, d 03.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Preston (b 1660, d 07.07.1748, General, CIC Scotland) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Preston | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1661) Laurence Oliphant of Gask (d 1672) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. James Hay of Pitfour | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Preston | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1665) John Colville (d c1677-8, reverend) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Isabel Preston probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir James Makgill of Rankeillour (d before 03.05.1699) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Robert Preston of Gorton (d 10.1674, Lord of Session as Lord Preston) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Isabella Dundas (of Arniston family) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Bothwell (dau of Alexander Bothwell of Glencross) | |||||||||||||||
| Not sure which wife was mother of which child though TSP (Holyroodhouse) reports that Margaret did have issue. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Preston | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | son (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Preston of Gorton (d 1733, Major, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1709) Mary Ramsay (b 1682, dau of Sir John Ramsay of Whitehill) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Preston of Gorton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Lindsay wife of John and presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Preston (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Preston of Gorton (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Euphemia Preston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Preston, 6th Bart of Valleyfield @@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | George Preston (d 07.02.1785, General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucy Johnstone (dau of James Johnstone, Secretary of State) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Robert Preston of Lutton (Lincolnshire) & Bath (Somerset), 7th Bart of Valleyfield (b 03.01.1757, d 30.08.1846) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1780) Euphemia Preston (dau of John Preston of Gorton) @@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Robert Preston of Lutton & Bath, 8th Bart of Valleyfield (b c1780, dsp 23.10.1858, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1826) _ Deane (b c1779, d 15.12.1867, dau of Charles Deane of London, widow of _ Williams) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Henry Preston, 9th Bart of Valleyfield (b 18.02.1789, d unm 25.11.1873) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Lucy Ann Preston (d 13.09.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Boswell of Blackadder | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Preston probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Bothwell (bpt 18.03.1705) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | 4 sons (dsp) - John, Alexander, Charles, George | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Katherine (or Jean) Preston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Bruce of Blairhall | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Mary Preston | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Bruce of Carnock (d 1643) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Barbara Preston | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 30.04.1569) Robert Sempill, Master of Sempill (b c1522, dvp before 16.12.1569) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Robert Mure of Caldwell | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Margaret Preston | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Makgill (dvp c1552) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1870 ('Preston') with some support from TCB (vol 2, 'Preston of Valleyfield', p425+)
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