Thomas Preston

Abt 1647 - 1697  (~ 50 years)

• Name	Thomas Preston
  Born	Abt 1647	Ipswich, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  AFN	BVQ7-DF
  Died	1697	Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I9177	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	5 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Roger Preston
  Mother	Martha
  Family ID	F3768	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Nurse,   b. Abt 1647, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 1719  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	15 Apr 1669
  Children	1. Rebecca Preston,   b. 13 May 1670   2. Mary Preston,   b. 1671   3. John Preston,   b. 20 Nov 1673   4. Martha Preston,   b. 21 Oct 1676   5. Thomas Preston   6. Elizabeth Preston,   b. 1680,   d. 21 Nov 1693  (Age 13 years)   7. Jonathan Preston   8. David Preston
  Family ID	F3382	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 1697 - Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Preston was one of the first to seek warrants for the arrest of the first accused as witches in Salem. He bitterly repented this later, when the affliction came nearer home. Thomas Preston testified to the authenticity of the Mary Putnam will. ---------- Reference: "A Genealogy of the Nurse Family for Five Generations", 1892, John D. Ames, p 100-101. "Salem Possessed, The Social Origins of Witchcraft", 1974, Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum, p 140.