I need to mention that since I have completed my elementary and higher education in Europe, the history classes which I attended did not provide detailed information on the history of the US. That is why I am not familiar with some names or facts which may be obvious to somebody else, educated in this country. However, during my ancestry research, I enjoy learning some bits and pieces regarding particular persons, the history of Texas and the USA too.
Anyway, here is what I found out.
William Preston (b. 25 Dec. 1729, Newtown-Limavady, Donegal, Ireland), politician and the militia Colonel (American Revolutionary War), the son of John Preston and Elizabeth Patton, was related to a few generals and other higher rank Army officers.
1. He was the maternal grandfather of John Buchanan Floyd.
William Preston + wife Susanna Smith (b. 23 Jan. 1740, Hanover County, Province of Virginia/d. 19 June 1823, Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia)
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⇒ their daughter Letitia (Preston) Floyd (b. 29 Sept. 1776, Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia/d. 12 Dec. 1852, Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia) - on 13 May 1804 she married Mr. John Floyd (b. 24 April 1783, Floyds Station, Jefferson County, Virginia {present Bullitt County, Kentucky}/d. 16 August 1837, Sweet Springs, Monroe County, Virginia {West Virginia} - a politician, an honorary member of the Philadelphia Medical Society, Philadelphia Medical Lyceum and Dickinson College graduate, Brigadier general - Virginia State Militia/ US Army, 25th Governor of Virginia (1830-1834). John was the son of James John Floyd, Kentucky Militia Colonel, and Jane Buchanan
⇒ her son John Buchanan Floyd (b. 1 June 1806, Smithfield Plantation, Montgomery, Virginia/d. 26 August 1863, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia) - 31st Governor of Virginia (1857-1860), Brigadier general in Confederate Army, 24th US Secretary of War (1849-1852)
2. W. Preston was a brother of a great-grandmother of John Cabell Breckinridge
William Preston
⇒ his sister Letitia (Preston) Breckinridge (b. about 1729, Ireland/d. March 1797, Fayette County, Kentucky) - in about 1752 she married Mr. Robert Preston Breckinridge, son of Alexander Breckinridge and Jane Preston. Robert was born about 1720, probably in Ireland/died in about 1773, Botetourt County, Province of Virginia. He was Virginia militia Captain (the French-Indian War), later Colonel (the Revolutionary War)
⇒ her son John Breckinridge (b. 2 Dec. 1760, Staunton, Augusta County, Province of Virginia/d. 14 Dec. 1806, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky) - a lawyer and politician, 5th US Attorney General (1805-1806) - married Miss Mary Hopkins Cabell (b. 22 Feb. 1769, Buckingham County, Province of Virginia/d. 26 March 1858, Louisville, Jefferson County, Virginia) on 28 June 1875
⇒ his son Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (b. 24 July 1788, the Glebe, Albemarle County, Virginia/d. 1 Sept. 1823, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky) - a lawyer, politician and a soldier. Major of the US Army, 12th Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1817-1819), 13th Secretary of the Kentucky State (1820-1823) - his wife was Miss Mary Clay Smith whom she married on 11 May 1811 in Fayette County, Kentucky
⇒ his son John Cabell Breckinridge (b. 16 Jan. 1821, Cabell's Dale, Fayette County, Kentucky /d. 17 May 1785, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky) - 14th Vice President of the US (1857-1861), 5th Secretary of War of the Confederate States (1865), Major general of the Confederate Army
3. He is a great-grandfather of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Sr.
William Preston
⇒ his son Francis Smith Preston (b. 2 August 1765, Greenfield, Botetourt County, Province of Virginia/d. 26 May 1836, Columbia, Richmond District, SC) - a lawyer and a politician as well, Virginia State militia Colonel (war of 1812) + wife Sarah Buchanan Campbell (b. 21 April 1778, Virginia/d. 23 July 1846, Virginia). Her father was General William Campbell (Revolutionary War)
⇒ his daughter Ann Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge (b. 9 April 1803, Salt Works, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia/d. 20 Dec. 1844, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland) married Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Sr. (b. 8 March 1800, Cabell's Dale Estate, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky/d. 27 Dec. 1871, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky) - politician, Presbyterian Church minister
⇒ her son Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (b. 14 Jan. 1842, Baltimore, Maryland/d. 1920, Washington D.C.) - Brigadier general and Inspector General of the US Army
How are we related to Col. William Preston?
Indirectly, via Elizabeth Margaret (Patton) Crockett, the wife of Davy Crockett.
William Preston
⇒ his mother Elizabeth (Patton) Preston (b. 25 Dec. 1700, Newton-Limavady, County Derry, Ulster, Ireland/d. 25 Dec. 1776, Amherst County, Virginia)
⇒ her brother William Patton (b. about 1690, Newton-Limavady, County Derry, Ulster, Ireland/d. 5 Sept. 1742, Marlborough, Chester, Pennsylvania) + wife Mary Byrne (b. about 1692, Ireland/d. Chester County, Pennsylvania)
I have already described the line which goes from the above William Patton in the article
"From George Smith Patton Jr. to Our Great-Great-Grandfather"
⇒ click on the linked post title to see there how this line goes straight to our great-great-grandfather Jacob Rippy Gant.Photos:
Smithfield Plantation: Z28scrambler [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
Fayette County: By Chris Light - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49953591
J C Breckinridge Memorial: By Chris Light - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49180469
Abingdon, Virginia: By Ricknightcrawler - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7173735
Chester County: By John Hill - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34191430
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