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Lettice/Letitia Preston

Female Est 1735 - Yes, date unknown


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  1. 1.  Lettice/Letitia Preston was born Est 1735, Colonial Virginia (daughter of John Preston and Elizabeth Patton); died Yes, date unknown, Prob. Augusta County, Virginia.

    Lettice/Letitia married Justice Col. Robert Breckenridge 6 Jul 1758, Augusta Co., Virginia Colony. Robert (son of Alexander Breckenridge and Jane Preston) was born 1725, County Derry, Ireland; died 1772, Botetourt Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Children of Col. Robert Breckenridge and Lettice Preston:
    ~William of Augusta Co., VA and Lexington Ky m. Miss Gillam.
    ~John b. 2 Dec 1760 d. 14 Dec 1806, educated at Wm & Mary, was a member was a member of the House of Delegates of Virginia removed in 1793 to KY near Lexington; Attorney General of KY 1795-97, member of House of Delegates 1797-1800, Speaker 1800, U.S. Senator 1801-1805 and attorney General of United States 1805 until his death. He married 22 Feb 1789, Mary Hopkins, d/o Col. Joseph Cabell of Buckingham Co. VA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Preston was born Est 1700, Ireland; died 20 May 1748, Augusta County, Virginia.

    John married Elizabeth Patton. Elizabeth died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Patton died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    Name:
    James Patton, her brother.

    Notes:

    Married:
    John Preston proved his importation; Elizabeth, his wife; William, his son; Lettice, Margaret and Anne, his daughters, immediately from Ireland to this Colony - 12 May 1746

    Children:
    1. 1. Lettice/Letitia Preston was born Est 1735, Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Prob. Augusta County, Virginia.