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From: gladys shannon <>
Subject: [PRESTON-L] Re: PRESTON-D Digest V99 #30
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 08:33:50 -0600


Michelle
Thanks for the update on Waity and her father, Daniel Preston. That Daniel
may very well be my Daniel's ancestor. We don't know what happened to
Daniel, and it's said one of his son's George; so perhaps they took after
'auntie' Waity. Ha
Thanks again, if you find anything else; I will appreciate it.
gladys

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>PRESTON-D DigestVolume 99 : Issue 30
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> #1 Re: [PRESTON-L] Last public hangin [Michele Stepto
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>Hi--I was looking through the entry for Prestons in Donald Jacobus's
>Ancient Families of New Haven, hoping to find your Waity and father
>Daniel. But no such luck. I find only one Daniel listed there, an
>early one, who may be an ancestor of the one you seek. He is the 4th
>son of William Preston the immigrant (one of the founders of the New
>Haven Colony) and his wife Mary Seabrook. This Daniel's note reads:
>
>4 Daniel, bp 3 Mar 1621 Chesham, d 10 Nov 1707 Dorchester, Mass.: m
>Mary _______; had issue.
>
>Best of luck, Michele Stepto
>
>
> wrote:
>>
>> Looking for additional information on a BURGESS - PRESTON family. The
couple
>> has left an interesting history but we have yet to find their burial
sites or
>> any detailed knowledge of their immediate family. Welcome BURGESS
>> (abt.1790-1826), originally of Foster, RI and descended of the BURGESS
family
>> of Plymouth MA and Little Compton, RI, died of fever in the summer of
1826.
>> It is thought that he was living in Chestnut Hill, CT at the time. He left
>> behind a wife and five children who were apparently in no position to
fend for
>> themselves. The 'wayward widow' Waity PRESTON (abt.1790-?) believed to have
>> been originally of Foster, RI, and her children were eventually ordered to
>> leave town. She made her way to the home of her father, Daniel PRESTON, a
>> respected farmer in Sterling, CT. According to information found in
historical
>> records, Waity served as the temptress and the reason that Oliver Watkins
>> murdered his wife Roxana on March 21, 1829. He was hanged for his
offense on
>> Aug 2, 1831, the last public hanging in CT. It appears that Waity and at
>> least her eldest son, Orrin BURGESS (1812-?) wandered about Foster, RI
for a
>> time. Her father-in-law, Jacob BURGESS (1769-1830) of Foster took Orrin but
>> left Waity to her own ways. She then left by herself for Killingly or
>> Woodstock, CT area. We know nothing further about her. Who her other
children
>> were left with is likewise unclear: Alden (b.1816), Sampson (b.1819),
Arnold
>> (b.1822) and Laura BURGESS (b.?). Laura grew to marry Ezra Young and
had two
>> children. Sampson's descendants are well documented.
>> We'd like to find ancestors of Waity PRESTON (father Daniel), Waity's
eventual
>> history and final resting place and especially, the burial place of Welcome
>> BURGESS (Chestnut Hill CT??). Any info appreciated.
>

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