Preston family page
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 William Preston and Mary Short were married in St Helier in 1818
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Origins of surname
Unsurprisingly this surname is linked to one or more placenames, most notably the Lancashire town. Ultimately it is derived from the old English preost = 'priest' and tun = an 'enclosure' or 'settlement'. The name would have meant 'village with a priest', or 'a village held by the Church'.
Early records
The name first appeared in Jersey records with the baptism in St Helier in 1814 of Susan Preston, daughter of Thomas and Margaret. They do not appear to have had any further children and the first family to become established was that of William and Mary Short, who married in St Helier in May 1818 and had the first of four children baptised that December.
Variations
- Preston
- de Prestun, found in 12th century English records
- de Preston, found in 13th century English records
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Preston baptisms in Jersey
- Preston marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Preston marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Preston burials in Jersey
Great War service
- George Preston (1898-1918), Private, Royal Berkshire Regiment, killed in action Although he is apparently commemorated on a family memorial in Almorah Cemetery, we have found no local records for George Preston.
- Wilfred Henry Preston (1898-1919) son of Alfred Preston and Elizabeth, nee Roberts, Gunner RFA, died of illness contracted days before the Armistice
- Edwin Preston, from UK, Private, RJGB
- Sydney Howard Preston (1886- ) (Cornwall) Jersey wife, Corporal RGA
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Preston family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Edward Preston of Pontac, St Clement - 7 January 1880, D/Y/A/41
- Harry Preston, Bon Air, St Saviour - 25 February 1929, D/Y/A/89
Burial records
Family businesses
1855
Family gravestones
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The grave of Great War casualty Wilfred Henry John Preston at Cologne Southern Cemetery
Tips
The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.
We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling
The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.
New records
Starting in August 2020 we are adding several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form
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