I58389: GEORGE of DenmarkPrince (2 Apr 1653

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Mary
Anne Sophia
Son
Duke William of Gloucester
Mary
George
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Daughter
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Son
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"Younger son of Frederick III, King of Denmark and Sophia Amelia of Brunswick-Luneburg. Queen Victoria later referred to him as "the very stupid and insignificant husband of Queen Anne"."

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"IV. Katherine, m. Richard MARSHAM, whose second wife was her cousin, Mrs. Ann Brooks BRENT, née CALVERT (q.v.) dau. of the Hon. Leonard CALVERT."

"Charles Brasher says it is erroneous to have this Katherine as the daughter of Giles Brent. She was "in service" in 1670, i.e. born in England and transported as an indentured servant to Maryland (Patent Bk 12, p 512, Bk 7, p 530, cited in The Early Settlers of Maryland, Gust Skordas, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1968) The story is therefore erroneous that Katherine was a Brent related to Giles Brent.
From George Bernard Lee, says carson gibb, phd, author of "A Supplement to the Early Settlers of Maryland", copyright 1997, one year before chas. brashears book copyright 1998, researched every entry of early settlers of Maryland by Gust Skordas by comparing the Skordas list taken from previous indexes with original records and transcriptions of the records. not only did he add thousands of names to the list but also corrected mistakes in the Skordas book. one such mistake appears in his book at page 145, middle col., bottom name- Katherine Marsham rights by 1664. He has in his possession the micro film cited by Gibb, his source,and it shows Katherine Marsham assigning her rights to land to another person on the 11th day of march , 1664. also of interest are the names of the 2 witnesses- Richard Marsham and Robert Turner. the name of the assignee, David Gowen or Bowen or gowing is difficult to determine due to the writing in copies oof transcripts made in 1717 and 1725, he believes. there is no mention of the word "service" or of the date "1670".
Sooo, she might be a Brent, but there is still no good infomation that she is the daughter of or otherwise related to Giles Brent family."

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Children:
I. Elizabeth Brune.
II. John Christian Brune, d. in infancy.
III. WILLIAM HENRY, the subject of this memoir.
IV. Robert Carter Nicholas Brune, b. 26th February, 1859; d. 5th December, 1891.

Arms–Argent, issuing from a wood on the sinister side a stag courant, proper.
Crest–A pair of antlers proper.

Residence–1313 North Calvert Street, Baltimore.
Clubs–Harvard of Maryland, Democratic of Baltimore, University (Charter member) of Baltimore, 1887-1897.
Societies–Pi Eta of Harvard College, Civil Service Reform Association of Baltimore, National Municipal League, St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and University of Maryland Alumni Associations, Baltimore City and Maryland State Bar Associations.

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"Mr. Draper desires to know whatever particulars of my father, Col. William Preston, I may have a knowledge of. He was the only son of John Preston and Elizabeth Patton; was born in Ireland, in the town of Newton, Linawaddy, on the 25th of December, 1729. When he was seven or eight years of age his father emigrated to the colony of Virginia."

"During this period Col. Wm. Preston was employed by Wallace Estill, the high Sheriff of Augusta, to ride as deputy-sheriff. The year after, Preston and Col. John Buchanan were elected Burgesses to the House of Burgesses."

"The summer of 1757, Col. Preston had been appointed Commissioner to hold a treaty with the Shawnee and Delaware Indians at the mouth of Big Sandy River, a branch of the Ohio. Col. Thomas Lewis, of Rockingham County was likewise a Commissioner. Lewis, I believe did not accompany the party. The treaty was made, I think with Oconostoto who was now very old, and a chief called Cornstalk. Col. Preston endured singular hardships in the expedition; he had tied his moccasin somewhat too tight; the string chafed the instep of one of his feet, which produced partial mortification. The skill of a physician by the name of Dr. Thomas Lloyd saved his life. Lloyd had been purchased by Preston a year or two previously: found him a man of fine education, with great knowledge of medicine; the Dr. was made the companion, and died very many years thereafter the firm friend of Preston's family.

On their return from the south of Sandy, they took up a fork of the river, which was through a very rugged region, got so entirely out of food as to be compelled to eat the buffalo tugs which tied on their packs, and hence the stream was named by Col. Preston the "Tug Fork of Sandy"

The county of Fincastle was taken off (Rockbridge) Botetourt County about the year (1764) 1772. Col Preston obtained the surveyor's place, which determined him to leave Staunton. He settled on Greenfield, near Amsterdam, a valuable estate yet in the possession of his granddaughters. Having some business to transact in Augusta Court in the month of May, he left his family at Greenfield, early in the morning Mrs. Preston was startled by the firing of two guns in quick succession at a neighbor's house within a half mile of her. Very shortly afterwards Mr. Joseph Cloyd rode up on his plough-horse with the gears on, telling Mrs. Preston that the Indians had killed his brother John, shot at him; but missed him, although his shirt was powder-burnt; they had gone to the house, and he expected had killed his mother. Mrs. Preston sent a young man living at her house to Captain Francis Smith, who commanded a small fort on Craig s Creek, to bring his troops to pursue the Indians. She wrote a letter to him, which was free from tremor or trepidation. She then sent a white man and two negro men to Mr. Cloyd's, where they found Mrs. Cloyd tomahawked in three places, all the household destroyed and the money carried off (Mr. Cloyd had a large sum of gold stowed away). Mrs. Cloyd was perfectly in her senses, told all the circumstances of the savage revelry in getting drunk, ripping up the featherbeds, and one of them taking a corn cob and wiping off the blood from her temples, exclaiming "Poor old woman". She died the next morning. After this irruption of the Indians, there appeared to be a pause in their deprivations.

I think, about the year 1765, and expedition was ordered by the then governor of Virginia, Lord Botetourt, and the command given to Col. Byrd, who penetrated as far as the Tennessee line. What his success was I am not able to state; I think, however, the settlements were insecure. In 1773, Col Preston became possessed of Draper's Meadows (now Smithfield). The county of Botetourt was divided and Col. Preston determined to follow the surveyor's office."

In the Autumn of that year Col. Preston with Col. Nathaniel Gist, were appointed to make a treaty with the Cherokees, and I think the Chickamauga Indians at Long Island, on the Holstein River, in the State of Tennessee. The treaty was made, and the Southern Indians were perfectly quiet. In the March of 1774 Col. Preston removed my mother and her children to Smithfield. There was a fort or stockade around the house; several of the neighbors' families came into it for safety, because the Northwestern Indians made constant attempts on the settlements. Major John Taylor, who had married a niece of Col. Buchanan's was one of the families, Mr. Robert Preston, Captain James Charlton, his brother Frank, and Capt. John Lucas were mainly the persons who defended the fort."

"During the summer and autumn of '74 the entire region of the Northwest of the mountains of Virginia was put in commotion by the movements of the Indians on her borders. The governor of the State, Lord Dunmore, made a visit as far as Fincastle, in Botetourt County, to organize an expedition against the Shawnees, Wuyandottes and Delaware Indians. Gen. Andrew Lewis, who had served in Braddock's War as a Coronet, and in the old French war as a major, was appointed to be commander of the expedition; his youngest brother Col. Charles Lewis of Bath County, Gen. Lewis' sons Samuel and Thomas Lewis, his nephew Thomas Lewis of Rockingham County, and nephew John Lewis and his nephew-in-law Captain Trigg, and Captain John McClannahan, were all in his army. I think Col. William Christian, Col. William Hemming, his brother-in-law, Col. John Stewart and Col. John Floyd, were also in the campaign. The battle of "Point Pleasant" was fought on the 10th of October, 1774; Col. Chas. Lewis was killed. Col. Sam'l Lewis wounded, Capt. John Lewis of Rockingham was killed, Capt. Trigg killed, and Capt. McClannahan as was Capt. Morrow, the brother-in-law of Col. Charles Lewis. Col. Floyd was sent on a foraging expedition and did not arrive until the day after the battle. I remember distinctly to have a letter from Col. Thomas Lewis, of Rockingham County, to my father giving a detailed account of that battle. Col. Preston was detained by the illness of Mrs. Preston, who was not expected to survive.

In the summer of 1776 the American Revolution fairly commenced; all plans for a settlement West was suspended; Col. Preston found himself surrounded by a neighborhood of Tories that kept him continually on the alert to prevent their murdering himself and family, as well as every other Whig in the Country. Gen. William Campbell, of Washington County, Col. Arthur Campbell, of the same county, a brother-in-law of General Campbell's, Col. Patrick Lockhart, of Botetourt County, William Madison, the son-in-law of Col. Preston, were all good Whigs and kept the Tories in check.

Col. Preston was intently engaged educating his family and improving the valuable estates he had by this time acquired; the effect the first-named purpose; he had purchased a gentleman by the name of Mr. Aaron Palfreman; this person was a poet and a scholar; he was the correspondent and friend of the celebrated Miss Carter, the poetess. Mr. Palfreman had in a drunken frolic consented to be married to a beautiful woman, who was represented to him as a lady by his companions; next morning, finding he was made a dupe of, and that his wife was a woman of the town, he embarked in a few hours for America. On landing at Williamsburg, Col. Preston met with him, purchased him, and ever afterwards kept him in his family as a teacher."

Sources: "The Family Tree" by Mary Preston Gray 1980-1984, "The Preston Genealogy" edited by L. A. Wilson under the direction of William Bowker Preston pub. 1900 and "The Preston Family" compiled by John Mason Brown 1870.

"William built his home called "Smithfield" in what is now Blacksburg, Virginia. The original name of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was Olin and Preston Institute, named after William Preston, then Virginia A&M and finally Virginia Tech."

Preston Family Bible, #26190 at the Library of Virginia. At the time it was photocopied it was in the possession of N. Floyd Holmes in Florida.

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2 Susan Virginia Sandidge b: Jan 3, 1875 in Scott Co. VA d: Nov 11, 1948 +George Haynes m: 1889 src: LDS Ancestral File.

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Aka: Willa de VIENNE 876-917. See: Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (175:36), (343:38), citing ES I:57. Sources: RC 175, 343, 366; AF. Queen of Upper Burgundy.

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My Southern Family

Prince GEORGE of Denmark

2 Apr 1653 - 28 Oct 1708

ID Number: I58389

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Katherine BRENT

ABT 1640 - ____

ID Number: I70989

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Isham Bell BROWDER C.S.A.

1827 - 1862

ID Number: I104350

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William Henry BRUNE

13 Apr 1821 - 22 Oct 1887

ID Number: I85080

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John EDWARDS

ABT 1800 - ____

ID Number: I93764

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Zadock Bonner GARRISON

20 Apr 1829 - 9 Jan 1910

ID Number: I1341

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Col. William PRESTON of Smithfield

25 Dec 1729 - 28 Jun 1783

ID Number: I45785

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Susan Virginia SANDIDGE

3 Jan 1875 - 11 Nov 1948

ID Number: I77843

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Behetheland STEVENS

ABT 1775 - ____

ID Number: I21239

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Marion Minter TRABUE

28 Mar 1834 - 25 Jan 1884

ID Number: I31410

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WILLA de VIENNE of Vienne & Provence

ABT 0867 - 14 Jun 0929

ID Number: I29864

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Susan WADE

ABT 1900 - ____

ID Number: I6708

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Martha WOOD

12 Jul 1731 - ____

ID Number: I68560

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