According to a monument erected by members of the Preston family in 1855, John Preston was buried in Tinkling Springs graveyard in 1747. His wife Elizabeth Patton Preston, eloped with John in 1723 in Ireland before coming to an American colony in Virginia, (Beverley's Manor) and joining Elizabeth's brother James Patton, already there. John and Elizabeth came to America on board "The Walpole", a ship owned by Elizabeth's brother James (their father was Henry Patton of Ireland, a shipping magnate of the time). John was a shipbuilder/carpenter,and was said to be very handsome. His sister Jane married Alexander Breckinridge, while another sister, Margaret Preston married his brother-in-law, William Patton.
According to a monument erected by members of the Preston family in 1855, John Preston was buried in Tinkling Springs graveyard in 1747. His wife Elizabeth Patton Preston, eloped with John in 1723 in Ireland before coming to an American colony in Virginia, (Beverley's Manor) and joining Elizabeth's brother James Patton, already there. John and Elizabeth came to America on board "The Walpole", a ship owned by Elizabeth's brother James (their father was Henry Patton of Ireland, a shipping magnate of the time). John was a shipbuilder/carpenter,and was said to be very handsome. His sister Jane married Alexander Breckinridge, while another sister, Margaret Preston married his brother-in-law, William Patton.
