Early Inhabitants of North Preston
Extracted from
Griswold - A History
Being a History of The Town of
Griswold, Connecticut
From the Earliest Times to the
Entrance of Our Country into
The World War in 1917

By Daniel L. Phillips
1929 (no copyright statement)

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

Appendix I - Names of Early Inhabitants of North Preston Efforts to Locate the Meeting House - Petitioners and Non-petitioners to General Court Connecticut State Library, Connecticut Archives Ecclesiastical Affairs, Vol. II, Doc. 48b (spelling corrected in parenthesis.) Subscribers of this Petition as followeth: (The towns given are where the inhabitants were from and the date of their first deed in Preston when known) William BILLINGS, Stonington, 1701 James RIKS (RIX), Salem, Mass., 1703 Henri (Henry) HODGE John GREENSLIT Joseph BILLINGS, Stonington, 1713 Thomas RIKE (RIX), Salem, Mass Isaac AVERILL, Topsfield, Mass, 1704 John COOKE, Newton Mass, 1715 Joseph COIT, Plainsfield, 1714 Thomas COITE Lazaras TILER (Lazarus TYLER), Andover, Mass ?. 1710 Jacob BURTON, Topsill, Mass, 1709 James TILER (TYLER), Andover Mass, 1706 John BRANCH, Situate, Mass, Thomas AVERILL, Topsfield, Mass., 1704 Edward COGSWELL, Ipswich, Mass., 1713 Joseph FOSTER (in Preston 1717), Ipswich ? Samuel COYE (in Preston in 1711) Luke BRUMBLY, Stonington, 1715 William HATCH, Swanzey, Mass, 1710 Thomas DAVISON, Ipswich, Mass, 1694 Thomas KINNE, Salem, Mass., ------------------- Killingly, Conn, 1717 John BOARMAN (BOARDMAN), Topsfield, Mass, 1706 David BOARMAN (BOARDMAN), Topsfield, Mass, 1703 Jacob RUDE mosses belcher (Moses BELCHER), Milton, Mass, 1715 Petition of the North part of Preston contri--- Part of the Inhabitants May 17 P 3 May the 7 1717 Conecticut State Library Connecticut Archives Ecclesiastical Affairs Vol. II, Doc 51A. (The towns given are where the inhabitants were from and the date of their first deed in Preston when known) Sam'll LENERSON, Duxbury MASS, 1711 Daniel GEER, Preston, 1698 Thomas ROSE, Preston, 1709 Mark WILLIAMS, New London ?, 1716 Samuel GUILD, Providence, R.I., 1710 Charles WILLIAMS, New London ?, 1687 Thomas GATES, Stowe, Mass, 1699 John STANTON, Stonington, 1689 John PRENTICE, Newtown, Mass, 1714 Stephen GEATES (GATES), Stowe, Mass, 1696 Daniel WOODARD (WOODWARD). England ? 1706 Samuel LENARD junr (LEONARD, Jun.). Bridgewater, Mass, 1705 James PARKE, Preston, 1716 Joseph PRENTIS, Stonington, 1704 Ephraim HERRICK, Beverly, Mass, 1694 Timothy HERICK (HERRICK), Beverly, Mass ?, 1703 Willem (William) GREEN, Preston, 1710 William GONES (JONES), New London ? Joseph GEER, Preston, 1706 William GONES junr (JONES, Jun) Joseph GEER Jun, Preston, 1717 Jonathan DOWNING Isaac WEEDG (WEDGE) Benjamin GUILD, Providence, R.I., ? Joseph PARKE, New London, 1711 Ephraim HERRICK Jun, Beverly, Mass ?, 1719 Richards ADAMS, Canterbury, 1706 George HOLKINS (HAWKINS), Ipswich, Mass. ?, 1694 Jonathan COY, Boston, Mass. ? Laserus TILER (Lazarus TYLER), Andover, Mass. ?, 1710 Edward STALLIN, New London, 1677 ? John BENNETT, Stonington ? John BENNET, Jun, Stonington ? John PRAY, Marlborough, Mass., 1715 Samuel BENNETT Samuel PARTRIDGE, Duxborough, Mass., 1717