I am trying to find the family of one Justus Preston and his wife Lucretia and their 7 children, 4 boys and 3 girls. Justus seems to be buried alone in Franklin, Delaware Co, NY. I know there was a rather large Preston family across the county in the Middletown twp. area who came from CT. I cannot so far connect Justus to this group and need some help from someone who may know more about the Preston family than I can locate. Next problem: My gg grandma was Melvina Hannah Fitch b. 1841 in or near Walton, a daughter of John Fitch b. 1811. She was a paternal twin to Mahlon Fitch according to the Walton Historian who had a book that chronicled the Fitch family back a few generations into CT. I cannot find Mahlon anywhere and wonder if anyone knows anything of what may have happened to him. Did he died in the 1852 Flu epidemic along with 3 members of the Scofield family of Masonville or did he die in the Civil War or marry and move far from Delaware County?????? I would love to find what happened to my gg uncle Mahlon. As an aside, Melvina married Gilbert Northup b. 1833 in Franklin, NY and they moved to Steuben Co, NY with their son George b. 1859. She died in 1881 in Hartsville, Steuben Co, NY age 40y old. Any help from anyone, no matter how small a clue greatly appreciated. Annette Campbell Volunteer typist to Painted Hills.org (Steuben County section), Otsego Co, NY, Delaware Co, NY and for the moment retired from Greene Co, NY websites.