I'll consider that point and I haven't considered it. I mostly was trying to find Descendants of Harry Preston hopefully to contact today for old pictures and handed down stories. I will say I have thought of them being named after a newly formed Preston County or whoever it was the county was named for just as seems like half my husbands line has been named Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. I also have a John Melton Wilson, whose ggrandfather on his mother's side was John Milton Jones from Highland County, WV. Thanks for responding. Any ideas keep my mind to moving with possible solutions and avenues to check. Pat Killian > From: Jchandle@aol.com > Date: 2003/01/03 Fri PM 10:55:16 EST > To: WILSON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Preston > > In a message dated 1/1/03 9:45:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, > pkcb113@bellsouth.net writes: > > << Any connections? The names George, William, Harry, Walter and Preston are > continuously in my line up thru 1930's. >> > > Hi Pat, > The Preston name is in my background also, but it doesnt seem to have come > along the Wilson line, but did marry it. My Prestons were BARNHILLS. My > grandmother Emma Preston BARNHILL married Jess L.R. WILSON. Emma's had a > brother and uncles and other relatives with Preston in their names. I'm > thinking Preston might have been a maiden name of a female somewhere, but I > havent run across it yet. > > janice > CA > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > Wilson list home pages . > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nadine/index.html > P;ease check them out. > >