Born in Ashford, CT. Served in Capt. Reuben Marcy's Co., Col. John Chester's Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, Conn. Line. (According to online records at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/CEMETERY/BELGIUM.HTM)
"SHUBAEL PRESTON | Private | Capt. Reuben Marcy's
Co. | Col. John Chester's Battalion, | Wadsworth's Brigade,
Conn. Line. | Died | Oct. 17,1846, | aged 88 y'rs. |
Old Belgium cemetery, where a new stone is hidden in
dense underbrush, but annually decorated. This pensioner
was 82 in 1840, and lived with his son Shubael, who now lies
beside him. The Preston Genealogy says of him: "Shubael
Preston, b. in Ashford, Ct., Nov. 20, 1758. Enl. as private
in Capt. Marcy's Co., 1776; in battles of Flatbush and White
Plains; member of Capt. Hill's Co. 1778-9. In Hampton in
1817; pensioner in Homer, 1833, and also in Lysander,
1840" - ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
"
"SHUBAEL PRESTON | Private | Capt. Reuben Marcy's
Co. | Col. John Chester's Battalion, | Wadsworth's Brigade,
Conn. Line. | Died | Oct. 17,1846, | aged 88 y'rs. |
Old Belgium cemetery, where a new stone is hidden in
dense underbrush, but annually decorated. This pensioner
was 82 in 1840, and lived with his son Shubael, who now lies
beside him. The Preston Genealogy says of him: "Shubael
Preston, b. in Ashford, Ct., Nov. 20, 1758. Enl. as private
in Capt. Marcy's Co., 1776; in battles of Flatbush and White
Plains; member of Capt. Hill's Co. 1778-9. In Hampton in
1817; pensioner in Homer, 1833, and also in Lysander,
1840" - ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
"
Born in Ashford, CT. Served in Capt. Reuben Marcy's Co., Col. John Chester's Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, Conn. Line. (According to online records at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/CEMETERY/BELGIUM.HTM)
"SHUBAEL PRESTON | Private | Capt. Reuben Marcy's
Co. | Col. John Chester's Battalion, | Wadsworth's Brigade,
Conn. Line. | Died | Oct. 17,1846, | aged 88 y'rs. |
Old Belgium cemetery, where a new stone is hidden in
dense underbrush, but annually decorated. This pensioner
was 82 in 1840, and lived with his son Shubael, who now lies
beside him. The Preston Genealogy says of him: "Shubael
Preston, b. in Ashford, Ct., Nov. 20, 1758. Enl. as private
in Capt. Marcy's Co., 1776; in battles of Flatbush and White
Plains; member of Capt. Hill's Co. 1778-9. In Hampton in
1817; pensioner in Homer, 1833, and also in Lysander,
1840" - ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
"
"SHUBAEL PRESTON | Private | Capt. Reuben Marcy's
Co. | Col. John Chester's Battalion, | Wadsworth's Brigade,
Conn. Line. | Died | Oct. 17,1846, | aged 88 y'rs. |
Old Belgium cemetery, where a new stone is hidden in
dense underbrush, but annually decorated. This pensioner
was 82 in 1840, and lived with his son Shubael, who now lies
beside him. The Preston Genealogy says of him: "Shubael
Preston, b. in Ashford, Ct., Nov. 20, 1758. Enl. as private
in Capt. Marcy's Co., 1776; in battles of Flatbush and White
Plains; member of Capt. Hill's Co. 1778-9. In Hampton in
1817; pensioner in Homer, 1833, and also in Lysander,
1840" - ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
"
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