Born in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nehemiah Presson
and Abigail (Allen) Preston
Sister of
Pricilla Preston, Abigail (Preston) Roundy, Nehemiah Preston, Mehitabel Preston, Judith (Preston) Adams, Benjamin Preston, Stephen Preston and Lydia (Preston) Standley [half]
Wife of
Robert Woodbury Jr
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Molly (Woodbury) Burnham and Nathan Woodbury
Died about
at about age 89
in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
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Biography
Hannah Presson/Preston was born July 26, 1722 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Nehemiah Presson (Preston) and Abigail Allen. [1] She was christened September 16, 1722. [2] but her birth date was July 21, 1722. [3]
Hannah Preston's first marriage was at age 20, to Nathaniel Williams on December 9, 1742 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusett. [4] This marriage is alternately shown as December 7, 1742. [5]
Nathaniel Williams must have died, because Hannah Preston Williams was married again at age 25 to Robert Woodbury on January 29, 1746 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.[6]
Hannah Preston Woodbury was buried January 10, 1812 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-PK7Y : 13 July 2016), Hannah Preston, 21 Jul 1722; citing Birth, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,604.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-Z5TZ : 13 July 2016), Hannah Presson, 1722.
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RSJ-SGG?i=384&cc=2061550
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRS-95F : 13 July 2016), Nathaniel Williams and Hannah Presson, 09 Dec 1742; citing Marriage, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,851.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH5X-H2B : 13 July 2016), Nath. Williams and Hannah Preston, 07 Dec 1742; citing Marriage, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,604.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRS-S54 : 13 July 2016), Robert Jun. Woodberry and Hannah Williams, 29 Jan 1746; citing Marriage, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,851.
- ↑ DEATH: Vital Records of Beverly, Essex, MA, page 609, Woodbury, Hannah, wid., old age, bur. Jan. 10, 1812, a. 90 y. C.R.I.
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Nathaniel Williams 1744 probate, case 30035 (23 pp.) in Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, file dated 26 March 1744; his father Nathaniel appointed administrator; filmed image 14 is statement by Hannah Williams dated 19 March 1743/4 declining administration of the estate of her husband, requesting administration be granted to her "Frather in Law Nathanael Williams of ... Beverly."
Nathaniel Williams, Jr. 1744 death, citing "P.R. 1 [Records of deaths made by Col. Robert Hale, and formerly in the possession of James Hill, town clerk]" in Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2:602 (Williams); digital images, HathiTrust, [Williams] "Nath[anie]l, jr., smallpox in Europe, ----, 1744."
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