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| | Thomas Preston of Holker Estates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Thomas Preston, son of George Preston and his wife Elizabeth Ashton, succeeded to the estates of Holker Park and married Katherine Hoghton, daughter of Sir Gilbert Hoghton, Baron of Hoghton Tower. |
 | | Thomas Preston, Esq., who succeeded to the Holker Estate was born in 1646 and married first Mary Dodding, daughter of George Dodding, Esq., of Cornishead Priory; and second, Elizabeth Bradshaigh, daughter of Sir Roger Bradshaigh, Baronet of Haigh. |
 | | Thomas tried to persuade William Preston of Cockerham, the male heir next of kin, to break the settlement of the Manor and Abbey of Furness upon the Jesuits, by Sir Thomas Preston the third Baronet. |
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