The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 109
Mrs. Elizabeth Dimon Preston.
108788
Born in
Pomfret, Conn.
Wife of Edward L. Preston.
Descendant of Lieut. Christopher Barney, Joseph Grant, Jr., and David
Wood, as follows:
1. John Dimon (1828-98) m. 2nd 1863
Hannah Stanley Barney (b. 1838).
2. Dexter Wheaton Barney (1803-59) m. 1830
Eliza Grant (1805-76).
3. Caleb Barney (1774-1857) m. 1795 Elizabeth
Wood (1776-1839); Daniel Grant (1774-1868) m. 1800 Rachel Smith (1774-1861).
4. Christopher Barney m. 1772 Experience Smith
(1743-93); David Wood m. 1767 Elizabeth Inman; Joseph Grant, Jr., m. 1765
Hannah Drowne (b. 1745).
Christopher Barney (1739-1823) served as sergeant and lieutenant, under
Capt. Peleg Peck, Col.
Carpenter's regiment. He was born and died in Rehoboth, Mass.
Joseph Grant, Jr. (1742-1815) in 1780 was a private in Capt. Viall
Allen's company, Rhode Island troops. He was born and died in Barrington, R. I.
David Wood served as a private, 1778, in Capt. Joseph Cole's company,
Col. John Jacob's
Massachusetts regiment. He was born in Rehoboth, Mass.