military and political duties. It is a family tradition that when the town of Falmouth was burnt by Mowatt, she hastened, with an axe, and with her own hand humanely liberated the pigs, &c., from their confinement, by knocking down the piggery in which they were confined, saying it would be a shame to leave poor dumb creatures to be burnt. She survived her husband twenty-one years, and died suddenly in a fit of apoplexy, on the 20th of August, 1805, at the same advanced age of 77. By her will she left property in Falmouth, the apprised value of which was $7,340. Her will very equitably divided this property into sevenths, after deducting certain legacies, and gave it in equal portions to her seven sons and daughters, or their heirs. She also

side of what is now (1868) India Street, and to the westward of the Grand Trunk Depot. Joshua Bangs was a shipmaster, subsequently a merchant, and represented the town of Falmouth in the General Court in 1741.

Joshua Bangs was born at Harwich, Massachusetts, in 1691; married Mehitable Clark, of Harwich, June 18, 1713, and died at Falmouth, May 23, 1762-his wife having died the year previous, as appears from the following inscriptions on their head stones in the Eastern Cemetery, at Portland:

"Here lies the body of Mrs. Mehitable Bangs, wife of Mr. Joshua Bangs, died April 5th 1761, in the 65th year of her age."

"Here lies the body of Mr. Joshua Bangs, died May 23d, 1762, in the 71st year of his age." They had three sons and five daughters, viz. :

;

1. Nathan, born 1714. 2. Thomas, born Nov. 28th, 1716; married Mehitable Stone, of Harwich, Oct. 1751. 3. Thankful, born Nov. 13th, 1720; married Samuel Cobb, Nov. 1740. 4. Sarah, born - -; married Gersham Rogers, July, 1756. 5. Joshua, born 1723; married Sarah Waite. 6. Mehitable, born 1728; married, 1st, John Roberts, Jr., 1752, 2d, Jedidiah Preble, 1754. 7. Susannah, born ; married Elijah Weare, 1761. 8. Mary, bornmarried Nathaniel Gordon, Oct. 25th, 1754. Capt. Joshua Bangs owned and gave name to Bangs Island in Portland Harbor, of which the earliest English name, and which it retained for a century, was "Portland Island." Within a few years the island has passed from the possession of the descendants of Joshua Bangs, and its purchaser, Mr. Cushing, has re-christened it, and given it his own name, and erected upon it a fine hotel for summer resort, which he calls the Ottawa House. The name of Bangs Island is, however, retained upon all the maps and charts. Captain Joshua was a descendant from Edward Bangs, who was born in Chichester, England, 1592, and arrived at Plymouth in the Ann, July, 1623. In 1644 he removed with Gov. Prence and others to a new settlement on Cape Cod, called Nausett, afterwards Eastham, and died there in 1678, aged 86. He was a shipwright, and superintended the construction of the first vessel built at Plymouth in 1641. She was a bark of 40 to 50 tons, and he contributed 1-16 of the cost, which was estimated at £200.

The wife of Capt. Joshua Bangs, Mehitable Clarke, was the daughter of Andrew Clarke, born 1640, and Mehitable Scottow, born 1649, and the grand-daughter of Thomas Clarke born 1599, the reputed mate of the Mayflower on her first voyage in 1620, and who died in 1697, aged 98. His gravestone is still standing and legible on Burying Hill. Her mother's father was Thomas Scottow, of Boston, who owned a house and garden in School Street, where the City Hall now stands, which he sold to the town for £55, but it afterwards came into the possession of Samuel Clarke, and remained in the Clarke family until about 1825, when Doctor Samuel Clarke sold it to the city. Andrew Clarke lived for some years after his marriage in Boston, and his father, Thomas Clarke, gave him a house in Scottow's Lane, which ran from Ann St. to Union Street, as appears by a deed, a copy of which is now (1868) in the possession of Samuel C. Clarke, Esq., of Newport, R. I.

left a legacy, large for those days in proportion to her estate, viz., three hundred and thirty-three dollars, which she directed should be distributed among the poor widows of Portland. She was buried at the side of her husband, in the old burial place, where a plain slate head-stone marks her last resting place.

Children of JEDIDIAH PREBLE and MARTHA JUNKINS, viz. : Jedidiah, born

-, at York; married Miss Avis Phillips, of Boston; died of exposure consequent upon shipwreck.

Samuel, born at York, and died, unmarried.

John, born at York, 1742; married Sarah Frost, of Machias, Nov.,

1783; died December 3, 1787.

Lucy, born at York; married Jonathan Webb, of Boston, Jan., 1763. William, born at York, lost at sea and never heard from.

Children of Jedidiah Preble and Mehitable (Bangs) Roberts, all born in Falmouth, now Portland, Maine:

1. Martha, born Nov. 18, 1754; married Rev. Thomas Oxnard, of Portland, June 17, 1772; died Oct. 16, 1824.

2. Ebenezer, born August 15, 1757; married, 1st, Dorcas Ilsley, Oct. 7, 1781-2d, Mary Derby, June 14, 1785-3d, Betsey Derby, June, 1795-4th, Abigail Torrey; died at Richmond, Va., April, 1817. Ebenezer was a distinguished merchant of Boston, and at one time the partner in business of Wm. Gray. 3. Joshua, born Nov. 28, 1759; married Hannah Cross, of Newburyport, Mass. ; died Nov. 4, 1803.

4. Edward, born August 15, 1761; married Miss Mary Deering, March 17, 1801; died August 25, 1807. This Edward was the distinguished Commodore of the U. S. Navy.

5. Enoch, born July 2, 1763; married Miss Sally Cross, of Gorham, Me., Sept. 14, 1800; died Sept. 28, 1842. He was President of the Portland Marine Society from 1811 to 1841 inclusive, when he declined a reelection; Vice President of the Cumberland Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and held various other offices of trust and honor.

6. Statira, born Jan. 3, 1767; married Capt. Richard Codman, of Portland, Sept. 10, 1789; died Aug. 15, 1796.

7. Henry, born Jan. 24, 1770; married Frances Wright, of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, Dec. 11, 1794; died at Pittsburgh Dec., 1825. Henry was for some time Consul at Palermo, and was the first U. S. commercial agent to Turkey.

FRAGMENTS OF THE PRIVATE

DIARY OF BRIGADIER GEN. JEDIDIAH PREBLE,

DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

1775-1782.

* * ALL around the country is well laid out, and if properly defended must be impregnable. Returned to Bradish's. Lodged there, expense 15.

Sat. Aug. 5th, 1775.

In ye morning I waited on President Langdon. Delivered him a letter. Breakfasted with him. I viewed the stores of provisions, which consisted of choice good beef, bread, salt-fish, peas, rice, mutton, pork and milk. I then proceeded to Roxbury, met Gen'l Ward, who invited me to his Tent Quarters. I excused myself, and visited Gen'l Thomas. He received me very complaisantly and wrote a billet immediately to Gen'l Frye to come and dine with me at his table, which he did. We dined very agreeably; after dinner Gen'l Thomas, one other gentleman and myself rode to Dorchester Neck and viewed. the lines there, which are within point blank shot of the enemy. There is two Regiments posted here. These lines are very defencible. We then returned to Roxbury, viewed the Fort and lines there, which are very strong. The enemy have been very quiet. This day there was a conference between Major Tupper and the Regulars at their lines on the Neck. They told him they could destroy all our seaports. He told them they would do us a great favor, as it would take off our attention from Trade, and put us on agriculture, for we had a fine fertile country, enough to employ millions of people, a land that produced every necessary of life. He also told them we never would submit so long as a man was alive. I supped with the Gen'l and lodged there, had a very good bed to myself and rested well. Major Tupper brought out a letter from Treasurer Gray to his son. Allen Oates; this is the contents.

Boston, Aug. 3, 1775. DEAR CHILD,-As this letter goes open, have nothing to say at present, but that notwithstanding I do not feed upon those dainties I formerly did, I have a clear conscience, which at these trying times is a continual feast. Your brother Jack is gone in Lewis's brig to Your brother Harry's wife talks of spending the Winter in London, so that I expect to be in the condition of father Jacob. I could wish my children had their father's firmness. Whether I shall see them all again, God only knows. Let that be as it may I must submit. I wish you and yours well and must entreat you not to give yourself any concern about me.

Farewell my dear child.

P. S. The bearer is just a going.

H. GRAY.

There was one other letter from Gen'l Brattle, the subject matter of which treated chiefly of Grapes, Apricots and Rabbits. He also wrote in his letter that he heard the Port of Boston was quite open, and the Custom House kept in Boston as usual, and that a ship on the 4th of this month brought into Boston two thousand and two hundred Barrels of Flour, and that Mr. Wiswell's wife and eldest daughter were dead with a flux.

Sunday ye 6th Aug. 1775. Overcast morning. Breakfasted with Gen'l T., then Mr. Gouch waited upon me to General Ward's. I went to worship with him in the field. Dined with him, attended worship in the afternoon. Gen'l Spencer invited me to his quarters, where I spent some time with a number of Connecticut officers, and three parsons. I then returned to General Thomas's. Several buildings were burnt on Charlestown Neck by our people. The ships fired ten shot at them. Two ships came in (one brought in a sloop with some live stock), one of which was supposed to come from England, as she was saluted by the castle and Admiral. Lodged at Gen'l Thomas's. Breakfasted there.

Monday, Aug. 7, 1775. Went to Watertown, dined with sundry of the council and some gentlemen from Philadelphia, who said there was a large quantity of powder come in there from *** seut there from Holland, seven wagon loads, which * * * *

Waited on Gen'l Washington, who received me very politely. I drank a glass of wine with him. He said he was sorry he could not accommodate me with lodging, and asked me to dine with him next day. I lodged at Bradish's.

Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1775. I breakfasted with Gen'l Putnam, after which I rode out with *** Jarvis down to the lines, and dined with Gen'l Washington, where one Colonel and six Capts. of the Riflemen dined. This morning there came to town about 300 riflemen, two com