Genealogical Sketch of the First Three Generations of Prebles in America: With an Account of Abraham Preble the Emigrant, Their Common Ancestor, and of His Grandson Brigadier General Jedediah Preble, and His Descendants |
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... resided . He was a leading advocate of the separation of Maine from Massachusetts and was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1819. In 1820 he was appointed one of the Judges of the Supreme Court , at the or ganization of the ...
... resided . He was a leading advocate of the separation of Maine from Massachusetts and was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1819. In 1820 he was appointed one of the Judges of the Supreme Court , at the or ganization of the ...
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... resided in York . There is no record of the date of his birth , marriage or death ; but he had a son Joseph ( 19-1 ) , who was born in 1691. March 30 , 1677 , Joseph Preble of York had purchased from Richard Wood certain real estate ...
... resided in York . There is no record of the date of his birth , marriage or death ; but he had a son Joseph ( 19-1 ) , who was born in 1691. March 30 , 1677 , Joseph Preble of York had purchased from Richard Wood certain real estate ...
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... resided in York . The date of his birth is not recorded , but he must have been born about 1645 or '46 . He died about 1695 or '96 . He married Rachel , daughter of John Main , who survived him and married Joseph Carlisle in 1697 , and ...
... resided in York . The date of his birth is not recorded , but he must have been born about 1645 or '46 . He died about 1695 or '96 . He married Rachel , daughter of John Main , who survived him and married Joseph Carlisle in 1697 , and ...
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... resided , 35 out of 42 votes . In 1782 and '83 , he held appointments as Judge of Inferior Courts , under the new State constitution , and these appointments were the closing ones of his long career of activity , honor and usefulness ...
... resided , 35 out of 42 votes . In 1782 and '83 , he held appointments as Judge of Inferior Courts , under the new State constitution , and these appointments were the closing ones of his long career of activity , honor and usefulness ...
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... resided at Paris . She was first commanded by Hailey , and subsequently by Thomas Oxnard . * She had an American commission , and sailed under the American flag , but always fitted and sailed from French ports , viz . , Brest , L'Orient ...
... resided at Paris . She was first commanded by Hailey , and subsequently by Thomas Oxnard . * She had an American commission , and sailed under the American flag , but always fitted and sailed from French ports , viz . , Brest , L'Orient ...
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Page 34 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these when those are pass'd away.
Page 111 - Lieutenant and you are^ yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as' you shall from time to time receive from Me, or...
Page 34 - We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best...
Page 305 - In the drawing of a breath Down went dauntless Craven, He and his hundred! A moment we saw her turret, A little heel she gave, And a thin white spray went o'er her, Like the crest of a breaking wave; — In that great iron coffin, The channel for their grave, The fort their monument (Seen afar in the offing), Ten fathom deep lie Craven And the bravest of our brave.
Page 112 - Lieutenant and you are your self to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from Me or...
Page 114 - An Act for the impartial administration of justice, in the cases of persons questioned for any act done by them in the execution of the law, or for the suppression of riots and tumults, in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England...
Page 111 - ... the oaths appointed by an act of parliament made in the first year of the reign of our late royal father, to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy...
Page 111 - Captain and you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from time to time, as you shall receive from us or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War ; in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in You.
Page 26 - The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden who is appointed administrator on the estate of late of deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of...