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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... Says Daniel Webster , " If we work upon marble , it will perish ; if we work upon brass , time will efface it . If we rear temples , they will crumble into dust ; but if we work upon immortal minds , if we imbue them with high ...
... Says Daniel Webster , " If we work upon marble , it will perish ; if we work upon brass , time will efface it . If we rear temples , they will crumble into dust ; but if we work upon immortal minds , if we imbue them with high ...
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... says , " Kent hath so carried away the credit in all ages for man hood , that the leading of the front or vanguard in former times hath simply and absolutely belonged to them . " Abraham Pre- ble was one of the earliest settlers of ...
... says , " Kent hath so carried away the credit in all ages for man hood , that the leading of the front or vanguard in former times hath simply and absolutely belonged to them . " Abraham Pre- ble was one of the earliest settlers of ...
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... say that he had relatives in America , and particularly that there was a Major Prebble in America , who was a relative . * Mr. Christopher Prebble also states that there are Prebbles now living at the very extremity of the County of ...
... say that he had relatives in America , and particularly that there was a Major Prebble in America , who was a relative . * Mr. Christopher Prebble also states that there are Prebbles now living at the very extremity of the County of ...
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... says : - " The family of Tylden , one of great antiquity , has been seated in Kent for several centuries . Of three distinct branches into which it separated , the eldest became possessed of Milsted in that County . The second removed ...
... says : - " The family of Tylden , one of great antiquity , has been seated in Kent for several centuries . Of three distinct branches into which it separated , the eldest became possessed of Milsted in that County . The second removed ...
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... says the eldest son of Capt . Caleb Preble married Dorothy , the daughter Capt . Alex . McIntire , Dec. 24 , 1747 , and that this Dorothy was the aunt of my correspo dent and of the Hon . Rufus McIntire , formerly M. C. York was divided ...
... says the eldest son of Capt . Caleb Preble married Dorothy , the daughter Capt . Alex . McIntire , Dec. 24 , 1747 , and that this Dorothy was the aunt of my correspo dent and of the Hon . Rufus McIntire , formerly M. C. York was divided ...
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