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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Just as that design was being perfected in manuscript , and before the second
article on the Brigadier was in type , I was suddenly called to duty in the North
Pacific Squadron . Packing books , MSS . and documents , I took myself , at a
week ' s ...
Just as that design was being perfected in manuscript , and before the second
article on the Brigadier was in type , I was suddenly called to duty in the North
Pacific Squadron . Packing books , MSS . and documents , I took myself , at a
week ' s ...
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His ancestry is 4 traced in Berry ' s County Genealogies to a William Tylden , who
paid aid for lands in Kent at the time of making the Black Prince a Knight , OCT 21
PREBBLE “ Men of Kent . " To be so called was considered a distinguishing ...
His ancestry is 4 traced in Berry ' s County Genealogies to a William Tylden , who
paid aid for lands in Kent at the time of making the Black Prince a Knight , OCT 21
PREBBLE “ Men of Kent . " To be so called was considered a distinguishing ...
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After his marriage , Abraham Preble removed to York , or Gorgiana , as it was
then called , in the Province of Maine , where , in 1642 , he purchased a tract of
land of Edward Godfrey . In the deed they are both styled of Agamenticus . York
was ...
After his marriage , Abraham Preble removed to York , or Gorgiana , as it was
then called , in the Province of Maine , where , in 1642 , he purchased a tract of
land of Edward Godfrey . In the deed they are both styled of Agamenticus . York
was ...
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Her husband ' s family bad been settled there at that time one hundred years , but
originally came from “ what is called the weald of Kent , which is near Tenderden
. ” Christopher Prebble ' s grandfather lived to a great age , which would carry ...
Her husband ' s family bad been settled there at that time one hundred years , but
originally came from “ what is called the weald of Kent , which is near Tenderden
. ” Christopher Prebble ' s grandfather lived to a great age , which would carry ...
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Rufus McIntire , fornierly M . C . York was divided , according to t Judge , into two
parishes , the seaboard and interior , and the latter was called Scotla Parish ,
being principally settled by Scots , among the leading men of whom was a Mc ]
tire .
Rufus McIntire , fornierly M . C . York was divided , according to t Judge , into two
parishes , the seaboard and interior , and the latter was called Scotla Parish ,
being principally settled by Scots , among the leading men of whom was a Mc ]
tire .
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | George Henry Preble |
| Publisher | family circulation, D. Clapp and Son, 1868 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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