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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... married Hannah Kelley 1685 , who died May 9 , 1751 . He died Oct. 4 , 1714 . The first certain record evidence we have of the eldest son of Abra- ham and Judith Preble is that he was Register of Deeds for the County of York . He took a ...
... married Hannah Kelley 1685 , who died May 9 , 1751 . He died Oct. 4 , 1714 . The first certain record evidence we have of the eldest son of Abra- ham and Judith Preble is that he was Register of Deeds for the County of York . He took a ...
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... marriage , as Mary their first child was born in 1686 , she must have been a young wife , as her death was sixty - five years after that event . In those days it was common to continue the Christian name of a family down from generation ...
... marriage , as Mary their first child was born in 1686 , she must have been a young wife , as her death was sixty - five years after that event . In those days it was common to continue the Christian name of a family down from generation ...
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... married a Coburn . 16-6 . Jonathan , b . April 11 , 1695 ; mar . 1st , Rebecca Harvey , who was born in England , and died Sept. 1739 ; mar . 2d , Mehitable Storer of Wells , widow of Nicholas Sewall of York , in 1768. By his first marriage ...
... married a Coburn . 16-6 . Jonathan , b . April 11 , 1695 ; mar . 1st , Rebecca Harvey , who was born in England , and died Sept. 1739 ; mar . 2d , Mehitable Storer of Wells , widow of Nicholas Sewall of York , in 1768. By his first marriage ...
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... married in France . The next daughter , Rebecca , married Thomas Mother- well , and died April , 1829. The youngest daughter , Mary , died unmarried at the age of ninety - six , at Woolwich , in Dec. 1843 , retaining her health and ...
... married in France . The next daughter , Rebecca , married Thomas Mother- well , and died April , 1829. The youngest daughter , Mary , died unmarried at the age of ninety - six , at Woolwich , in Dec. 1843 , retaining her health and ...
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... marriage and death are entered on the town records , the latter thus : " Samuel Preble , son of Abraham Preble , Esq ... married and had families . In 1775 , Esaias was captain of a company of minute - men at Cam- bridge ; afterwards ...
... marriage and death are entered on the town records , the latter thus : " Samuel Preble , son of Abraham Preble , Esq ... married and had families . In 1775 , Esaias was captain of a company of minute - men at Cam- bridge ; afterwards ...
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