Preble - Perry Genealogy

Ancestors of Clara M. Preble

First Generation

1. Clara M. Preble, daughter of Reverend Nehemiah Flint Preble and Maria Rooth Perry , was born on 1 Feb 1854 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine, died on 29 May 1929 in Waterville, Maine, at age 75, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cem.

Clara married Horace Purinton , son of Amos Purinton and Martha Jane Patterson , on 1 Jan 1874 in Richmond, Maine. Horace was born on 17 Nov 1850 in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine and died on 25 May 1929 in Waterville, Maine, at age 78.

Marriage Notes: Reference Number:1972

General Notes:

"I remember my gr-uncle Horace Purinton very well. He invited me to a Sunday dinner at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem (1924-25) when I was a student at the American School of Oriental Research" Dr. Carl Purinton

Children from this marriage were:

i. Beth Purinton ()

ii. Maude Estelle Purinton (born in 1874 - died in 1876)

iii. Alice Mae Purinton (born on 15 May 1877 - died in 1937)

iv. Harry Amos Purinton (born in 1880 - died in 1880)

v. Martha Belle Purinton (born on 6 Sep 1882 Waterville, Maine - died on 10 Oct 1955 in Vassalboro, Maine). Martha married Cecil Maurice Daggett ,¹ son of William Talcott Daggett and Harriet Maria Barrett , on 12 Sep 1905 in Waterville, Maine. Cecil was born on 13 May 1882 in Fairfield, Maine and died on 8 Sep 1944 in Waterville, Maine, at age 62.

Second Generation (Parents)

2. Reverend Nehemiah Flint Preble, son of Motherwell Preble and Susanna Flint , was born on 15 Sep 1819 in Norridgewock, Maine and died on 6 Jan 1891 in Litchfield, Maine, at age 71. Another name for Nehemiah was Nehemiah Preble.

General Notes:
Re: Des. of Nehemiah Preble, Richmond? Maine
Posted by: Col Charles Preble, Jr (ID *****2121) Date: June 01, 2002 at 14:25:02
In Reply to: Des. of Nehemiah Preble, Richmond? Maine by Pete Daggett of 26

Pete:

I stumbled on the answer to your problem when I read "Maria R. Perry". She was the 2d wife of Nehemiah Flint Preble b. 18 Sep 1819 Anson, Maine , d. 06 Jan 1891 Litchfield, Maine . They were m. 11 Oct 1853. Nehemiah was the 8th child of Motherwell Preble b. 22 Sep 1781 Woolwich, Maine , d. 27 Jun 1864 Richmond, Maine m. Susanna Flint (1786-1870). (There 1st child was Ebenezer b. 1804 Anson, Maine ). Therefore, your line of descendancy from Robert Preble (1530-1589) is as follows: (1st no. is the generation 2d no. is sequence of birth within that generation).
1.1 Robert (1562-1634)
2.8 Abraham (1603-1663)
3.1 Abraham (1641-1714)
4.6 Jonathan (1695-1768)
5.3 Ebenezer (1724-1758) Killed by Indians
6.4 Ebenezer (1752-1790)
7.3 Motherwell 1781-1864)
8.8 Nehemiah (1819-1891) Your gggf?

PREBLE, NEHEMIAH State: MA Year: 1820 County: Essex County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Township: Marblehead Page: 508 Database: MA 1820 Federal Census Index

Preble, Nehemiah
State: Maine Year: 1850
Rev. Nehemiah Preble.
Rev. Nehemiah Preble was born in Norridgewock, Maine , September15, 1819 . He received only a common school education. In early life, at the age of fifteen years, he became a Christian and soon began to take great interest in evangelistic work in which he continued earnestly and very successfully for many years. In 1849 he was ordained to the gospel ministry. He continued in revival work, and labored with remarkable results in more than thirty-five great reformations indifferent parts of the State, wherein many hundreds were converted and baptized. He was also much loved and very successful as a pastor, having held that position in the Free Baptist churches in Gardiner , Manchester ,West Gardiner , Richmond Corner, Bowdoinham and Litchfield Plains. Of the last mentioned church he was pastor for eighteen years, and with his wife was a member at time of his death. His labors were instrumental in bringing large numbers into the church. Elder Preble was endowed with good natural ability, of strong individuality, was inherently honest and very industrious. In later years he sought by incessant study to make up in part for that lack of early training which he so frequently felt the need of. This close application, together with the cares of the church work in which he was actively engaged, no doubt hastened the failure of his health, which finally resulted in breaking down of the nervous system and obliged him to suspend his public ministrations, though he continued his good work in many quiet though effective ways. He never fully recovered his health; though occasionally he could not deny himself the great pleasure of addressing his brethren in the church he loved and in behalf of the great cause to which he had devoted his life. In Litchfield . where a large portion of his work was accomplished, he is held in loving remembrance by hosts of friends who recall his faithful labors. Elder Preble was married, first to Caroline R. Butler , they had one son, George , now living at Fairfield, Maine , and like his father greatly interested and actively engaged in evangelistic work. In 1852 he married for his second wife, Maria R. Perry , who still survives him with three of their five children. She has a pleasant home in Waterville , with her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Littlefield . Elder Preble after a residence in the town of Richmond for nearly half a century, in 1890 removed to Waterville, Maine , where he died suddenly of pneumonia January 6, 1891 . Thus ended a useful life.
County: Kennebec Roll: M432_257
Township: Gardiner Page: 285
Image: 57

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Free Baptist Church.
It appears from the records of the Freewill Baptist church at Litchfield Plains that it was organized as the first of its denomination in Litchfield by Rev. Josiah Farwell and Rev. Samuel Hathorn , a committee appointed by the Bowdoin quarterly conference for that purpose October 11, 1826 , with the following members: Saul Cook ,Andrew Baker , Daniel Nickerson , Cornelius Toothaker , Robert Ashford ,Robert Stinson , Robert Patten, Jr. , Andrew Baker, Jr. , Sally Ashford , Hannah Toothaker , Mary Cleaves , Lydia Smith and Mary Knight , with Saul Cook and Robert Stinson as leading members, and Robert Patten, Jr. , as clerk, and that they adopted as a rule for practice, "The fear of God and the keeping of His commandments." Meetings were held in the barns of C. Toothaker and Robert Ashford ,and in the Hall and brick schoolhouses until their meetinghouse was built in 1837 . The names of the ministers of this church are: Revs. Samuel Hathorn , Hale Swett , Barnard Goodrich , Nathaniel Purinton ,Hamer Gatchell , Robert Stinson , Constant Quinnam , Mark Gatchell ,N. Bard ,

Henry Preble ,

Daniel Blake , Stephen Purinton , A. D. Jones ,

Nehemiah Preble ,

Ezekiel G. Page , Edward Manson , John F. Harriman ,and since 1897 Isaac V. Mayo . The successive deacons have been: Cornelius Toothaker elected in 1835 ; William Chase , 1840 ;Daniel W. Perry , 1868 ; Zebulon Douglass , 1876 ; Abial L. Small , 1882 ,and Gardner Roberts, Jr. , 1892 . The clerks in succession have been: Robert Patten, Jr. , Robert Ashford , Cornelius Toothaker , Daniel W. Perry , Abizer Purinton . and Gardner Roberts, Jr. , since 1878 . This church has always been self sustaining and through the efforts of one of its members, Wm. C. Smith , the church and society now own the beautiful pine grove and grounds containing two acres upon which the church stands and on which a commodious building for horses was built in 1897 . By the will of the late Julia W. Adams of Ashville, N. C. , this church received a gift of $200.

Maine Census, 1800-90 Viewing records 1-2 of 2 Matches

PREBLE, NEHEMIAH State: ME Year: 1850 County: Kennebec County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Township: Gardiner Page: 285 Database: ME 1850 Federal Census Index

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PREBLE, NEHEMIAH State: ME Year: 1860 County: Sagadahoc County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Township: Richmond Page: 563 Database: ME 1860 Federal Census Index

Nehemiah married Carolyne Butler .

Children from this marriage were:

i. George Preble (born in Fairfield Mai9NE)

Nehemiah married Maria Rooth Perry ² on 11 Oct 1853.

Marriage Notes: Reference Number:8476

General Notes: Maria and Nehemiah had 5 children

Noted events in her life were:

• Comment 1: Maria Rooth Or Routh?.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Henry Preble (). Henry married Mae .

1 ii. Clara M. Preble (born on 1 Feb 1854 Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine - died on 29 May 1929 in Waterville, Maine). Clara married Horace Purinton , son of Amos Purinton and Martha Jane Patterson , on 1 Jan 1874 in Richmond, Maine. Horace was born on 17 Nov 1850 in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine and died on 25 May 1929 in Waterville, Maine, at age 78.

iii. Female Preble (). Female married E. J. Littlefield .

3. Maria Rooth Perry,² daughter of David Perry Jr. and Martha Robinson , was born about 1831 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine.² Another name for Maria was Maria Rooth Perry.

General Notes: Maria and Nehemiah had 5 children

Noted events in her life were:

• Comment 1: Maria Rooth Or Routh?.

Maria married Reverend Nehemiah Flint Preble on 11 Oct 1853.

Third Generation (Grandparents)

4. Motherwell Preble, son of Ebenezer Preble and Martha Smith , was born on 22 Sep 1781 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine and died on 28 Jun 1864 in Richmond, Maine, at age 82.

General Notes: ID: I238
Name: Motherwell PREBLE
Given Name: Motherwell
Surname: Preble
Sex: M
Birth: 22 SEP 1781 in Woolwich,Sagadohoc,Maine,USA
Death: 27 JUN 1864 in Richmond,Sagadohoc,Maine,USA

Father: Ebenezer PREBLE b: 27 AUG 1752 in Woolwich,Sagadohoc,Maine,USA
Mother: Martha SMITH b: 1755 in Woolwich,Sagadohoc,Maine,USA

Marriage 1 Susanna FLINT b: 13 JUL 1786 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Married: 1 MAR 1804
Children
Ebenezer PREBLE b: 1 JUL 1804 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Mehitable PREBLE b: 26 JUL 1806 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Rosilla PREBLE b: 21 JUL 1808 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Thomas Motherwell PREBLE b: 13 JUL 1810 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Levi Flint PREBLE b: 5 SEP 1812 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Henry Flint PREBLE b: 9 JAN 1815 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Warren Gould PREBLE b: 2 FEB 1817 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Jesse Gelman PREBLE b: 7 FEB 1822 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Otis Mitchell PREBLE b: 13 JUL 1824 in Norridgewock,Somerset,Maine,USA
Susanna Flint PREBLE b: 10 NOV 1827 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA
Nememiah Flint PREBLE b: 15 SEP 1819 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA

Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 28 Jun 1864 and Richmond, Maine.

Motherwell married Susanna Flint on 1 Mar 1804 in Anson, Somerset, Maine.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Ebenezer Preble (born on 4 Jul 1804 Anson, Somerville, Massachusetts). Ebenezer married Fanny Gethell on 28 Oct 1830 in Anson, Somerset, Maine. Fanny was born in 1809 in Anson, Somerville, Massachusetts.

ii. Mehitebel Preble (born on 24 Jul 1806 - died on 29 Dec 1872 in La Porte City, Iowa)

iii. Rosilla Preble (born on 21 Jul 1808)

iv. Thomas Motherwell Preble (born on 14 Jul 1810 - died in 1907 in Anson, Somerville, Massachusetts). Thomas married Helen Mair Eaton .

v. Levi F. Preble (born on 5 Sep 1812)

vi. Henry F. Preble (born on 9 Jan 1815)

vii. Warren P. Preble (born on 2 Feb 1817)

2 viii. Reverend Nehemiah Flint Preble (born on 15 Sep 1819 Norridgewock, Maine - died on 6 Jan 1891 in Litchfield, Maine). Nehemiah married Carolyne Butler .

ix. Jesse Gillman Preble (born on 7 Feb 1822 - died about Aug 1835)

x. Otis M Preble (born on 13 Jul 1824)

xi. Susan F. Preble (born on 10 Nov 1827 - died on 23 Jan 1888 in Boschel, Ill)

5. Susanna Flint, daughter of Levi Flint and Susanna Wheeler , was born on 13 Jul 1786 and died on 14 Feb 1870, at age 83. Another name for Susanna was Susannah Flint.

Susanna married Motherwell Preble on 1 Mar 1804 in Anson, Somerset, Maine.

6. David Perry Jr.,² son of David Perry and Margaret Owens Wilson , was born on 17 Jun 1803 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine ² and died on 26 Apr 1877 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine, at age 73.²

David married Martha Robinson ² on 24 Feb 1828 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

Children from this marriage were:

i. Henry Otis Perry (born about 1829 Fort Fairfield, Maine)

3 ii. Maria Rooth Perry (born about 1831 Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine). Maria married Reverend Nehemiah Flint Preble , son of Motherwell Preble and Susanna Flint , on 11 Oct 1853. Nehemiah was born on 15 Sep 1819 in Norridgewock, Maine and died on 6 Jan 1891 in Litchfield, Maine, at age 71. Another name for Nehemiah was Nehemiah Preble.

David married Maria K. Intiganan on 24 Nov 1859 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine. Maria was born about 1838.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Abbie Perry Perry (born about 1860 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine)

7. Martha Robinson ² was born on 1 Aug 1804 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine ² and died on 4 Feb 1859, at age 54.²

Martha married David Perry Jr. ² on 24 Feb 1828 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

Fourth Generation (Great Grandparents)

8. Ebenezer Preble, son of Ebenezer Preble and Mary Harnden , was born on 27 Aug 1752 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine and died on 21 Jun 1790, at age 37.

Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 27 Aug 1752 and Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine.

Ebenezer married Martha Smith on 15 Jul 1776 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine.

Marriage Notes: Reference Number:50348

Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, 15 Jul 1776.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Jane Preble (born on 2 Jun 1777 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine). Jane married Samuel Hilton .

ii. Mehitabel Preble (born on 3 Oct 1779 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine). Mehitabel married Phineas Thompson on 11 Oct 1803. Phineas was born about 1775 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine.

4 iii. Motherwell Preble (born on 22 Sep 1781 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine - died on 28 Jun 1864 in Richmond, Maine). Motherwell married Susanna Flint , daughter of Levi Flint and Susanna Wheeler , on 1 Mar 1804 in Anson, Somerset, Maine. Susanna was born on 13 Jul 1786 and died on 14 Feb 1870, at age 83. Another name for Susanna was Susannah Flint.

iv. Experiance Preble (born on 25 Jul 1784). Experiance married W. Haynes on 31 Oct 1802.

v. Mehetibel Preble (born before 3 Oct 1779). Mehetibel married Phineas Thompson on 11 Oct 1803. Phineas was born about 1775 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine.

vi. Martha Preble (born in 1787). Martha married Zebulon Preble , son of Zebulon Preble and Unknown .

9. Martha Smith, daughter of Ebenezer Smith and Hannah Smith , was born in 1755 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine and died in Canaan, Somerset, Maine, USA.

Martha married Ebenezer Preble on 15 Jul 1776 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine.

Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, 15 Jul 1776.

10. Levi Flint, son of Henry Flint and Sarah Wheeler , was born on 4 Mar 1756 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

General Notes: ID: I2305
Name: Levi FLINT
Given Name: Levi
Surname: Flint
Sex: M
Birth: 4 MAR 1756 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Reference Number:

Father: Henry FLINT b: 6 APR 1724 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Mother: Sarah WHEELER b: 7 APR 1729 in ,,Massachusetts,USA

Marriage 1 Susanna WHEELER b: ABT 1758 in ,,Massachusetts,USA
Married: 4 MAR 1782 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Children
Susanna FLINT b: 13 JUL 1786 in Anson,Somerset,Maine,USA

Levi married Susanna Wheeler .

Children from this marriage were:

5 i. Susanna Flint (born on 13 Jul 1786 - died on 14 Feb 1870). Susanna married Motherwell Preble , son of Ebenezer Preble and Martha Smith , on 1 Mar 1804 in Anson, Somerset, Maine. Motherwell was born on 22 Sep 1781 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine and died on 28 Jun 1864 in Richmond, Maine, at age 82.

11. Susanna Wheeler was born about 1758 in Massachusetts.

Susanna married Levi Flint .

12. David Perry,² son of Jonathan Perry and Margaret Robeson , was born on 22 Dec 1762 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine ² and died in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

David married Margaret Owens Wilson ² on 24 Sep 1789 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

Children from this marriage were:

i. Margaret Perry (born on 12 Sep 1790 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine). Margaret married David Buker on 5 Feb 1812 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine. David was born on 11 May 1790 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, Maine and died in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine.

ii. Gideon Perry (born on 12 May 1793 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine). Gideon married Eliza Wilson Farrine . Eliza was born on 3 Mar 1793 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine.

iii. Sarah Perry (born on 17 Feb 1795 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine). Sarah married Joseph Crawford . Sarah married Nathaniel Hutchins .

iv. Lucinda Perry (born on 5 Dec 1797 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine - died on 19 Aug 1883 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine). Lucinda married Jabez Robinson on 15 Jan 1825 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine.

v. Otis Perry (born on 5 Aug 1800 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine - died in 1823 at sea)

6 vi. David Perry Jr. (born on 17 Jun 1803 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine - died on 26 Apr 1877 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine). David married Martha Robinson ² on 24 Feb 1828 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine. Martha was born on 1 Aug 1804 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine ² and died on 4 Feb 1859, at age 54.²

vii. Eliza Perry (born on 11 Nov 1804 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine). Eliza married Henry Foy on 12 Nov 1822 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine.

viii. Harriet D Perry (born on 28 Nov 1805 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine)

13. Margaret Owens Wilson ² was born on 9 Oct 1764 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine ² and died on 4 Aug 1840 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine, at age 75.²

Margaret married David Perry ² on 24 Sep 1789 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

Fifth Generation (Great Great Grandparents)

16. Ebenezer Preble,³ son of Jonathan Preble and Rebekah Harvey , was born on 23 Sep 1724 in York, York County, Maine and died on 9 Jun 1758 in Arrowsic, Maine, at age 33.

General Notes:

Ebenezer and his wife were killed by indians, he while working in the fields and she in the home. Their children were taken by the indians to Quebec.

From "History od Woolrich Maine"

As far as we know, the Smith-Hammond property lay vacant for nearly forty years. With new settlements after Dummer's Treaty, purchasers of that tract of land and others merged their rights into a company. It became Nequasset Township. One proprietor was Samuel Harnden, former soldier at Fort Richmond. Upon survey he chose two hundred acres at the end of Long Reach. For defense he built his blockhouse in 1742, the home of the Harndens for nearly fifty years.
During those years of peace, Samuel's daughter, Mary, married Ebenezer Preble. In 1758 they were living with their six children on their farm a mile south of the Harnden garrison at Long Reach. There had been rumors of hostilities with the French and Indians. Settlers were retreating to the safety of the forts. The Prebles were preparing to take the family to the Harnden fort, but they were too late. Mary and Ebenezer were killed, and the children were taken captive. The baby, Benjamin, and a servant boy died on the march to Quebec. In 1759, when the army attacked Quebec, two daughters, Rebecca and Mary, were rescued and returned. Two years later Grandfather Harnden made the long journey to Montreal to rescue his grandsons, Samuel and Ebenezer, and Elenor Noble of Swan Island, a captive for eleven years. The third grand-daughter, Mehitable, was taken to France with her foster family and not heard from again. A boulder with a plaque on the point at Day's Ferry, in sight of the Harnden fort, marks the burial site of Mary and Ebenezer Preble.

From: H O Thayer:

The four restored children made homes in town not far from the scene of the tragedy of their childhood. One son became possessor and dwelt upon the farm held at death by his Father.
The place of the family residence and murderous assault has been and still is known, a point of land by the Kennebec, the original farm being now owned by Alfred E. Trott. The site of the house was lost as upon the south bank of the cove the soil fell away also by brick making during the years-but near the outline stones of the supporting low foundation the barn were in recent years visible and doubtless are now.
A detailed narrative of the entire transactions- the family in Woolwich, the journeys and events in Canada the restoration and subsequent life-is published by the Maine Historical Society in its collections, Third series, Volume 1.

One daughter passing into the custody of a French family was taken to France.
For the settlement of Ebenezer's estate by Probate Court, his father Jonathan became administrator in 1758. In 1762, when the safety of the children was secured, the inventory was returned; lots of land 45 & 52 valued 112 pounds, and other property 82 pounds a barn partly boarded, 1900 boards, tools, a gun (Indians failed to get) No division till sons were of age.
[Harnden.FTW]

Both Ebenezer and his wife Mary were killed by Indians in 1756. Information on the Preble Fam ily from the "Preble Genealogy" published in 1888.
Ebenezer's great-grandson, Capt. George A. Preble wrote the author of "The
Preble Genealogy - 1888", that Ebenezer had two sons, Ebenezer and Samuel, and
three gaughters Polly, Rebecca and Mehitable, and that he was shot by Indians
while at work in the field, his wife was killed in the house and the children
all carried away to Quebec, where they remained prisoners four or five years.
At the end of the War they were all brought back by their Grandfather,
Brigadier General Harnden (761) who went to Quebec for that purpose, except for
the oldest daughter MEHITABLE, who was taken by a French Family, and became so
much attached to them that she refused to leave them and married in France. The
next daughter, REBECCA married Thomas Motherwell and died April 1829. The
youngest daughter, MARY, died unmarried at the age of 96 in Woolwich, Maine in
December 1843, retaining her health and mental powers unimpared to the last
week of her life. She had a distinct recollection of seeing the battle between
the Armies of Wolfe and Montcalm on the heights of Abraham, and the capture of
Quebec.
General Joseph Sewall's "History of Bath (Maine Historical Collection, Vol.
II.) has this account of the Massacre: In 1756 a strong party of Indians
landed on the head of the Island of Arrowsic and killed a Mr. Preble and his
wife who were out in the field planting corn, and took his son and two
daughters captives. Mr. Preble had a firt or block house there, but so sudden
was the attack the=at he could not escape to it. On their return the Indians
proceeded to Harnden's Fort in Woolwich, which was near the Bath Ferry, and
there took prisoner a Miss Motherwell, a relative of their young captives, a
girl about eighteen years of age, who happened to be without the garrison. One
of the children of Mr. Preble whom they seized at Arrowsic was an infant, and
crying for food as they supposed, they laid it in the lap of the damsel they
has last taken, and asked her to impart to it the nourishment of a mother. With
compassion for the helpless infant, she replied she was not a mother. The tears
that fell from her cheek did not soften the savage beast. He seized the child,
and dashing its head against a rock, releived it from further suffering. They
carried the other captives to Canada and sold them as servants. After the
cessation of Quebec to the British, their Grandfather Brigadier General Harnden
went to the Province, obtained the release of the captives and restored them.
In 1758, Watts house and one other on the upper end of the Island, occupied by
Mr. Preble, were the only dwelling houses in Arrowsic, all the rest having been
destroyed by the Indians.Died in infancy.
Killed By Indians

Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth and 23 Sep 1724. ³

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death.

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 9 Jan 1756 and Arrowsic, Maine.

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 9 Jun 1756 and Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine. ³

• Marr. Int.: 25 Sep 1746. ³

Ebenezer married Mary Harnden ³ on 25 Sep 1746 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine.

Marriage Notes: Reference Number:50350

Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, Sep 1746. ³

• Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, 25 Sep 1746, Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Rebecca Preble (born on 9 Jan 1746 - died on 12 Apr 1829). Rebecca married Thomas Motherwell ³ on 20 Oct 1778.

ii. Samuel Preble (born on 5 May 1748 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine - died on 26 Apr 1806)

iii. Mehitable Preble (born on 17 Sep 1749)

8 iv. Ebenezer Preble (born on 27 Aug 1752 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine - died on 21 Jun 1790). Ebenezer married Martha Smith , daughter of Ebenezer Smith and Hannah Smith , on 15 Jul 1776 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine. Martha was born in 1755 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine and died in Canaan, Somerset, Maine, USA.

v. Mary Preble (born on 16 Dec 1754 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine - died on 11 Dec 1843 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine)

vi. William Preble (born in Mar 1758 Arrowsic, Maine - died in Jun 1758)

17. Mary Harnden,³ daughter of Samuel Harnden and Mary Edgar , was born on 29 Apr 1729 in Wilmington, Essex, Massachusetts and died on 9 Jun 1758 in Arrowsic, Maine, at age 29.

Noted events in her life were:

• She has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 29 Apr 1729 and Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ³ ⁴

• She has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 9 Jan 1756 and Arrowsic, Maine.

• She has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 9 Jun 1758 and Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine. ³

• Marr. Int.: 25 Sep 1746. ³

Mary married Ebenezer Preble ³ on 25 Sep 1746 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine.

Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, Sep 1746. ³

• Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, 25 Sep 1746, Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine.

18. Ebenezer Smith was born in 1729 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine.

Ebenezer married Hannah Smith .

Children from this marriage were:

9 i. Martha Smith (born in 1755 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine - , died in Canaan, Somerset, Maine, USA). Martha married Ebenezer Preble , son of Ebenezer Preble and Mary Harnden , on 15 Jul 1776 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine. Ebenezer was born on 27 Aug 1752 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine and died on 21 Jun 1790, at age 37.

ii. Ebenezer Smith ()

19. Hannah Smith was born in 1733 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine.

Hannah married Ebenezer Smith .

20. Henry Flint, son of Thomas Flint and Mary Brown , was born on 6 Apr 1724 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

General Notes: ID: I2302
Name: Henry FLINT
Given Name: Henry
Surname: Flint
Sex: M
Birth: 6 APR 1724 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Reference Number:

Father: Thomas FLINT b: ABT 1690 in ,,,New York
Mother: Mary BROWN b: 8 MAR 1692 in ,,,New York

Marriage 1 Sarah WHEELER b: 7 APR 1729 in ,,Massachusetts,USA
Married: 19 FEB 1750 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Children
Henry FLINT b: 19 APR 1752 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Amos FLINT b: 1 APR 1754 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Levi FLINT b: 4 MAR 1756 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Sarah FLINT b: 12 MAY 1758 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Mary FLINT b: 30 JUL 1760 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Josiah FLINT b: 12 NOV 1762 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Lucy FLINT b: 18 APR 1765 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Phebe FLINT b: 31 JUL 1767 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA

Henry married Sarah Wheeler .

Children from this marriage were:

10 i. Levi Flint (born on 4 Mar 1756 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts). Levi married Susanna Wheeler . Susanna was born about 1758 in Massachusetts.

21. Sarah Wheeler was born on 7 Apr 1729 in Massachusetts.

Sarah married Henry Flint .

24. Jonathan Perry,² son of Joseph Perry and Mary , was born on 28 Dec 1730 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine ² and died on 8 May 1816 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine, at age 85.²

Jonathan married Margaret Robeson ² on 17 Apr 1762 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

Children from this marriage were:

12 i. David Perry (born on 22 Dec 1762 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine - , died in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine). David married Margaret Owens Wilson ² on 24 Sep 1789 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine. Margaret was born on 9 Oct 1764 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine ² and died on 4 Aug 1840 in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine, at age 75.²

ii. Sarah Perry (born on 28 Jun 1765 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine - died on 13 Jan 1792 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine)

iii. John S Perry (born on 4 Feb 1768 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine)

iv. Charles Perry (born on 16 Mar 1773 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine - died on 25 Jan 1863 in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine)

v. Joseph M Perry (born on 30 Oct 1778 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine - died on 11 Oct 1820 in Sailsbury, , New Hampshire)

25. Margaret Robeson ² was born about 1734 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

Margaret married Jonathan Perry ² on 17 Apr 1762 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

Sixth Generation (3rd Great Grandparents)

32. Jonathan Preble, son of Abraham Preble and Hannah (Kelley) Sayward , was born on 11 Apr 1695 in York, York County, Maine and died on 7 Mar 1768 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, at age 72. Another name for Jonathan was Jonathan Preble.

General Notes: [Daggett_Doggett.FTW]

OCCUPATION: Millwright, Farmer, Tanner

We have the text of a Jonathan Preble (probably this one) will dated 1763.

BIOGRAPHY: Moved from York and settled in Arrowsic (on the Kennebec), Maine in 1716. There are differences on the dates of this move and the establishment of the Farm.
Green's History of Boothbay says 1716, while Preble's The First Three Generations of Prebles... gives 1726.
The Farm was still in the possesion of Jonathan's descendents as of 1868. 1730-31 he build a mill on Negawasset Pond and stream in Woolwich for Hutchinson who was a large proprietor.
Descendents live in Boothbay, Alna, Edgecomb, and Bowdoinham, Maine and are scattered up and down the banks of the Kennebec River.

Sagadahoc County, Maine Cemetery Inscriptions

The following data was submitted by Harold E. Brown of Bath, Maine and appeared in Downeast Ancestry, Volume 1, No. 2, August 1977. This data will also be transmitted to the USGenWeb Archives for Maine in text format.

Preble Family Stones Among Oldest in Sagadahoc Co. Located at Preble Point near the north end of Arrowsic, this is one of the oldest cemeteries in Sagadahoc Co. It is now a pasture and the stones have fallen and are covered with mud. This cemetery may soon disappear. Jonathan and Rebekah Preble were the parents of Ebenezer Preble, who, with his wife Mary Harnden, was killed by Indians in Woolwich, Maine 9 Jun 1758 - the last Indian attack in Maine. Five stones have the conventional death's head of the period; three have the inscriptions given below.

Preble, Joseph, d. Jan. 30, 1808 in his 80th year Mary (Hodgkinson), wife of Joseph, d. Jan. 24, 1821, a. 86 y. Mr. John, d. Aug. 5, 1839, a. 69 y. Mrs. Lydia (Cross), wife of John, d. Aug. 15, 1813, a. 33y. Joseph, s. John and Lydia, d. Apr. 9, 1877, a. 68 y. This stone preserves the memory of Mr. Jonathan Preble who was born at York, April 11, 1695 and died March 7, 1768 - Aetctis Suici 73. He was of uncommon sagacity in Judgement and affectionate, just, benevolent husband, father, neighbor, friend and a firm believer in ye Christian Religion and shewed his faith by his good works. John II.18 in a word, "He was a good man." Acts XI. 24

(Joseph, above, was son of Jonathan and Rebekah. Mr. John was the son of Joseph and Mary.)

In memory of Mehitable, ye pious consort of Mr. Jonathan Preble who died March 4, 1768, aet 73 the widow of Nicholas Sewall of York and the daughter of Samuel Storer. Here lyes interred the body of Mrs. Rebekah the amiable consort of Mr. Jonathan Preble. She was born in Old England and in the mids't of her days died September 1739. The memory of the just, though dead, live and to the living friendly warnings given.
Henry O. Thayer:
Jonathan continued.
His family.
Born at York 1695-4-11 died at Arrowsic 1768-3-7
Was sixth child in Abraham's family-for his mother (see page 1)
Married Rebekah Harvey born in England but whether residing at Arrowsic at marriage or at York and perhaps a chosen wife before the young man set forth, is only a matter of conjecture? She became the mother of five sons, but died in the midst of her days" in Sept. 1739. Neither birth or age is recorded. Date of marriage not shown but if at York would probably have had record, which was lost if it occurred at Arrowsic,-a reason favoring the latter.
Children

1. Ebenezer b. d in infancy
2. Abraham b. 1722-3-23
3. Ebenezer b.1724-
4. Johnathan b.1727-2-23
5. Joseph b. Mar. 2 Mehetabel (Storer) Sewall, widow of Nicholas. Storer of York. She was b. 1695-7-16 died 1768-3-4 (Both dates so near her husband's.)
Jonathan Preble, besides his farming was a Mechanic and in a special line, Millwright: must have had early experience to set about constructing a saw mill in : 1719 over on Arrowsic and another at Nequasset.

His will was signed October l763-the probate record was entered April 1768. His estate was appraised 7671 pounds 4000 pounds was real estate. The property was divided to the four living sons.

The family burying place is a short distance from the site of his home. The inscription on the ample gravestones may suitably be copied here:
This stone preserves the Memory of
Mr. Jonathan Preble
who was born at York April 11, 1695
Died March 1.1768
Aetatis Suae 75. (73)
He was of Uncommon Sagacity in Judgment,
kind affectionate, just, benevolent,
as a husband, father, friend.
A firm believer in Ye Christian religion,
and showed his faith by his works.
James 2:18 in a word he was a good man Acts x1:24-11

Here lies interred the body of Mrs. Rebekah
the amiable consort of Mr. Jonathan Preble
She was born in Old England and in it
the midst of her days died Sept. 1739.
The memory of the just shall live
And to the living friendly warnings give.
To the memory of Mehetabel ye pious,
consort of Mr. Jonathan Preble who
exchanged this for the heavenly world
March 4, 1768 Aetatis 75.
From filial duty this monument was erected
by her youngest son Stephen Sewall. By her
first marriage with Mr. Nicholas Sewall of
York, she had a numerous issue. ,She was
the daughter of Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Lydia
Storer x x x born at Charlestown July 16,1695
He that cometh to me.

These copies closely reproduce the inscriptions in form, in words in each line. By my memory, that of first wife, upon the stone with her husband. The other was on a separate for reasons.

Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 11 Apr 1695 and York, York County, Maine.

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 1768 and Arrowsic, Georgetown, Lincoln, Maine.

Jonathan married Mehitabel Storer , daughter of Unknown and Unknown , in York, York County, Maine. Mehitabel was born on 5 May 1696 in Charlestown, Essex, MA and died on 4 Mar 1768 in Georgetown, Lincoln, Maine, at age 71.

Marriage Notes: Reference Number:15282

Jonathan married Rebekah Harvey .

Marriage Notes: Reference Number:50794

General Notes: [Daggett_Doggett.FTW]

The following article appeared in Downeast Ancestry, Volume 1, No. 3, October 1977, p 19. These records were contributed by Harold E. Brown, 19 Bedford St., Bath, Maine, 04530. This data will also be transmitted to the USGenWeb Archives for Maine in text format.

Here lyes interred the body of Mrs. Rebekah the amiable consort of Mr. Jonathan Preble. She was born in Old England and in the mids't of her days died September 1739. The memory of the just, though dead, live and to the living friendly warnings given.

Children from this marriage were:

16 i. Ebenezer Preble (born on 23 Sep 1724 York, York County, Maine - died on 9 Jun 1758 in Arrowsic, Maine). Ebenezer married Mary Harnden ,³ daughter of Samuel Harnden and Mary Edgar , on 25 Sep 1746 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine. Mary was born on 29 Apr 1729 in Wilmington, Essex, Massachusetts and died on 9 Jun 1758 in Arrowsic, Maine, at age 29.

ii. Abraham Preble (born on 23 Mar 1722 - died before Apr 1801 in Bowdionham, Maine). Abraham married Hannah Preble , daughter of Caleb Preble and Jemima Storer . Hannah was born on 29 Jan 1720 in York, York County, Maine.

iii. Joseph Preble (born on 22 Oct 1728 Georgetown, Maine - died on 29 Jan 1808 in Georgetown, Maine). Joseph married Mary (Butler)Hodginkinson on 21 Jun 1756 in Georgetown, Maine. Mary was born in Oct 1728 in Arrowsic Island, Georgetown, Maine and died on 24 Jan 1822, at age 93.

iv. Jr. Jonathan Preble (born on 23 Feb 1725). Jonathan married Elizabeth Harnden ,³ daughter of Samuel Harnden and Mary Edgar , in Nov 1755. Elizabeth was born on 1 Feb 1733 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts ³ ⁴ and died in 1808, at age 75.

33. Rebekah Harvey was born about 1699 in England and died in Aug 1739 in Arrowsic, Maine, about age 40.

Rebekah married Jonathan Preble .

Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 11 Apr 1695 and York, York County, Maine.

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 1768 and Arrowsic, Georgetown, Lincoln, Maine.

34. Samuel Harnden,³ son of Benjamin Harnden and Mary Elizabeth Unk. , was born on 19 Jun 1699 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ³ ⁵ and died on 9 Jul 1768 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine, at age 69.³ ⁶

General Notes:

Former soldier of Fort Richmond
Name: Capt. Samuel HARNDEN
Given Name: Capt. Samuel
Surname: Harnden
Sex: M
Birth: 19 Jun 1699 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Death: 9 Jul 1768 in Woolwich, Lincoln, Maine
Event: Unknown 19 Jun 1699
Event: Unknown 9 Jul 1768
Change Date: 10 Sep 2001

Father: Benjamin HARNDEN OR HARDEN OR HARDING b: 24 Apr 1671 in Reading, Middlesex, MA
Mother: Mary Elizabeth UNKNOWN b: Abt 1675 in

Marriage 1 Mary EDGAR b: 1704 in Marlborough, Middlesex, ?, MA
Married: 16 Mar 1726 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Note: CHAN8 Feb 200211:47
Children
Brig.Capt.Samuel HARNDEN JR. b: 28 Aug 1731 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Mary HARNDEN b: 29 Apr 1729 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
William HARNDEN b: 5 Mar 1736 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Sarah HARNDEN b: 23 Nov 1744 in Woolwich, Lincoln, Maine
Susanna HARNDEN b: 23 Nov 1744 in Woolwich, Lincoln, Maine
Lieut. Richard HARNDEN b: 12 Nov 1754 in Woolwich, Lincoln, Maine
Benjamin HARNDEN b: 17 May 1808 in Woolwich, Lincoln, Maine
Elizabeth HARNDEN b: 6 Feb 1733 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
[Harnden.FTW]

Moved in 1721 to Richmond for fear of the indians.
Samuel was a Corporal in Lieut. Heath's Company, he enrolled 16 May 1721 -holding Fort Richmond from May to November 1721. He was still with Heath in 1725 as a Sergeant.
First filed marriage intentions in Boston, Massachusetts on 18 Dec 1723 under Sam Arndel & Mary Edgar, a cruel entry is appended "Forbidden by his father"
The deffed union finely took place 16 March 1726 as Saml. Horndell & Mary Edgar.
Samuel was an agent for the Nequasset Petitioners in securing incorporation of the new Town Woolwich and was moderator at the first Town Meeting.
In his remaining years he made a journey to Montreal and Quebec for his two grandsons who had been captives there since the breaking up of the family by the Indian assault of 1758 making six children captives after killing their parents. This journey with the time spent in searching and negotiating for the lads extended from August to October 1761
He went by way of Crown Point but returned fron Quebec by a vessel to Boston. He obtained along with the boys, Elinor Noble, one of the Swan Island captives of the raid of 1751. His journey detailed incidents and successful quest is preserved in the Massachusetts Archives.
Under Capt. Heath

Noted events in his life were:

• Fr. Indian War: 1725. ³ ⁷

• Marr. Int.: 18 Dec 1723, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. ³

• Moved To: 1720, Kennebeck, Maine. ³

Samuel married Mary Edgar ³ on 16 Mar 1726 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.³

Children from this marriage were:

i. Benjamin Harnden (died on 17 May 1808 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine)

17 ii. Mary Harnden (born on 29 Apr 1729 Wilmington, Essex, Massachusetts - died on 9 Jun 1758 in Arrowsic, Maine). Mary married Ebenezer Preble ,³ son of Jonathan Preble and Rebekah Harvey , on 25 Sep 1746 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine. Ebenezer was born on 23 Sep 1724 in York, York County, Maine and died on 9 Jun 1758 in Arrowsic, Maine, at age 33.

iii. Jr. (Esq.) Samuel Harnden Jr. (born on 28 Aug 1731 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - died on 27 May 1808 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine). Samuel married Jane Motherwell ³ on 24 Feb 1758 in Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts. Jane was born on 29 Jan 1739 in Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts ³ ⁸ and died on 10 Oct 1780 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine, at age 41.³ ⁹ Another name for Jane was Jane Motherwell.

iv. Elizabeth Harnden (born on 1 Feb 1733 Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts - died in 1808). Elizabeth married Jr. Jonathan Preble ,³ son of Jonathan Preble and Rebekah Harvey , in Nov 1755. Jonathan was born on 23 Feb 1725.³

v. Susanna Harnden (born on 17 Apr 1735 Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts)

vi. William Harnden (born on 5 Mar 1736 Wilmington, Essex, Massachusetts)

vii. Sarah Harnden (born on 6 Sep 1739 Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts)

viii. Susanna Harnden (born on 23 Nov 1744 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine - died on 14 Jan 1820). Susanna married Benjamin Hilton ³ on 15 Jul 1766 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine. Benjamin was born on 11 Jan 1740.

ix. Sarah Harnden (born on 12 Nov 1749 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine). Sarah married Benjamin Milton ³ on 25 Jun 1768.

x. Lieut. Richard Harnden (born on 12 Nov 1754 Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine - died on 28 Dec 1836 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine). Richard married Lucy Wade ,³ daughter of Unknown and Unknown , on 28 Oct 1779. Lucy was born in 1753 ³ and died on 26 Apr 1826 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine, at age 73.³ ¹⁰

35. Mary Edgar,³ daughter of Edgar Zacariah and Unknown , was born in 1704 and died on 22 Oct 1771 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine, at age 67. Another name for Mary was Mary Edgar.

General Notes: Prob. Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Noted events in her life were:

• She has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 22 Oct 1771 and Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine. ³ ⁶

Mary married Samuel Harnden ³ on 16 Mar 1726 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.³

40. Thomas Flint was born about 1690.

General Notes: ID: I2345
Name: Thomas FLINT
Given Name: Thomas
Surname: Flint
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1690 in ,,,New York
Death: 1 APR 1755
Reference Number: L95P-CJ

Marriage 1 Mary BROWN b: 8 MAR 1692 in ,,,New York
Married: 15 JAN 1717 in ,,,New York
Children
Dorathea (Doratha) FLINT b: 4 OCT 1718 in ,Windham,,Connecticut
Mary FLINT b: 20 DEC 1719 in ,Windham,,Connecticut
Thomas FLINT b: 19 APR 1722 in ,Widham,,Connecticut
Henry FLINT b: 6 APR 1724 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Lucy FLINT b: 3 OCT 1725 in ,Widham,,Connecticut
Josiah FLINT b: 13 MAR 1726 in ,Widham,,Connecticut
Charles FLINT b: 7 JUL 1729 in ,Widham,,Connecticut
John FLINT b: 23 MAY 1731 in ,Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts
Edward FLINT b: 28 MAR 1733 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts

Thomas married Mary Brown .

Children from this marriage were:

20 i. Henry Flint (born on 6 Apr 1724 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts). Henry married Sarah Wheeler . Sarah was born on 7 Apr 1729 in Massachusetts.

41. Mary Brown .

Mary married Thomas Flint .

48. Joseph Perry, son of William Perry and Sarah Stedman , was born in 1652 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

General Notes: Husband's Name
Joseph PERRY (AFN:MWTQ-65) Pedigree

Born: 1652 Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married: Place:

Father: William PERRY (AFN:1JBR-56) Family
Mother: Sarah STEDMAN (AFN:8VZC-XD)

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Wife's Name
Mary (AFN:VQ7Z-VL) Pedigree

Born: Abt. 1708 Place: <Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine>
Married: Place:

Father:
Mother:

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Children

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1. Sex Name
M Jonathan PERRY (AFN:VQ81-GR) Pedigree

Born: 28 Dec 1730 Place: Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine
Died: 8 May 1816 Place: Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine

Joseph married Mary .

Children from this marriage were:

24 i. Jonathan Perry (born on 28 Dec 1730 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine - died on 8 May 1816 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine). Jonathan married Margaret Robeson ² on 17 Apr 1762 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine. Margaret was born about 1734 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

49. Mary .

Mary married Joseph Perry .

Seventh Generation (4th Great Grandparents)

64. Abraham Preble, son of Abraham Preble and Judith Tilden , was born on 9 Apr 1642 in York, York County, Maine and died on 4 Oct 1714, at age 72. Other names for Abraham were Abraham Preble, and Abraham Preble Jr.

General Notes: Abraham., English Ancestor., Kent Co., Eng. came to Scituate, Mass, about 1636. Thence to York, before 1642, when land was granted. Married in Scituate, Judith Tilden also from Kent Co., family. Died 1663.
Abraham or York born 1642- died 1714-10-4. Was a citizen of distinction-was Deacon, Captain, Judge. Married Hannah Kelley, 1685. Nothing is furnished respecting her family, died 1751-5-9.
The family historian, Admiral G. H.. Preble writes this name for the single marriage. The 6th son
in the family-Jonathan of Arrowsic affirmed in 1761 in a deposition (York Deeds) "a son of Hannah Preble by Capt. Abraham Preble (137-134)" said Hannah was the daughter of Mary Sayward, wife of Henry Sayward.
Crediting Jonathan with certain knowledge of his own mother, a difficulty rises. Is the name Kelly an error and only one wife? Were there two wives both named Hannah? The difficulty would be relieved if Hannah Sayward had became widow Kelly soon after early marriage. If date of death is correct
(1751) and she were 85-90 years old, she could have married young and by husband's death in a year or two become the wife of Preble as here asserted. What other explanation?

Children of Abraham and Hannah:. ;
( Five children by Hannah Kelley.)
1. Mary b. 1686-
2. Abraham b. 1687
3. Caleb b. 1689
4. Hepsibah b. 1691-
5. Miriam b. 1692
It there were two wives which is a more probable explanation than one a widow, then at this time between 1692 and 1695 the change would be most reasonably introduced.
( Three Children by Hannah Sayward.)
6. Jonathan b. 1695-4-11 .
7. Ebenezer b. 1698-7-26
8. Sarah b. 1699-
(or eight children by Widow Hannah (Sayward) Kelley) ; The family of eight children was completed in about thirteen years!

Room 240 Old Land Office Bldg.
A Gen. 0 or Residence 45 R. I. Ave. N. Y. H. W
Washington, D. C. Sept. 26, 1919. ;

Rev. Henry O. Thayer
It 373 W. 116th St
New York, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
The Hon. James Phinney Baxter of Portland, Maine has recently given me your address, and states in his letter to me that you can probably give me the information I am seeking concerning the ancestry of my wife's, grandfather Reuben Preble (1778-1830) who died and is burried in Richmond, Massachusetts

Mrs. Smith's mother Mary {Preble} Moore, b. March 15,1821; d. March 11, 1919 lived to within four days of her 98th birthday, in that respect she did not resemble her Preble ancestors for her father Reuben Preble died at the age of 52 years and her grandfather. (if he was truly her grandfather) Lt. Col. John Preble; (1742-1787) died at the age of 45 years. When my wife saw the portraits in Admiral George H. Preble's; "Preble Family", many of which I have had photographed, she said to her mother "now I know there you got that nose of yours, it is a true Preble nose."
I enclose a chart of her line as I think it may be. The story that Reuben Preble told of his youth agrees very closely with the history of Lt. Col. John Preble, a son of Brig. Jedediah Preble (1707-1734) by his first wife. He stated that he was treated very harshly by his step-patents and ran away from them.
Lt. Col. John Preble married Nov. 1784, Sarah Frost, he died in 1787 and she married again. lt is true that there is no record of a former marriage of Col. Preble, but there are two men, John Preble (1770- 183-) who claimed to be a grand-son of Brig. Gen. Preble, and this Reuben Preble (1778-1832) who stated that he was a nephew of Commodore Edward Preble (1761- 1807) who must have been sons of Col. John Preble if their stories were true, for there does not seem to be any other son of Brig. Gen. Preble who could have been their father.
Some years ago I corresponded with William Preble Carr(18-- 1914) of Portland, Maine, who was a descendant of Jeremiah Preble (173_ - 17__) and Avis Phillips, an elder brother of Lt. Col. John, but could gain no information from him. being a descendant of one of the first set of children I thought he might know something about his great-grandfather's brothers and sisters. Mr. George Henry Preble evidently did not interest himself much with the descendants of the children of Brig. Jedediah Preble and Martha Junkins (1714-1753) but devoted his energies wholly to the second set of children and their descendants.
Trusting that you may be able to help me out in this matter, and if you desire to know of anything in our Government Departments, or in the Library of Congress you will not fail to call on me, I remain.
Very respectfully yours,
Robert Atwater Smith.
,
P. S. John Preble 1770-183 ) was probably named after his father Lt. Col. John, Reuben may have been the name of the father of Reuben's mother. I am looking in the Maine census of 1790 for men whose first name was Reuben, although it is probable that Reuben's grandfather died before 1790.
The Grand Jury at York 1690-7-15, presented Abraham Preble for marrying contrary to the law. This must mean neglect or avoidance of prescribed methods. It is worthy of notice because he was forty-three years old; was prominent officer in church and civil affairs, whose delinquency might be esteemed a scandal; also calls attention to delayed action by jury-five years, as if publicly regarded despite to this law which could not be passed over.

Jonathan in line of immigration, as ancestor of the Kennebec families. Born at York l695-4 he was the son of Abraham Jr. and his wife Hannah Sayward, who may have been a widow Kelley.

Two years after his father's death he attained his majority and setting out as was customary for himself, he turned his enterprise and endeavors to the new Kennebec settlement and was one among the first pioneers who aided John Watts in laying foundations of the first incorporated Georgetown on Arrowsic island.

He was closely associated with the fortunes of that settlement and the extension up river during its first growth, the almost ruin by the "Three Years War" the recuperation and enlargement in peace subsequent, and again the final two wars, till peace came after the fall of Quebec.

His personal acquaintance and connection with affairs during 50 years enabled him to give testimony in court or by deposition' respecting persons and ownership of land.

In the scheme of the settlement to give the island to forty settlers and families he was one among the first proprietors and Lot 12 of the Home lots, and out-lot No. 39, completed the 100 acres allotted to each settler. The latter lot was situated at the northerly extreme of the island lying upon Arrowsic "Gut" and Nequasset Bay. His removal from Lot 12 to this farm is indicated by his own statement as "about 1730"
"The peace of 1726-27 seemed to remove the need for the inhabitants to dwell compactly in the "Forty- House Lots" and they began to spread abroad.
Evidently at this time he began construction of the house whose cellar is now (or recently was) well known his new home, and entered it 1728-30. The deed conveying it was not executed till 1737, June. Later 1756 he purchased Lot 38 the next on the south. Other transactions in lands are on record, but these alone concern his dwelling places. The farm passed down to his son (or sons) and is held now 1916, by a descendant.*
* I presume on the fact now as it was not many years since.

He, as all his neighbors, was enrolled in the local soldiery for defense of Arrowsic, and shared in the fierce fighting of 1722 and in all the Three Years War; was sergeant in Penhallow's company, and held a prominent place in the town and public affairs. His name appears among the grantees of the Meetinghouse of 1736.

Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth and 1642.

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 1642 and York, York County, Maine.

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, Apr 1642 and York, York County, Maine.

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 4 Oct 1714 and York, York County, Maine.

Abraham married Hannah (Kelley) Sayward on 13 May 1685 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Marriage Notes: Reference Number:50797

Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, 13 May 1685, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Zebulon Preble ()

ii. Mary Preble (born on 8 Jun 1686 York, York County, Maine - , died in York, York County, Maine). Mary married Abraham Preble in York, York County, Maine. Abraham was born about 1671 in York, York County, Maine and died on 14 Mar 1724 in York, York County, Maine, about age 53.

iii. Abraham Preble (born on 21 Aug 1687 York, York County, Maine - died on 30 Mar 1720)

iv. Caleb Preble (born on 7 Jul 1689 York, York County, Maine - died on 7 Jan 1734 in York, York County, Maine). Caleb married Jemima Storer , daughter of Unknown and Unknown , in York, York County, Maine. Jemima was born on 30 Aug 1698 in Charlestown, Essex, MA.

v. Hephzibah Preble (born on 28 Mar 1691 York, York County, Maine - died on 30 Mar 1720 in York, York County, Maine). Hephzibah married Abiel Goodwin in York, York County, Maine. Abiel was born on 11 Feb 1694 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts and died on 28 Oct 1762 in York, York County, Maine, at age 68.

vi. Miriam Preble (born on 14 Jun 1692 York, York County, Maine - died on 28 Jan 1722 in , York Co., Maine). Miriam married Benjamin Stone in 1712 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Benjamin Stone died.

32 vii. Jonathan Preble (born on 11 Apr 1695 York, York County, Maine - died on 7 Mar 1768 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine). Jonathan married Mehitabel Storer , daughter of Unknown and Unknown , in York, York County, Maine. Mehitabel was born on 5 May 1696 in Charlestown, Essex, MA and died on 4 Mar 1768 in Georgetown, Lincoln, Maine, at age 71.

viii. Ebenezer Preble (born on 26 Mar 1698 York, York County, Maine - died in 1708 in York, York County, Maine)

ix. Sarah Preble (born in 1699 York, York County, Maine - died on 22 Mar 1746 in York, York County, Maine)

x. Samuel Preble (born on 19 Apr 1699 York, York County, Maine - died on 22 Mar 1746 in York, York County, Maine). Samuel married Sarah Muchmore , daughter of John Muchmore and Unknown , in 1725.

65. Hannah (Kelley) Sayward, daughter of Henry Sayward and Mary Peaslee , was born in 1665 in York, York County, Maine and died on 9 May 1751 in York, York County, Maine, at age 86. Other names for Hannah were Hannah Sayward, and Hannah Sayward.

Noted events in her life were:

• She has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, Abt 1665 and York, York County, Maine.

• She has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 1665 and York, York County, Maine.

• She has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 9 May 1751 and York, York County, Maine.

Hannah married Abraham Preble on 13 May 1685 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, 13 May 1685, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.

68. Benjamin Harnden,³ son of Richard Harnden and Mary , was born on 24 Apr 1671 and died on 30 May 1740, at age 69. Another name for Benjamin was Benjamin Harnden.

General Notes: Name: Benjamin HARNDEN OR HARDEN OR HARDING
Given Name: Benjamin
Surname: Harnden Or Harden Or Harding
Sex: M
Birth: 24 Apr 1671 in Reading, Middlesex, MA
Death: 30 May 1740 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Change Date: 8 Feb 2002

Marriage 1 Mary Elizabeth UNKNOWN b: Abt 1675 in
Married: 10 Feb 1690 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Note: CHAN8 Feb 200211:47
Children
Capt. Samuel HARNDEN b: 19 Jun 1699 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Elizabeth HARNDEN b: 25 Sep 1692 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Harriet (Hannah) HARNDEN b: 16 Oct 1694 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Benjamin HARNDEN b: 12 Mar 1697 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Richard HARNDEN b: 19 Jun 1699 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts[Harnden.FTW]

Benjamin was a Weaver.

That part of Reading in which the early Harnden's lived was annexed to Wilmington in 1729.

Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 24 Apr 1671 and Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ³ ⁵ ⁷ ¹¹ ¹²

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 30 May 1740 and Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ³ ⁵ ¹² ¹³

• He was elected to office in 1719. ³

Benjamin married Mary Elizabeth Unk. .

Children from this marriage were:

i. Elizabeth Harnden (born on 25 Sep 1692 - died on 3 Apr 1742 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut). Elizabeth married Levi Preston ³ on 9 Sep 1718 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Levi was born on 25 Oct 1696 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ³ ¹⁴ and died on 6 Dec 1781 in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, at age 85.³

ii. Harriet Harnden (born on 16 Oct 1694). Harriet married Steven Wright ³ on 21 Jan 1713 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Steven was born in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.³

iii. Benjamin Harnden (born on 12 Mar 1697). Benjamin married Harriet .³

iv. Richard Harnden (born on 19 Jun 1699). Richard married Elizabeth Holt ³ on 14 Jun 1711 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.

34 v. Samuel Harnden (born on 19 Jun 1699 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - died on 9 Jul 1768 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine). Samuel married Mary Edgar ,³ daughter of Edgar Zacariah and Unknown , on 16 Mar 1726 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Mary was born in 1704 and died on 22 Oct 1771 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine, at age 67. Another name for Mary was Mary Edgar.

Benjamin married Mary Elizabeth ³ on 10 Feb 1691 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.³ ⁵ ⁷ ¹⁵ Mary was born about 1671.³

Benjamin married Elizabeth Holt ³ on 14 Jun 1711.³ ¹⁶ Elizabeth was born on 29 Dec 1670 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ³ ⁷ ¹⁷ and died on 21 Dec 1734 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at age 63.³ ¹³ ¹⁸

General Notes: [Harnden.FTW]

Submitter for World Family Tree, Volume 3, pedigree #2825 is:
Virginia G. Aguilera
910 E. McKinsey
Moberly, MO 65270

Children from this marriage were:

i. Susanne Harnden (born in 1711 . chr. South Church, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - died on 12 Aug 1735 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts)

ii. Barachias Harnden (born on 10 Jan 1713 Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts - died in 1788 in Salem, New London, Connecticut). Barachias married Sarah ³ in 1733 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sarah was born in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts.³ ¹⁹

69. Mary Elizabeth Unk.

Mary married Benjamin Harnden .³

Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 24 Apr 1671 and Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ³ ⁵ ⁷ ¹¹ ¹²

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 30 May 1740 and Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ³ ⁵ ¹² ¹³

• He was elected to office in 1719. ³

70. Edgar Zacariah .

Edgar married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

35 i. Mary Edgar (born in 1704 - died on 22 Oct 1771 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine). Mary married Samuel Harnden ,³ son of Benjamin Harnden and Mary Elizabeth Unk. , on 16 Mar 1726 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Samuel was born on 19 Jun 1699 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ³ ⁵ and died on 9 Jul 1768 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine, at age 69.³ ⁶

96. William Perry, son of Edmund Perry and Sarah Crowell , was born in 1620 in Pulborough, Sussex, England and died on 5 Nov 1688, at age 68.

William married Sarah Stedman .

Children from this marriage were:

48 i. Joseph Perry (born in 1652 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts). Joseph married Mary .

97. Sarah Stedman, daughter of Isaac Stedman and Unknown , was born about 1632.

Sarah married William Perry .

Eighth Generation (5th Great Grandparents)

128. Abraham Preble,²⁰ son of Robert Preble and Joan , was born on 6 Mar 1603 in Wooten, Kent Co., England,²⁰ was christened on 30 Mar 1603 in Denton, , Kent, England,²⁰ and died on 30 Mar 1663 in York, York County, Maine, at age 60.²⁰

General Notes: Some of the Early Prebles
The early history of the Preble family is treated in interesting detail in the volume entitled "The Preble Family in America, 1636-1870," which was published in the latter year by Captain George Henry Preble, afterward rear-admiral in the United States navy. To his book we are indebted for much of the historical matter pertaining to the Preble family which is here briefly outlined.

Abraham Preble, the immigrant ancestor, came over from England with "the men of Kent" and settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, about 1636. Soon afterward he married Judith Tilden, daughter of Nathaniel Tilden, member of a very ancient family in the county of Kent, England, who had come to these shores as early as 1628. After his marriage, Abraham Preble moved across Massachusetts Bay to York, or Georgiana, as it was called, in the province of Maine, and soon became a leading citizen in the affairs of the colony.

Nine children were born to Abraham Preble and Judith Tilden. Their sixth and youngest son Benjamin, born about 1657, married Mary Baston, daughter of Thomas Baston, and had three sons and three daughters. He died at York, March 25, 1732, in his seventy-fifth year. Brigadier-General Jedidiah Preble was the youngest child of Benjamin and Mary.

In his genealogy of "The Preble Family in America, 1636-1870," George Henry Preble, the author, says: "Jedidiah Preble, a grandson of Abraham Preble and Judith Tilden, the common ancestors of all of the name in America, was born in York, in the Province of Maine, A. D. 1707."

Jedidiah settled in the ancient town of Falmouth, now Portland, about 1748. His first wife was Martha Junkins, daughter of Alexander Junkins, of Scotland Parish, Old York, whom he married March 21, 1733. Four sons and one daughter were the result of this union. For his second wife he married May 9, 1754, the young widow, Mrs. Mehitable Roberts, daughter of Captain Joshua Bangs, formerly of Harwich on Cape Cod, who bore him five sons and two daughters.

Long and illustrious was the career of Brigadier-General Preble, who served the colony in many public offices, including representative, councillor, senator and judge, till his death in 1784. He took part in the siege and capture of Louisburg, Cape Breton, in 1745, receiving his promotion to captain as result of that campaign. In 1755 he held the rank of major under Colonel Winslow during the celebrated expedition for the removal of the French Acadians, the distress arising from which has been so beautifully pictured in Longfellow's "Evangeline."

A family tradition says that he was present at the siege of Quebec and near General Wolfe when he fell, September 13, 1759, and that he was wounded on the Plains of Abraham, but George Henry Preble thinks there may be a doubt on the latter point. His military activities, however, were an important factor during the greater part of his life. He was also a large owner in lands and shipping, and in many other ways was one of the foremost men in the colony, particularly in the troublesome times just preceding the Revolution.

"On the fifth of October, 1774," says the author of the Preble genealogy, "the house of representatives of Massachusetts met at Salem and resolved itself into a Provincial Congress and on the eighth adjourned to Concord. They took the government of the province into their own hands and made vigorous preparations for the approaching contest. On the 27th of October, General Jedidiah Preble, general Artemas Ward and Colonel Pomeroy were chosen general officers of the Provincial forces and General Preble was chosen to the chief command. This appointment he was forced to decline on account of ill health and advanced age, and it was then bestowed upon General Artemas Ward, who at a later period was superseded by Washington."

In his diary under the date of August 7, 1775, General Jedidiah Preble tells of a visit to General George Washington, then in command of the American army besieging Boston, with headquarters at Cambridge. "Waited on General Washington," he says, "who received me very politely. I drank a glass of wine with him. He said he was sorry he could not accommodate me with a lodging and asked me to dine with him the next day." The next day's entry says that he breakfasted with General Putnam and dined with General Washington. It will be remembered that at that period Washington's headquarters was in the Vassall house at Cambridge, now known as the Longfellow house.

On Wednesday, August 9, 1775, he says, "I dined with General Putnam, the colonel and four captains of the riflemen who arrived this day with three companies. . . . Waited on General Lee, drank a glass of wine with him. He told me he was much obliged to me for the honor I had done him by that visit. I set forward, soon heard a brisk firing at Bunker Hill."

As General Charles Lee's headquarters was in the old Tufts house on Sycamore street, Somerville, it is probably there that the Brigadier drank his wine with General Washington's erratic and sometimes insubordinate lieutenant.

Jedidiah Preble was reputed to have been the first white man to ascend to the summit of Mount Washington and, according to the story, "he went up the mountain and washed his hands in the clouds." He was tall, like many of his descendants, of commanding presence, standing full six feet in height, and a man of great strength and endurance.

When his first wife was buried in March, 1753, his intimate friend, the "town school master," Stephen Longfellow, grandfather of the poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, officiated as one of the pall-bearers. Many years later, in February, 1777, General Preble was one of the pall-bearers at Mrs. Stephen Longfellow's funeral. In fact, the Preble and Longfellow families were intimately associated as neighbors and friends for several generations. The poet's brother Stephen married a daughter of Hon. William Pitt Preble, a great-great-grandson of Abraham Preble, and one of the foremost of his descendants. An uncle of the poet, Lieutenant Henry Wadsworth, for whom he was named, met a heroic death in the harbor of Tripoli in 1804 while serving under the famous Commodore Edward Preble; and the poet himself and the son of the Commodore were life-long friends. Also Admiral Preble was an intimate friend of various members of the Longfellow family.

The children of Brigadier-General Jedidiah Preble by his first wife, Martha Junkins, are listed in the Preble genealogy as follows:--

"Jedidiah, born (???) at York; married Miss Avis Phillips, of Boston; died of exposure consequent upon shipwreck.

"Samuel, born at York, died in the West Indies, unmarried.

"John, born at York; married Sarah Frost, of Machias, November, 1783; died December 3, 1787.

"Lucy, born at York; married Jonathan Webb, of Boston, 1763.

"William, born at York, went to sea and never heard from after."

Of the seven children by the second marriage, the fourth was Edward, born August 15, 1761, who had a most

eventful life and became the famous Commodore Preble, one of the most honored names in the history of the United States navy, and who waged the successful war against the Tripolitan and Algerian pirates in 1803-4. His flagship at the time was the famous U. S. S. Constitution. The fifth child was Captain Enoch Preble, born July 2, 1763, a renowned Portland sea captain, who in turn was the father of Captain George Henry Preble, a naval hero of the Civil War, afterward promoted to rear-admiral, and author of the Preble genealogy, a history of the American flag and other notable historical works.

John Senior and John Junior
John Preble, the third son of Brigadier Jedidiah by his first wife, and the one from whom it is extremely likely that we are descended, was born at York, Maine, in 1742. In three different places in the volume, the author says that John "married Sarah Frost, of Machias." Where he gives a more extended account of John, he says that John "was married by John Allan, Esq., to Sarah Frost, of Pleasant Point on the Schoodic River, then called Plantation No. 1, and now the town of Perry, Maine, November, 1783, and died of consumption at Portland, Maine, December 3, 1787, aged forty-five.

"John Preble was an Indian interpreter, having made himself familiar with the Indian dialects, and was truck master for the supply of the Indians, by appointment of the government of Massachusetts, at Fort Pownal (now Fort Point) on the Penobscot River, from 1770 to 1775.

"In June, 1776, the General Court made provision for stationing a company of soldiers at Falmouth, Maine, for which they sent ten cannon. The company was enlisted in the neighborhood to serve until December, and the command given to John Preble. In June, 1777, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the St. John expedition of which John Allan, of Machias, was the colonel and Colonel Little the brigadier."

The only child by the marriage of John Preble and Sarah Frost was Lucy, who married John Mahar in 1803, bore him ten children, and died October 10, 1845.
According to this account John Preble was more than forty-one years old when he married Sarah Frost. Whether or not he had a previous marriage and children by that marriage are facts that we do not know, but we must assume that he had.

Certainly he led a roving life, spending many years in the forest with the Indians, living and trading with them, and becoming an adept at their language, also serving in the army in different capacities and at widely different stations along the coast. That he remained all this time without any marital affiliations, in blissful bachelorhood, seems improbable, if we judge human nature in the middle of the eighteenth century from the standpoint of the twentieth.

Our present contention is that John Preble of Machias, born about 1770 or 1771, our known ancestor, who always claimed to be a grandson of Brigadier-General Jedidiah Preble, was in all possibility a son of John senior, by a marriage many years prior to that with Sarah Frost.

The same thing is very likely true in the case of Reuben Preble, who is mentioned more in detail later in this chapter.

Both were orphans and both were "grandsons" of Brigadier-General Jedidiah Preble.

What we really know about the claim of John Preble, of Machias, is contained in a few sentences in the appendix of George Henry Preble's volume, particularly in the following paragraph contributed by my uncle, Edward Perkins Preble, son of Nathaniel C. A. Preble, who was the youngest child of John Preble, of Machias:--

"John Preble claimed to be a grandson of Brigadier-General Jedidiah Preble, but was never heard to say who his father or mother were. He used to relate that he was left an orphan when very young and was taken into the family of his grandfather, the Brigadier, who designed to give him a college education; but showing no special inclination to study, he was finally bound apprentice to a carpenter."

Supplementing and strengthening the above statement by Edward P. Preble, at the same time diminishing to some degree its value, is this note by "G. H. P.," the author of the genealogy:--

"If a grandson of Brigadier Preble, he must either have been a son of William, who went to sea and was never heard from, and of whom we have no other account; or, as is most probable, of John (the third son of Jedidiah) who married Sarah Frost of Machias, November, 1783, by a prior marriage of which we have no account. John, senior, died December, 1787, which would make the age of this John sixteen at the time of his decease.

"There is a vague tradition at Machias, that John, senior, was married by a Catholic priest, while it is certain by the record that he was married in 1783 to Sarah Frost, by John Allen, Esq., and left one child by her, named Lucy, who inherited his estate.

"My father, Captain Enoch Preble (who was a son of Jedidiah by the second marriage) often talked about the members of his father's family, but never, that I can remember, made any allusion to such a child being one of its inmates."

The foregoing statement by Edward P. Preble, who was born in 1845, four years after the death of his grandfather, John Preble, of Machias, must have been made from information obtained from his father, N. C. A. Preble, and his aunts, Sarah (Preble) McIntire and Betsy (Preble) Eveleth, who were the only children of John of Machias living at the time of the publication of the volume in 1870. That statement and the note by "G. H. P." represent and explain the accepted family tradition. Any other documentary proof that may have existed has long since disappeared.

My grandfather, Nathaniel C. A. Preble, and Admiral George Henry Preble, it may be remarked in passing, were life-long friends and always regarded themselves as cousins or, more accurately, second cousins, as they belonged to different generations. The former was a great-grandson and the latter a grandson of the Brigadier. It was the former's son, Edward Perkins Preble, who served as captain's clerk under George Henry Preble, aboard the gunboat Katahdin, which the latter commanded in 1862, during Farragut's famous campaign on the lower Mississippi, including the passage of the forts below New Orleans.
Another "fatherless" grandson of Brigadier-General Jedidiah Preble, it appears, was Reuben Preble, who was born in 1778, and who claimed to be a nephew of Commodore Preble, in other words, a grandson of the Brigadier. The same uncertainty that characterizes the paternity of John of Machias surrounds Reuben. The similarity of their stories indicates that they were probably brothers, and it certainly tends to strengthen our contention in regard to John of Machias.

Some twenty-five or more years ago, on the genealogical page of the Boston Transcript, a correspondent, above the signature "R. A. S.," sought information concerning a marriage previous to 1783 of Colonel John Preble (born in 1742 in York, Maine, died 1787 in Portland), son of Jedidiah Preble.

Speaking of Colonel John Preble, this correspondent says that "he is the only son mentioned as living in General Preble's will of February, 1784, of the four sons by his first wife. John Preble (1771-1841) of Machias, Maine, always claimed that he was a grandson of Brigadier-General Preble; and Reuben Preble (1778-1830) of Richmond, Massachusetts, claimed that he was a nephew of Commodore Preble (1761-1807), who was the son of Brigadier Jedidiah; that he ran away from his cruel step-parents, his father having died when he was a young boy. The second wife, Sarah Frost (1765-18--), of Perry, Maine, whom John Preble married in 1783, married a John Carew after the death in 1787 of Lieutenant-Colonel John Preble.

"This coincides very closely with the story told by Reuben Preble of his early life. All other grandchildren of General Preble can be traced, and John Preble (1742-87) is the only one who could have been the father of these two boys who were born in 1771 and 1778."

In November, 1906, I received a letter from Robert Atwater Smith, then connected with the War Department at Washington, obviously the same "R. A. S." of the Transcript genealogical page, amplifying the information contained in his newspaper communication. His interest in the problem was on account of his wife, who was Anna Preble Fiske Moore, born in Springfield, December 5, 1851,
daughter of Stillman Moore and Mary A. Preble. This Mary A. Preble was born March 15, 1821, at Canaan, N. Y., and was the daughter of Reuben Preble, born at Portland, 1778.

Mr. Smith, in his letter, says that Reuben Preble, who used to claim that he was a nephew of Commodore Edward Preble (son of Jedidiah Preble), "stated that when he was a boy about ten years of age he ran away from his home, being very cruelly treated by his step-parents," etc.

"I am inclined to think," adds Mr. Smith, "that very likely the name of the father of the mother of John (1771-1841) and of Reuben (1778-1830) was Reuben; your ancestor John being named for his father, Colonel John Preble, and Reuben for his mother's father. Before this time I have not found the name of Reuben in that branch of the Preble family. It may be a clue toward learning the name and ancestry of Lieutenant-Colonel John Preble's first wife."

The writer of the letter further suggested a search of the papers of Admiral George Henry Preble which were placed in the possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston for additional information obtained after his book was published in 1870. Acting on this suggestion I have made the search, but without obtaining any of the desired result.

Probably Children by an Earlier Marriage
Here we have the picture: the senior John Preble and the junior John Preble, the former born in 1742, the latter in 1771, when the "father" was 29 years old, and Reuben in 1778, when he was 37. The senior John did not marry Sarah Frost till he was more than 41 years old, after a long and eventful career among the Indians and in the army and up and down and along the coast and into the interior. Then there was the tradition in Machias that the elder John was married by a Catholic priest; also we have the oftrepeated story that he married an Indian woman, perhaps of the Passamaquoddy tribe, a story that is not at all incredible when we observe certain family physical traits and complexions; and the well-known historical fact that the Jesuit priests had long been active in their missionary work among the Indians and on the frontier, coupled with the civil marriage of John Preble and Sarah Frost of
Machias in 1783 by John Allan or Allen, Esq. We also have the generally accepted fact that John the junior was born in Machias.

Right here let me add that some years ago I wrote to the town clerk at Machias and learned that there were no records in that town of the Prebles early enough to cover the period of John's birth in 1771.

Sarah Frost apparently lived in Machias or at least in that vicinity; and inasmuch as all the early settlements in Maine were along a narrow fringe of the sea coast and all communication was by water and almost all of our male forbears were as much at home on the water as they were ashore; and inasmuch as John the senior was something of a traveled man, it can easily be surmised that he was in and about Machias long before he ever married Sarah Frost, and that his first wife, if there was an earlier one, was from that town or from the immediate neighborhood. We have the fact that he was associated in 1777 in a military command with John Allan, of Machias, who apparently was the gentleman who performed the civil marriage of John Preble and Sarah Frost in 1783. In those days in the New England colonies marriages were usually performed by the civil magistrates.

It is also easy to fill in the picture or to piece out the narrative with the details, some of them suppositions and others established facts, like this, that John the senior actually had a wife who bore him a son in Machias in 1771 or thereabouts, and possibly another son born in Portland in 1778; that he named one of the boys after himself; that in their wandering from place to place the wife finally died from privations; that the children, like many a motherless child in the present enlightened and civilized age, never knew the luxury of a real home; that they were batted around from pillar to post, and now and then dumped on their willing or unwilling relatives; that the younger John spent some time in the home of his stepgrandmother and his grandfather, the Brigadier, who died, however, when the lad was only thirteen; that the prosperous old grandfather had suggested an education for the child, but from his incessant wanderings the boy did not feel the call of books and that finally the aged grandfather bound the lad out to a carpenter; that meanwhile the father, the elder John, had remarried and settled down into a family life and that the boy or boys were not welcome

in the new household; that the elder John died three years later; that his widow Sarah afterward married again and still there was no place or welcome for this husky young John nor for the other orphan lad Reuben, who may have been his younger brother.

Such is the picture, based on the hypothesis that John, the younger of that name, could have been descended only from John the elder. It is the most likely story and the only one that seemed possible to George Henry Preble, with the greater knowledge of family history that he possessed. Personally, however, I fail to see at this late date, why it was not within the range of possibility that he could have been the son of William who went to sea and was never heard from, or of Samuel who died in the West Indies. Our present knowledge of their careers, of course, is so scant that almost any conjecture now might seem plausible.

Nevertheless, I incline strongly to the picture previously outlined and am willing to accept it in its entirety. True, our case is not sufficiently proved to enable the descendants of John Preble of Machias to join the various colonial or other patriotic societies through the Preble line. If they are desirous of connecting themselves with Sons or Daughters of the Revolution, for example, they will have to try it through some other lines of their ancestry.

Abraham Prebble. He was married to Judith Tilden on 1/3/1639/40. She was born 10/22/1620 @ Tenterden, Kent, England and died 3/30/1663 @ York, York, Maine. Her father was Nathaniel Tilden and her mother was Lydia Hucstep. I have exhaustive data on Nathaniel Tilden who was baptized at Tenterden, County Kent, 7/28/1583. The son of Thomas & Alice (Biggs) Tilden. Background on his family is given in NEHGR 65:322, 75:226 and 114:153. Tilden came to New England in the 'Hercules' 1634/35 accompanied by his wife Lydia (Huckstep) seven children and seven servants. He settled in Scituate and probably died there between May and July 1641. All their children were born in England, five dying there prior to the family's departure.

\William Godfrey; Godfree husbandman, Watertown, frm. May 13, 1640. As guardian to his son John and administrator to Sarah, his late wife, he made Mr. Antoine Lawrence of London, linen draper, at the Boar's Head in Gracious street, his attorney 22 (4) 1648, to ask of the execs. of the will of Mrs. Key of Wooburne in Bedfordshire a legacy of 10 li. bequeathed to John. [A.]

Rem. to Hampton; bought land 3 (7) 1648; sold Watertown land in 1653. Deacon. He m. (1) Sarah--; he m. (2) Margaret--; ch.: John, Isaac b. 15 (2) 1639, Sarah b. 16 (3) 1642.

He died March 25, 1671. Will dated 2 (8) 1667, prob. 11 (2) 1671, beq. to wife Margery; sons John and Isaac Godfrey; son in law Webster; daughters Sarah and Deborah Godfrey. The widow m. Sept. 14, 1671, John Merrian [Marion]. Adopted son Nathaniel Smith mentioned in county records.

See also Cocks, Dunnell, Preble.

Abraham Preble Scituate, witnessed a deed in 1639; took oath of fidelity, date not specified. Removed to York, Maine; bought land of Edward Godfrey 20 Dec. 1642. Recd. 20 acres of land from Wm. Hoole 19 July, 1645. Witnessed grant of mill privileges to Ed. Rishworth in 1651. Took oath of allegiance to Massachusetts govt. 22 Nov. 1652. Was appointed one of the commissioners to hold court at York.

He m. at Scituate Judith, daughter of Nathaniel Tilden. Child, Nathaniel bapt. at Second church of Sci. April 9, 1648.

[Adm. of est. in Mr. Baxter's records Vol. 1.]

[See wills of Prebles, residing at several points in Kent, Eng. in Reg. L, 118; see Genealogy.]

Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth, 6 Mar 1602 and Kent County, England.

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, Bef 1663 and York, York County, Maine.

• He has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 30 Mar 1663 and York, York County, Maine.

• Alt. Christened: Alt. Christened, 1 Jan 1604, Wooton, Co. Kent, England.

Abraham married Judith Tilden ²⁰ on 3 Jan 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Marriage Notes: Reference Number:50942

Children from this marriage were:

64 i. Abraham Preble (born on 9 Apr 1642 York, York County, Maine - died on 4 Oct 1714). Abraham married Hannah (Kelley) Sayward , daughter of Henry Sayward and Mary Peaslee , on 13 May 1685 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts. Hannah was born in 1665 in York, York County, Maine and died on 9 May 1751 in York, York County, Maine, at age 86. Other names for Hannah were Hannah Sayward, and Hannah Sayward.

ii. Rachel Preble (born in 1643 York, York County, Maine). Rachel married Joseph Carline on 28 Mar 1659.

iii. Lydia Preble (born in 1645 Wells, York County, Maine - died in 1690 in Wells, York County, Maine)

iv. Stephen Preble (born about 1647 York, York County, Maine - died about 1696 in York, York County, Maine). Stephen married Rachel Main , daughter of John Main and Unknown , in 1687 in York, York County, Maine.

v. Nathaniel Preble (born on 9 Apr 1648 York, York County, Maine - died in Mar 1692 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts). Nathaniel married Priscilla Main about 1670 in York, York County, Maine.

vi. John Preble (born in 1650 York, York County, Maine - died in 1695 in York, York County, Maine). John married Hannah in York, York County, Maine.

vii. Joseph Preble (born in 1651 York, York County, Maine - died on 28 Apr 1732 in Scituate Row, York, Maine). Joseph married Sarah Austin , daughter of Mathew Austin and Mary Davis , in York, York County, Maine. Sarah was born before 1667 and died on 24 May 1720 in York, York County, Maine.

viii. Captain Benjamin Preble (born about 1657 York, York County, Maine - died on 25 Mar 1732 in York, York County, Maine). Benjamin married Mary Baston ,²⁰ daughter of Thomas Baston and Unknown , in 1679 in Charlestown, , Massachusetts. Mary was born about 1661 in York, York County, Maine.²⁰

ix. Sarah Preble (born in 1659 York, York County, Maine - died on 25 Oct 1724). Sarah married Henry Coombs . Henry was born about 1645 and died on 10 Feb 1725, about age 80.

x. Mary Preble (born in 1661 York, York County, Maine)

129. Judith Tilden,²⁰ daughter of Nathanial Tilden and Lydia Hatche Huckstepe , was born on 22 Oct 1620 in Tenterden, Kent, England, Eng,²⁰ was christened on 22 Oct 1620 in St. Mildred's, Tenterden, Kent, England,²⁰ and died on 30 Mar 1663 in York, York County, Maine, at age 42.²⁰

Noted events in her life were:

• She has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth and 1620.

• She has conflicting death information of Alt. Death, 1665 and Wells, York County, Maine.

• Alt. Christened: Alt. Christened, 20 Oct 1622, Tenterden, Kent, England.

Judith married Abraham Preble ²⁰ on 3 Jan 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

130. Henry Sayward .

Henry married Mary Peaslee .

Children from this marriage were:

65 i. Hannah (Kelley) Sayward (born in 1665 York, York County, Maine - died on 9 May 1751 in York, York County, Maine). Hannah married Abraham Preble , son of Abraham Preble and Judith Tilden , on 13 May 1685 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts. Abraham was born on 9 Apr 1642 in York, York County, Maine and died on 4 Oct 1714, at age 72. Other names for Abraham were Abraham Preble, and Abraham Preble Jr.

131. Mary Peaslee . Another name for Mary was Peasley.

Mary married Henry Sayward .

136. Richard Harnden,³ ²¹ ²² ²³ son of Richard Harnden and Elizabeth Adams , was born in 1648 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts,³ ¹² died on 16 Oct 1693 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at age 45,³ ¹² and was buried on 19 Oct 1693.³

General Notes: [Harnden.FTW]

Possibly had brothers, John,Benjamin & William all of Reading,Mass (1640-1700).
Richard spent most of his life in Reading, Massachusetts
For some years after his marriage, he lived as is believed in Boston, Massachusetts although a land-o wner in Reading. By 1682 he was living in Reading.
Took the Freeman's Oath 19 April 1691.

Noted events in his life were:

• He was baptized in 1687 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ³ ⁷

Richard married Mary ³ ¹² on 24 Oct 1666 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.³ ⁷ ¹² ¹⁵

Children from this marriage were:

i. John Harnden (born on 30 Aug 1668 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts - died on 26 Nov 1748 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts). John married Susanna ³ on 16 Apr 1690 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Susanna was born about 1668 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts ³ and died on 12 Aug 1707 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, about age 39.³ ⁷ ²⁴ John married Sarah (Sherman) Hutchinson ³ on 9 Dec 1707 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sarah was born in Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts ³ and died on 10 Dec 1748.³

ii. Elizabeth Harnden (born on 25 Sep 1672 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts - , died in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts). Elizabeth married John Abbott ³ on 6 Jan 1703 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. John was born on 2 Nov 1674 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ³ ²⁵ and died on 1 Jan 1745 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 70.³ ²⁵

iii. Ebenezer Harnden (born on 8 Jun 1674 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts - died before 1679)

iv. William Harnden (born about 1676 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts)

v. Barrachius Harnden (born in 1676 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts - died on 8 Feb 1703 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts). Barrachius married May Johnson ³ on 24 Jul 1701 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.

vi. Ebenezer Harnden (born on 14 Jun 1679 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts - died on 29 Mar 1740 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts). Ebenezer married Rebecca Alice Allen ³ in 1700 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Rebecca Alice Allen died on 18 Nov 1764.³

vii. Mary Harnden (born in 1685 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts)

viii. Hephsibah Harnden (born on 19 Sep 1688 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts - died on 13 May 1688 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts). Hephsibah married Abiel Chandler ³ on 10 Mar 1712 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Abiel was born on 9 Jan 1687.³ ²⁶

ix. William Harnden (born in 1689)

68 x. Benjamin Harnden (born on 24 Apr 1671 - died on 30 May 1740). Benjamin married Mary Elizabeth Unk. .

137. Mary ³ ¹² was born about 1649.³

Noted events in her life were:

• She was baptized in 1677 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ³ ⁷

Mary married Richard Harnden ³ ²¹ ²² ²³ on 24 Oct 1666 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.³ ⁷ ¹² ¹⁵

192. Edmund Perry, son of John Perry and Unknown , was born on 12 Jan 1599 in Devon, England.

Edmund married Sarah Crowell in 1613.

Marriage Notes: Probably, Bridford, Devonshire, England

Children from this marriage were:

96 i. William Perry (born in 1620 Pulborough, Sussex, England - died on 5 Nov 1688). William married Sarah Stedman , daughter of Isaac Stedman and Unknown . Sarah was born about 1632.

ii. Hannah Perry (born on 31 Dec 1607). Hannah married Henry Dillingham .

iii. John Perry (born on 19 Sep 1614 - buried on 21 Sep 1642 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts)

iv. Anthony Perry (born in 1624)

v. Deborah Perry (born in 1634)

vi. Margaret Perry (born in 1624). Margaret married Edmund Freeman , son of Assistant Governor Edmund Freeman Freeman Sr. and Bennet Hodsoll .

vii. Elizabeth Perry (born in 1622). Elizabeth married John Hanchett on 2 Apr 1652 in Roxbury (Now Boston) Suffolk, Massachusetts.

viii. Edward Perry (born in 1627 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts - died on 16 Oct 1689 in Monument, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts). Edward married Mary Freeman , daughter of Assistant Governor Edmund Freeman Freeman Sr. and Bennet Hodsoll , in 1657-1658. Mary was born before 16 Apr 1630 in St. Mary's, Pulborough, Sussex, England.

ix. Thomas Perry (born about 1641)

x. Ezra Perry (born about 1628 - died in 1672). Ezra married Elizabeth Burgess on 12 Feb 1651 in Milton, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born in 1631 and died on 26 Sep 1717, at age 86.

xi. Arthur Perry (born between 1611-1614)

193. Sarah Crowell was born in 1592 and died on 8 Jun 1659, at age 67.

Sarah married Edmund Perry in 1613.

194. Isaac Stedman .

Isaac married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

97 i. Sarah Stedman (born about 1632). Sarah married William Perry , son of Edmund Perry and Sarah Crowell . William was born in 1620 in Pulborough, Sussex, England and died on 5 Nov 1688, at age 68.

Ninth Generation (6th Great Grandparents)

256. Robert Preble, son of Robert Preble and Eleanor , was born in 1560 in Denton, Kent, England, died on 7 Mar 1634 in Denton, Kent, England, at age 74, and was buried on 7 Mar 1635 in Denten, Kent, England.

General Notes: Never left England

Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Buried: Alt. Buried, Denten, Kent, England.

Robert married Joan in 1585 in Denton, Kent, England.

Marriage Notes: Reference Number:50970

Children from this marriage were:

i. Robert Preble (born in 1586 . chr. Denton, Kent, England). Robert married Aphra Hambrooke on 20 Jun 1614.

ii. John Preble (born before 10 Jun 1589 Denton, Kent, England)

iii. John Preble (born before 5 Apr 1590)

iv. Eleanor Preble (born before 16 Jan 1591 Denton, Kent, England). Eleanor married Thomas Benjamin .

v. Francis Preble (born on 20 Sep 1595 Denton, Kent, England)

vi. Margaret Preble (born before 1 Apr 1599 Denton, Kent, England)

vii. George Preble (born about 1601 <Denton, Kent, England>)

128 viii. Abraham Preble (born on 6 Mar 1603 Wooten, Kent Co., England - died on 30 Mar 1663 in York, York County, Maine). Abraham married Judith Tilden ,²⁰ daughter of Nathanial Tilden and Lydia Hatche Huckstepe , on 3 Jan 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Judith was born on 22 Oct 1620 in Tenterden, Kent, England, Eng ²⁰ , christened on 22 Oct 1620 in St. Mildred's, Tenterden, Kent, England ²⁰ , and died on 30 Mar 1663 in York, York County, Maine, at age 42.²⁰

ix. Nancy Preble (born about 1605 <, Of Kent Co., England>)

257. Joan was born in 1562 in Denton, Kent, England.

Joan married Robert Preble in 1585 in Denton, Kent, England.

258. Nathanial Tilden, son of Thomas Tilden and Alice Biggs , was born on 28 Jul 1583 in Tenterdel, Kent, England, died BET MAY AND JUL 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, and was buried in Cem, Old Men, Kent, Scituate, MA. Another name for Nathanial was Nathaniell.

General Notes: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/tilden.html

TILDEN, c.1560-aft.1660 Related Families: Biggs | Huckstep | Lapham

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Migration: Kent Co., ENG>Scituate, MA>

(1) Nathaniel Tilden was baptized at Tenterden, County Kent, 28 July 1583, the son of Thomas Tilden and Alice Biggs. Background on his family is given in NEHGR 65:322, 75:226, and 114:153. Parish records indicate that Nathaniel was married about 1606 in Tenterden, Kent, England, to Lydia Huckstep, baptized on 11 February 1587/1588 in Tenterden, Kent, England, daughter of Winnfrithe. Tilden came to New England in the Hercules in 1634/1635, accompanied by his wife Lydia, seven children, and seven servants. They settled in Scituate and he probably died there between May and July 1641.
All the children of Nathaniel and Lydia Tilden were born in England, five dying there prior to the family's departure. Mary and Sarah were married on the same day, 13 March 1636/37 (NEHGR 9:286), and their husbands were Tilden's servants.
Nathaniel Tilden was living in 1628 in Marshfield, Massachusetts. "Elder Nath'l Tilden was the ancestor of nearly all the Tildens in Marshfield. He was one of three brothers, and they were called 'Men of Kent,' from England. He came to Scituate at that portion called 'Two Mile' tract, now known as North Marshfield, in 1628. . . There is no record of the date of his birth, or
marriage." (Richards History of Marshfield. p. 20)
Tilden was of the gentry and addressed as "Mr.," and he was one of the wealthier Scituate residents. He dated his will 25 May 1641, inventory 31 July 1641, and he named his wife Lydia and his children Stephen; Lydia; Joseph; Thomas; Judith; Mary, the wife of Thomas Lapham; and Sarah, the wife of George Sutton; and he also mentioned his two indentured servants, Edward Jenkins and Edward Tarte (MD 3:220).
After his death, his widow Lydia married Timothy Hatherly. Elizabeth French shows in NEHGR 70:256 that Lydia (Huckstep) (Tilden) Hatherly was a cousin of Thomas Hatch, q.v., who also came to New England in the Hercules and settled at Scituate.

Children:

Joseph, died young
Thomas, died young
Mary, born about 1610, christened on 20 May 1610 in Tenterden, Kent, England; married on 13 March 1637 to Thomas Lapham in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Sarah; married on on 13 March 1637 George Sutton.
Joseph; married Alice or Elizabeth Twisden.
Thomas; married Elizabeth (Bourne) Waterman.
Stephen, died young
Judith; married Abraham Preble.
Winifred, died young
Lydia, died young
Lydia; married Richard Garrett.
Stephen; married Hannah Little.

Will & Estate Inventory of Nathaniel Tilden, the Immigrant
In the Name of God Amen the five and twentyeth Day of May Anno Dni 1641 I Nathaniell Tilden of Scittuate of New England wthin America gen being sick and weake of body but of good and prfect remembrance (thanks be given to God therefore) Do make ordaine and appoynt this my last will and testament in manner and forme as followeth. And first I will and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator and maker, and to Jesus Christ my redeemer by whose death and merits onely I hope to obtaine everlasting salvation, and my body to be conveyed unto the earth from whence it was taken, at the place where it shall please God to put an end unto my Dayes. And as concerneing my worldly goods and estate wherewth it hath pleased God to blesse me I will give and bequeath in manner and forme as followeth. And first I will give & bequeath unto Lidea my welbeloved wyfe all her weareing apparell both linnen and wollen, also one bed furnished wch shee shall please to take also the greate trunck, also I give unto my said wyfe three paire of sheetes and two paire of pillowcoates wch shee shall please to take, one long table cloth one square table cloth one dosen of middle napkins and half a dosen of other napkins two long towells twelve peeces of pewter wch shee shall please to choose, and of wodden vessells so many as shee shall thinke to be convenient for her use also three silver spoones & two of my best cusheons, also I give unto my said wyfe one peece of white fusteon wch shee shall please to take, also my two cloakes, also tenn bushells of Corne, five of English and five of Indian, also my will is that shee shall have the whole prfitt of my whitefaced cow and the calves and prfitt wch shall come of her During the tyme of her naturall life, to be mayntained and kept for her by mine Executor hereafter menconed. Also my will is that my said wyfe shall have and enjoy the prfitts of one house and the lands thereunto belonging wherein one Richard Lambert now Dwelleth being in the prish of Tenterden in Kent in old England During the terme of her naturall life, after the Decease of the said Richard Lambert Item my mynd and will is that my two yeongest children I idea & Steeven shalbe mayntayned both for meate drink apparell & lodging by myne Executor hereafter mentioned yet so as my aforesaid wyfe shall have the education and Disposeing of them All the residue of my goods my will and mynd is shalbe Disposed of in manner and forme as followeth. And first I will and bequeath unto my sonn Joseph A Double portion (vizt) asmuch more as my other sonnes, that is asmuch as both my other sonnes Thomas and Steeven equally to be devided out of my lands and goods Itm my will is that my yeongest daughter Lidea Lydea shall have half asmuch as one of my yeonger sonnes Thomas and Steeven Item I will unto my Daughter Judet one Cow Item

I will and bequeath unto Mary my Daughter the wyfe of Thomas Lapham tenn shillings of lawfull money of England also to Sara my Daughter the wyfe of Georg Sutton tenn shillings of lawfull money of England, to be payd to either of them wthin one yeare next after my Decease by mine Executor Item I will & appoynt that my two servants Edward Ginkins and Edward Tarte shall serve up the remaynder of their tyme of service wch by covenant is Due unto me wth my sonn Joseph Itm my mynd and will is that my sonn Joseph shall prvide for his two brothers Thomas and Steeven for either of them half so much stock as his owne, and for his yeongest sister Lidea one quarter asmuch as his owne, and that this their stock shalbe kept upon the lands given unto them as is before specyfyed untill such tyme as the said lands shalbe sould or hyred out. Item I will and appoynt my welbeloved sonn Joseph to be sole and whole Executor unto this my last will and testament In witnes whereof I thabove named Nathaniell Tilden have hereunto set my hand and seale Dated the Day and yeare first above written,
Sealed and Delivred as the last Will & Nathaniell Tilden
testament of me Nathaniell Tilden (his seale)
in the prsence of
Symon Sutton his mark
Thomas Hatch.

My mynd and will is that my welbeloved sonne Joseph Tilden shall have full power and authorytie to sell my house wth all the buildings thereunto belonging and also all my lands scituate and being in Scittuate & Tenterden all wch lands I give him power to sell or to dispose of at his pleasure, whom I make my whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament In witnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seale Dated the five and twentieth Day of May 1641
Sealed and Delivred as the last will & Nathaniell Tilden
testament of me Nathaniell Tilden (his seale)
in the prsence of
Symon Sutton his marke
Thomas Hatch.

Inventory

[fol. 38] An Inventorie of the goods and chattells of Nathaniell Tilden late of Scittuate in New England in America gen Deceased made & prized the xxxith Day of July 1641 by us whose names are hereunder written:
[li s d]
Inprimis in the Hall one table one forme & chaires 00 . 12 . 00
It one booke of martirs one great bible Calvins in
stucons wilson on the romans 3 of mr Downams 3
of Dotr Prestons Dod upon the Comaundnts Sibbs 05 . 00 . 00
upon the covenant 3 of Doctr Stortons mr Dikes
works & thirty other bookes
It 1 muskett 1 sword & birding peece 01 . 00 . 00
It in the Inner roome 1 bed furnished 23 . 00 . 00
It 3 pair of sheets two pair of pillowcoats 1 duzn & half }
of napkins two table cloaths two towells } 03 . 00 . 00
It 1 peece of fusteon 00 . 14 . 00
It xii peecs of pewter 00 . 12 . 00
It iii silver spoones 00 . 15 . 00
It two cloakes 02 . 00 . 00
It 1 truncke 00 . 06 . 08
Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories. 223
It in the hall chamber 1 bed furnished 03 . 00 . 00
It three chests 00 .14 . 00
It in the Inner chamber one flock bed furnished 01 . 10 . 00
It three chests 00 . 06 . 00
It 1 smale paire of brand Irons 00 . 02 . 06
It i old case of bottells 00 . 03 . 00
It 2 old flock beds two boulsters three Bankets & a pillow 02 . 00 . 00
It in the servants chambers two beds furnished 02 . 00 . 00
It ix paire of sheets 02 . 10 . 00
It vi paire of pillow coats 00 . 15 . 00
It vii table cloathes 00 . 16 . 00
It iii duzzen & three napkins 01 . 00 . 00
It v Towells 00 . 10 . 00
It iiii old table cloths & other old linnen 00 . 02 . 00
It x silver spoones 0* . 00 . 00
It six prcells of fusteon 03 . 18 . 00
It the rest of his weareing apparell 05 . 10 . 00
It a pillion & a pillion cloth 00 . 09 . 00
It six cusheons 03 . 10 . 00
It the rest of the pewter 05 . 00 . 00
It the bras 00 . 14 . 00
It the irons belonging to the chimney 00 . 14 . 00
It iii iron potts 00 . 10 . 00
It ii frying pars & a driping pan 00 . 10 . 00
It scales and weights 00 . 12 . 00
It i grindle stone 00 . 14 . 00
It i one Jacke 00 . 14 . 00
It brewing vessells & milk vessells & beere vessells }
kneading troughs & other tubbs 05 . 00 . 00
It certaine spruce boards 01 . 10 . 02
It other smale things necessary about the house 00 . 10 . 00
It all the Iron things and workeing tools belonging to husbandry 03 . 10 . 00
It the Cart & all things belonging to yt & a set of harrow } 03 . 06 . 08
tynes
It two oxen two bulls two steeres i yeareling one Cow 50 00 00
and a calfe
It ii hoggs and foure piggs 07 . 00 . 00
It foules about the house 00 . 13 . 00
It tenn stocks & swarmes of bees 10 . 00 . 00
It fishing netts 01 . 00 . 00
It pouder & shott 01 . 06 . 04
It Indean corn in the house about 37 busahells half of } 07 . 00 .00
3 bushells of sumer wheate i bushell and a half of}
peas & about one bushell & half of mault }
It xiiii acrees of Corne on the ground 30 . 00 . 00
It in Debts hopefull & Desprate 27 . 00 . 00
Prized as abovesd by us
Willm Vassall Thomas Chambers Willm Hatch

* This is either 02 or 03.

Nathanial married Lydia Hatche Huckstepe on 3 Jan 1606 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Thomas Tilden (born about 1608)

ii. Mary Tilden (born on 20 May 1610). Mary married Thomas Lapham on 13 Mar 1637. Thomas was born in 1612. Mary married William Bassett between 1651-1664.

iii. Sarah Tilden (born on 13 Jun 1613). Sarah married George Sutton on 13 Mar 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

iv. Joseph Tilden (born on 20 Apr 1615). Joseph married Elizabeth (Bourne) Waterman .

129 v. Judith Tilden (born on 22 Oct 1620 Tenterden, Kent, England, Eng - died on 30 Mar 1663 in York, York County, Maine). Judith married Abraham Preble ,²⁰ son of Robert Preble and Joan , on 3 Jan 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Abraham was born on 6 Mar 1603 in Wooten, Kent Co., England ²⁰ , christened on 30 Mar 1603 in Denton, , Kent, England ²⁰ , and died on 30 Mar 1663 in York, York County, Maine, at age 60.²⁰

vi. Lydia Tilden (born on 30 May 1624). Lydia married Richard Garrett .

vii. Stephen Tilden (born on 11 Oct 1629). Stephen married Hannah Little .

259. Lydia Hatche Huckstepe, daughter of Stephen Hucksteppe and Winnifred Hatch , was born on 11 Feb 1588 in Tenderden Kent England and died in 1672 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, at age 84.

Lydia married Nathanial Tilden on 3 Jan 1606 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

272. Richard Harnden ³ ²⁷ was born about 1615 in England ³ and died in Oct 1657, about age 42.³

General Notes: [Harnden.FTW]

Info dates from LDS and Chester H. Darr (August 1997)

Richard married Elizabeth Adams .³

Children from this marriage were:

136 i. Richard Harnden (born in 1648 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts - died on 16 Oct 1693 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts). Richard married Mary ³ ¹² on 24 Oct 1666 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary was born about 1649.³

273. Elizabeth Adams ³ was born in 1607 in England.³

Elizabeth married Richard Harnden .³ ²⁷

384. John Perry was born in 1562.

John married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

192 i. Edmund Perry (born on 12 Jan 1599 Devon, England). Edmund married Sarah Crowell in 1613. Sarah was born in 1592 and died on 8 Jun 1659, at age 67.

Tenth Generation (7th Great Grandparents)

512. Robert Preble, son of Walter Preble and Unknown , was born in 1530 in Denton, Kent, England, died on 23 Jul 1589 in Kent County, England, at age 59, and was buried on 23 Jul 1589 in , Wooton, Kent, England.

Robert married Eleanor in 1559.

Marriage Notes: Of Denton, Co. Kent, Eng

Children from this marriage were:

256 i. Robert Preble (born in 1560 Denton, Kent, England - died on 7 Mar 1634 in Denton, Kent, England). Robert married Joan in 1585 in Denton, Kent, England. Joan was born in 1562 in Denton, Kent, England.

ii. John Preble (born about 1564 Denton, Kent, England - died in 1637). John married Cylliam Of Elham .

iii. Richard Preble (born about 1580 Denton, Kent, England - died in 1640). Richard married Elizabeth Spencer .

iv. Daughter Preble (born about 1566 Denton, Kent, England)

v. Eleanor Preble (born in 1578 Denton, Kent, Eng - died in 1592)

513. Eleanor was born in 1534 in Denton, Kent, England.

Eleanor married Robert Preble in 1559.

516. Thomas Tilden .

Thomas married Alice Biggs .

Children from this marriage were:

258 i. Nathanial Tilden (born on 28 Jul 1583 Tenterdel, Kent, England - died BET MAY AND JUL 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts). Nathanial married Lydia Hatche Huckstepe , daughter of Stephen Hucksteppe and Winnifred Hatch , on 3 Jan 1606 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Lydia was born on 11 Feb 1588 in Tenderden Kent England and died in 1672 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, at age 84.

517. Alice Biggs .

Alice married Thomas Tilden .

518. Stephen Hucksteppe .

Stephen married Winnifred Hatch .

Children from this marriage were:

259 i. Lydia Hatche Huckstepe (born on 11 Feb 1588 Tenderden Kent England - died in 1672 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts). Lydia married Nathanial Tilden , son of Thomas Tilden and Alice Biggs , on 3 Jan 1606 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Nathanial was born on 28 Jul 1583 in Tenterdel, Kent, England, died BET MAY AND JUL 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, and was buried in Cem, Old Men, Kent, Scituate, MA. Another name for Nathanial was Nathaniell.

519. Winnifred Hatch .

Winnifred married Stephen Hucksteppe .

Eleventh Generation (8th Great Grandparents)

1024. Walter Preble was born about 1506.

Walter married Unknown about 1525.

Children from this marriage were:

512 i. Robert Preble (born in 1530 Denton, Kent, England - died on 23 Jul 1589 in Kent County, England). Robert married Eleanor in 1559. Eleanor was born in 1534 in Denton, Kent, England.

1025. Unknown .

Unknown married Walter Preble about 1525.

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