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Jedediah Preble

Male 1734 - 1782  (48 years)


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  1. 1.  Jedediah Preble was born 1734 (son of Brg-Gen Jedidiah Preble and Martha Junkins); died 1782.

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    • _UID: BC781BAE27D6794CAD6814E26A72138E4758

    Notes:

    died of the effects of a shipwreck


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Brg-Gen Jedidiah Preble was born 1707, York, York, ME, USA (son of Benjamin Preble and Mary Baston); died 11 Mar 1784, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA.

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    • Notable: had a distinguished military career during the French and Indian War and represented his district (Maine) in the Massachusetts house
    • _UID: F98BFA1FE29E4445864B6EA71553512C719A
    • Military Service: Abt 1748; Commissioned brigadier-general by the Provincial congress of Massachusetts; served in the French and Indian War

    Notes:

    Was the first Preble to settle on the Peninsula of Falmouth, now the site of Portland, ME.

    About 14 months after the death of his first wife Martha, he married 26 year old Mehetable (Bangs) Roberts, a childless widow. Jedediah was 47 and had seven children by his second wife.

    In 1755, then Colonel Preble led the celebrated expedition for the removal of the French Acadians written about in the Longfellow epic "Evangeline". Preble was wounded.

    12 March 1759 Preble was promoted to Brigadier General by Governor Pownal. Preble family tradition has Preble at the siege of Quebec with Gen. Wolfe when he fell on 13 Sept 1759. But this is not substanciated.

    On 21 Sept 1768 Gen. Preble was appointed to represent Falmouth at the convention held in Faneuil Hall, Boston to draft the grievances with British Government. He is listed as performing Patriotic Services in the SAR Index.

    In October 1774 the House of Representatives in Salem resolved itself into the Provincial government, adjourned to Concord and Gen. Preble was appointed chief in command of the Provincial forces. Preble declined due to ill health and advanced age. Gen. Artemas Ward took command and was later superseded by Gen Washington.

    Jedidiah married Martha Junkins 21 Mar 1733. Martha (daughter of Alexander Junkins) was born Cal 1715, York, York, ME, USA; died 10 Mar 1753, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA; was buried 12 Mar 1753. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha Junkins was born Cal 1715, York, York, ME, USA (daughter of Alexander Junkins); died 10 Mar 1753, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA; was buried 12 Mar 1753.

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    • _UID: D8E48DAAE930DD419CD70692045D85FC1707

    Notes:

    Martha gave birth to four sons and one daughter.
    She was born in Scotland Parish, Old York, ME and was about 18 years old when she married.

    Children:
    1. Samuel Preble
    2. William Preble
    3. 1. Jedediah Preble was born 1734; died 1782.
    4. John Preble was born 1742; died 1787.
    5. Lucy Preble was born 1744.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin Preble was born Abt 1657, York, York, ME, USA (son of Abraham Preble and Judith Tilden); died 25 Mar 1732, York, York, ME, USA.

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    • _UID: 6BECFFD89D347249AC3EC7CE58826983FF08

    Benjamin married Mary Baston Bef 1679, Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Baston (daughter of Thomas Baston).

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    • _UID: 2602408104EE41498835160B64B162742E59

    Children:
    1. Judah Preble was born 9 Feb 1697, York, York, ME, USA; died Bef 1732.
    2. John Preble was born 26 Nov 1699, York, York, ME, USA.
    3. Hannah Preble was born 1701, York, York, ME, USA.
    4. Judith Preble was born 1703, York, York, ME, USA.
    5. Abigail Preble was born 1705, York, York, ME, USA.
    6. 2. Brg-Gen Jedidiah Preble was born 1707, York, York, ME, USA; died 11 Mar 1784, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA.

  3. 6.  Alexander Junkins

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    • _UID: B2A4DE00B6023648B1587FD86C751F1FE9B0

    Children:
    1. 3. Martha Junkins was born Cal 1715, York, York, ME, USA; died 10 Mar 1753, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA; was buried 12 Mar 1753.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Abraham Preble was born 6 Mar 1603, Wooton, Kent, England, UK (son of Robert Preble and Joan); died Abt 30 Mar 1663, York, York, ME, USA.

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    • Notable: was the original Preble immigrant who was at Ipswich in the Plymouth Colony prior to 1636. He held multiple high offices.
    • _UID: 963C9F05C821CA4FAC48DF238C60F280CC42

    Notes:

    Emmigrated from England to Scituate, Plymouth Colony, MA about 1636 and had moved to York, ME by 1642. Under the government of Sir Ferdinando Gorges he was appointed Mayor of the city of York abt. 1645-1649. The area at that time was called Gorgiana or Agamenticus.

    Under the government of Edward Godfrey, from who, he purchased a tract of land, he was appointed a member of the General Court and held the first military appointment with the title Major. In 1650 he was appointed by the governor of Mass. as one of the Commissioners to hold County Court and commission military officers. On 29 June 1654 he was sworn in as Treasurer of the County. He held the position of Commissioner in the years 1655-57 and 59-60. He was invested with Magistratical power throughout the county of Yorkshire, and along with 3 others appointed to run the dividing lines of Falmouth, Saco and Scarborough. The same 4 men were elected by votes of the freemen of the county as county commissioners 1660 & 1661.

    The surname was frequently spelled Prebble. It is spelled by those relatives remaining in England as Prebel or Prebell.
    The name is said to have been originally Preville, of Norman origin.

    Refer to the book Prebles in America, starting on page 5.

    Abraham married Judith Tilden 3 Jan 1640, Scituate, Plymouth, MA, USA. Judith (daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Hucstepe) was born Bef 22 Oct 1620, Tenterden, Kent, England, UK; died 30 Mar 1663, York, York, ME, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Judith Tilden was born Bef 22 Oct 1620, Tenterden, Kent, England, UK (daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Hucstepe); died 30 Mar 1663, York, York, ME, USA.

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    • _UID: BB4C5D8EE537A94F8E72379F18E3C2B34C1D
    • Baptism: 22 Oct 1620, Tenterden, Kent, England, UK

    Notes:

    CHRISTENING: 22 Oct 1620 St. Mildreds, Tenterden, Kent, England

    The common ancestor on the maternal side of the Prebles in America. She is descended from a family of great antiquity. Traaced back to when Edward the Black Prince was knighted (1348).

    Children:
    1. Capt. Abraham Preble was born 1642, York, York, ME, USA; died 4 Oct 1714, York, York, ME, USA.
    2. Rachel Preble was born 1643.
    3. Joseph Preble was born Abt 1644, York, York, ME, USA; died 28 Apr 1732, York, York, ME, USA.
    4. Stephen Preble was born Abt 1645; died Abt 1695.
    5. Nathaniel Preble was born 1648, Scituate, Plymouth, MA, USA; died Mar 1691.
    6. 4. Benjamin Preble was born Abt 1657, York, York, ME, USA; died 25 Mar 1732, York, York, ME, USA.
    7. John Preble was born 1650/1659, York, York, ME, USA; died 1695, York, York, ME, USA.
    8. Sarah Preble was born Abt 1659; died 25 Oct 1724.
    9. Mary Preble was born 1662.

  3. 10.  Thomas Baston

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    • _UID: 0F0D914E6182844CBFA357B8EAF95DB00F99

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Baston


 

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