Brg-Gen Jedidiah Preble

1707 - 1784  (77 years)

• Name	Jedidiah Preble
  Prefix	Brg-Gen
  Born	1707	York, York, ME, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Abt 1748
  	Commissioned brigadier-general by the Provincial congress of Massachusetts; served in the French and Indian War
  Notable	had a distinguished military career during the French and Indian War and represented his district (Maine) in the Massachusetts house
  _UID	F98BFA1FE29E4445864B6EA71553512C719A
  Died	11 Mar 1784	Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA
  Person ID	I369	Irving Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2010

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Preble,   b. Abt 1657, York, York, ME, USA ,   d. 25 Mar 1732, York, York, ME, USA  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Mary Baston
  Married	Bef 1679	Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA   [1, 2]
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	910B49A55E08E4498F80C3B087C95E176491
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Junkins,   b. Cal 1715, York, York, ME, USA ,   d. 10 Mar 1753, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	21 Mar 1733
  _UID	94330F8D7DAB134A929948A663DFF07BAEF6
  Children	1. Samuel Preble   2. William Preble   3. Jedediah Preble,   b. 1734,   d. 1782  (Age 48 years)   4. John Preble,   b. 1742,   d. 1787  (Age 45 years)   5. Lucy Preble,   b. 1744
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mehitable Bangs,   d. 1805
  Married	9 May 1754	Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	7D8719947EF2BE4AB2C87296019972843BC8
  Children	+ 1. Martha Preble,   b. 18 Nov 1754,   d. 16 Oct 1824  (Age 69 years)   2. Ebenezer Preble,   b. 15 Aug 1757, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA ,   d. 19 Apr 1817, Richmond, , VA, USA  (Age 59 years)   3. Joshua Preble,   b. 28 Nov 1759, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA ,   d. 4 Nov 1803  (Age 43 years) + 4. Comm. Edward Preble,   b. 15 Aug 1761, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA ,   d. 25 Aug 1807, Portland, Cumberland, ME, USA  (Age 46 years) + 5. Enoch Preble,   b. 2 Jul 1763, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA ,   d. 28 Sep 1842  (Age 79 years)   6. Statira Preble,   b. 3 Jan 1767, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA ,   d. 15 Aug 1796  (Age 29 years)   7. Henry Preble,   b. 24 Jan 1770, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1825, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1707 - York, York, ME, USA Married - 9 May 1754 - Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA Died - 11 Mar 1784 - Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S288] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, Clarence Almon, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.), 5-056.doc., Pg 601 (Reliability: 2). PREBLE, Benjamin (1657-1723) & Mary [BASTON]; b 1679; Charlestown/Cambridge [S259] CD-New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey, Clarence A., Record No. 26,613 (Reliability: 2). PREBLE, Benjamin (1657-1732) & Mary [BASTON]; by 1679; Charlestown/Cambridge {GDMNH 566; Reg. 22:316, 109:298; Charlestown 773; York Hist. 1:150; Preble 11, 30; Small 173; Young (1923) 27; GDMNH 80; Mr. J. W. Linzee}