Abraham Preble, Sr., Esq.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Preble-10

Abraham Preble was born on 6 March 1603/4 in Wooten, Kent, England to parents Robert Preble and Johanne Andrews.[1]

He Immigrated to America in 1637. He married Judith Tilden on 3 January 1639 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony.

Per Dr. Mike Davis research:

In 1631, Abraham Preble was living in Lydden, Kent, England - about 5 miles from his home in Wootton - as a "servant" of Edward Clement, a yeoman.

Children:

1. Abraham b 1642 m Hannah Kelley d 14 October 1704
2. Rachel b 1643 m Joseph Carline
3. Joseph
4. Stephen m Rachel, daughter of John Main
5. Nathaniel
6. John
7. Benjamin m. Mary ______ d 24 March 1732
8. Sarah m Henry Coombs d 25 October 1724
9. Mary
10. Lydia

Abraham probably died in York, Maine died shortly before 30 March 1663 when an inventory of his estate was taken.

From A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, Volume #3 by James Savage:

PREBLE, ABRAHAM, Scituate 1637, m. Judith, d. of Nathaniel Tilden, had Abraham, b. a. 1642; Nathaniel, bapt. there 1648, tho. some yrs. bef. he had rem. to York, where he perhaps had Benjamin, and others; was magistr. 1650, submit. soon to Mass. and freem. 1652, treasr. of the Col. 1659, and d. 1663, leav. wid. Judith and sev. ch. of wh. one d. was m. Willis I. 102. ABRAHAM, York, s. of the preced. prob. eldest, was made treasr. of the Co. 1678, lieut. 1680, when he took o. of alleg. to the k. He m. a. 1685, acc. fam. tradit. Hannah Kelly, wh. liv. 9 May 1751, a. had Mary, b. 8 June 1686; Abraham, 21 Aug. 1687, Caleb, 7 July 1689; Jonathan, 11 Apr. 1695; Ebenezer, 26 Mar. 1698; and Samuel, 19 Apr. 1699. He was judge and deac. d 4 Oct. 1714 in 72d yr. "univers. faithful to the death," says gr.-st. JOHN, NATHANIEL, and STEPHEN, wh. took the o. of alleg. to his majesty at York, 1680, were prob. his bros. and his s. Abraham, Esquire, of York, d. unm. 30 Mar. 1720 in his 50th yr. Abraham the f. was appoint. admin. on est. of John 1695, Hannah, the wid. of John hav. d. 19 Aug. of that yr. Of this stock was the famous Com. P." [3]

References

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ4X-3J5 : 21 March 2020), Abraham Prebble, 1603.
• ↑ Preble, George Henry. Abraham Preble, the Common Ancestor of All of the Name in America, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1868) Vol 22, Pages 311-17.
• http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk3/pratt-press...
• "History of York, Maine : successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652)," By Charles Edward Banks ; with contributions on topography and land titles by Angevine W. Gowen. Vol. 1, Pages 145/151 ( Regional Publishing Co.: Baltimore, MD, 1967) FHL #974.195/Y1 H2
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 7 November 2020. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.[1]
• "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 16 January 2020. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.[2]
• Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Maine Census, 1800-1890. Ancestry.com. Maine, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
• Frank Watt Tyler. The Tyler Collection. Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies. 71 Volumes. Ancestry.com. [databases on-line]. Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882 and Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
• Biographical Encyclopedia of Maine of the Nineteenth Century. Boston: Metropolitan Pub. and Engraving Co, 1885.
• Banks, Charles Edward, and Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Philadelphia, Pa: [The Bertram press], 1937.
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD (1985 - 2004)
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862)
• Documentary History of the State of Maine. Portland: Bailey and Noyes, 1869. Various pages.Index.
• Preble, George H. Genealogical Sketch of the First Three Generations of Prebles in America: With an Account of Abraham Preble the Emigrant, Their Common Ancestor, and of His Grandson Brigadier General Jedediah Preble and His Descendants. Boston: Printed for family circulation, D. Clapp & Son, 1868. [3]
• Bangs, Jeremy Dupertuis, and New England Historic Genealogical Society. The Seventeenth-century Town Records of Scituate, Massachusetts. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997. Vol 1, Page 242.
• Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Southward Press, Portland, Maine, 1928). Pages 565-66. View in FamilySearch (go to online page 126).
• https://www.gustafsonfam.com/genealogy/wc06/wc06_137.html
• http://www.scituatehistoricalsociety.org/families/PrebleAbraham.htm