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married a second time, Martha Junkins, about whose parents nothing is known, 

 and 3 of their 4 sons were at sea and the other was an Indian interpreter and soldier. 

 A grandson became a religious paranoiac. 



FAMILY HISTORY OF EDWARD PREBLE. 



Fraternity of M F: II, Edward Bangs (1694-1756), was a shipmaster and merchant of 

 much enterprise. I 2 (M F), Joshua Bangs (born Brewster, Massachusetts, 1691), settled in 

 Falmouth, Maine, in 1735, where he was a shipmaster and merchant who held many town offices. 

 I 3 (M M), Mehitable Clarke (1686-1761). 



II 1 (consort's F), Nathaniel Deering (born Battery, Maine in 1739 and died in 1795), 

 was a boat-builder. II 2 (consort's M), Dorcas Milk, of Falmouth, Maine. II 3 (M), Mehitable 

 Bangs, a bustling, energetic woman, "fully alive and attentive to the interests and business of 

 her husband." She died of apoplexy in 1805. II 4 (F), Jedediah Preble (born at York, 

 Maine, 1707), held a captain's commission in 1746, and was commissioned lieutenant colonel 

 of a regiment that took part in the expedition to the eastern frontiers of the province. He accom- 

 panied the expedition that removed the French Acadians, and finally held the rank of brigadier 

 general. He is reputed to have been the first to ascend to the summit of Mount Washington. 



II 5, Martha Junkins. II 6, Samuel Barlow, a farmer. 



Ill 1 (consort), Mary Deering (1770-1851). Ill 2 (Propositus), EDWARD PRBBLB. Fra- 

 ternity of Propositus: III 3, Martha Preble (1754-1824). Ill 4, Thomas Oxnard (born in Boston, 

 1740), was, until the outbreak of the Revolution, a collector of customs in Maine. In 1787 he 

 officiated as reader of the Episcopal church but eventually he became a Unitarian clergyman 

 (see text). Ill 5, Ebenezer Preble (1757-1817), was a distinguished merchant of Boston. Ill 

 6, Joshua Preble (1759-1803). Ill 7, Enoch Preble (1763-1842), a shipmaster and office holder. 

 [1 8, Sally Cross. Ill 9, Statira Preble (1767-1796). Ill 10, Captain Richard Codman. 



III 11, Henry Preble (1770-1825), made numerous trading voyages. Ill 12, Frances Wright, 

 married during the French revolution, when a young English girl in a convent school. Ill 13, 

 Jedediah Preble (1734-1782), died from the effects of a shipwreck. Ill 14, Samuel Preble, died 

 in the West Indies. Ill 15, John Preble, (1742-1787), was an Indian interpreter who was lieu- 

 tenant colonel of the St. John's Expedition of 1777. Ill 16, William Preble went to sea and was 

 never heard from again. Ill 17, Lucy Preble, born 1744. Ill 18, Jonathan Webb, of Boston. 

 Ill 19, Joel Barlow (1754-1812), served in skirmishes of the Revolutionary war, and became 

 a brigade chaplain. He then took up the study of law and followed literary pursuits, becoming 

 quite renowned as a poet. In 1795 he was consul at Algiers and in 1811 minister plenipotentiary 

 to France. 



Child of Propositus: IV 1, Edward Deering Preble (1806-1846). IV 2, Sophia Wattles, of 

 Alexandria, Virginia. IV 3, Thomas Oxnard (born 1775), commanded, in the War of 1812, the 

 celebrated privateer, True Blooded Yankee, which created havoc in the English Channel. He 

 engaged in mercantile pursuits in France. IV 4, Edward Oxnard (born 1777), was lost in the 

 privateer Dash, which foundered at sea in the War of 1812. IV 5, Ebenezer Oxnard (born 1782), 



