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died in Demerara, 1800. IV 6, John Oxnard (born 1785), was lost at sea in 1812. IV 7, Martha 

 Oxnard (1786-1860). IV 8, Mary Oxnard (1787-1796). IV 9, Henry Oxnard (1789-1843), at 

 the age of 15 years became a mariner, and later in the double capacity of master and supercargo 

 made numerous voyages about the world. He finally established himself in Boston, where he be- 

 came a large ship-owner and builder. IV 10, Charlotte Farnham. IV 11, Eben Preble (1802-1845) 

 (see text). IV 12, Adeline Preble (born 1805), was interested in church work and philanthropy. 

 IV 13, Ellen Bangs Preble (1808-1867), had the family talent for drawing and painting. IV 14, 

 George Henry Preble (1816-1885), served during the Mexican war as executive officer of the 

 Petrel. In the Civil War aided in the capture of New Orleans and was in active service through- 

 out most of the war. He was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in 1876. IV 15, Susan Cox. 

 IV 16, Harriet Preble (1795-1854), had considerable linguistic, literary, musical, and artistic 

 talent. IV 17, Edward Henry Preble (1805-1826), a very promising youth with a superabun- 

 dance of animal spirits, who broke down his health by overstudy. He had considerable musical 

 and artistic talent. IV 18, Frances Arnica Preble (born 1797), was of a lively disposition, with 

 a talent for drawing, but she never liked traveling. She enjoyed books of travel and history. 



IV 19, Thomas Barlow (1784-1859), was adopted by his uncle, Joel Barlow, and was his secretary 

 at Paris. 



Children of child of Propositus: V 1, Mary Preble (1834-1835). V 2, Mary A. Preble, 

 born 1835. V 3, Edgar Tucker. V 4, Alice Preble, born 1839. V 5, William H. Anderson, 

 a paymaster, United States navy, who later became governor of Maine. V 6, Edward Preble 

 (born 1842), of the United States navy. V 7, Mehitable Oxnard, born 1791. V 8, Enoch Oxnard 

 (1793-1812), was lost at sea. V 9, Stephen Oxnard (born 1795), was captain of a merchantman 

 sailing out of Portland. V 10, Anna Maria Gracie. V 11, Henry Oxnard Preble (born 1847), 

 was captain's clerk on the United States sloop-of-war St. Louis during the Civil War. He 

 became assistant professor of chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. V 13, George 

 Henry Preble, born 1859. V 14, Francis Emma Barlow (1818-1845). V 15, Hugh Wilson. 



V 16, Arnica Barlow (born 1821), had artistic talent. V 17, John D. Chambers. V 18, Harriet 

 Barlow (1824-1827). V 19, Francis Joel Barlow (1828-1854) "dreamed of the navy"; went 

 to Australia. V 20, Frederick Stephen Barlow (1830-1864), an engineer in the navy during the 

 Civil War. He volunteered on the monitor Tecumseh and was drowned when she sank in Mobile 

 bay. 



VI 1, Stephen Oxnard (1823-1840), was captain of a merchantman. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



DUDLEY, D. 1896. History and Genealogy of the Bangs Family in America. 360 pp. 

 PREBLE, G. H. 1868. Genealogical Sketch of the First Three Generations of Prebles in America. 

 Boston: D. Clapp & Son. iv + 336 pp. 



