Preble Family Stones |
The following data was submitted by Harold E. Brown of Bath, ME and appeared in Downeast Ancestry, Volume 1, No. 2, August 1977. Located at Preble Point near the north end of Arrowsic, this is one of the oldest cemeteries in Sagadahoc Co. It is now a pasture and the stones have fallen and are covered with mud. This cemetery may soon disappear. Jonathan and Rebekah Preble were the parents of Ebenezer Preble, who, with his wife Mary Harnden, was killed by Indians in Woolwich, ME 9 Jun 1758 - the last Indian attack in Maine. Five stones have the conventional death's head of the period; three have the inscriptions given below.
Preble, Joseph, d. Jan. 30, 1808 in his 80th year Mary (Hodgkinson), wife of Joseph, d. Jan. 24, 1821, a. 86 y. Mr. John, d. Aug. 5, 1839, a. 69 y. Mrs. Lydia (Cross), wife of John, d. Aug. 15, 1813, a. 33y. Joseph, s. John and Lydia, d. Apr. 9, 1877, a. 68 y. | This stone preserves the memory of Mr. Jonathan Preble who was born at York, April 11, 1695 and died March 7, 1768 - Aetctis Suici 73. He was of uncommon sagacity in Judgement and affectionate, just, benevolent husband, father, neighbor, friend and a firm believer in ye Christian Religion and shewed his faith by his good works. John II.18 in a word, "He was a good man." Acts XI. 24 |
In memory of Mehitable, ye pious consort of Mr. Jonathan Preble who died March 4, 1768, aet 73 the widow of Nicholas Sewall of York and the daughter of Samuel Storer. | Here lyes interred the body of Mrs. Rebekah the amiable consort of Mr. Jonathan Preble. She was born in Old England and in the mids't of her days died September 1739. The memory of the just, though dead, live and to the living friendly warnings given. |
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