Humility PREBLE b. Abt 1712 York, York, Maine, d. Aft 1759: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1712 - Aft 1759 (~ 48 years)

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Name	Humility PREBLE [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	Abt 1712	York, York, Maine,
Gender	Female
_UID	70FB5E2A7DFA4743A9540B9FEA17F969FEEF
Public Record	1753	York, York, Maine, [5]
Named in her mother's will (YCPD 14241)
Property	11 May 1759	York, York, Maine, [5]
Abraham and Humility sold homestead to James Pitts of Boston (YCD 34/21)
Sold the major part of his homestead in York where he then lived, including a wharf on the York River, dwelling house, barn and wharf being on Clark Lane in York Harbor, leading to the York River.
Death	Aft 1759
Person ID	I1248	Our Family Tree \| Descendants of Abraham Nowell, son of Capt. Peter Nowell
Last Modified	24 Aug 2023

Father	Capt. Abraham PREBLE, Esq., b. 1673 d. 14 Mar 1723/24, York, York, Maine, (Age 51 years)
Mother	Mary PREBLE, b. 8 Jun 1686, York, York, Maine, d. Between 26 Jan 1753 and 20 May 1755, York, York, Maine, (Age 66 years)
Marriage	Aft 1704
Family ID	F148	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Abraham NOWELL, b. 28 Feb 1711/12, York, York, Maine, d. 24 Dec 1790, York, York, Maine, (Age 78 years)

Marriage Intentions 11 Sep 1736 York, York, Maine, [1]

Intentions filed

Marriage 29 Nov 1736 York, York, Maine, [1, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Children

	1. Samuel NOWELL, b. 1737 d. 1737 (Age 0 years)
	2. Samuel NOWELL, b. 15 May 1739, York, York, Maine, d. Aft 1757 (Age 18 years)
	3. Abraham NOWELL, Jr., b. 28 Feb 1741/42, York, York, Maine, d. Aft 1800 (Age 58 years)
+	4. Capt. Nathaniel NOWELL, b. 9 Jun 1744, York, York, Maine, d. 6 Feb 1832, East Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age 87 years)

Family ID F39 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 24 Aug 2023

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1712 - York, York, Maine,
	Marriage Intentions - Intentions filed - 11 Sep 1736 - York, York, Maine,
	Marriage - 29 Nov 1736 - York, York, Maine,
	Public Record - Named in her mother's will (YCPD 14241) - 1753 - York, York, Maine,
	Property - Abraham and Humility sold homestead to James Pitts of Boston (YCD 34/21) - 11 May 1759 - York, York, Maine,

= Link to Google Earth

Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I1248&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Humility PREBLE."

Sources

[S719] Maine. York Co. York (and in some cases Kittery)., York Marriage Records Transcribed in 1903 by George F. Plaisted, Town Clerk., marriage register, 1: 19, Nowell-Preble, 1736.
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[S985] New Hampshire Genealogical Society, editor, The New Hampshire Genealogical Record. Google Books. Digital images. (1907), (http://books.google: 31 Jan 2008), 4: 189-190.
[S697] Noyes, Sybil and Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. 5 Vols. , (Portland, Maine : Southworth Press, 1928-39. Digital images. FamilySearch : https://www.familysearch.org: 2021), 4: 566. accessed 6 May 2022.
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[S697] Noyes, Sybil and Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. 5 Vols. , (Portland, Maine : Southworth Press, 1928-39. Digital images. FamilySearch : https://www.familysearch.org: 2021), 4: 514-15. accessed 2009.
[S2497] Maine. York. York., Town and Vital records, 1717-1889., (Digital images. FHL Film # 007596957, FamilySearch . https://www.familysearch.org : 2020.), births, 2: 53 (img. 59), Abraham Nowell his Children-wife Humility Preble, 1739-1744; accessed 28 Jun 2022.
[S504] George Henry Preble Capt. U.S.N., Genealogical Sketch of the Three First Generations of Prebles in America. Internet Archive. Digital images. (Boston, 1868), (https://archive.org: 1 Feb 2008), 28. accessed 29 Jun 2022.