Abraham PREBLE b. Abt 1604 , , Kent County, England d. Jan 1662/63 York, York, Maine,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1604 - 1663 (~ 59 years)

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Name	Abraham PREBLE [1, 2, 3, 4]
Birth	Abt 1604	, , Kent County, England [5]
Christening	1 Jan 1603/04	Denton, , Kent, England [6]
Gender	Male
_UID	26F67114C18FDD48AA5CC741A3AFB86F9D92
Property	20 Dec 1642	, York County, Maine, [7]
"Maine Pioneers, 1623-60" Scituate, witnessed a deed in 1639; took oath of fidelity, date not specified. Removed to York, Me.; bought land of Edward Godfrey 20 Dec. 1642. Recd. 20 acres of land from Wm. Hoole 19 July, 1645. Witnessed grant of mill privileges to Ed. Rishworth in 1651. Took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 22 Nov. 1652. Was appointed one of the commissioners to hold court at York. He m. at Scituate Judith, daughter of Nathaniel Tilden. Child, Nathaniel bapt. at Second church of Sci. April 9, 1648. [Adm. of est. in Mr. Baxter's records Vol. 1.] [See wills of Prebles, residing at several points in Kent, Eng. in Reg. L, 118; see Genealogy.]
Occupation	From 1645 to 1661	York, York, Maine, [2, 3]
Judge and Legislator
Occupation	Bef 1662-1663	York, York, Maine, [3]
Judge and Legislator
Death	Jan 1662/63	York, York, Maine,
Burial	Jan 1662/63
Probate	7 Jul 1663	York, York, Maine, [8]
Person ID	I3576	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Oct 2023

Father	Robert PREBLE, b. Abt 1560, Wootton, , Kent, England d. Abt 6 Mar 1634/35, , , , England (Age ~ 75 years)
Mother	Joan, b. Abt 1565, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage	Abt 1585	Wootton, , Kent, England
Family ID	F805	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Judith TILDEN, b. Abt 1620, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 30 Mar 1663, York, York, Maine, (Age ~ 43 years)

Marriage 3 Jan 1640/41 Scituate, , Plymouth, [4, 9, 10]

Children

	1. Stephen PREBLE, b. 1645 d. 1696 (Age 51 years)
+	2. Capt. Abraham PREBLE, Esq., b. 1646, Gorgeana (York), , Maine, d. 4 Oct 1714, York, York, Maine, (Age 68 years)
+	3. Nathaniel PREBLE, b. 1648 d. Bef 2 Dec 1713 (Age 65 years)
	4. Joseph PREBLE, b. Abt 1651 d. Abt 1691 (Age ~ 40 years)
	5. Sarah PREBLE, b. Abt 1654 d. 28 Oct 1724, York, York, Maine, (Age ~ 70 years)
+	6. Benjamin PREBLE, b. Abt 1657 d. 25 Mar 1732, York, York, Maine, (Age ~ 75 years)
+	7. John PREBLE, b. Abt 1659, York, York, Maine, d. 24 Feb 1691/92, York, York, Maine, (Age ~ 33 years)
	8. Mary PREBLE, b. Abt 1662, York, York, Maine, d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F855 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Sep 2023

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1604 - , , Kent County, England
	Christening - 1 Jan 1603/04 - Denton, , Kent, England
	Marriage - 3 Jan 1640/41 - Scituate, , Plymouth,
	Property - 20 Dec 1642 - , York County, Maine,
	Occupation - From 1645 to 1661 - York, York, Maine,
	Occupation - Bef 1662-1663 - York, York, Maine,
	Death - Jan 1662/63 - York, York, Maine,
	Probate - 7 Jul 1663 - York, York, Maine,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3576&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Abraham PREBLE."

Sources

[S495] Maine. York County. York., "Birth, Marriage & Death Records, 1717-1889", Births, 101, Abraham Nowell.
[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), 5-13.
[S718] Edward C Moody, Handbook History of the Town of York .... Ancestry.com. Digital images. (Augusta, Maine: Press of the Kennebec Journal Company, 1914, 1992), (https://www.ancestry.com: 31 May 2004), 41. accessed 2008.
[S2532] "Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2012)), accessed 7 Jun 2021), Nathaniel Tilden sketch; citing Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, 7 vols. (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 7:42-46.
[S2233] "Public Member Tree," database with images, Ancestry Corporate, Rootsweb , ((http://sites.rootsweb.com : 1997-)), accessed 9 Mar 2019), "Flint Family and Allied Lines" by Peter Flint, profile of Abraham Preble (1603-1663).
[S1309] Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine, successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652). Internet Archive. Digital images. 2 vol. (Vol. 1: Boston, Mass.: Calkins Press, 1931; Vol. 2: Cambridge, Mass.: The Murray Printing Company, 1935), (https://archive.org: 2019), 1: 146-151. accessed 12 Feb 2015.
[S775] "Maine Pioneers, 1623-60," database, Ancestry , ((https://search.ancestry.com : 1999)), accessed 2010), Abraham Preble; 1908, C.H. Pope.
[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), 9.
[S1309] Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine, successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652). Internet Archive. Digital images. 2 vol. (Vol. 1: Boston, Mass.: Calkins Press, 1931; Vol. 2: Cambridge, Mass.: The Murray Printing Company, 1935), (https://archive.org: 2019), 1: 149. accessed 12 Feb 2015.
[S1015] "New England Marriages to 1700," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2008)), accessed 16 Feb 2013), PREBLE, Abraham (1604-1663) & Judith [TILDEN] (1620-1663+); citing New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 Vols., (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2:1226.