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Benjamin Preble[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male Abt 1657 - 1732  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Preble 
    Birth Abt 1657  [1, 4, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Will 16 Dec 1723  [7] 


    •    In The Name of God Amen I Benjamin Preble of York in ye County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England being of Sound mind and memory Do make this my Last Will and Testament this Sixteenth Day of December in ye Year of our Lord 1723. first & above all I Commend my Spirit unto God that Gave it as a faithfull Creator & my Mercifull Father in Iesus Christ and then I Commit my Body to the Dust Decently to be Buried by my Executrix hereafter Named in hope of a Glorious Resurrection to Life Eternal. and as for my worldly Estate which God has Graciously Given I Dispose of It in Manner Following after my Debts and funeral Cost is Paid.
           Imprimis I Give my Beloved Wife Mary (besides her thirds according to the Laws of this Province) the use of the one half of my Dwelling House & Barn & orchard During her natural life and if she shall Need it to have ye Vse of ye whole Dwelling House.
           Item I Having already Given unto my Eldest Son John all my Land at Scituate in York and the one half of my Part in the Saw Mill there : I Do Give him or Confirm to him the other half of my Part in said Mill after ye Decease of my Self & Wife.
           Item I Give and Bequeath unto my three Daughters Hannah Judith & Abigail Ten pounds Each thirty pounds the whole to be paid by my Youngest Son Jedediah.
           Item I Give & bequeath unto my Said Youngest Son Jedediah all my Home Stead Land Dwelling House Barn & orchard together with my whole Stock of Catle sheep &c : after his Mothers Decease
           I also Give and bequeath unto my said Son Jedediah all that my Thirty acres Grant w ͨ h lyeth above my Home place towards Scituate between ye Land of James Grant and the Land of Josep Bean and further I Give and Bequeath unto my Said Youngest Son Jedediah all my Ten acres of fresh Meadow Lying on ye Brook w ͨ h Runs Through Joseph Bragdons & Joseph Wears Meadow about a Mile above sd Bragdons and Wears Meadow.
           Finally I make and Constitute my Wife aforesaid ye Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.
           In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day Year above written.

      Signed Sealed & Delivered Benjamin Preble (Seal)
           Published Pronovnced and
           Declared by Benjamin Preble
           abovesaid to be his last Will
           and Testament in Presence of
           Nathaniel Leeman
           Mary Leeman
           Samuel Moodey
    Death 25 Mar 1732  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 8] 
    Inventory 5 May 1732  [9] 
    totalling £161: 6: 0
    Probate 17 Oct 1732  [9] 
    Person ID I12403  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2020 

    Father Abraham Preble, Esq.,   b. 1603/4   d. Abt 30 Mar 1663 (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Judith Tilden,   b. 1620   d. Aft 1663 (Age > 44 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1641/2  Scituate, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    Family ID F3719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Baston,   b. 1675  [5] 
    Marriage Abt 1697  [1, 4, 5, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Brig. Gen. Jedidiah Preble,   b. 1 Mar 1707, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1784, Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F6197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Mar 1732 - York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 566, 00218.

    2.  2.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 22:316, 00390.

    3.  3.  [S579] Preble Genealogy, 11, 00438.

    4.  4.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 601, 00395.

    5.  5.  [S987] New England Ancestors Magazine, 11:50, 00862.

    6.  6.  [S579] Preble Genealogy, 30, 00438.

    7.  7.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 336-338, 00349.

    8.  8.  [S314] Vital Records of York, ME, 384, 00613.

    9.  9.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 338, 00349.

    10.  10.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 114:47, 00390.

    11.  11.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 166, 00539.

    12.  12.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 44:259, 00390.

    13.  13.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 65:331, 00390.

    14.  14.  [S30] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 372, 00540.

    15.  15.  [S579] Preble Genealogy, 5, 00438.

    16.  16.  [S314] Vital Records of York, ME, 116, 00613.

    17.  17.  [S576] TGMSP, Nathaniel Tilden, 00516.