A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of BRIGADIER GENERAL. DAR Ancestor # A092655

See page 59 of "Genealogical sketch of the first three generations of Prebles in America ..." By George Henry Preble, and the section Biographicial Sketches of Brigadier-General Jedidiah Preble.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedidiah_Preble

Brigadier General Jedidiah Preble (born 1707, York Maine, d. 1784) was Captain of Infantry in Samuel Waldo’s Regiment, whom he brought land from and settled in Falmouth, Maine (present-day Portland, Maine). He served in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He also fought in the Battle of Grand Pre (1747). He accompanied John Winslow on his expedition up the Kennebec River and participated with him the following year in the Battle of Fort Beauséjour (1755) where he was wounded. After the British took control of the Saint John River, they took control of the final river the Penobscot. Preble became commander at the newly built Fort Point (formally Fort Pownal) on the Penobscot River (1759). He was also active in the American Revolution.

He was the father of Edward Preble, after whom Preble St. and Fort Preble are named.

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Martha Preble (born Junkins) by SmartCopy: Feb 28 2015, 9:19:04 UTC

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Jedidiah was the youngest child of Benjamin PREBLE and Mary BASTON, born in 1707 at York, Maine and later settled in (Falmouth) or Portland, Maine. He was a Brigadier General and married twice. His first marriage was to Martha JUNKINS and they had 5 children together, 4 sons and 1 daughter. His second marriage (May 9, 1754) was to Mahitable BANGS and they had 7 children together, 5 sons and 2 daughters. One of these sons was Commodore Edward Preble who commanded the bombardment of the Barbary Pirates at Tripoli in 1804. Another son was Enoch, who was the father of George Henry Preble (1816-1885) another noted naval officer and nephew of Commodore Edward Preble.