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Baker-Rouse Genealogy
Roger Hill [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1635 in Kittery, Maine. He died 3 in 1696 in Kittery, Maine. He married Mary Cross in Nov 1658.
Mary Cross [Parents] 1 was born 2 in Wells, Maine?. She died 3 in 1720 in Kittery, Maine. She married Roger Hill in Nov 1658.
They had the following children:
M i Captain John Hill
Peter Hill 1 died 2 on 29 Aug 1667.
He had the following children:
M i Roger Hill
John Cross 1 died .
of Wells, ME
He had the following children:
F i Mary Cross
Captain George Snell 1, 2 died . He married Hannah Alcock.
Hannah Alcock [Parents] 1 was born 2 about 1640. She died . She married Captain George Snell.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Snell
Captain Humphrey Scammon 1, 2 died . He married Elizabeth Jordan.
Elizabeth Jordan 1 died . She married Captain Humphrey Scammon.
They had the following children:
M i James Scammon
Thomas Basset [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 about 1156. He was christened in 1220. He died 5 . He married Phillipi Melbank.
of Bolinton, England and Hendington, Oxfordshire, England
Phillipi Melbank 1 was born 2 before 1158. She died . She married Thomas Basset.
They had the following children:
F i Alicia Basset
Colonel John Plaisted [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 was born 8, 9, 10 about 1659 in Berwick, York Co, Maine. He died 11, 12 1744 - 1749 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He married 13 Sarah Purkis about 1731.
Other marriages:Pickering, Mary
lived 1679 in Portsmouth, NH purchased land in Kittery, ME July 17, 1693
speaker of assembly 1696-1727 /Chief Justice of Supreme Court NH 1719
Royal Comissioner 1702-1716
was speaker of the House in New Hampshire in 1695, Councilor in 1702 and Leuitenant earlierAbout 1679 he removed from Berwick (Maine) to Portsmouth (New Hampshire). Became a wealthy and prominent merchant in Portsmouth. In 1699 he bought the Great Works Mill property near Berwick, Maine, later selling a one-third interest to Capt. John Hill. He developed a thriving timber industry, selling logs for masts to the Royal Navy, and he was engaged in a dispute with the Roal Governor, who alleged that he had no right to cut timber from "the Kings Woods." In a court case, Plaisted won, and he continued his thriving business. He was a selectman; member of the Assembly, 1623 to 1727; Speaker of the Assembly in 1693, 1717, and 1727; Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court; member of he Royal Commisioners of New England, 1702 to 1716; and a Deputy Surveyor of the Kings Woods.
By August of 1734 he had moved to Berwick, and he died in Berwick between 1746 and 1749.(from "Simon and Thompson Lines...", p 270)
Sarah Purkis 1 died 2 in 1749. She married 3 Colonel John Plaisted about 1731.
Thomas Bragdon [scrapbook] 1 was born 2 about 1543. He died .
He had the following children:
M i Arthur Bragdon
Abraham Preble Sr. [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born 7 in 1673 in York, York Co, Maine. He died 8, 9, 10, 11 on 17 Mar 1723/1724 in York, York Co, Maine. The cause of death was suddenly @ age 50. He was buried 12, 13 in York, York Co, Maine. He married Susanna Sayward.
Other marriages:Bragdon, Mary
, Hannah
Preble, Mary
"'Captain Preble was buried. The bearers were Col. Wheelwright, Major Hammond, Justice Hill, and Captain Leighton'
Death was an extremely disruptive event for the community. Complicated relationships of property, inheritance and family tradition which had taken shape over generations were put in disarray and might remain unsettled dor many years afterwards.
The sudden death of Captain Preble at age fifty, in March 1724, is illustative of this disruption. Preble was a York selectman and militia officer, a justice of the peace and county treasurer. And Indian was was at its height when all of these offices had become vacant with his death.
Fifty pounds in money collected by the constables as a tax assessment could not be accounted for. A committee appointed to examine his reports submitted their report: 'We met at the house of Abraham Preble Esq. late
Treasurer of the county of York and proceeded to examine the accounts of the deceased relating to the Treasury...we cannot find by any of his books or papers where he has recieved the money or what constables hands it was in...' The captain was apparently not a very organized man. Joseph Moody acknowledged privately he was 'glad rather than sorry that Preble's records and proceedings were badly confused' The debts of the
estate were so large that the widow was forced to sell portions of land and even a section of her house in July 1727. The deed in which she transferred sixty acres of land to Richard Milberry for one-hundred thirty-one pounds indicates that the money was '...to be applied for & towards the discharging of the just debts of the deceased...'" (from "Overtaken By Death": Dying, Death, and Burying in Early York, written
by James E. Kences, published by the Old York Historical Society, p 3)Ancestry.com. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire [database online]. Orem, UT: Ancestry.com, Inc., 1998. Original data: Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Portland, Maine: The Southward Press, 1928.
Capt. *Abraham(7), Esq., York, d. 14 Mar. 1723-4 in 50th yr., Capt. of the town, Judge for the Co. of York, and at time of death sustained no less than nine offices of honor and pub. trust. Grants 1697-1714. Town clerk 1699-1723; selectm. 1700; Rep. 12 times 1702-1719. Lic. out of doors 1704-6, 1709. List 38. His 1st w. Mary (Bragdon 5, m. 9 Aug. 1694) d. 1697; a 2d w. Hannah d. s.p. bef. Apr. 1699; the 3d was Susanna Sayward (John); the 4th, m. 1704-1711, was Mary Preble(2) who m. 2d Peter Nowell, His est. was div. in 7ths to s. Edward and 5 daus.; in 1728 the s. gave bond to pay £180 to John Kent to Newb. and to pay his sisters. Ch., by 1st w: Mary (orig. name Abigail), b. 17 Feb. 1695-6; m. 1st Samuel Bray (7); m. 2d William Craige; m. 3d Joseph Plaisted(3). Hannah (orig. name Humility), b. 13 May 1697, m. Richard King(12 jr.). Their names changed when bp. in 1699 to bear up the names of a mo. and a mo.-in-law, both dead. By 3d w: Capt. Edward, b. 23 Aug. 1702; accus. by Sarah Burrill(3) 1721; m. Hannah Simpson (Lt. Daniel). List 279. 6 ch. rec. 1724-1738. Nathaniel, b. 8 Apr. 1704, scalded to death. By 4th w., 3 named in mo.'s will, 18 Jan. 175320 May 1755: Humility, m. 24 Nov. 1736 Abraham Nowell; Miriam, m. 8 July 1739 Thos. Donnell; Susanna, liv. with mo. 1753; and seven d.y.Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
Page 318
"In 1711 Capt. Abraham Preble's fishing sloop was taken out of York Harbor on the night of Novembr 7-8 and the loss was not discovered until early the next morning. Preble called for volunteers from the townsmen, and Captain Heath in charge of the garrison detailed a sergeant and eight men to aid in its recapture. Ensign William Hilton, Edward Beale, Job Averill, George Jacobs and Thomas More of the local militia joined the troops and the whole party, numbering thirty-two men, went in two sloops in chase. After several hours they descried Preble's boat and, outsailing her, found her manned by a Frenchman and three Indians. They made them prisoners and put back to the harbor where they arrived about ten o'clock that night. A summary court martial was held by Captains Heath and Preble, at the house of Samuel Donnell, and Hilton was ordered to execute the Indians. In accordance with this they were put to death immediately that same night and their bodies thrown into the sea. Hilton took their scalps to Boston to claim bounty.
It is quite probable that this mercenary performance accounts for the renewal of activities by the enemy against York, which followed in a few months. In previous wars bounties had been offered for scalps, and in this conflict the prize was forty pounds each for the scalps of Indians of any age, and it was customary for volunteers to make up parties to scout for Indians, in hope of this reward. Captain Preble was reported in February 1712 as going out with such a company, but after a week's absence he came back without booty."
Susanna Sayward [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 on 9 May 1683. She died . She married Abraham Preble Sr..
They had the following children:
M i Ebenezer Preble 1 died 2, 3 on 25 Aug 1708 in York, York, Maine. The cause of death was shot early 1700s, age 12. He was buried in York, Me.
"...Mr. Moody's son of York, a lad of 8 years old, firing off a pistol
childishly, shot Capt. Preble's son (a lad of 12 years) through the
temples and killied him..." (from a publication of the Old York
Historical Society: "Overtaken by Death": Death, Dying and Burying in
Early York) The son was Joseph Moody, later a school master and
assistant minister of YorkF ii Hepzibah Preble 1 was christened 2 on 30 Oct 1720. She died 3 in Nov 1720 in York, Maine. The cause of death was 14 days old. She was buried 4 in York, Maine.
"Hepzipah Preble was buried... 14 days after she was born" (from Overtaken by Death, p 2)M iii Captain Edward Preble M iv Nathaniel Preble was born 1 on 8 Apr 1704. He died . The cause of death was scalded to death.
Nathaniel Preble [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5, 6, 7 on 9 Apr 1648 in Scituate, York Co, Maine. He died 8 on 25 Jan 1691/1692 in York, York, Maine. He married 9 Priscilla Mayne about 1671/1687 in York, York Co, Maine.
Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
Page 295
Probably died in the York Candlemas Massacre (Jan 24, 1691-2) in which about 150 Abenakis attacked the town of York, burning all but four houses on the north side of the river, capturing about 80 people, and killing about 50.
Priscilla Mayne [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 in 1649 in Casco Bay, Cumberland Co, Maine. She died 4 in 1719 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. She married 5 Nathaniel Preble about 1671/1687 in York, York Co, Maine.
Other marriages:Carroll, Joseph
Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
Possibly captured in the [1692 York] massacre, but was either redeemed or allowed to return.
They had the following children:
M i Abraham Preble Sr. M ii Obadiah Preble 1 died .
Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
p305
"Was probably captured at the [1692 York] massacre as his name appears in 1711 as a captive remaining in Canada. As far as known, he never returned."M iii Benjamin Preble 1 died .
Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
p305
"Was probably captured at the [1692 York] massacre as his name appears in 1711 as a captive remaining in Canada. As far as known, he never returned."
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