The
Preble Name
George Henry Preble, Genealogical
Sketch of the First Three Generations of Prebles in America
(Boston 1868), p. 11"Abraham Preble and his immediate descendants in this country usually wrote their names with two b's--Prebble, as it is written at the present time by those bearing the name in England. Occasionally it is found written Prebel, and Prebell, which furnishes a key to its popular pronunciation. The name is said to have been originally Preville, and of Norman origin. Christopher Prebble, writing from No. 5 Covington terrace, Brompton, London, in 1863, asserts such is the family tradition, and by way of confirmation adds: "All the Prebbles in England are of a dark complexion." |
Charles Edward Banks, History
of
York,
Maine Vol. 1 (Boston 1931, 1935) (3rd Printing, 1990) , p. 146"The origin of the name is obscure. The Oxford Dictionary gives the word as meaning gravel, and uses as illustrations early instances of it in 1541, "a certain barre of prebill driven in at Dover." and in 1577 "claye, preble or carbuncle" is mentioned in Googe's Husbandry (i, 17). Another theory derives it from a French town named Preville. The spelling of the name from earliest times has been singularly consistent, varying only in doubling the consonants b and l in lessening frequency to the present time. It is found in Prebbil, Prebyll, Prebell, Pribble and Prybell, but for three centuries past it has not changed from the form in which the emigrant wrote it. There is one singular fact that in Kent, even in parishes where Prebles lived, occurrences of the name of Treble is found, apparently a distinct family." |
| A Dictionary of Surnames,
© Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges (Oxford University Press 1988) (Cited
at Ancestry.com) English
(chiefly Kent): of uncertain origin. It may be a habitation name from a
Norman place named with the elements Pré
+ Ville,
but this theory has not been supported by evidence in the shape of
early forms.
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| Notes on Thomas Pribble,
Bob Minteer, quoting Mrs. Robert Buxton,
"The Pribbles of Kentucky", Kentucky
Ancestors, 1976 v.12-1, p.19-23 "As early as 1333 the
name appears in Strode, Kent Fines, William Prybel
and wife Joan, and is not found in the early records in any other
English County."
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Examples of Spelling
Variations
for the Preble/Prebble name| 1880 Census |
FHL Film 1255358; National Archives Film
T9-1358;
Page 211B Census Place: Seneca, Campbell, Virginia
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| GHP* 23
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Joseph Preble will, April 24, 1732
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"I, Joseph Pribble . . ." "my . . . wife Ann Prible" "my son Joseph Preble" [Signature] "Joseph Preble" |
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| GHP 34 |
Samuel Came's attestation of Benjamin Preble's
signature
on his will, Sept. 24, 1729 |
"Bengmen Prebel" |
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| GHP 44-5 |
Boston Gazette article, Sept. 3, 1754 |
"Col. [Jedidiah] Prebble" |
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| GHP 47 GHP 48 |
Jedidiah Preble letter to Col. Winslow, Aug. 25,
1755 Jedidiah Preble letter to Col. Winslow, Sept. 5, 1755 |
[Signed] "Prebble" [Signed] "Preble" |
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| GHP 53 |
The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1775, p.
297,
vol. 45 |
"Col. Pribble
has issued . . . orders" |
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| GHP 116 |
Commission as Lt. Colonel, April 23, 1754,
Massachusetts
Bay |
Jedidiah Prebble |
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| GHP 117 |
Commission as Colonel, March 13, 1758,
Massachusetts
Bay |
Jedidiah Prebble |
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| GHP 118 |
Commission as Brig. General, March 12, 1759,
Massachusetts
Bay |
Jedidiah Preble |
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| Internet |
Vital Records of
Walpole,
MA to 1850 - Births |
Joshua and Sarah Preble's
children:
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| Internet |
Vital Records of
Walpole,
MA to 1850 - Births Vital Records of Walpole, MA to 1850 - Deaths |
Abraham and Elizabeth Pribbel's
children:
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