William Pitt Preble
b. 6 Apr 1811
d. 13 April 1905
Background
William P. Preble was the husband of Abigail C. Preble.He was a Mason.
He was a notary public,
He recorded captains' reports of shipwrecks near the Cranberry Isles.
Buried in the Preble Cemetery.
Abigail Cobb (Hadlock) (Spurling) Preble
b. 3 Jul 1808
d. 17 Jan 1874
Background
Abigail was the daughter of Samuel & Sarah (Polly) (Manchester) Hadlock, of Islesford.She was a sister of Sam Hadlock Jr..
She first married Samuel Spurling (b. 4 Dec 1795, d. 20 Oct 1837, drowned.)
When Sam Spurling died she was left with five children:
Samuel E. 10 (b. 1826, d. ?)
Zulma 6 (b. 14 Oct 1830, d. ?)
Andrew Barclay 4 (b. 25 Mar 1833, d. 26 Aug 1906)
Sarah H. 2 (b. 20 Jun 1835, d. 9 Jun 1919)
Abigail Cobb infant (b. 29 Sep 1837, d. 28 Jul 1860)
Abigail C. (Hadlock) Spurling then married William Pitt Preble, her second husband, his first wife.
We know Abigail was President of the Cranberry Isles Benevolent Sewing Circle at least in the years 1863-1865 because we have the original drafts of her President's Reports for those three years.
