Mehitable Bangs

Brief Life History of Mehitable

When Mehitable Bangs was born in 1728, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Captain Joshua Bangs, was 37 and her mother, Mehitable Clark, was 33. She married John Roberts Jr. on 2 May 1752, in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States. She lived in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States for about 10 years. She died on 20 August 1805, in Portland, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Brig. Gen. Jedidiah Preble
1707–1784
Mehitable Bangs
1728–1805
Marriage: 9 May 1754
Martha Prebble
1754–1824
Ebenezer Preble
1757–1817
Joshua Preble
1759–1803
Commodore Edward Preble
1761–1807
Cpt. Enoch Preble
1763–1842
Statira Prebble
1767–1796
Henry Preble
1770–1825

Sources (44)

  • Mehitable Preble, "United States Census, 1800"
  • Mehitable Preble, "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910"
  • Mehetable Roberts, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"

World Events (6)

1760

Historical Boundaries: 1760: Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States

1760

Historical Boundaries: 1760: Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America: 1776: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Banks 1.

History: Edward Bangs of Chichester, England, came to Plymouth Colony on board the ‘Anne’ in 1623; he is believed to have been born c. 1592.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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