Hannah SAYWARD
Biography

Hannah, daughter of Henry (1) and Mary Sayward m. Abraham Preble, (b. 1642) son of Abraham and Judith Preble, the common ancestors of all of the name in this country.

Commodore Preble, in the "Preble Family in Am erica," says this Abraham Preble m. Hannah Kelley, but the records prove conclusively that his wife was Hannah Sayward, the daughter of Henry and Mary Sayward.

In a deed from Hannah Preble to Jonathan Pre ble, recorded in the York Co. Registry of Deeds, Vol. 8, p. 234, she uses the following language: "I, Mrs. Hannah Preble, widow, of York," in consid eration of a certain sum and "especially ye natural affection & True love she hath * * for her natural & well beloved son, Jonathan Preble of sd York." By this deed she conveys her interest "in the tract of land that Mrs. Mary Sayward, the mother of ye sd Hannah, late of sd York, dec'd, purchased & bought of John Cousens, of Casco Bay, as a deed from sd Cousens unto ye sd Mary Sayward bearing date ye fourth day of April, 1679."

In a deed from Hannah Preble to William Moody dated May 25, 1727, and recorded in York Co. Reg istry, Vol. 12, p. 141, by which she conveys her in terest in the three hundred and fifty acres of land granted to Henry Sayward by the town of York for building the meeting house, she describes herself as "Hannah Preble, widow, the only surviving daughter of Henry Sayward, late of York, deceased."

In the distribution of the estate of Sarah Sayward by the administrator, (page 29) "Hannah Preble, sister," has a share.

Samuel Came and Mary Black, in their depositions, (page 27) say that Hannah Sayward was the wife of Capt. Abraham Preble.

She d. May 9, 1751.

Abraham and Hannah (Sayward) Preble had eight children, viz: 1. Mary, b. June 8, 1686, m. her cousin Abraham Preble, son of Nathaniel Preble and surviving him, Howell. 11. Abraham, b. Aug. 21, 1687. d. unm. Mch 30, 1720. 111. Caleb, b. July 7, 1689 1v. Hepzebah, b. Mch 28, 1691, d. unm. v. Miriam, b. June 14, 1692. m. Benj. Stone, d. 1721. v1. Jonathan, b. April 11, 1995- v11, Ebenezer, b. Mch 26, 1698. vn1. Samuel, b. April 19, 1699, m. Sarah Muchmore, of Isle of Shoals, 1725.

The Sayward Family, Being the History and Genealogy of Henry Sayward of York, and His Descendants. With a Brief Account of Other Sayward by Charles Augustus Sayward, January 1, 1890, Independent Press, E.G. Hull



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