scarcely doubt. A. .G.G. THE LITHGOW A ND PREBLE FAMILIES. on family the the Kennebec. is Pleasant A ground mong Cove, those Georgetown, burled there Me., The old burying. of the Lithrow at captain of Fort Halifax, Col. Wm. Lithgu 30thed Dec. 20, 1798, at the age of eighty. six years. His wife, Sara, onl. daugh- ter of Col. Arthur Noble, died Nov. 11, 1807, at the age of eighty-two. They had ten chii- dren, all born at Forts Richmond and Hall- fax on the Kennebec. Robert Lithgow. fa ther of Col. William Lithgow, settled at Tops- ham, Me., in 1721. near Merrymeeting Bay. Major Gen. Wm. Lithgow died Feb. 16, 1796, and was buried at Georgetown. He was un- married, and was in the Revolutionary Army at Tlcor deroga. Arthur Lithgow, youngest et son of Judge Lithgow, was sheriff of Kenne- p bec in 1799. He wed Martba, daughter of III T Edmund Bridge, of Pownalboro, Me., and had C six children. Sarah Lithgow wed Sam'l Howard, son of the captain of Fort Western, la and brother of Wm. Howard of Fort Halifax. SC Lieut. Howard was the first representative to 01 the General Court from Hallowell, Me. He tv was in the Expedition of 1779, and died at Fort se Western in 1810. at the age of seventy. In the State House at Augusta there is an old corner stone that was placed in Fort Hal- ifax by Gen. Winslow, and laid by the direc- a tion of Governor Shirley, in 1754 Gen. Wins- a low selected the site of Fort Halifax. He a was the son of Issac Winslow, of Marshfield, E Mass., and great-grandson of Gov. Edward d Winslow, of Plymouth colony. Col. Jedediah 30 Pre le was also in command at Fort Hallfax. He belonged to the Preble family of York, b Me. He served under Gen. Papperell at the fl siege of Louisburg in 1746. He lived at Fal- Si mouth, Me., in 1748 He also served under gi Gen. Winslow against Ticonderoga. He was tr the father of ten children, including Commo- S dore Edward Preble, and grandfather of Ad- miral Geo. H. Preble, U S. Navy. He died in 17 4, aged 77 years. The Proble family of Portland are the descendants of Col. Jede- diah Preble. -X.L.