T. M. Preble
| Part of a series on |
| Adventism |
|---|
 |
 Christianity portal |
Thomas Motherwell Preble (1810–1907) was a
Preble appears to have accepted the seventh-day
Two years later, however, Preble repudiated the Sabbath and later wrote some articles against the Seventh-Day Sabbath in The World's Crisis and a book, entitled First-Day Sabbath.[1]
Family History
Preble's great-grandparents were massacred by Natives in 1758[2] in Woolwich, Maine. Their children, among whom was Preble's grandfather, Ebenezer Preble Jr., were captured and sold to the French in Quebec, Canada, from where they were later found and brought back by their maternal grandfather. Preble's father, Motherwell Preble, was named after Thomas Motherwell, who married Rebecca Preble, the sister of Ebenezer Preble Jr. and who was also captured by the Indians.[3]
See also
- Millerites
- The Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, 1996 ed., has a helpful biographical entry on T. M. Preble.
- Ellen G. White Estate's Legacy of Light CD-ROM.
Notes
- ^
Gary Land, The A to Z of the Seventh-Day Adventists, Scarecrow Press, 2009. p. 256
Adventist Pioneer Library - ^ The Preble Massacre
- ^ For T.M. Preble's genealogy, see Descendants of Robert Preble, in which his murdered great-grandfather is person no. 23, his captured grandfather, Ebenezer Jr., is no. 32, and his father, Motherwell, is no. 42.
External links
- A Tract, Showing that the Seventh Day Should be Observed as the Sabbath, Instead of the First Day; “According to the Commandment.” by T. M. Preble
- The First-day Sabbath, Clearly Proved by Showing that the Old Covenant, or Ten Commandments, have been Changed, or made Complete, in the Christian Dispensation by T. M. Preble, Buchanan, Michigan, W. A. C. P. Association, 1867.
- The Last Tragedy of the Indian Wars: The Preble Massacre at the Kennebec by Rev. Henry O. Thayer
- Works by or about T. M. Preble at the Internet Archive
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
