REDLONS OF BUXTON, MAINE.
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documents in Saco, and in his brother's papers and accounts.
tall, spare, and stoop-shouldered; had dark hair, inclined to curl; gray,
deep-set eyes, regular features, and ruddy cheeks. Those who remem-
bered him say he was moderate, of quiet, gentle disposition, honest, relig-
ious, and respected by all his townspeople. He died June 25, 1816,
aged 80 years and 7 months, and his widow Feb. 25, 1821; they had nine
children, but his descendants are nearly all dead.
Jacob Redlon (1), youngest son of Magnus¹ (1) and his second wife,
was born in Pepperellborough (Saco), Me., May 14, 1740; married Eliz-
abeth, daughter of Ebenezer Young, of York, Me. (she was born May 14,
1741, and was a cousin of her husband), in August, 1762, and settled in
Saco. He was drowned in Saco River, near his father's house, April 25,
1765, at the age of 25 years.
After his death his widow returned to her
relatives in York, and was married Nov. 23, 1773, to Joseph Barker of
that town. I know but little of this young man, except that he was
named for Jacob Townsend, his mother's brother, and what is recorded
in his brother's papers. His father, in his will dated 1776, mentions "my
son, Jacob Redlon, deceased," and bequeaths unto "my beloved daughter-
in-law, Elizabeth Redlon, the sum of six pounds and thirteen shillings and
four pence to be paid to her within one year after my decease." The name
of Jacob Redlon was signed to a call for a Proprietors' Meeting to be
held at the house of Capt. Joseph Woodman, of Narraganset No. 1, in
1761, but he is styled "non proprietor." His relatives in Hollis and
Buxton always called him "Old Uncle Jacob," to distinguish him from
his nephew and namesake. Tradition represents him as a man of medium
height, light complexion, and ruddy face. He left one daughter, of whom
hereafter.
THIRD GENERATION.
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David Redlon³ (1), eldest son of Ebenezer² (1), was born in the Nar-
raganset township No. 1,- - now Buxton, Me.,- -Dec. 10, 1756; married
Mary, daughter of Capt. Daniel Lane, March 27, 1784, and settled in his
native town, near Salmon Falls Village. He was a soldier of the Revolu-
tion; enlisted in Capt. Daniel Lane's company, of Col. Ichabod Alden's
regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, Feb. 8, 1777. He was at the battle
of Cherry Valley, where his colonel was killed, and Colonel Brooks suc-
ceeded to the regimental command. He was also in the expedition under
General Sullivan against the New York Indians, and suffered extremely
from hunger, cold, and long marches. Discharged at West Point after
serving three years. He removed to the town of Windsor about 1810-15,
where Robert Hutchinson, his son-in-law, lived, and died in that town
June 2, 1838, aged 82 years. In 1823 he applied for a pension, and the
records at Washington show that at that date the immediate members of
his family were Hannah Ridley, aged 62 years, and Hannah Palmer, aged
13 years. In the same application he mentions selling a horse in 1819 to
Mark Ridley; also uses the name of Isaac Ridley. I suppose these were
descendants of the Ridley family of Harpswell, Me., and no relation to
David.
The family traditions respecting David Redlon were numerous and con-
flicting. Rev. Ebenezer Redlon, formerly of Pierceville, Ind., wrote me
as follows: "Uncle David settled east of the Kennebec River, changed
his name to Ridley, and married a second wife there." Mrs. Deborah
Decker, of Hollis, sometime wife of David's son Isaac, said to me, "Old
David Ridley came back to Buxton and died near Salmon Falls.”
In a
