REDLONS OF HOLLIS, MAINE.
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forge-cinder and a piece of iron about a foot in length, both of which
were preserved as memorials. There are no other buildings near, and the
place now has a dreary and lonely appearance. I examined the records
of the town, and found Robert's surname written Redlon, Ridlon, and
Ridley. He was called a good mechanic for his day, and all his sons and
many of his descendants have followed the same trade, he having marked
them with a 66
smutty nose." Mr. Redlon was quite tall and had dark
hair and eyes. His features were regular, cheeks ruddy, and his head,
when in middle life, was very bald. This history will correct the tradi-
tion that Robert Redlon was a son of Magnus, the Scotchman; this no
doubt obtained credence in consequence of his having lived in that fam-
ily when a boy, where he was seen by many of the third generation.
Sally Redlon (1), eldest daughter of John (1), was born in the
town of Buxton, Me.,- then Narraganset No. 1,- May 20, 1753, and
was married to Andrew Knowlton, of Nobleborough, Lincoln County,
where she lived and died. Her husband was a brother of Robert Red-
lon's second wife.
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Susanna Redlon³ (2), second daughter of John (1), was born in
Buxton, Me., - then Narragansett No. 1,-Jan. 20, 1756, and was mar-
ried to Nathaniel Rollins, of Nobleborough, who was a brother of Robert
Redlon's first wife.
Magnus Redlon³ (2), second son of John (1), was born in Buxton,
Me., then Narraganset township No. 1,- Aug. 4, 1758, and is sup-
posed to have died when a young man, unmarried. His grandfather, for
whom he was named, in his will of 1776 bequeaths unto "my beloved
grandson, Magnus Redlon, son of my son, John Redlon, deceased, the
whole sum that is due to me from the estate of his father." The amount
is not mentioned. This child was then but eight years old. His portion
of his father's lands in Buxton, were sold to Joseph Leavett, of that
town, and conveyed by Robert Redlon and Andrew Knowlton,- brother
and brother-in-law of Magnus,
Sept. 2, 1783. He probably died some-
where in the eastern part of the State (most likely with his brother
Robert in Newcastle) just before the sale of his land in Buxton, at which
time he would have been twenty-five years of age. I have found no tradi-
tion in any branch of the family concerning this Magnus.
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John Ředlon (2), third son of John (1), was born in Buxton, Me.,
May 14, 1760, and died in Saco in 1767.
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Matthias Redlon (2), eldest son of Matthias2 (1) and his wife,
Rachel Edgecomb, was born in Saco, Me., Feb. 4, 1749; married by Rev.
John Fairfield, of Saco, Sept. 6, 1772, to Elizabeth Field, daughter of
Daniel Field, and with that lady was styled "of Buxton." He settled
on a part of his father's lands in Saco, -perhaps on the line between
Saco and Buxton, about one half mile north of the road corner at the
homestead of Lewis McKenney, and I think the old Redlon house was
standing in 1880. Mr. Redlon was corporal in the company of Capt.
Jeremiah Hill, of Biddeford, which belonged to the Thirtieth Regiment
of Massachusetts Foot-Guards, commanded by Col. James Scammon, of
the Revolutionary army. He was one of the soldiers drafted to go in Ar-
nold's expedition to Quebec, Can., by way of the Kennebec and Chaudiere
Rivers; was in the expedition to Ticonderoga and Crown Point in the
company of Capt. Jabez Lane; his enlistment in this department was
dated May 3, 1775. He sold his lands in Saco and Buxton, say 1812-15,
