GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY.
REDLONS OF YORK, MAINE.
Magnus Redlon' (1), whose parents' names are not certainly known,
was born in Shetland, on the north coast of Scotland, in the year 1698;
came to America in 1717, and first appears as a resident of the ancient
town of York, in the County of that name, in the Province of Massachu-
setts, now in the State of Maine, where he married Susanna, daughter of
Matthew Young,* and widow of Ichabod Austin,† of the same town, in
*ROLAND YOUNG, of Kittery, whose wife was Susanna, was from Scotland, and
had children as follows: Joseph, Beniah, Jonathan, Matthias (on some old records
spelt Mathew), Mary, Susanna, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mercy. Matthias settled in
York, and was father of Susanna, the first wife of Magnus Redlon, whose sons,
Jacob and Ebenezer Redlon, also married members of the same family of Young.
The Austens or Austins were derived from an ancient family in Surrey, Eng.,
and their ancestors were seated at "Shalford House," in Surrey, as early as 1600.
John and George Austen, Esqrs., erected the house ever since the residence of the
family, in 1608, on the site of a rectorial manor-house. These gentlemen repre-
sented Guilford in parliament. the former in 1563, and the latter in 1603, — and
to them the town was indebted for the preservation of many of its estates. The
original mansion was modernized about 1760, by an uncle of the present proprietor,
the exterior, however, presenting no architectural distinctions. The old dining-
parlor is indicative of the age in which it was built. This room is of oak panel,
having a carved oak ceiling and a chimney-piece of great beauty, on which are em-
blazoned the family arms, crest, and motto, with various impalements. In this
ancient dining-hall several conferences took place, at which Cromwell and other
leaders of the Puritan party assisted; the house at that time belonged to Colonel
Austen, whose portrait, with many others of representatives of the family, remains;
this gentleman was wounded at the battle of Worcester, and was one of those who
signed the petition to the Lord Protector that he should assume the regal title.
The grounds around Shalford House are extensive, and are much enhanced in beauty
by the River Wey meandering through them in a most circuitous form, and the dis-
tant view of St. Catherine's Hall, with its ruinous chapel, supposed to have been
erected by Henry III. The present owner of this estate is Sir Henry-Edmond Aus-
ten, a gentleman of great influence, and of commanding personal appearance.
Ichabod Austin, Jr., went to Saco with the Redlon family, and his name is found
with that of Magnus Redlon, who married his mother, on a petition to Gov. William
Shirley, in 1742, then of Narraganset No. 1, now Buxton, York County, Me. He
settled in Nobleborough, Lincoln County, Me., as blacksmith, and Robert Redlon, the
son of John Redlon and grandson of Magnus Redlon, went to Nobleborough and
learned the trade with him. Ichabod Austin married and left numerous descen-
dants now living in the eastern section of Maine. There was also an Elizabeth
Austin associated with the Redlon family at Saco, presumed to have been in some
way related to Ichabod.
