REDLONS OF YORK, MAINE.
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"In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year be-
forementioned.
his
"MAGNUS - M. - REDLON (SEAL)
mark
"Signed Sealed Declared and Pronounced by the said Magnus Redlon as his last
Will and Testament in presence of us
"AMOS CHASE,
"CHASE PARKER,
"JOHN PATTERSON, JR."
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INVENTORY OF MAGNUS REDLON'S ESTATE, 1773.
"A warrant issued in common form to Thomas Cutts, Esq., Amos Chase, and
Chase Parker to take an Inventory of the Estate of Magnus Redlon who made re-
turn as follows, viz. :— A true inventory of all the goods, rights, credits, Lands &
Chattels of Magnus Redlon late of Pepperellborough, Yeoman deceased taken by us
who were appointed by the Honble. Jonathan Sayward, Esq., Judge of Probate for
the county of York, so far as they have been shewn to us by the Executor accord-
ing to the best of our Judgement this 16th day of September 1773, Viz.
"The Homestead Land with Buildings.
"One Bed and Bolster, Pillow, pr Blankets, 1 sheet & Bed-
sted 70-0, Wearing apparrell 80-0
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£. 8. d.
120 0 0
7 10 0
0 12 2
"1 Chest 6-8, 1 pr old Tongs & Shovell 4-0, 1 Iron Pot 1-6,
14lb. old Pewter 14-0, 1 Glass Bottle & Candlestick 1-0,
1 Cow 66-8. .
£132 3 10
4 18
"THOMAS CUTTS,
"AMOS CHASE,
"CHASE PARKER."
SECOND GENERATION.
Susanna Redlon² (1), only daughter of Magnus (1), was born in
York, Me. (then in the Province of Massachusetts), March 4, 1721, and
lived but six weeks. Her mother's namesake.
Ebenezer Redlon² (1), eldest son of Magnus¹ (1), was born in York,
Me. (then in the Province of Massachusetts), Feb. 13, 1723; married
Aug. 8, 1751, Sarah Young (she was presumably his own cousin and
sister of the Roland Young who was captured by the Indians and car-
ried to Canada), of York, or Pepperellborough (Saco), and settled imme-
diately on land in Narraganset No. 1, now Buxton, Me. His descendants
have universally spelled their names Redlon, a practice which should have
been followed by all branches of the family. In the year 1762, Nathaniel
Ayer, John White, Martha White, widow, Martha White, Jr., and Lydia
Ayer, wife of Nathaniel, conveyed to "Ebenezer Ridley" of Narraganset
No. 1, in consideration of fourteen pounds, thirteen shillings, lawful
money, Lot 19, of Range D, in the First Division of the township lands.
This same land was conveyed in 1768 to John Kimball of Narraganset.
Mr. Redlon then purchased land at the "Hains Meadow," and established
a permanent home there. His house stood on the east side of the road
leading from Buxton Lower Corner to West Buxton Village, and a little
above the house since owned by Capt. Lew Goodwin. According to a table
found in "Goodwin's Narraganset" I find "1798, the house of Ebenezer
Redlon at Haines Meadow, is not half finished; it had six windows that
comprised eighteen square feet of glass; the house covered eight hundred
and ninety feet of ground, and was one story high." It was then valued
at "two hundred and twenty-five dollars." The foundation of the chim-
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