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REDLONS OF YORK, MAINE.
ney could be seen as we passed the place in 1882, and the large and grace-
ful elm-tree planted .by his son is still standing near; but, sad to write,
some one has recently cut down the old apple-tree which stood near the
door of the old Redlon house, and which was bearing fruit in 1880, be-
ing one of the oldest apple-trees in the town. A man once called at Mr.
Redlon's in the night, while on the way from Saco to Moderation Falls,
and asked for a 'drink of cider. On being informed that there was none
in the house, he pointed toward this large apple-tree and said, "I saw you
had a big orchard and supposed you made cider." That tree was ever
after called "Redlon's Orchard" and was a grand old land-mark that
should have been carefully preserved. The barn stood on the opposite
side of the road from the house. The father in his will mentions Ebenezer
Redlon, and bequeaths to him "the sum of five shillings, lawful money,"
but does not bestow upon him any part of his lands. It may be that this
son, being the oldest, had received his part of the patrimony, but it is a
little singular that in the will the word " beloved" does not stand with
the name of Ebenezer as it does with the others. Mr. Redlon enlisted
Feb. 28, 1777, in the company of Capt. Daniel Lane, in Col. Ichabod
Alden's regiment "for ye service of ye Massachusetts Bay during ye war,'
but died from exhaustion and fatigue while in the army,- the place of his
burial is not known,- May 5, 1777, aged 55 years. Tradition says that
when Ebenezer went into the first battle and the shells whistled around
him, "he ran like a quarter horse" some twenty rods, stopped short, ran
back to the ranks, and fought like a tiger through the remainder of the bat-
tle. Some of his nephews were in the same engagement and that night
said, "Uncle Ned, what in the world started you off? We thought the
devil would n't scare you." The old man straightened up and replied,
"Well, y-e-o-u s-e-e, them shells went to which-on-em, to which-on-em, to
which-on-em, and I thought they meant me, so I got out o' the way."
He stammered when excited. Mr. Redlon was quite tall, broad-shouldered,
and muscular; had light hair, gray eyes, and ruddy complexion. He had
issue eight children, and his widow survived him many years, living on
the old homestead with her maiden daughters.
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John Redlon' (1), second son of Magnus¹ (1), was born in York, Me.,
then in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, March 21, 1726; removed to
Biddeford with his parents when a child; married Oct. 9, 1749, Sarah,
daughter of Robert and Sarah (Roberts) Brooks, then of Biddeford, and
settled in Narraganset No. 1, now Buxton, Me., May 1, 1756. He bought
of the heirs of John Brown, Lot 24, in Range D, of the First Division of
the Narraganset township lands; also, at the same time, "half of the
common and undivided lands belonging to the right of John Brown."
He settled on these lands and continued there during the rest of his days.
Administration on the estate of John Redlon was granted to Abraham
Redlon, of Biddeford (John's younger brother), in 1761, and he is sup-
posed to have died that year. His father, in his will dated 1766, men-
tions "my son John Redlon deceased," and "the children of my son
John." I find the name of "John RedLone" on a call for a Proprietors'
Meeting in the township of Narraganset No. 1, in 1749, hence I suppose
he was dwelling there previous to his marriage. The name of "John
Radlon" stands on a petition to the Proprietors' clerk of Narraganset
No. 1, in 1751. "John Redlon " signed a call for a Proprietors' Meeting
in 1758. The name "John Ridling" is found in "Goodwin's Narragan-
sett." On the muster-roll of Capt. Joseph Woodman, his name is spelled
