REDLONS OF BUXTON, MAINE.
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His widow died in Buxton, Me., Dec. 26, 1856, aged 100 years. She was
the mother of eleven children, and her descendants numbered two hun-
dred and seventy-three at the time of her death.
Jonathan Redlon (1), third son of Ebenezer (1), was baptized in
Buxton, Me., by Rev. Paul Coffin, April 16, 1857, and died when a young
man at his father's house.
Susan Redlon³ (1), eldest daughter of Ebenezer (1), was born in
Buxton, Me., May 15, 1759, and was married May 22, 1776, to Abraham
Bickford, of Falmouth.
Sarah Redlon³ (1), second daughter of Ebenezer (1), was born in
Buxton, Me., Aug. 6, 1761, and lived a single woman with her maiden-
sister on the old homestead at the "Hains Meadow."
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Jeremiah Redlon³ (2), fourth son of Ebenezer² (1), was born in Bux-
ton, Me., June 20, 1764, and lived on the homestead farm at the "Hains
Meadow" with his two maiden-sisters; never married. He sustained an
injury when a child, which caused his neck to become rigid, and hecould
not turn his head without moving the whole body. He was an incorri-
gibly odd old fellow, who had a way of his own "" that he took pride in.
There were days when he would not speak to any person. He seemed almost
destitute of the social element, and lived as independent as any man
could with his circumstances. Everybody knew" Uncle Jerry," and all
the Ridlons of Hollis and the north part of Buxton called to see him and
his maiden-sisters when going to and from Saco Falls. Men delighted to
plague the old man, and sometimes called him from his bed while passing
on cold nights, to inform him that the elevation of his house was favorable
to the draining of his cellar; on these occasions he was wild with anger
and would scream for an axe to kill his tormentors with. Mr. Redlon
was peculiar in dress: he caught a raccoon, and made him a cap from the
skin, which he wore, with the tail hanging down behind, - So many
winters that nearly all the fur came off and gave him a ludicrous appear-
ance. The buttons on his outside garments were made of sole-leather.
He died Dec. 30, 1840, aged 76 years.
Anna Redlon (1), fourth daughter of Ebenezer (1), was born in
Buxton, Me., Oct. 10, 1766; baptized by Rev. Paul Coffin, Feb. 29, 1766;
lived with her unmarried brother and maiden-sister after the death of her
parents, a single woman. She was very old at the time of her death.
Moses Redlon (1), the youngest son of Ebenezer² (1), was born
in Buxton, Me., about 1768-1772. I have several traditionary accounts
concerning this man, but his name appears but once on the records. He
was taxed "two shillings and sixpence" in Class No. 2, of Narraganset
No. 1, in 1789; if he was not a minor at this date he must have been born
as early as 1768. It is a little singular that his name cannot be found in
the church-records of Rev. Paul Coffin, where those of his brothers and
sisters were found. Some of the family think he entered the army of the
Revolution with his brothers and never returned, but this is not consis-
tent with his age at the time, and his name would have been on the roll.
Some say he was deformed and died at the old homestead at the "Hains
Meadow." When my grandfather, Thomas Ridlon, 2d, of Hollis, was
nearly ninety years old, he asked me if I knew anything about "Old Moses
Redlon of Buxton." When I answered in the negative, he said, "There
was such a man when I was a boy." But why should he call this Moses
Redlon "old," when he was about fourteen at the time of Thomas Ridlon's
birth in 1781 ? His history is enshrouded in obscurity, but my con-
