DUDLEY, Daniel ~ 1790 U.S. Census Mt. Vernon 1-3-4-0-0

James Dudley II was the son of James and Mercy (Folsom) Dudley of Exeter, New Hampshire. James II had three brothers - Samuel, John and Joseph - who also sent shoots to central Maine.

Daniel was born 1768 in Exeter, NH, the 6th and youngest child of Joseph and Susanna Ladd Lord. He married Susan Glidden of Exeter NH in October 1792 and soon after they moved to Mt. Vernon where he and his brother John were neighbors. It was said that Daniel's wife was a good woman who helped him make a decent living. Their five children were all born in Mt Vernon between 1794 and 1804, but then Susan died in 1804. Daniel responded much differently than his brother Joseph II had when his wife died at a young age. Daniel, who was a “devotee of rum,” left his children scattered among strangers in Maine and returned to New Hampshire where he became poverty stricken. His children, who ended up living in Vienna, Corinth, Bangor and Wilton, never saw their father again. A few years later, in 1813, Daniel died in Chester, New Hampshire.

Bibliography:
Dudley Genealogy by Dean Dudley
1790 US Census Mt. Vernon
New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947