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Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine was originally incorporated in 1771 as part of Winthrop. Twenty years later residents voted almost unanimously to separate from Winthrop, and Readfield became incorporated on March 11, 1791. Welcome to this web site where you will meet the courageous men and women who founded our town.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

DUDLEY, Jeremiah c1775 Readfield

Jeremiah was born 1753 in Exeter, NH to Samuel and Mary (Ladd) Dudley. He came to Hallowell, Maine with his father and family sometime before 1774 and then moved on to Winthrop where he enlisted in the Revolutionary War at the very beginning. He served at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point under Colonel Arnold. He marched to Quebec with Benedict Arnold in 1775 and suffered from rheumatism in later years, which he attributed to that march. He returned about 1780 to Winthrop and brought his bride, Elizabeth Turner of Penobscot County with him. They stayed for a short time before moving on to Pittston 1790 U.S. Census Pittston 1-2-3-0-0. They moved on to Bangor, and eventually went west to New York with his family in 1813. While in Bangor he was the first to build a sawmill on the Kenduskeag River. He died in Bath, N.Y.  10 Nov 1838 at age 85years.

Children I know of (extracted from SAR application):
i.Mehitable ii.Moses, Sr. iii.Elizabeth

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