DUDLEY, Micajah c1775 Readfield

Samuel Dudley was born 1720 in Exeter, NH the eldest child of James and Mercy (Folsom) Dudley. Samuel had three brothers - James, John and Joseph - who also sent shoots to central Maine. Of Samuel's eight sons - Jeremiah, Micajah, and Samuel - permanently settled or spent some time living in Readfield or nearby in central Maine.

Micajah Dudley was the born 1751 in Brentwood, NH the 4th son and child of Samuel and Mary (Ladd) Dudley. He married Miss Susannah Foster in Hallowell in December 1774 - they were both residents of Hallowell at the time. They arrived in Readfield (then still part of Winthrop) in 1775 or earlier where their first four children were born 1777-1782. Sometime before 1784 they left Readfield because their 5th child was born in Durham and that is where this family appears on the 1790 U.S. Census Durham 1-3-7-0-0.

Micajah became a minister of the Society of Friends in 1795 and died in China, Maine at age 46years in 1798. His wife died in China, ME in 1838.

Children of Micajah and Susannah Dudley:
i.Samuel b.1777 ii.Susnnah Winthrop b.1778 iii.Mary b.1780 iv.Sibil b.1782 v.Thankful b.1784 vi.Micajah b.1786 vii.Lydia b.1788 viii.William b.1790 ix.Anstras b.1792 x.David b.1794