How it began and why you're here...

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, Samuel 1790 U.S. Census Hallowell 1-0-0-1-0-0

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.
 
Samuel married Mary Ladd in 1740 in Kingston, N.H. Their eleven children were born in Rockingham County, N.H. - in or near Exeter - between 17410-1761. Mary died in Exeter in 1768 and sometime before 1790 Samuel migrated to Hallowell, ME. On the 1790 he and one other adult female are listed. Perhaps this was his 33year old daughter Mehitable as it appears she never married. Samuel died in Readfield in 1797 - having gone to live near his sons, no doubt.   
 
Children of Samuel and Mary (Ladd) Dudley:
i.Stephen b.1740 ii.Daniel b.1744 iii.Samuel b.1747 iv.Micajah b.1751 v.Jeremiah b.1753 vi.Moses b.1755 vii.Mehitable b.1757 viii.Mary b.1757 ix.Eliphalet b.1759 x.Lydia b.1760 xi.James b.1761
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