accepted this settlement. Saco and Scarborough were in the same state. In 1652, he and others refused to take the oath of office. In 1662, Massachussetts came down on him. He protested and refused again to take the oath. In 1664, King Charles appointed four commissioners to come to New England and settle the peace and security of the provinces. In June 1665, they were in York; and June 23, issued a proclamation in which they severely rebuked Massachusetts for its unloyal conduct. They instituted new courts and appointed eleven of the principal men of the county as Royal Justices to try civil and criminal cases in the Province. Josselyn was the Chief Justice. The first court was held in Wells in July 1665. This state of things continued until 1668, when upon the request of some of the principal inhabitants and of their own free will and desire. Massachusetts again sent her commissioners to Yorkshire. At York July 7, they took possession of the church and held their court therein, while Josselyn held his court on the steps and when the commissioners had gone to dinner Josselyn and his associates made proclamation and went into the church and held their courts there. The commissioners were shocked at such treatment, and wish to talk the matter over with the judges. The commissioners justified their course by repeating the old story of the rights conferred by the charter of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. But the fight was unequal. It was much better for Josselyn to retire than to contest against such a superior force and a divided people. In this way Massachusetts completed her second usurpation of Maine. This ended Josselyn's official career. All the authorities of the time wrote of him in the highest terms. General Sullivan in his history of Maine says that Josselyn was "an enemy to the Puritans." That is putting it in a mild way. In the attack of the Indians on Black Point in the Fall of 1676, Josselyn's buildings were burned and he was taken prisoner. The Indians treated him kindly and after a short time set him free. In 1677, he is found at Jamestown, Pemaquid, where he had removed from Scarborough. He married Margaret, widow of Thomas Cammock, who in his will Sept. 2, 1640, gave Josselyn all his property after the death of his wife Margaret Cammock. Cammock died in 1643, and Josselyn married the widow later on. I do not think they had children. Josselyn acted as a Judge or Justice of the Peace at Pemaquid, until his death in 1683. No worthier man lived in Maine during his time. Samuel Small Nov. 11, 1737, being then seventy-three years of age declared that "when a youth he was a servant to Henry Josselyn, Esquire* then a magistrate in those eastern parts, he lived with him several years at Pemaquid." PAUL DUDLEY OF MILFORD, MAINE. Paul Dudley was the son of Thomast and Hannah (Whiting) Dudley of West Roxbury, Mass., born July 29, 1757. He was in Capt. Lemuel Child's Roxbury Company in the Revolutionary War, and was a pensioner. He married in Roxbury, Martha Foster April 27, 1779; she was born April 21, 1759. He lived in Roxbury, in Warwick, R. I. and Northfield (?) Mass. He afterward settled in that part of Milford known as Sunkhaze. His wife died Nov. 18, 1821. He died Feb. 22, 1847. Grave stones at North Milford. Children according to the Dudley genealogy were: i. MARTHA, b. Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 9, 1780; d. at Milford, March 3, 1805. ii. CATHARINE, b. Warwick, R. I., July 19, 1781; m. Capt. Samuel Bailey of Milford, Nov. 2, 1802, by Col. Jonathan Eddy. He was born June 18, 1781, and d. Jan. 18, 1832. She d. March 23-27, 1821. dren. Chiliii. Lucy, b. do. April 15, 1783; m. Colonel Ebenezer Webster, of Orono, Sept. 5, 1805. He was b. at Bangor. Oct. 3, 1780. He d. Aug. 16, 1855 and the widow d. May 28, 1859. Eight children. See this magazine Vol. IV, page 123. Martha, Alexander, Lucy. Ebenezer, Paul Dudley, Ann B., Susan H., Catherine B. and Mary Maud. iv. PAUL, b. do. April 11, 1785; lived in Milford; m. Mary, daughter of George Freese, of Argyle. Sept. 1, 1808. She was b. in Bangor, July 17, 1796. He d. Oct. 1868. She d. 1856, aged 70. Children: 1. Arad, b. March 23, 1809, of Milford. He m. Delanca L. Pratt, July 3, 1833 at Bangor. She b. in Leeds, April 5, 1815. He died. 2. Rebecca F., b. May 24, 1811; unm. 1839. History of Sheepscot and Newcastle, page four. Thomas Dudley son of William (son of Governor Joseph Dudley, son of Governor Thomas Dudley) was born at Roxbury, Sept. 9. 1731; graduated at Harvard College, 750. He married Hannah Whiting April 26, 1753. He died Nov. 9, 1769. V. 3. Charlotte I., b. Sept., S, 1813; m. Capt. William Howard of Milford Nov., 25, 1841. He was born in Bangor, Nov., 7, 1802, and d. in Milford. Two children, George B., b. Feb. 3, 1843, and Charlotte B., b. May 4, 1848. 4. Susan P., b. July 5, 1815; d. unmarried, 1837. 6. George F., b. June 20, 1821; m. Rebecca T. Daily of Canton, 1849; she d. 1856; age 27. He m. second Mrs. Sarah Dudley, daughter of Orrington Smith, of Bucksport. 7. Ebenezer W., b. June 6, 1824; d. 1857, aged 27. 8. Margaret A., b. July 12, 1830; unmarried; resides in Bangor, JOHN, b. do. March 22, 1787, of Milford; m. Nancy Cummings, Nov. 29, 1810. She was b. at Merrimac, N. H., Feb. 21, 1790, and d. Dec. 20, 1864 or Dec. 18, 1865. He d. March 18, 1869. Children: 1. Lucy F., b Oct. 29, 1811; m. Richard Blaisdell, July 18, 1827. He was b. Oct. 29, 1799. He d. in Greenbush March 14, 1868. 2. Daniel D., b. Jan. 14, 1816; removed to Minnesota. 3. Olivia C., b. Oct. 5, 1817; she m. William Bailey, March 26, 1838. He b. July 29, 1814. 4. James C., b. Nov. 19, 1823; removed to Minnesota. 5. John A., b. Jan. 18, 1828, of Milford; m. Lucy M., daughter of Eli Hathorn. vi. SAMUEL, b. Northfield, (Mass.), July 16, 1789, of Milford; m Anna Ballard, Jan. 27, 1811; she b. Bucksport, Aug. 10, 1793 and d. July 22, 1864. He d. July 27, 1874. Grave Stones, North Milford. Children: 1. William B., b. April 29, 1812; m. Thankful S. Collins, Nov. 1, 1835. 2. John, b. June 29, 1814; m. Hannah, daughter of Capt. John Babbage, of Argyle, Aug. 26, 1838; she b. Deer Isle, June 19, 1818. Lives in Minneapolis, Minn. 3. 4. Mary A., b. Nov. 21, 1816; m. William H. Page, of Frankfort, Samuel, b. May 19, 1819; m. Susan J. Comstock, of Argyle, 5. Charles, b. May 21, 1821; d. July 30, 1822. 6. Charles, b. May 18, 1823. 7. Isaac, b. March 25, 1825; m. Caroline Emerson at Passadumkeag, Aug. 27. 1845; she b. Dec. 1827. 8. Paul, b. May 18, 1827; Mary Belcher, wife of Paul Dudley, second, d. Oct. 14, 1854, aged 27. 9. Caroline M.. b. June 7. 1829; m. first -Conant of Milford, and second George W. Merrill, of Olamon, Greenbush. 10. Francis H., b. Oct. 5, 1832. vii. HANNAH W., b. Sept. 26, 1794; m. Eli Hathorn, Oct. 21, 1811. He b, in Brewer, Jan. 17, 1785. (She d. Oct, 24, 1811.) viii. ARAD, b. Oct. 17, 1796; d. Jan. 27-29, 1818, or Dec. 27, 1817. ix. MATILDA, b, Aug. 25, 1800; m. Andrew Griffin of Orono; she d. May 6, 1826. I have supposed that the following were sons of Paul Dudley, Sr., but they are not given in the Dudley Genealogy. x. JAMES; petitioner to General Court in Milford, 1812. xi. ROWLAND, of Board Eddy, Maxfield; pub. in Orono, March 3, 1815 to Ann McIntire. xii. DANIEL, in Edinburg, 1820. |
