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• Died young: Y

Other Events:

• Military Event: War of 1812 - Capt Elihu Thayer’s Co, Lt Grant’s Co: Pvt
• Military Flag: Y

Notes:

In the War of 1812, Jeremiah Wardwell served as a Private in Captain Elihu Thayer`s Company, Lt. Col Grant`s Regiment, from September 1 to September 4, 1814 (the unit raised at Frankfort, ME), Thayer`s company was in the Battle of Hampden on September 3, 1814. -Massachusetts Militia in the War of 1812, Militia Rosters by Regiment, Page 216
In Penoscot at 1850 census, with real estate valued at $1000.
Living in Bucksport at 1860 Census with real estate valued at $2400 and personal estate valued at $357. Living with him are his grandsons 10 year old Osborn and 8 year old Alfred.

Jeremiah married Tryphenea HUTCHINS on 2 Jun 1817 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine. Tryphenea was born on 20 Oct 1795 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; died on 16 May 1868 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Silver Lake Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Parents unknown

Samuel married Mary “Polly” BANKS about 1794 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine. Mary (daughter of Aaron BANKS and Mary PERKINS) was born on 17 Apr 1772 in Castine, Hancock, Maine; died on 4 Sep 1862 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: School teacher
• Military Event: American Revolution - Committee of Safety
• Served American Revolution?: Y
• Military Flag: Y

Notes:

Capt Daniel was Master of the privateer Tryphena in 1775, his two sons Jeremiah and Daniel serving aboard as crew. Daniel was one of the four men of Penobscot serving on the Committee of Safety in March of 1776.

In 1776, daughter Tryphena, 15, married Finlay MALCOLM and around 1778 daughter Abigail, 17, married Daniel BROWN. Later, both men would be named as "Loyalists". At the end of the War in 1783, Daniel's two eldest daughters, Abigail and Tryphena, with their husbands and children, were transported by the new United States government to St. Andrews, Nova Scotia. His 13-year-old daughter Mercy WARDWELL went along as a "nanny" but soon returned to Penobscot. Two years later at St. Andrews, daughter Sarah Wardwell, 20, married Neal BROWN, a British soldier.

Daniel and his family moved to what was the original Hosea Wardwell Farm on Wardwell's point in 1778.

In 1779, the British took possession of the port of Bagaduce, and Captain Daniel's sloop Polly was seized by Commodore Mowatt, of infamous memory, and confiscated for the use of King George. Mrs. WARDWELL, whose maiden name was Sarah Staples, started on foot for Bagaduce, a distance of seven miles, to demand of General McLean the release of her husband's sloop. On the way she was met by a British officer of rank, who demanded her business with the General. She opened her broadside on the officer, all her guns double shotted. He, in a burning passion, drew his sword and threatened to thrust her through; undaunted, she bared her bosom, and bade him strike, at the same time calling him a (word faded here) cowardly British dog. The Briton did not strike, but such was his admiration of her pluck that he made a favorable report to General McLean and the sloop was released with ransom.

It was also in 1779, that Daniel, his son Jeremiah, and son-in-law Findlay MALCOLM, were listed as owners of the schooner Thomas Williams.

After the War, Daniel served twice as Representative to the General Court at Boston, as Maine was still under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. He was said to be "a man of sterling qualities".
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Captain Daniel Wardwell was 68 years of age when he died in 1804 in Penobscot. Sarah (Staples) Wardwell was a widow for over 15 years, dying in 1817, age 83.

Daniel married Sarah STAPLES on 24 Jan 1755 in York, York, Maine. Sarah (daughter of William STAPLES and Elizabeth JONES) was born on 11 Sep 1731 in Kittery, York, Maine; died on 23 Sep 1817 in Hancock, Hancock, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 26 Oct 1755, York, York, Maine

Notes:

Mrs. Sarah (Staples) Wardwell, of York acted as neighborhood physician, and practiced midwifery for many years before a regular physician was settled here. In this capacity she was succeeded by Lucy Newberry of Vinal Haven. Sarah was said to be the first to practice mid-wifery east of the Penobscot River and to have attended 500 cases and never lost a woman or child under her wonderful skill and care.

Aaron married Mary PERKINS on 6 Jul 1764 in York, York, Maine. Mary (daughter of John PERKINS and Elizabeth PIERCE) died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]