Oliver (3 Jan 1790-27 Jan 1858) — m. Abigail Cole Knight
Ebenezer (18 Feb 1792-13 May 1838) — m. Ruth Goodwin Blake on 13 Aug 1812
Mercy (4 Oct 1795-13 May 1831) — m. John Bovee Dods on 6 Aug 1820
Moses IV (11 Apr 1799-16 Mar 1865) — m. Jerusha Young
Ira (13 Sep 1802-13 Oct 1802)
Frederick Augustus (15 Nov 1804-19 Aug 1868) — m. Martha A. Mason
Moses was born in Berwick, York County, Maine, the eldest child of Moses Hodsdon II and Dorcas Lord.
Mercy was born in York Village to Jonathan Young, Jr. and Mercy Nowell.
There are two recorded wedding dates for Moses and Mercy: 27 Oct 1788 in York, York County and 10 Jan 1789 in Levant, Penobscot County. The second seems to be an error made by a later transcriber.
Apart from Moses IV, who claimed to be from New Hampshire, their children were variously reported born in Ossippee or Berwick, Penobscot County. Both locations are actually in York County, the better part of 200 miles south of Penobscot County. (“Ossippee” presumably means the area of Little Ossippee Lake in York County, not to be confused with Ossippee, Carroll County, New Hampshire.) Penobscot County did not exist prior to 1816, and the Hodsdons didn’t live in the area that became Penobscot County until about 1806, when Moses moved the family to either Levant or Kenduskeag.
Moses died in 1845 and is buried in the Kenduskeag Village Cemetery, Kenduskeag, Penobscot County, as are many other Hodsdons. Mercy died in 1852. Records indicate she’s buried in the same cemetery.
Oliver was a millwright. He married Abigail Cole Knight (1789-16 Jul 1873). They lived in Kenduskeag, Penobscot County, and had at least seven children, all girls:
Harriet Armine (8 Apr 1810-1 May 1886) — m. Simon Remick White
Mary Lucinda (23 Apr 1812-5 Jan 1896) — never married
Rachel L. (28 Dec 1816-3 Mar 1900) — never married
Abigail A. (1821-1 Jul 1837)
Cordelia Simphonia Little (~1824-20 May 1900) — m. William Parkins
Dorcas M. (1825-18 Nov 1831)
Elizabeth O. (12 May 1829-18 Sep 1911) — m. Henry Stone on 14 May 1863
Oliver died in 1858 and is buried in Kenduskeag Village Cemetery. In the 1860 census, Abigail (69) was living in Kenduskeag with unmarried daughters Rachel and Mary. She died in 1873 and is buried in Kenduskeag Village Cemetery.
Ebenezer has his own entry in the family tree.
Mercy married Reverend John Bovee Dods (26 Sep 1795-21 Mar 1872) of Florida, Montgomery County, New York on 6 Aug 1820. They lived in Levant, Penobscot County and later in Union, Knox County. They had four children:
Amanda Matilda (27 Nov 1820-????)
Marinda A. Ann (5 Nov 1822-9 Aug 1906) — m. Simeon Smith Gifford
Moses Frederic Hodsdon (3 Sep 1824-25 Aug 1825)
William Bovee (2 Jun 1829-30 Sep 1895) — m. Lottie B. Rogers in 1870; m. Emily B. Warburton
Mercy died in 1831. The location of her grave is unknown. John became a missionary. He died in Brooklyn, New York in 1872.
Moses IV, reportedly born in New Hampshire, married Jerusha Young (1796-1 Apr 1870). He was a ship captain, and lived in Levant, Penobscot County. Known children:
Maria Lucia (11 May 1822-after 1880) — m. John R. Marston on 17 Nov 1852
Moses M. (17 Jan 1824-7 Nov 1880) — m. Harrieta A. Bachelder
Emily (13 Dec 1826-8 May 1908) — m. Joseph P. Sinclair on 30 Mar 1870
Israel Monson (1829-2 Mar 1839)
Albert (1832-1915) — m. Emily A. Hutchins
Celestia M. (27 Oct 1834-15 Jul 1864)
Mercy C. (~1835-????)
Daughters Emily and Mercy were still living with their parents in 1860, and lying pretty hard about their ages. Moses died in 1865, and is buried in Kenduskeag Village Cemetery. Jerusha died in 1870 and is buried with him. Several of their children are buried here as well.
Ira died the day he was born.
Frederick married Martha A. Mason (24 Jun 1805-30 Jun 1888). They had at least five children:
Theresa M. (1829-1920) — m. Greeley
Angela M. (19 Feb 1831-28 Sep 1922)
Frances A. (1839-1926)
Maria S. (1843-1921) — m. Charles Edward Johnson
Dorcas (27 May 1845-7 Sep 1845)
Frederick was ordained a minister in 1827. He preached in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as well as in Maine. He died in 1868 and is buried in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County, Maine. Martha died in 1888 and is buried with him.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SF-S2X -- 1766 birth of Moses
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-GJ2 -- 1788 wedding, York
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FF-HBS -- 1789 wedding, Levant
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SF-QY2 -- 1790 birth of Oliver
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F479-LYG -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SF-QYP -- 1792 birth of Ebenezer
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F479-LYR -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F479-LYB -- 1795 birth of Mercy
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SX-WJT -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SF-QYT -- 1799 birth of Moses IV
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F479-LB9 -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F479-LBQ -- 1804 birth of Frederick
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SF-QY1 -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4S6-TVW -- 1812 birth of Oliver's daughter Mary
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4S6-TVD -- 1816 birth of Oliver's daughter Rachel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FF-ZY8 -- 1820 wedding of Mercy
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4S6-L9Z -- 1820 birth of Mercy's daughter Amanda
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F479-T2Z -- 1822 birth of Mercy's daughter Marinda
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CR-8XG -- 1822 birth of Moses IV's daughter Maria
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SX-NJV -- 1825 death of Mercy's son Moses
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-464K -- 1845 burial of Moses
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-464V -- More of family burial
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-4642 -- ditto
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49561623 -- 1845 grave of Moses III; links to four sons
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VQ-3C8 -- 1850 census, Moses IV
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XV-528 -- 1852 wedding of Moses IV's daughter Maria
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HK2-JZC -- 1852 death of Mercy Young Hodsdon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVD-K31 -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ45-G4S -- 1855 census, Oliver's daughter Cordelia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC3-599 -- 1860 census, Moses IV (transcribed as “Mases”)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC3-P47 -- 1860 census, Oliver's widow and daughters
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC3-P41 -- 1860 census, Moses IV's daughter Maria
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4MX-YSQ -- 1863 wedding of Oliver's daughter Elizabeth
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQH2-NHV -- 1865 census, Oliver's daughter Cordelia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVB-FK5 -- 1870 wedding of Moses IV's daughter Emily
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158048031 -- 1872 grave of Mercy's husband John B. Dods; links to two children
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH67-B1M -- 1880 census, Oliver's daughter Cordelia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW67-4LK -- 1900 death of Oliver's daughter Cordelia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M95P-L93 -- 1900 census, Oliver's daughter Elizabeth
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW1W-NYS -- 1906 death of Mercy's daughter Marinda
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2J9-CXW -- 1910 census, Oliver's daughter Elizabeth
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4D2-NPF -- 1911 death of Oliver's daughter Elizabeth
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162784743/jonathan-young -- possible brother of Mercy Young
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74730372/augustus-r.-hodsdon -- Augustus (1808-1838), possible son of Moses Hodsdon III and Mercy Young
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82868879/jonathan-b.-hodsdon -- Jonathan (1810-1890), possible son also