[NOTE Although the following brief notices of the earlier settlers of this town, after it took the name of Arundel, are believed to be essentially correct, yet on account of the almost total want of records of births and marriages, they must necessarily be imperfect. The materials have been collected with great care and labor from the Genealogical Register of John Farmer, Folsom’s History of Saco and Biddeford, and other town histories; from the Massachusetts, county, town, proprietors, and family records; from Mr. Hovey's journal and other private papers ; and by personal enquiry, from persons of this and other towns. For the genealogy of the families of his name, and several connected with them by marriage, the compiler is indebted to H. N. Perkins, Esq. of Boston; and to B. Palmer, Esq. of Kennebunk, for the list of the soldiers of the revolution, and for many facts relative to that event.
It was not at first intended to notice any families that have become residents since the revolutionary war; and the accounts of them, having been hastily collected1 are less full than they otherwise would have been. The names of many persons who remained here but a short time, have been purposely omitted, and probably several unintentionally. The births and marriages were brought down to. the present generation, but on account of the great increase of matter, they were suppressed. For the same reason, many family and revolutionary anecdotes, that were collected, have been withheld.
The names are placed Alphabetically, for the convenience of finding them, without regard to priority of citizenship. At the close of the chapter, are lists of the revolutionary soldiers, the representatives, and the town clerks]
