Third Generation

4. John Sadler was born on 24 August 1716 in Rowley, Massachusetts, USA. He served in the military in Revolutionary War. The tradition from the descendants has it that John was in the Rev. War but, not returning, was supposed to have been lost or killed. The following item will probably clear this matter up, from "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revol."--"John Sadler, seaman, State Ship "Tartar" commanded by Capt. John Cathcart, engaged May 21, 1782; service 2 mos. 15 days; reported deserted Aug. 5, 1782; roll sworn to at Boston.--B.Lake Noyes
Mary "Molly" Kendall and John Sadler were married on 6 January 1766 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.

5. Mary "Molly" Kendall died Drowned about 1784. Drowned when on a vessel en route to Fox Island. She was American Indian.
Note: John Sadler who came from Marblehead to Gloucester, where he m. January 6, 1765, a "Maid of the Forest", Mary or Molly Kendall. She was an Indian girl from a Cape Cod tribe and they settled in Gloucester and had four children. John entered the Revolutionary Services and in the first engagement was either killed or taken captive. The Indian mother, thinking of the safety of her boys, took the youngest and boarded a vessel for Fox Island. A storm was encountered on the way and all hands were lost. The two older boys, John and William, arrived safely in Georgetown, William moving to Stonington, Me., and John to Swans Island.
Mr. H.--Small, Swans Island historian and my informant on this early Sadler ancestry, said the following (May 1934), "The story of the Indian Maid was told me by Mrs. Hannah Sadler who was living when I went to Swans Island. She was the wife of Thomas and the last of the original settlers. She had a wonderful memory, and this account was told Mrs. Sadler by her husband's father who was 18 years of age when his Indian mother was lost at sea, and the Gloucester records confirm this. Most of her descendants were dark, swarthy conplexioned with keen black eyes. What induced the Indian mother to seek refuge at Vinalhaven (Fox Island) and how, in later years, her son, Joshua, happened to find a wife there, are questions yet unanswered.

Children were:

2	i.	John Sadler-8956.
	ii.	William Sadler was born on 11 May 1766 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Twin to John. Lived at Georgetown, then Harrington, Maine.
	iii.	Joshua Sadler was born on 5 May 1768 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. He died Drowned about 1784. Drowned along with his mother and brother while on a vessel en route to Fox Island.
	iv.	Isaac Sadler died Drowned about 1784. Drowned along with his mother and brother while on a vessel en route to Fox Island.