Capt. Samuel Wardwell was born on 22 Jun 1774 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. He's listed as a millman on the census in 1850 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine, age 75. He died on 26 May 1858 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine. He was married to Mary "Polly" Banks about 1794 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine

Mary "Polly" Banks was born on 17 Apr 1772 in Castine, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. She appeared on the census in 1850 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine, age 78. She died on 4 Sep 1862 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine. Children were:

i. Jeremiah Wardwell was born on 15 Sep 1795 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. He died on 28 Mar 1866 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine. He was a housewright. He was married to Tryphena Hutchings on 17 Jun 1817 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts.
ii. Clarissa Wardwell was born on 7 Nov 1797 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. She died on 10 Dec 1861 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine and was buried in Ebenezer Leach Cemetery, Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine.
iii. Daniel Wardwell was born on 2 Apr 1800 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. He died in Sep 1842 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine.
iv. Capt. Eliakim Wardwell.
v. Sophronia Wardwell was born on 22 Nov 1804 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. She died on 11 Mar 1839 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine.
vi. Samuel Wardwell was born on 11 Sep 1806 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. He died on 25 Jan 1810 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts.
vii. Moses Wardwell was born on 19 Aug 1808 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. He was a housewright, age 43, in the1850 census in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine. He died from Typhoid fever on 4 Dec 1865 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine. He was a joiner.
viii. Capt. Samuel Wardwell was born on 11 Oct 1810 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. He died on 27 Jan 1842 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine.
ix. Polly Wardwell was born on 13 Jul 1812 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. She died on 16 Sep 1852 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine.
x. Washington Wardwell was born on 5 Aug 1814 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. He was a farmer on the census in 1850 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine, age 36. He was a ship carpenter on the census in 1870 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine, age 55, and, at age 65, back to farmer in 1880 in Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine.