 Abt 1592 - 1661 (69 years)
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| Name |
Edmund Littlefield [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1592 |
Tichfield, Hampshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
11 Dec 1661 |
Wells, ME |
| Person ID |
I56847 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
7 Jan 2006 |
| Father |
Francis Littlefield, b. 1565, Exeter, Devon, England d. 21 Oct 1618, Tichfield, Hampshire, England (Age 53 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Hill, b. 1564, Exeter, Devon, England d. 29 Oct 1605, Tichfield, Hampshire, England (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1591 |
St. Peter's Church - Tichfield |
| Family ID |
F23941 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Annis (Agnes) Austin, b. 1 Feb 1596, Exeter, Devon, England bur. 12 Dec 1677, Exeter, Devon, England (Age ~ 81 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Oct 1614 |
Titchfield, Hampshire, England [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Hannah (1) Littlefield, b. 1614-1615, Tichfield, Hampshire, England d. 1616, England (Age 1 year) |
| | 2. Edmund Littlefield, b. 1617-1618, Tichfield, Hampshire, England d. 1635, England (Age 17 years) |
| | 3. Francis Littlefield, b. 17 Jun 1619, Tichfield, Hampshire, England d. 1712, Prob. Dover, NH (Age 92 years) |
| | 4. Anthony Littlefield, b. 1621, Tichfield, Hampshire, England d. 1662, Wells, ME (Age 41 years) |
| | 5. John Littlefield, b. 1624, Tichfield, Hampshire, England d. 9 Feb 1697, Wells, ME (Age 73 years) |
| | 6. Elizabeth Littlefield, b. 1627, Tichfield, Hampshire, England d. Wells, ME |
| | 7. Mary Littlefield, b. 1630 d. Wells, ME |
| | 8. Hannah Littlefield, b. 1633, Tichfield, Hampshire, England d. Wells, ME |
| | 9. Thomas Littlefield, b. 1633, Tichfield, Hampshire, England d. Bef 5 Mar 1689, Berwick, ME (Age 56 years) |
| | 10. Francis (2) Littlefield, b. Abt 1631 d. Bef 6 Feb 1675, Wells, York Co., Maine (Age 44 years) |
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| Family ID |
F23939 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
Webhannet Falls
where Edmund built his Grist Mill. |
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Littlefield Residence in Tichtfield.
According to the Titchfield Historical Society's website, this is where Edmund Littlefield lived in Titchfield; "in the centre of the village in the cottages now known as Barry's Cott |
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Thomas and Anne (2b) were twins
Edmund Littlefield, the father of Wells, established a permanent home, sawmill and gristmill as early as 1640-41 at the falls of the Webhannet River. He was agent of Thomas Gorges to give possession of house lots to settlers, and was one of the committee for settling the boundary between Wells and Cape Porpois, and a commissioner to try small causes from 1654 to 1661. On Dec. 11, 1661 he made his will at Wells, ME. (from Austin Families of America)
| About the lawsuit of 1635/6, which named Edmund and Nicholas as defendants: |
The amount in the lawsuit seems to be 16 pounds. The lawsuit had something to do with Edmund buying some wool and not paying for it. His brother, Nicholas, also named in the lawsuit did reply to the effect that he didn't know anything about it and that Edmund did the buying. |
Came to New England in abt 1636, probably with his two eldest sons. His wife and six children followed on the Bevis in May of 1638, with servants John Knight and Hugh Durdal.
His name appears on a paper for the purpose of government in Exeter, NH, signed on 5 Jun 1639. he was granted 21 acres of land there.
He moved to Wells, ME around 1640/41. There is a plaque in Wells, ME stating that his saw and gristmill were the first permanent structures in the town. The plaque is next to the Webhannet Falls on the site of his mill.
On 14 July 1643, he was granted 100 acres adjacent to the mill and the neck of the marsh between that and Webhannet River.
In Nov 1645, he and John Wadleigh were granted 200 acres on Southwest side of the Ogunquit River, not intrenching on town of Wells.
| Will of Edmund Littlefield |
"....To Francis, my eldest son and Anthony and Elizabeth Wakefield my daughter, the land lying on the one side of Kennebunke with falls together with a certain quantity of marsh lying up in the woods between Cape Porpus River and Kennebunke shown 2 ____ granted by Mr. George Cleave agent of Mr. Rigby which is now come under the government of Mr. Gorges, proprietor of the Province of Maine to be equally divided...." Francis received 10 pounds, Anthony received clothing, Elizabeth received 5 pounds.
(Maine Wills) December 12, 1677; mothers will written with inventory on 3/7/1678. Daughter Hannah Cloyse to get her bed and "bowlster" with Katherine Wakefield to deliver it to her. Her three daughters Elizabeth Wakefield, Mary Barrett and Hannah Cloyse to receive all "lining and woolen new and old" to be divided equally.
(Maine Wills) |
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S1010] Arthur M. Sikes, Jr. , President, Austin Families Assn of America (AFAOA), (www.afaoa.org).
- [S1103] D. B. (David) Robinson, D. B. Robinson's Genealogy Page, (http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=haruspex&id=I058849).
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