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Descendants of Francis Littlefield

Generation No. 2

2. EDMUND² LITTLEFIELD (FRANCIS¹) was born 1592 in Titchfield, Hampshire, England, and died December 11, 1661 in Wells, Maine. He married ANNIS AUSTIN October 16, 1614 in Titchfield, Hants, England, daughter of RICHARD AUSTIN and ANNIS. She was born ca. 1596 in Titchfield, Hampshire, England, and died December 12, 1677 in Wells, Maine.

Notes for EDMUND LITTLEFIELD:
The Planters of the Commonwealth by Charles Edward Banks:
Genealogical. Pub. Co. of Baltimore, MD, 1961, Pg 200:
[Came] To Boston, MA on the "Bevis", May 1638, with six children and two servants.
Edmund was one of the followers of Rev. John Wheelwright in Exeter as early as 1630 (Little 1909). He signed the Exeter NH combination on 5 Jun 1639. His wife, 6 children and 2 servants arrived on the Bevis in 1638.
Edmund obtained a grant of land from Thomas Gorges on 14 Jul 1643 and removed to Wells Me, following Rev. Wheelwright. Edmund is said to have built a saw mill, grist mill and the first house in Wells (Little 1909). On 5 Jul 1653 he took the oath of allegiance to the government of Massachusetts, along with four sons. These sons included Francis Sr. and Francis Jr. He was elected to try small cases in the years 1654, 1655, 1658, 1660 and 1661. He served on a committee to settle the boundary dispute between Wells and Cape Porpoise, and was appointed as the legal agent for the sale of liquors in Wells (Little 1909).
Edmund made his will 11 Dec 1661 and the inventory was made 24 Dec 1661; the estate amounted to 588p.13s.4d. He bequeathed his estate to his wife Annis and his children, including both sons named Francis. On 17 Dec 1662, Annis and her sons Thomas and Francis, Senior and Junior, made an agreement concerning the estate (York Deeds I).

Genealogical Research in England, 1913, NEHGR Vol. 67 pg 347:
2. Edmond Littlefield (Francis) of Titchfield, co. Hants, Exeter N. H., and Wells, Me, baptized at Titchfield 27 June 1592, died, presumably at Wells, between 11 and 24 Dec. 1661. He married at Titchfield, 16 Oct. 1614, Agnes (also called Anne and Annis) Austin, probably baptized there 1 Feb. 1596/7, daughter of Richard of Titchfield, the testator of 1623 , who in his will mentions her, her husband and their three children Edward, Francis, and Anthony Littlefield. With six children and two servants, John Knight and Hugh Durdall, she sailed for New England in the ship Bevis from Southampton in May 1638, giving her age as 38, although in reality she was 41. It is not known when her husband emigrated to New England, but he probably went thither with his elder son Francis before the rest of the family. He appears first at Exeter, where he signed the Combination 5 June 1639. He removed to Wells, Me., where he received a grant of land from Thomas Gorges 14 July 1643, and took the oath of allegiance to Massachusetts 5 July 1653. As he was his father's eldest son and heir, a settlement was probably made on him at the time of his marriage in 1614.
Titchfield is a most attractive old-world village. It formerly covered a much larger area, extending to Southampton Water and Solent. The church contains an ancient and beautiful monuments to the Earls of Southampton, one of whom was the friend and patron of Shakespeare. Titchfield Place, one of the seats of this family, was one of the abbeys dissolved by Henry VIII, but is now merely a picturesque ruin.

FTM CD523, Maine Wills 1640-1760; pgs 3-4:
The Last Will and Testament of Edmund Littlefield
[Court Records, B, 53.]
The last will & Testament of Edmund Littlefejld Decembr 11 : 61 :
First I bequeath my soule to god Almighty, & I bequeath my body to the earth from whence I came/ I bequeath vnto Francis Littlefejld my Elldest sun, & Anthony Littlefejld, & Elizabeth Wakefejld my daughter, all the whoole Tract of Land lijng of the NorTheast side of Kenebunke with the Falls togeather
with a Cetern quantity of Marsh lijng up In the woods, betweene Cape Porpus River, & Kenebunke, which is specifyd In two deeds, granted by Mr Geo : Cleeue Agent of Mr Rygby, which is now come into the Goverment of Mr Gorges, Proprietor of the Prouince of Mayne/ Which Land & Marsh shall bee equally devided amongst thos three aboue specifyd/ I giue vnto Francis Littlefejld Senjor 10s to bee pd out of my goods/ I giue vnto Anthony Littlefejld all my weareing Cloaths/ I giue vnto Elizabeth Wakefejld 5s to bee pd out of my goods/ I giue vnto my 3 executors Namely Annas Littlefejld, My wife, & Thomas Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun all my upland & Marsh att home which is not disposd, & that which I bought of my sun Anthony, & alsoe yet which I bought of Mr. Fletcher, togeather with ye
Corne Mill & saw Mill, with all my houseing & goods, within doores & with out, togeather with all the stocke & Cattle both small and greate, which shall bee equally deuided amongst those 3 executors, onely the Yland that lyeth on the South side of Webbhannett River, If the sd Thos & Francis Littlefejld Junjor do both of them pay to Annas my wife foure bushs pf Corne yearely for 7 yeares, then my wife shall haue nothing to do with Itt, otherwise if they do not pforme that yearely, then my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to others, & to expell them quitte out of it all/ And likewise my sun Thoms & Fran : Littlefejld shall pay vnto my wife eight bushs of wheate yearely, for ye Corne Mill, if they will not yn
my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to any other, & expell them out of it/ And my wife shall haue her third part of the Marsh, that lyeth on the SouTheast side of Webbhannett River; And if soe bee yt Fran :
Littlefejld & Thomas Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun bee not loueing & helpfull to her shee shall haue pouer to dispose of itt, wr shee thinkes good herselfe/ I giue vnto my daughter Mary Barrett, and to my daughter Hannah Littlefejld fiueteene pounds a peece to bee pd with in 3 years, fiue pounds a peece yearly, till it bee payd/ I do giue vnto all my grandchildren fiue shillings a peece Wn they come at age/ I give unto my sun John Littlefejld Tenn pounds, to bee payd out of ye fourty pounds which hee is to pay for his purchase att Ogunquett/ Alsoe the 3 executors, Namely Annas my wife, & Thos : & Fran :
Littlefejld shall haue pouer to recover & receaue all debts/ And those 3 executors shall pay all debts dues & demands, & all portions Legacys & gyfts, which is here specifyd; My suns Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld Junjor, is to Improue & till the ground, & thejre mother my wife shall haue the third part of the Corne/ I giue vnto my wife 6 or 7 Acers of Marsh that lyeth at Ogunquet. I desire Mr Ezekell Knightt & Mr. Jos : Bowles to bee my Feffees In trust If neede require, to see my will fullfilled/
Testes/ Edmund Littlefejlds
Ezekell Knights/
Jos : Bowles/ own hand (mark)
(inventory returned at ú588: 13: 4, by Ezekell Knights, Jos : Bowles and William Hamonds as appraisers, who were sworn 24th: 10th" 1861. Will recorded 16 July '62)

Town Papers - Documents and Records Relating to Towns In New Hampshire;
Volume IX; pp. 250-51; published 1875 in Concord, NH by Charles C. Pearson:
Combination at Exeter, 1639
Combination for government at Exeter, with the forms of oaths for rulers and people. Whereas it hath pleased the Lord to move the heart of our dread Sovereign Charles by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France & Ireland, to grant license & liberty to sundry of his subjects to grant themselves in the
western parts of America - We his loyal subjects, brethren of the church in Ecceter, situate and lying upon the river Pascataquacke with other inhabitants there, considering with ourselves the holy will of God and our own necessity, that we should not live without wholesome laws and government among us, of which we are altogether destitute, do in the name of Christ and in the sight of God combine ourselves together to erect and set up amongst us such government as shall be to our best discerning agreeable to the will of God professing ourselves subjects to our Sovereign Lord King Charles, according to the
liberties of our English colony of the Massachusetts, and binding ourselves solemnly by the grace and help of Christ, and in his name and fear, to submit ourselves to such godly and christian laws as are established in the realm of England to our best knowledge, and to all other such laws which shall upon good grounds be made and enacted amongst us according to God, that we may live quietly & peacably together in all godliness and honesty.
Mo. 5 D. 4, 1639.
John Wheelwright Robert Read
Edward Rishworth Thomas Wilson
George Rawbone Henry Elkins
William Cole George Walton
James Wall Samuel Walker
Thomas Leavitt Thomas Petit
Edmund Littlefield Henry Roby
John Cramme William Winborne
Philemon Purmot Thomas Crawley
Thomas Wardhall [Wardwell] Christopher Helme
Augustine Storer Darby Field
Thomas Wright William Wentworth
Francis Matthews Godfrey Dearborne
William Wardhall [Wardwell] Robert Smith
Ralph Hall Christopher Lawson
Robert Seward George Barlow
Richard Bulger Richard Morris
Nicholas Needham

FTM CD523, Geneal. Dict., ME & NH by Sybil Noyes, Charles Libby, Walter Davis, GPC, Baltimore, 1979.
pg437:
EDMUND, Wells, came 1st to Boston, likely with two oldest sons. W(ife) Annis (Austin) ag. 38, six ch., and servants John Knight and Hugh Durdal foll. in the Bevis, in May 1638 from Tichfield, co. Hants., where he was bap. 27 June 1592 and m. her 16 Oct 1614. N.E. Reg. 67.343. At Exeter he signed the Combin 5 June 1639, had two lots in the 1st div. of uplands, and remov. to Wells bef 14 July 1643, when Thos. Gorges gr. him 100 a. adj. the mill and the neck of marsh bet. that and Webhannet River. There he had a saw and gristmill, and headed a large and promin. fam. The 1st yr. he was agent for R. Vines to give poss.; in Nov. 1645 Vines gr. to John Wadleigh and E.L. 200 a. on S.W. side of Ogunquit River, not intrenching on town of Wells. Tr. J. 1645, 1647; Gr. j. 1645, 1647; O.A. to Mass. 5 July 1653. Com. T.e.s.c. 1654 to death, except 1657. Authorized 1654 to sell wine and strong liq. to Inds. Selectm. 1654,1657. Will 11 Dec. 1661; fam. compromise signed 17 Dec. by s. Francis sr., his mo., and bros. Thos and Francis jr.; inv. 24Dec. Wid. Annis's will 12 Dec. 1677. Inv. 7 March 1677-8. ch., all but Mary bap. at Tichfield: ANN, bp. 1615-6, bur. 2 Jan 1616-7. EDWARD, bp. 17 Feb. 1617-8; bur 13 June 1635. FRANCIS, bp 17 June 1619. ANTHONY, bp 7 Oct 1621. JOHN, bp 1 Nov. 1624. ELIZABETH, bp 22 July 1627, m. John Wakefield. MARY, m. Lt. John Barrett. THOMAS, bp 10 Aug 1633. ANNE (Hannah) bp 10 Aug. 1633 m. Peter Cloyes. FRANCIS, bp 24 Mar. 1635-6.

More About EDMUND LITTLEFIELD:
Bp/Chr: June 27, 1592, Devon, England
Emigration: 1638, arrived at Boston on the Bevis w/family
Issue: 10 children
Misc: see my JBK All Family.FTW file
Occupation: clothier, mill owner (corn mill & saw mill)
Residence: 1643, rem to Exeter, NH; 1648 rem to Wells, Maine
Source 1: 1913, Geneal.Res.(LTFD), NEHGR 67:345 & 347
Source 2: Old Fam.Salis.&Amesb, V2, Hoyt, 1897, pg575
Source 3: LFNL 1-2, 1-56, 1-57 thru 1-59, 4-34, 5-72, 6-26
Source 4: Gen.Dict.ME&NH, Noyes-Libby-Davis, pg237-8
Source 5: FTM CD523 Maine Wills 1640-1760
Source 6: Wakefield Memorial, 1897, pg 118
Source 7: Anc.of Amer Pres by Roberts, pg 270
Source 8: 1951, 18th Cen. Block Island, NEHGR 105:262
Will: December 11, 1661, written, 7-16-1662-recorded

Notes for ANNIS AUSTIN:
Littlefield Family Newsletter by Dorothy Keyes & Charles Seaman, 1992, Vol 2 pg 79:
Our records indicate that Annis/Agnes was born Exeter, Devon, Eng. We are printing this information because sometimes knowing the ancestry of maternal line helps to complete other lines.
Annis arrived with six children and two servants, John Knight and Hugh Durdall, in the ship Bevis in 1638, having sailed from Southampton in May. She made her will 12 Dec 1677 (Inventory in York Deeds V).

FTM CD523, Maine Wills 1640-1760; pg. 76:
The Last Will and Testament of Annis (Austin) Littlefield
[Registry of Deeds. 5,25]
12th December: 1677:
In the name of God Amen/
The last Will & testament of Annis Littlefejld/
1: first I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty god, my maker, my body to bee buried in Christean buriall, at ye discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned/ 1: I do giue unto my daughter Hannah Cloyce my bed & bowlster, & Katterine Wakefejld to deliuer It to her/ 2: I giue unto my three daughters, Elizabeth Wakefejld, Mary Barrett, & Hannah Cloyce, all my lining & Wollen New & ould to bee equally diueded amongst them/ I giue unto my sonn John Littlefejld my Cow Gentle & fiue buslls of
Corne/ I giue unto my daughter Merribah foure buslls of Wheate due from ye Mills/ I giue to my Grandchild Katterine Wakefejld my Rugg & eight buslls of Corne/ I giue to my sonn Peter Cloyce too Acres of Marsh bee it more or less, yt lyeth on the South West side of Mr. Whelewrights Necke of Land/ I giue unto my sonn Thomas Littlefejld, who hath taken a great deale of care of mee, all the rest of my househould goods Corne & Chattles, & I do make my sd sonn Thomas Littlefejld, my whoole & soole executor, & to receiue all debts comeing to mee, & to pay all If any thing there bee that I do ow, & to take all the remajndr to him selfe & to see my will fullfilled/
Signed, & Deliuered, Annis Littlefejld
In ye Presence of us,
Joseph Bolls/ her marke (x)
William Symonds/
(Sworn to by attesting witnesses & recorded 2 April 1678; Inventory returned at ú36:15:0, by Samuel Austine and Joseph Bolls, appraisers, 7 March 1677/8.)

More About ANNIS AUSTIN:
Bp/Chr: February 1, 1596/97, Titchfield, Hampshire, England
Emigration: 1638, arrived at Boston on the Bevis w/family
Misc: see my JBK All Family.FTW file
Source 1: 1913, Geneal.Res.(LTFD), NEHGR 67:345,346,347
Source 2: FTM CD523Gen.Dict.ME & NH, 1979
Source 3: FTM CD523 Maine Wills 1640-1760
Source 4: Anc.of Amer Pres by Roberts, pg270
Source 5: LFNL 1-2, 2-79, 4-33, 4-34
Source 6: LFNL 2-79, 1992, Keyes-Seaman
Source 7: LFNL4-33, 4-44, 1994, Keyes-Seaman
Source 8: 1951, 18th Cen. Block Island, NEHGR 105:262
Will: December 12, 1677, written, 4-2-1678-proved

More About EDMUND LITTLEFIELD and ANNIS AUSTIN:
Marriage: October 16, 1614, Titchfield, Hants, England

Children of EDMUND LITTLEFIELD and ANNIS AUSTIN are:

ANNE³ LITTLEFIELD, b. 1615, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. Bet. 1616 - 1617, Titchfield, Hampshire, England.

More About ANNE LITTLEFIELD:
Burial: January 2, 1616/17, Titchfield, Hampshire, England
Source 1: 1913, Geneal.Res.(LTFD), NEHGR 67:345 & 347
Source 2: Gen.Dict.ME&NH, Noyes-Libby-Davis, pg 438
Source 3: LFNL 1-2, 1991, Keyes-Seaman

ii.

EDMUND LITTLEFIELD, b. 1617, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. June 13, 1635, Titchfield, Hampshire, England.

More About EDMUND LITTLEFIELD:
Bp/Chr: February 17, 1617/18, Titchfield, Hampshire, England
Source 1: 1913, Geneal.Res.(LTFD), NEHGR 67:345 & 347
Source 2: Old Fam.Salis.&Amesb, V2, Hoyt, 1897, pg575
Source 3: Gen.Dict.ME&NH, Noyes-Libby-Davis, pg 438
Source 4: LFNL 1-2, 1991, Keyes-Seaman

6.	iii.	FRANCIS LITTLEFIELD, SR., b. 1619, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. Bef. November 1712.
7.	iv.	ANTHONY LITTLEFIELD, b. 1621, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. 1662, Kennebunkport, Maine.
8.	v.	CAPT. JOHN LITTLEFIELD, b. 1624, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. February 9, 1696/97, Wells, Maine.
9.	vi.	ELIZABETH LITTLEFIELD, b. 1627, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. Aft. 1676.
10.	vii.	MARY LITTLEFIELD, b. ca. 1629, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. Aft. 1703.
11.	viii.	THOMAS LITTLEFIELD, b. ca. 1631, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. ca. 1689, Berwick, Maine.
12.	ix.	ANNE LITTLEFIELD, b. ca. 1633, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. ca. 1680.
13.	x.	ENS. FRANCIS LITTLEFIELD, JR., b. 1635, Titchfield, Hampshire, England; d. February 6, 1674/75, Wells, Maine.

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