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Descendants of William Little, Sr.




Generation No. 1


1. WILLIAM2 LITTLE, SR. (WILLIAM1)1 was born 1660 in Massachusetts2, and died 1740 in Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry Co. VA3. He married (1) ELIZABETH CHURCH4 1680 in Surry County, Virginia5,6, daughter of BENJAMIN CHURCH and ALICE SOUTHWORTH. She was born 26 March 1665 in Bristol, Massachusetts7, and died 1691 in Surry Co. VA7. He married (2) MARTHA PARNELL7 16928. She was born 1664 in Virginia9, and died WFT Est. 1697-17639.

Notes for WILLIAM LITTLE, SR.:
Notes for WILLIAM LITTLE (from Jane M. Lindsay, 1/99, updated 2002:

William LITTLE(2591) was born in 1660 in Massachusetts - not proved.(2592) While many researchers have claimed that William Little was transported from Massachusetts to Surry Co. VA, I have found no proof and am unaware of evidence that supports this conclusion. The jury is still out. He was living on 5 Jan 1709 in Surry Co. VA. William Little buys land in 1709 from Edmund Napier Jr. (or Edward Napkin); this land is left in 1740 to William Little and John Little. He died in 1740 in Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry Co. VA.(2593) He signed a will on 29 Sep 1740 in Surry Co. VA. (2173) The Thigpen Tribe says his will, Surry Co. Deed Book 3, Pages 254/5, Sept 29, 1740 names only 5 of his then living children: 1st son Wm, 2nd son John, 3rd son Benj; 2nd dau Katherine; 3rd dau Patience; wife living, un-named

Surry County Virginia Will...lists his will in Will Book ???, page 257, dated 29 Sept 1740, Recorded 19 Nov 1740. William and Benjamin Little executors. Sons (in order) William, John, Benjamin; daughters 2nd daughter Katherine and 3rd dau Patience . Witnesses Thomas Pretlow, Jr, John Atkinson, Martha Price. Lists his residence as Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry. Wm gets "my plantation and one-half of a tract of land where he lives which contains two hundred acres; also my brass kettle after my wife's decease." John gets the other half - 100 acres. Benjamin gets "this plantation & land where I live, after my wife's decease." He also sets "my Mulatto boy James Bruce free at twenty one if my wife dies before then and if she does I loan? him to my son Benjamin he must serve til thirty one if if my wife lives so long."

William and Benjamin filed an inventory March 18, 1740/1741 (pg 275):
"To 4 cows and calfs To 3 baron? cows? To 2 of four year old To 3 of three years old To 2 of one years old To 2 Steers of one year old To 1 Bull To 12 Sheep To 30 Head of hogs To one mare and colt To one sadel and tow bridals and one halter To one cart and ? and Harness To one feather bed and furniture and to old D.... pound of puter To one pair of Stilands? To one pair of ivory Scales To one pair of pincers and mixers To .... baking glass To one Draw Glass and spocket bottle To one poket botel To 18 quarts bottels To three Iron pots and pot hooks To one pot rack and three .... one Iron Skillet To one Brass ? and two small Ditto? To one brass Spice Morter and ? brass chafing dish To one hair mill and 2 Ironing ? To two claw hamers and 2 flesh forks To 2 Smoothing irons and ? To 11 Gate Casks and 4 small Dils To .. small Dittos To one pair of lier tongs ...To three iron weges and one q... of carpenters Tools To one whyp saw...To one brass cutt saw and tow file...To four chests locks and keys ...To.......homerry fixtures To wacher tubs three water padles and ...Ditos To 18 pound ? iron to Six brad hose and one varron? one To one galen jug and two cruall? ditos To quarts ? two pints Ditos two half pints one qrt To one flesher ? and four sides of taud leather To 13 yards of Virginia cloth and two pound of yarn To one old couch one Table and Six Leather chairs To one grindstone to one curall ?pair o? of erhtern ware To one cow hied of fawn Skins and a persell of old Leather and 2 pound of wool and a small parcel of cotton and a spiner wheal and cards and a testament and one salter.
Much data about William Little's family is from The Thigpen Tribe and unsubstantiated at this time. I have found several discrepancies in their information. They claim he was first married to Elizabeth Church and then to Martha Parnell. His will does not mention a wife by name.

According to The Thigpen Tribe, William was transported from Mass. to Surry Co. VA where in 1682 he purchased land from Edward Napkin. Actually Phillip Hunniford sold the land to Edward Napkin Sr. on 4 April 1682. His son, Edward Napkin, sold that land in 1709 to William Little.

However there is a William Little in Surry Co. by 1687, when he and Edward Napkin are convicted of not going to church. Even earlier, in 1673, a William Little is listed in those who took part in the Lawne's Creek Church uprising, the first tax strike. According to Elizabeth Wright, a William Little is found on the tax rolls as early as 1674. A John Little appears in 1688.

William Little was involved in the early colonial tax strike in Surry County, Virginia in 1674. Upon his death, he left his son, William Little II, his plantation and 200 acres upon which Wm. II lived. He also set his slaves free. (source: Michael C . Little, 2004).

The 1704 Quit Rent Roll lists no Little nor does the 1665 Tithables List.

Is it possible that this William and Lt. Isaac Little of England are brothers? Parents: Unknown father LITTLE.
He was married to Elizabeth CHURCH in 1680. (2594) NOT PROVED - As mentioned in other places, it is unlikely that the William Little who married Elizabeth Church is the same William Little who left a will in Surry Co. in 1740, even though that William was also married to an Elizabeth. Children were: Elizabeth LITTLE , Alice LITTLE, William LITTLE , John LITTLE, Katherine LITTLE , Benjamin LITTLE, Patience LITTLE, George LITTLE, Martha LITTLE, Abraham LITTLE.

He was married to Martha PARNELL in 1692. (2595) Children were: James LITTLE, Thomas LITTLE.





Dorothy Little's files also mention that: "it looks like William was mentioned in Josh Lavick's Will dated August 1727/8.



More About WILLIAM LITTLE, SR.:
Burial: Unknown, Lawns Creek Parish Cem. Surry, VA
Living: 05 January 1708/09, Surry Co. VA10
Moved: 1682, Surry Co. VA11,12
Will: 29 September 1740, Surry Co. VA13

Notes for ELIZABETH CHURCH:
Notes are from Jane Murtishaw Lindsay (2002 update):
Elizabeth CHURCH(565) was born about 1665. She died in 1691 in Surry Co. VA. The Thigpen Tribe lists two wives for William. It does not list any evidence for this marriage. Parents: Benjamin CHURCH and Alice SOUTHWORTH.
She was married to William LITTLE in 1680. (566) NOT PROVED - As mentioned in other places, it is unlikely that the William Little who married Elizabeth Church is the same William Little who left a will in Surry Co. in 1740, even though that William was also married to an Elizabeth. Children were: Elizabeth LITTLE , Alice LITTLE, William LITTLE , John LITTLE, Katherine LITTLE , Benjamin LITTLE, Patience LITTLE, George LITTLE, Martha LITTLE, Abraham LITTLE.

THE THIGPEN TRIBE by Alice Whitley Smith, published in NC is one of the references I have used to tie the Garys' to Richard Warren of the Mayflower. I quote from page 231.

LITTLE
William Little, b. 1660, d. 1740; m. 1st: 1680, Elizabeth Church, b. ca 1665, d. 1691, (dau of Alice Southworth and Benjamin Church, b. ca 1640, son of Richard Church, b. ca 1608, d. 12/27/1668; m. ca. 1636, Elizabeth Warren, d. 3/4/1670, daughter of Richard Warren and ---, his wife; said to be signer of the Mayflower Compact.)
Transported from Mass. to Surry Co. Va. where in 1682 he purchased land from Edward Napkin. [Their first child was born 1681]

It is interesting to note that Surry Co. VA is within 2 to 10 miles from Garysville, Prince George Co., VA (now Brandon, VA)
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Did William Little, Sr. really marry Elizabeth, dau. of Alice & Benjamin?

William & Elizabeth's children

(1) Elizabeth Little b 1681 (named for her mother ?)
(2) Alice Little (named for her mother's mother ?)
(3) William Little, Jr. b. 1865
(4) John Little, b. 1687
(5) Katherine Little b. 1689 (named for her mother's sister
Catherine ?)
(6) Benjamin Little b.1691 (named for his mother's father ?)

The Thigpen Tribe lists two wives for William.


Marriage Notes for WILLIAM LITTLE and ELIZABETH CHURCH:
As mentioned in other places, it is unlikely that the William Little who married Elizabeth Church is the same William Little who left a will in Surry Co. in 1740, even though that William was also married to an Elizabeth.


More About WILLIAM LITTLE and ELIZABETH CHURCH:
Marriage: 1680, Surry County, Virginia14,15

More About WILLIAM LITTLE and MARTHA PARNELL:
Marriage: 169216
     
Children of WILLIAM LITTLE and ELIZABETH CHURCH are:
  i.   ELIZABETH3 LITTLE17, b. 1681, Surry Co., VA17; d. 1725, Surry Co.,VA17; m. WILLIAM SCOTT1819,20; b. WFT Est. 1664-168421; d. WFT Est. 1698-177021.
  Notes for ELIZABETH LITTLE:
Not mentioned in father's will; he lists his second daughter and third daughter only.



  More About WILLIAM SCOTT and ELIZABETH LITTLE:
Marriage: 22,23
2. ii.   WILLIAM LITTLE, JR., b. 1682, Surry County, VA; d. 01 March 1756, Beaufort Co., NC.
  iii.   ALICE LITTLE24, b. 1683, Surry Co., VA25; d. WFT Est. 1685-178225.
  Notes for ALICE LITTLE:
Notes for ALICE LITTLE (Jane Murtishaw Lindsay, 1/3/99)
Not named in William's will. Since he specifies his 2nd daughter and 3rd daughter, it is not likely that Elizabeth and Alice, who Thigpen lists as 1st and 2nd daughters, are both correctly placed and one or both may not be daughters of William at all.



  iv.   JOHN LITTLE26, b. 168727; d. WFT Est. 1704-177728; m. ANNE WARREN29,3031,32; d. Unknown.
  Notes for JOHN LITTLE:
Allin Warren's will left John Little and Anne Little alias Warren as heirs and executors.

Marriage Notes for JOHN LITTLE and ANNE WARREN:
The Thigpen Tribe says that John, James, and Thomas all married Blackford's, daughters of Samuel Blackford of Albemarle NC.


  Notes for ANNE WARREN:
Allin Warren's will left John Little and Anne Little alias Warren as heirs and executors.


  Marriage Notes for JOHN LITTLE and ANNE WARREN:
The Thigpen Tribe says that John, James, and Thomas all married Blackford's, daughters of Samuel Blackford of Albemarle NC.


  More About JOHN LITTLE and ANNE WARREN:
Marriage: 33,34
  v.   KATHERINE LITTLE35, b. 1689, Surry Co, VA36; d. WFT Est. 1690-178337.
  Notes for KATHERINE LITTLE:
Notes from Jane M. Lindsay 1/3/99:
Katherine is listed in the will as William's second daughter.


3. vi.   BENJAMIN LITTLE, b. 1691, Surry County, VA; d. 1788, Martin Co. NC.
     
Children of WILLIAM LITTLE and MARTHA PARNELL are:
  vii.   ABRAHAM3 LITTLE, b. Private; m. AMY DICKENS38, Private; b. WFT Est. 1680-170439; d. WFT Est. 1701-178739.
  More About ABRAHAM LITTLE and AMY DICKENS:
Private-Begin: Private
4. viii.   PATIENCE LITTLE, b. 1692; d. WFT Est. 1702-1782.
  ix.   GEORGE LITTLE, b. 1694; d. Unknown.
  x.   MARTHA LITTLE40, b. 169441; d. WFT Est. 1696-178241; m. (1) PURCELL; b. WFT Est. 1696-1734; d. Unknown; m. (2) PURCELL42,43, WFT Est. 1696-173444; b. WFT Est. 1669-169244; d. WFT Est. 1696-177644.
  Notes for MARTHA LITTLE:
Martha is not listed in William's will. If she was a daughter of William, she was likely a daughter of his second marriage.


  More About PURCELL and MARTHA LITTLE:
Marriage: WFT Est. 1696-173444
5. xi.   THOMAS LITTLE, b. Unknown; d. 26 March 1696, Rehoboth, MA.

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