Individual Details

Edmund Littlefield

(1592 - December, 1661)

Edmund was born in England, there he married Annis Austin. Edmund on his own arrived in Boston probably in 1637. Annis and children followed in 1638. The family went to Wells, Maine where Edmund built the first sawmill and probably the first home. He was a grand juryman and took the Oath of Allegiance in Wells. He and Annis had children including a son Francis who disappeared then reappeared in America, maybe. Edmund wrote a will and left his estate to wife, sons Francis Junior, Anthony, Thomas, Francis Junior2, and John; to daughters Elizabeth Wakefield, Mary Barrett and Hannah Littlefield Cloyes.

Events

Birth1592Exeter, Devon, England
Marriage1614New England - Annis Austin
Arrival1637on the Bevis - Massachusetts, British America
CivilJuly 4, 1639Signed the Exeter Combnation - Exeter, British America
Residence1643Edmund Littlefield had already erected a saw-mill, on Webhannet River. - Wells, British America
Civil1643Land grant - Wells, York, Maine, United States
Civil1653Oath of Allegiance
WillDecember 11, 1661
DeathDecember, 1661Wells, British America
ProbateDecember 24, 1661Wells, British America
OccupationSawmill and gristmill owner, opertor
Burial

Families

SpouseAnnis Austin (1596 - 1677)
ChildHannah Littlefield (1633 - 1680)
FatherFrancis Littlefield (1565 - 1618)
MotherMary Unknown Littlefield (1570 - 1605)

Notes

Birth

Birthdate is an estimate

Arrival

Edmund's arrival date is an estimate. He sailed before his wife and kids who arrived in 1638.

Civil

July 5 1653 in Wells, Maine EDumend and his sons became freemen

Death

Death date is an estimate

Probate

He made his will Dec 11, 1661 bequeathing his estate to wife Annis, sons Francis, Anthony, Thomas, Francis Junior and John; daughters Elizabeth Wakefield, Mary Barrett and Hannah Littlefield.

Occupation

Famous in Wells Maine as settleing the area, building the first sawmill and gristmill.

Burial

Burial is probably somewhere in Wells Maine, no headstone found, family links at Find a Grave memorial

Endnotes

1. (2008). || Volume 2 page 955.

2. Davis, Walter G. The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945, Chapter 9 Littlefield of Wells, page 77 and on begins with this Edmunds father Francis of Tichtfield.

3. (1937). || Page 63 Edmund's arrival estaimted date 1637.

4. (1847) || Volume 67 October 1913 page 347 -wills and baptisms preceding-.

5. Davis, Walter G. The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945, Chapter 9 Littlefield of Wells, page 77 and on begins with this Edmunds father Francis of Tichtfield.

6. Davis, Walter G. The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945, Chapter 9 Littlefield of Wells, page 77 and on begins with this Edmunds father Francis of Tichtfield.

7. Davis, Walter G. The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945, Chapter 9 Littlefield of Wells, page 77 and on begins with this Edmunds father Francis of Tichtfield.

8. (1847) || Volume 3 page 193 List of freemen, Edmund and sons.

9. (1876–1909). || Volume 29 page 146 Edmund and sons freemen, oath July 5 1653 at Wells, Maine.

10. Davis, Walter G. The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945, Chapter 9 Littlefield of Wells, page 77 and on begins with this Edmunds father Francis of Tichtfield.

11. Sargent, William M. Maine Wills: 1640-1760. Portland [Me.]: Brown, Thurston and company, 1887, Page 3 Court Records, B, 53 Edmund, his will.

12. Davis, Walter G. The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945, Chapter 9 Littlefield of Wells, page 77 and on begins with this Edmunds father Francis of Tichtfield.

13. Sargent, William M. Maine Wills: 1640-1760. Portland [Me.]: Brown, Thurston and company, 1887, Page 3 Court Records, B, 53 Edmund, his will.

14. Davis, Walter G. The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945, Chapter 9 Littlefield of Wells, page 77 and on begins with this Edmunds father Francis of Tichtfield.

15. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .