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_Theophilus Higgins _+ | (1698 - 1780) m 1724 _Levi Higgins ________|_Joanna Young _______ | (1743 - 1825) m 1767 (1703 - 1767) _Elkanah Higgins ____| | (1769 - 1847) m 1787| | | _Elkanah Young ______+ | | | (1711 - 1763) m 1736 | |_Bathsheba Young _____|_Mercy Mayo _________ | (1742 - 1799) m 1767 (1719 - ....) _Nathan Higgins _____| | (1788 - 1880) m 1808| | | _Thomas Knowles _____+ | | | (1702 - 1759) | | _Henry Knowles _______|_Elizabeth Snow _____ | | | (1729 - 1810) m 1749 (1703 - 1769) | |_Azubah Knowles _____| | (1767 - 1860) m 1787| | | _James Knowles ______+ | | | (1704 - 1732) m 1726 | |_Mary Knowles ________|_Ann Doane __________ | (1730 - 1772) m 1749 (1706 - 1777) | |--Azubah K Higgins | (1818 - 1885) | _Amariah Leland _____+ | | (1710 - 1790) m 1734 | _Abner Leland ________|_Ursula Lovett ______ | | (1735 - 1783) m 1757 (1712 - ....) | _James Leland _______| | | (1767 - 1845) m 1786| | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_Unknown Fairweather _|_____________________ | | (.... - 1782) m 1757 |_Anna Leland ________| (1789 - 1870) m 1808| | _Ebenezer Salisbury _+ | | (1704 - 1787) m 1730 | _Ebenezer Salisbury __|_Susanna Round ______ | | (1739 - 1825) m 1763 (1714 - 1786) |_Mary Salisbury _____| (1765 - 1865) m 1786| | _____________________ | | |_Mehitable Hawkins ___|_____________________ (1740 - 1825) m 1763
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_____________________ | ______________________|_____________________ | _Francis Littlefield _| | (1530 - ....) m 1549 | | | _____________________ | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | _Francis Littlefield _| | (1565 - 1618) m 1591 | | | _John Pope __________ | | | (1470 - ....) | | _Edmund Pope _________|_Alice Mordox _______ | | | (1496 - 1550) m 1521 (1472 - ....) | |_Annis Pope __________| | (1533 - 1563) m 1549 | | | _Walter Newdigate ___+ | | | (1474 - ....) m 1499 | |_Elizabeth Newdigate _|_Isabella Hampden ___ | (1500 - ....) m 1521 (1478 - ....) | |--Edmund Littlefield | (1592 - 1661) | _____________________ | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | |_Mary Hill ___________| (1570 - 1605) m 1591 | | _____________________ | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | |______________________| | | _____________________ | | |______________________|_____________________
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Occupation: A Clothier, as was his father before him. The decline of the wool trade may have contributed to his decision to leave England.----Trial Juror, Grand Juror
Religion: Episcopalian
Called "the father of Wells". (Wells [Images of Americaseries],Hope M. Shelly, Arcadia Publishing, Dover, NH, 1996, p.7)He probably came to New England in the summer of 1635 withhistwo eldest sons. He is on record as being in Boston inSpringof 1637, and in 1638. His wife and six children followedon theBevis in May of 1638, with servants John Knight andHughDurdal. He was present in England when his wife Annisbecamepregnant with their last child, Francis the younger, andabsentby the time the suit below was brought--by February1635/36.(LFN Vol. V, No. 4, pp. 72-73)His name appears on theExeter Combination, signed on 5 June1639. He was granted 21acres of land there, in two lots in thefirst divison ofuplands.In 1643 he joined the Rev. John Wheelwright in thepurchase of alarge tract of land on the Maine coast from ThomasGorges, sonof Sir Ferdinando Gorges, which is now the town ofWells, ME.There is a plaque in Wells (next to the WebhannetFalls on thesite of his mill) stating that his sawmill andgristmill werethe first permanent structures in the town.On 14July 1643, Thomas Gorges granted him 100 acres of landadjacentto the mill and the neck of the marsh between that andWebhannetRiver. The first year he was the agent for RichardVines(appointed governor of the plantation at Saco 2 September1639)to give possession of the land to settlers. (NEHGRegister105:262)In November 1645, he and John Wadleigh were granted 200acres onthe southwest side of the Ogunquit River, notentrenching onthe town of Wells.He took the oath of allegianceon 5 July 1653 at Wells, ME.(NEHG Register 3:193.)He wasauthorized in 1654 to sell wine and strong liquor toIndians.Hewas selectman in 1654 and 1657.His will is dated 11 Dec, 1661; afamily compromise was signed17 December by his sons Francis,Sr., Thomas, and Francis, Jr.as well as his widow. Inventory wastaken 24 December 1661.About the lawsuit of 1635/6, which namedEdmund and Nicholas asdefendants, March v. Littlefield et al:Theamount in the lawsuit seems to be 16 pounds sterling. Thelawsuithad something to do with Edmund buying some wool andnot payingfor it. His brother, Nicholas, also named in thelawsuit, didreply to the effect that he didn't know anythingabout it andthat Edmund did the buying.Nicholas answered 17 Jan 1636 thatthis brother had been intrade many years as a clothier buyingwool in various placesand the defendant knew not whence the woolcame, whether fromthe complainant or other; that he bought woolof his brotherand did not inquire as to the source; and he knowsnothingbeyond this, and prays for damages unjustly incurred inthesuit.The complaint of Stephen March, Esq. of Newport, Isle ofWight(Hants.) againstEdmund Littlefield of Titchfield, clothier,Anne, his wife andNicholas Littlefield, his brother, sworn to 12February, 11Charles I (Feb 1635/6) is apparently on file atCourt ofRequests, Charles I, Bundle 77 , Part 4. This suit wasfound bythe late Col. Charles Edward Banks.
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