Ann Little1

b. 1843
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1843Ann Little was born about 1843 in Missouri.1 
(Daughter) Census US 185011 September 1850Ann was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of her parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. She was 7 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Anthony Little1

b. 1856
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1856Anthony Little was born about 1856 in Iowa.1 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 425; Family History Library Film: 803336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Eliza E. Little1

b. 1844
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1844Eliza E. Little was born about 1844 in Missouri.1 
(Daughter) Census US 185011 September 1850Eliza E. was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of her parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. She was 6 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Elizabeth Little1

b. 1838
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1838Elizabeth Little was born about 1838 in Missouri.1 
(Daughter) Census US 185011 September 1850Elizabeth was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of her parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. She was 12 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

George W. Little1

b. 1855
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1855George W. Little was born about 1855 in Iowa.1 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 425; Family History Library Film: 803336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Isaac Little1,2,3

b. 21 February 1677/78, d. 2 February 1758
Family
Birth*21 February 1677/78Isaac Little was born on 21 February 1677/78 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).1 
Christening24 March 1700Isaac Little was christened on 24 March 1700 at Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).4 
Marriage*circa 1703He married Mary Otis, daughter of John Otis and Mercy Bacon, circa 1703.1 
(Husband) DeathIsaac became a widower when Mary (Otis) Little died.1 
Marriage*29 November 1732He married second, as her second husband, Abigail (Cushing) Thomas, daughter of Joshua Cushing and Mary Bacon, on 29 November 1732 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Death*2 February 1758He died on 2 February 1758 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), at age 79.1 
Will*3 April 1758Isaac left a will dated 15 Aug 1751 and proved on 3 April 1758. He named his wife Abigail, his daughter Mercy who was under age 18, sons Otis, Nathaniel, Isaac and Lemuel, and his daughter Mary (Little) Winslow.1 

Family 1

 Mary Otis b. 10 Dec 1685
Children 1.Mary Little+1 b. 9 Sep 1704
 2.Isaac Little1 b. 3 Apr 1710
 3.Otis Little1 b. 29 Jan 1711
 4.Mercy Little1 b. 28 Apr 1716, d. bt 13 Jul 1723 - 1724
 5.Nathaniel Little1 b. 20 Aug 1722

Family 2

 Abigail Cushing b. 31 Jan 1703/4
Children 1.Lemuel Little1 b. 25 Jan 1736
 2.Isaac Little1 b. 11 Jun 1738
 3.Mercy Little1 b. c 1742, d. 7 May 1779
 4.Lemuel Little1 b. c 1745

Citations

  1. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.
  2. [S278] Multiple editors and compilers, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 1620, volumes 1-23 (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975), Volume 18, Part I: Richard Warren, page 87. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Families through Five Generations.
  3. [S405] Robert S. Wakefield, Richard Warren of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997), page 59. Hereinafter cited as Richard Warren of the Mayflower for four generations.
  4. [S278] Multiple editors and compilers, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 18, Part I: Richard Warren, page 22.

Isaac Little1

b. 3 April 1710
Family
Father*Isaac Little1 b. 21 Feb 1677/78, d. 2 Feb 1758
Mother*Mary Otis1 b. 10 Dec 1685
Birth*3 April 1710Isaac Little was born on 3 April 1710 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Death*He died young.1 

Citations

  1. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.

Isaac Little1

b. 11 June 1738
Family
Father*Isaac Little1 b. 21 Feb 1677/78, d. 2 Feb 1758
Mother*Abigail Cushing1 b. 31 Jan 1703/4
Baptism*11 June 1738Isaac Little was baptized on 11 June 1738 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.

Jefferson Little1

b. 1813, d. 1880
Family
Birth*1813Jefferson Little was born about 1813 in Kentucky.1,2 
Marriage*27 January 1833He married Sarah McGuire on 27 January 1833 in Henry County, Kentucky. They were married by the Reverend Issac Malin.1,3,2 
Census US 1850*11 September 1850Sarah and Jefferson Little were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. Jefferson was 37 years of age and a farmer, and Sarah was 36 years of age. Neither was able to read or write. Eleven children were enumerated with them in 1850. Mary A. and Susannah were ages 17 and 16 years. respectively, and Mary had attended school within the census year; Joseph and Elizabeth were ages 13 and 12 years, respectively, and Joseph had attended school within the census year; John, Margaret, Ann and Eliza E. were ages 9, 8, 7 and 6 years, respectively, and John had attended school within the census year; and Lorinda, Jefferson and Levi were ages 5, 3 and 2 years, respectively. The couple's daughter Mary's future husband, Samuel Stewart Russell, was enumerated that year with his first wife four households below the Little family in the last household on the same census page.1 
Death*1880He died in 1880 in Nez Perce County, Idaho,2 
Burial* and was buried in Freeze Cemetery, Freeze, Latah County, Idaho.2 

Family

 Sarah McGuire b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Children 1.Mary Ann Little+1 b. 1833
 2.Susannah Little1 b. 1834
 3.Joseph Little1 b. 1837
 4.Elizabeth Little1 b. 1838
 5.John Little1 b. 1841
 6.Margaret Little1 b. 1842
 7.Ann Little1 b. 1843
 8.Eliza E. Little1 b. 1844
 9.Lorinda Little1 b. 1845
 10.Jefferson Little1 b. 1847
 11.Levi Little1 b. 1848
 12.Andrew J. Little4 b. 1852
 13.George W. Little4 b. 1855
 14.Anthony Little4 b. 1856

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Jefferson Little, Memorial# 125252608. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah (McGuire) Little, Memorial# 25166262.
  4. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 425; Family History Library Film: 803336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Jefferson Little1

b. 1847
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1847Jefferson Little was born about 1847 in Missouri.1 
(Son) Census US 185011 September 1850Jefferson was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of his parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. He was 3 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

John Little1

b. 1841
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1841John Little was born about 1841 in Missouri.1 
(Son) Census US 185011 September 1850John was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of his parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. He was 9 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Joseph Little1

b. 1837
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1837Joseph Little was born about 1837 in Kentucky.1 
(Son) Census US 185011 September 1850Joseph was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of his parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. He was 13 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Lemuel Little1

b. 25 January 1736
Family
Father*Isaac Little1 b. 21 Feb 1677/78, d. 2 Feb 1758
Mother*Abigail Cushing1 b. 31 Jan 1703/4
Baptism*25 January 1736Lemuel Little was baptized on 25 January 1736 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Death*He died young.1 

Citations

  1. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.

Lemuel Little1

b. circa 1745
Family
Father*Isaac Little1 b. 21 Feb 1677/78, d. 2 Feb 1758
Mother*Abigail Cushing1 b. 31 Jan 1703/4
Birth*circa 1745Lemuel Little was born circa 1745 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 
(Son) Guardianship3 April 1758Abigail Little, widow, was appointed guardian of her son Lemuel Little and daughter Mercy Little on 3 April 1758.1 
Land Transfer29 October 1764 On 29 October 1764 Abigail Little of Pembroke, widow of Isaac Little, deceased, and guardian of her son Lemuel Little, a minor, sold lands of the late Isaac Little.1 
Land Transfer10 April 1780On 20 Mar 1780 and sworn to on 10 April 1780, Lemuel Little of Pembroke, yeoman, and Abigail Little, widow, sold lands to Thomas Hobart.1 

Citations

  1. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.
  2. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren, Part One, pages 98-99, with the notation that his year of birth was based on his age at death.

Levi Little1

b. 1848
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1848Levi Little was born about 1848 in Missouri.1 
(Son) Census US 185011 September 1850Levi was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of his parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. He was 2 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Lorinda Little1

b. 1845
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1845Lorinda Little was born about 1845 in Missouri.1 
(Daughter) Census US 185011 September 1850Lorinda was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of her parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. She was 5 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Margaret Little1

b. 1842
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1842Margaret Little was born about 1842 in Missouri.1 
(Daughter) Census US 185011 September 1850Margaret was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of her parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. She was 8 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Mary Little1

b. 9 September 1704
Family
Father*Isaac Little2 b. 21 Feb 1677/78, d. 2 Feb 1758
Mother*Mary Otis2 b. 10 Dec 1685
Birth*9 September 1704Mary Little was born on 9 September 1704 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 
Marriage*1726She married John Winslow, son of Colonel Isaac Winslow and Sarah Wensley, in 1726.1,2 

Family

 John Winslow b. 10 May 1703, d. 17 Apr 1774
Children 1.Pelham Winslow1 b. 1737
 2.Isaac Winslow1 b. 1739

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Winslow, pages 409-412. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.

Mary Little

Family
Name VariationMary was also called Polly.1 
Marriage*17 December 1779She married Adams Bailey of Bridgewater, son of Adams Bailey and Sarah Howard, on 17 December 1779 in Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress).2,1 

Family

 Captain Adams Bailey b. 16 Jan 1748, d. 26 Jul 1824
Child 1.Adams Bailey3 b. 28 Apr 1789, d. 20 Nov 1859

Citations

  1. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 37; Adams Bailey Jr. married Mary "Polly" Little of Hanover on 17 Dec 1779 In Hanover. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  2. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Bailey, pages 106-107, which mentioned only one wife for Captain Adams Bailey, "Catherine Little", married 1775. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  3. [S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Volume 1. Births and Volume 2. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1909), Volume I, Births, page 13, the son of Adams and Mary Bailey. Hereinafter cited as Scituate Vital Records to 1850.

Mary Ann Little1

b. 1833
Family
Father*Jefferson Little2 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire2 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1833Mary Ann Little was born about 1833 in Indiana.3 
(Daughter) Census US 185011 September 1850Mary Ann was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of her parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. She was 17 years old and had attended school within the census year. Her future husband, Samuel Stewart Russell, was enumerated that year with his first wife four households below the Little family in the last household on the same census page.2 
Marriage*6 January 1853She married, as his second wife, Samuel Stewart Russell, son of Alexander Russell and Catherine Stewart, on 6 January 1853 in Monroe County, Iowa.1,4 
Census US 1860*3 August 1860Mary Ann and Samuel Russell were enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 3 August 1860 in Wayne, Monroe County, Iowa. Samuel was 34 years of age and a laborer, with a personal estate valued at $650, and Mary Ann was 27 years of age and doing domestic work. Neither of them was able to read or write. The couple's six children were enumerated with them in 1860. Sarah, Newton and Emaline were ages 6, 5, and 4 years, respectively; Alexander was 3 years old; Amanda was one year old; and baby Sampson was one month old. Samuel's parents, Catherine and Alexander Russell, with Samuel's sister, Lucinda Russell, were enumerated in the next household, above Samuel and Mary Ann, on the same census page.3 
Death*She died before the 1870 census was taken in July 1870, probably in her early 30s, leaving her widowed husband and six young children.5 

Family

 Samuel Stewart Russell b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911
Children 1.Sarah J. Russell3 b. 1854
 2.Newton Russell3 b. 1855
 3.Emaline Russell3 b. 1856
 4.Alexander Russell+3,1 b. 15 Aug 1857, d. 3 Nov 1927
 5.Amanda Russell3 b. 1859
 6.Sampson Russell3,6 b. 6 May 1860

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Samuel Stewart “Sam” Russell, Memorial# 120203127. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel S. and Mary A. Russell, Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S1508] Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Samuel Russell and Mary Ann Little on 6 January 1853 in Monroe County, Iowa, citing FHL Film# 0980485, Reference ID: 2:3DPR6QT. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996.
  5. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Russell, Year: 1870; Census Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: M593_411; Page: 72B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sampson Samuel Russell, Memorial# 122986214.

Mercy Little1

b. 28 April 1716, d. between 13 July 1723 and 1724
Family
Father*Isaac Little1 b. 21 Feb 1677/78, d. 2 Feb 1758
Mother*Mary Otis1 b. 10 Dec 1685
Birth*28 April 1716Mercy Little was born on 28 April 1716 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Death*between 13 July 1723 and 1724She died between 13 July 1723 and 1724 at age 7, although the source noted she died at age 9 years. The discrepancy, whether a typo, taken from a gravestone or miscalculated from the same dates provided, is uncertain.1 

Citations

  1. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.

Mercy Little1

b. circa 1742, d. 7 May 1779
Family
Father*Isaac Little1 b. 21 Feb 1677/78, d. 2 Feb 1758
Mother*Abigail Cushing1 b. 31 Jan 1703/4
Birth*circa 1742Mercy Little was born circa 1742 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
(Daughter) Guardianship3 April 1758Abigail Little, widow, was appointed guardian of her son Lemuel Little and daughter Mercy Little on 3 April 1758.1 
Occupation*Mercy was seamstress.1 
Will*1 May 1779Mercy Little, seamstress, wrote a will dated 1 May 1779 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress). She mentioned her mother, niece Mary Thomas, daughter of her brother Isaac Thomas, brother Isaac Thomas, brother Isaac Little deceased, Isaac, Charles, Otis, Abigail, Anna and Judith Little, all children of her brother Isaac Little, brother Lemuel Little, and Lydia Little, the widow of her brother Isaac Little.1 
Death*7 May 1779She died unmarried in her 38th year on 7 May 1779 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress).1 
Estate*3 June 1779Her estate was proved on 3 June 1779.1 

Citations

  1. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.

Nathaniel Little1

b. 20 August 1722
Family
Father*Isaac Little1 b. 21 Feb 1677/78, d. 2 Feb 1758
Mother*Mary Otis1 b. 10 Dec 1685
Birth*20 August 1722Nathaniel Little was born on 20 August 1722 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.

Otis Little1

b. 29 January 1711
Family
Father*Isaac Little1 b. 21 Feb 1677/78, d. 2 Feb 1758
Mother*Mary Otis1 b. 10 Dec 1685
Birth*29 January 1711Otis Little was born on 29 January 1711 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S842] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18, Family of Richard Warren. Third Edition, in 3 Parts. (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), Part One, pages 98-99. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower 18: Family of Richard Warren.

Susannah Little1

b. 1834
Family
Father*Jefferson Little1 b. 1813, d. 1880
Mother*Sarah McGuire1 b. 1813, d. 12 May 1888
Birth*1834Susannah Little was born about 1834 in Kentucky.1 
(Daughter) Census US 185011 September 1850Susannah was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of her parents in District 8, Boone County, Missouri. She was 16 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jefferson and Sarah Little, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: 392; Page: 367b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Wallis Little1

(Appraiser) Administration16 April 1793Administration on the Estate of Abigail (Sheldon) Bolton Smith was opened on 16 April 1793 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and on 20 Apr 1793, Jonas Page, Nathan Adams and Wallis Little were appointed to appraise the real estate Abigail had received as her dower after first her husband, William Bolton Jr., died in 1780 and would, as a result of her death, be distributed to William and Abigail's children.1 

Citations

  1. [S489] William Bolton Jr., Administration of 1780, Probate File Number 2129, Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County Massachusetts probate file number 2129 (Microfilm of original records in the Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as William Bolton Jr. Administration of 1780.

Nathaniel Littlefield1

Family
Residence*Nathaniel and his family resided at Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 

Family
Child 1.Susanna Littlefield+1,2 d. 1 Jun 1753

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Ames, pages 98-104. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S900] Ann Theopold Chaplin, The Descendants of William Ames of Braintree, Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: Newbury Street Press, c2004), Person# 17, Joseph Ames, pages 41-44. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of William Ames of Braintree.

Susanna Littlefield1

d. 1 June 1753
Family
Father*Nathaniel Littlefield1,2
Marriage*6 July 1736She married, as his first wife, Joseph Ames, son of Thomas Ames and Mary Hayward, on 6 July 1736 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,3,2 
Death*1 June 1753She died on 1 June 1753 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 

Family

 Joseph Ames b. 6 May 1711, d. 14 May 1790
Children 1.Phebe Ames+4,1 b. 8 Mar 1736/37
 2.Ebenezer Ames1 b. 15 Mar 1738/39, d. 1 Mar 1779

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Ames, pages 98-104. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S900] Ann Theopold Chaplin, The Descendants of William Ames of Braintree, Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: Newbury Street Press, c2004), Person# 17, Joseph Ames, pages 41-44. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of William Ames of Braintree.
  3. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 32. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  4. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Howard, pages 197-207.

Edward John Littleton1

(Trustee) Marriage Settlement7 September 1816Edward was one of two trustees named in a memorial of indented deeds of lease and release dated 6 and 7 September 1816 respectively made between the Honorable Martha Wingfield of the city of Dublin in Ireland, spinster, of the first part, James MacCormick of the same city, Esq., of the second part, Thomas Gerrard of Tallyho, County Westmeath, in Ireland, Esq., of the third part, Samuel Gerrard of the same place, Esq., the only son of the said Thomas Gerrard of the fourth part, Thomas Leversage Fowler of Pendeford in the parish of Tettenhall, Staffordshire, England, Esq., of the fifth part, Elizabeth Fowler of Pendeford aforesaid, spinster, eldest daughter of the said Thomas Leversage Fowler by his late wife Harriett, of the sixth part, and Edward John Littleton of Teddesley Hall in Staffordshire, England, Esq., and the Reverend Samuel Gerrard of Clonmore in the county of Louth, Ireland, of the seventh part.

The memorial is complicated and mentions several other people in addition to the parties involved in its development and execution. Samuel Gerrard and John Gerrard, both deceased, were the father and older brother, respectively, of Thomas Gerrard of the third part, and Samuel the father was a brother-in law of Robert Rochfort Earl of Belvedere, also deceased. George Rochfort, the 2nd Earl of Belvedere and also deceased, was the son of Robert Rochfort and a first cousin to Thomas Gerrard and nephew to Samuel Gerrard the father. John Rochfort Esq. was a second cousin to Thomas Gerrard, being the grandson of the brother of Thomas Gerrard's maternal grandfather. Tompson Lyons and James Callentine were tenants on part of the lands of Paslicktown in the county of Westmeath, and John Bagnell and John Lewis were each mentioned as being one of the lives, or cestui que vies on different lease agreements. The memorial began:

Reciting among other things, indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 30th and 31st of March 1767, and registered the (date left blank) in (Book, page and deed number left blank), being a lease from Samuel Gerrard, father of the said Thomas Gerrard, to his brother-in-law, the Honorable Robert Rochfort Earl of Belvedere, of part of the lands of Paslicktown, County Westmeath, for three lives with a covenant for perpetual renewal at the yearly rent of £34, 19s, 8.5p.

And reciting that under an intermediate conveyance, and ultimately certain indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 27th and 28th of December 1810 and registered the 4th day of September 1807 (which doesn't make sense) in Book 627, Page 49 and No. 433862, the said Thomas Gerrard became entitled to the devised lands and premises for all said estate of the said Robert Rochfort therein.

And reciting indentures of lease and release dated the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777 and registered the 3rd day of May 1780 in Book 334, Page 315 and No. 223478, being a lease from the said Samuel Gerrard the father, to the said Thomas Gerrard on part of the lands of Paslicktown, County Westmeath, for three lives with a covenant for perpetual renewal at the yearly rent of £86.

And reciting indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 31st day of September 1810 and the 1st day of January 1811 and registered the 7th day of February in the year 1811 in Book 633, Page 263 and No. 433982, being a mortgage from the said Thomas Gerrard to the said Martha Wingfield of the premises comprised in both the aforesaid leases for securing the sum of £1,300 and interest.

And reciting among other things, indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 20th and 21st of September 1815 and registered the same 21st day of September in Book 693, Page 344 and No. 476076, being a second mortgage of all the aforesaid premises from the said Thomas Gerrard to the said James MacCormick for securing the sum of £190 and interest.

And reciting indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 28th and 29th of April 1786 and registered the (date left blank) in (Book, page and Deed number left blank), being a lease from their cousin, George Rochfort, the late Earl of Belvedere, to the said Thomas Gerrard and John Rochfort Esq. of the town and lands of Boherquill in County Westmeath for three lives at the yearly rent of £122, 17s together with 6s in the pound as receivers fees.

And reciting an indenture dated the 29th of October then last and registered the (date left blank) in (Book, page and deed number left blank), being a deed of partition between the said Thomas Gerrard and John Rochfort of the said town and lands of Boherquill under which 118 acres of the same lands were allotted to the said Thomas Gerrard in severalty and the yearly rent of £684, 3s, and £1, 14s in receivers fees were approved in respect of the same allotment.

And reciting an intended marriage of the said Samuel Gerrard the son, party thereto, and Elizabeth Fowler, and showing the fortune to which the said Elizabeth Fowler was entitled consisting of the sum of £6,666, 17s in 3 percent consolidated bank annuities, and an expected portion of £833, 6s, 8p, being 1/6 part of the several sums of £3,000, £1,000 and £1,000 with benefit of survivorship on contingencies on her father and mother's marriage settlement, and a deed of appointment in exercise of a power therein contained and bearing date the day next before the day of the date of the release now memorialized, and a sum of £2,000 agreed to be secured as another portion for her benefit by the bond of her father the said Thomas Leversage Fowler, to be paid within 12 calendar months after his decease.

And reciting that upon the treaty of the said then intended marriage, the said Thomas Gerrard agreed to convey and assure the life-hold lands and premises to which he was entitled under the several therein recited indentures, to and upon the uses and trusts and with the parties therein after declared and contained thereof, for the several benefits for himself and the said Samuel Gerrard the son and Elizabeth Fowler and the issue of the said then intended marriage, and that he also agreed to assign several debts or sums of money due to him from different persons by judgments entered separately in His Majesty's Courts of Record in Ireland, or some of them, unto trustees, the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, upon the trusts therein after declared thereof by way of indemnity as therein, and no part hereinafter mentioned.

It is by the now memorialized indenture of release witnessed that in pursuance of the therein recited agreements, and in consideration of the sum of £1,300 to the said Martha Wingfield and of the sum of £190 to the said James MacCormick, paid by or by the direction of the said Elizabeth Fowler out of part of her fortune as therein mentioned, with the privity and consent of the said Thomas Gerrard and Samuel Gerrard the son, testified as therein expressed in discharge of the like sums secured to them respectively on mortgages of the premises severally comprised in the said indentures of the 30 and 31 days of March 1767 and the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777.

And also in consideration of the said then intended marriage between the said Samuel Gerrard the son and Elizabeth Fowler, and of the residue of her fortune so disposed and agreed to be disposed of as therein mentioned, and for the nominal consideration of 10 shillings to the said Martha Wingfield and James MacCormick at the request and by the direction of the said Thomas Gerrard testified as therein presented, he did bargain, sell and release, and the said Thomas Gerrard did grant, release and confirm unto the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, in their actual possession by virtue of the now memorialized deed of lease, and their executors and administrators, all that and those the different parts of the town and lands of Paslicktown, situate and being in the barony of Fartullagh in the county of Westmeath aforesaid, comprised in the several indentures of the 30 and 31 of March 1767 and the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777 together with the capital messuage or Mansion House and the offices thereto called Tallyho House erected on part of the lands comprised in the same indentures, and all other erections and buildings thereon, and also all that, the aforesaid part of the said lands of Boherquill, containing 118 acres plantation measure more or less which was conveyed or allotted in severalty by the said indenture of the 29 day of October then last to the said Thomas Gerrard, his heirs and assigns, as his and their several proportion of the town, land and other premises comprised on the said indenture of the 28th and 29th day of April 1786, all which said town, land and other premises thereby released were then in the several occupations of the said Thomas Gerrard, Tompson Lyons and James Callentine or their respective under-tenants, with the appurtenances thereto belonging.

To hold the town, lands and other premises thereby released unto the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, their executors, administrators and assigns from thenceforth in the manner following, that is to say, to hold all such parts of the same premises as were comprised in the said indentures of lease and release of the 30 and 31 days of March 1767 for the lives and life of his present Majesty King George III, the then cestui que vies under the same indentures, and for all such other lives and life, terms, estates and interest for which the same premises might be thereafter granted by virtue of or under the covenant in the same indenture of release contained for renewal, or any tenant right or benefit of renewal whatsoever, under and subject nevertheless to the payment from thenceforth of the yearly rent of £34, 19s, 8.5p reserved by the same indenture.

And to hold the performance and observance of the covenants, provisions and agreements therein contained on the lessee or tenants part to be performed and observed as to all such parts of the premises thereby released as were comprised in the said indentures of lease and release of the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777, for the lives and life of John Lewis and John Rochfort, the then cestui que vies under the same indentures, and the survivor of them, and for all such other lives and life, term, estate and interest for which the same premises might be thereafter granted by virtue of or under the covenant in the same indenture of release contained for renewal or any tenant right or benefit of renewal whatsoever under and subject nevertheless from thenceforth of the yearly rent of £86 reserved by the same indenture and to the performance and observance of the covenants, provisions and agreements therein contained on the lessees or tenants part to be performed and observed and as to all such parts of the premises thereby released as were comprised in the said indentures of lease and release of the 28th and 29th days of April 1786 and in the said indenture of the 29th day of October then last for the lives and life of John Rochfort, Samuel Gerrard the son, and John Bagnell, the cestui que vies named in the said indenture of the 29th day of April 1786 and the survivors and survivor of them and for any other term which might be thereafter granted therein under any tenant right or favor whatsoever, under and subject nevertheless to the payment from thenceforth of the apportioned yearly rent of £68, 4s, 3p and £1, 14s receivers fees, part of the said yearly rent of £122, 17s and receivers fees reserved by the said last mentioned indenture.

And to hold the performance and observance of the covenants, provisions and agreements contained on the lessee or tenants part to be performed and observed as far as respect to such of the premises thereby granted as were in the now memorialized indenture comprised and as to all and singular the town, lands and other premises thereby released so severally subject as aforesaid to and upon the several uses and trusts and with and subject to the powers and provisions therein and in part herein mentioned, that is to say to the use of the said Thomas Gerrard and his heirs until the said intended marriage should take effect but subject until that event to the said mortgage debts or principal sums of £1,300 and £190 on part of the same premises and thereby advanced and satisfied out of the fortune of the said Elizabeth Fowler as aforesaid and the interest thereof respectively for the benefit of the said Elizabeth Fowler and from and immediately after the solemnization of the said then intended marriage and freed and wholly discharged of and from the same mortgage debts or principal sums and all interest and arrears of interest thereof to upon and for the several uses trusts, intents and purposes and with and subject to the several powers and provisions therein declared and contained of and concerning the same for the several benefits of the said Thomas Gerrard, Samuel Gerrard the son, and Elizabeth Fowler and the issue of the said then intended marriage.

And it is by the now memorialized indenture of lease also witnessed that in further pursuance of the said recited agreements on the part of the said Thomas Gerrard, and in consideration of the said then intended marriage, and for other the considerations thereinafter expressed, the said Thomas Gerrard did covenant with the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, their executors, administrators and assigns, in case the said then intended marriage should take effect, then within three calendar months after the solemnization thereof, at his own expense, to assign and assure as well the said several therein before recited judgment debts entered of record in Ireland against the said Samuel Gerrard the father, and his eldest son John Gerrard, brother of Thomas Gerrard, and each of them for the several sums of money then vested in or otherwise payable to him the said Thomas Gerrard and therein before recited of all which several judgments thereby covenanted to be assigned proper memorials are intended to be enrolled immediately after the execution of such respective assignments thereof, and all monies due and owing thereon respectively and all powers and remedies for the same unto the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, their executors, administrators and assigns, upon the trusts therein declared thereof as indemnity in the first place unto the said town, lands and other premises respectively comprised in the said several indentures of lease and release of the 30th and 31st days of March 1767 and the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777 and to the person and persons for the time being beneficially entitled under the trusts and powers therein before contained in respect of the same, of and for the payment of the said several yearly rents of £34, 19s, 8.5p and £86 reserved by the same several indentures of release and each of them, and all powers and remedies given for the recovery thereof or any part thereof respectively, and all costs and expenses to be incurred on account of the same, or any of them, or any non-payments thereon respectively, and in the next place unto the lands and other premises conveyed or released in severalty to the said Thomas Gerrard his heirs and assigns by the same indenture of the 29th day of October then last and thereby released, and to the person and persons for the time being beneficially entitled thereto as aforesaid in respect of the same of and from the defects and imperfections in the said indenture of the 29th day of April 1786, or in the said partition made by the same indenture of the 29th day of October then last of the premises therein comprised, or by reason of the conveyance thereby made of the last mentioned premises, or any inability to dispose thereof, or any inability to dispose hereof, or any other infirmary of settle in the same premises or any of them, and of and from all actions or suit, cause or causes of actions or suit, evictions, interruptions, costs, charges, damages and expenses, claims and demands whatsoever, of or by the owner or owners for the time being of the revision and inheritance of the last mentioned premises on account of any such defects, imperfections, inabilities or infirmary and subject thereto in trust for the said Thomas Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns, which said indenture of release now memorialized contained other covenants and clauses and the same as to the execution thereof by the said Thomas Gerrard, Samuel Gerrard the son, Thomas Leversage Fowler, Elizabeth Fowler, and also this memorial as the execution thereof by the said Thomas Gerrard and Samuel Gerrard the son.

The several agreements were each signed and sealed in England by the appropriate parties and witnessed by James Holyoake of Tettenhall, Staffordshire, attorney, William Thacker of Penn, Staffordshire, attorney-at-law, and Elizabeth Moore, servant to the said Thomas Leversage Fowler, and which said deed and the memorial as to the execution by Samuel Gerrard, clerk, was witnessed by James Dunn of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and Charles James Howard, clerk to the said James. It was registered on 06 May 1817.1 

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1817, Film# 463934, Volume 714, pages 574-A-574-E, Deed number 488909, images 532-534. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.

Benjamin Littrell1

b. 9 January 1818, d. 22 March 1900
Family
Birth*9 January 1818Benjamin Littrell was born on 9 January 1818 in Kentucky.1 
Marriage*22 November 1837He married Nancy Huckaby, daughter of Joseph Huckaby and Mary Bridges, on 22 November 1837 in Barren County, Kentucky.2,1 
(Neighbor) Land Records30 December 1843Benjamin Littrell was identified as a neighbor whose land bounded the tract of land on Peters Creek, Barren County, Kentucky, sold on 30 December 1843 by Robert and Susan Woodcock to John H. Page. Our transcription of the deed follows:

This indenture made and entered into this 30th day of December 1843 between Robert Woodcock and Susan Woodcock, his wife, of the County of Barren and State of Kentucky of the one part and John H. Page of the County of Allen and State aforesaid of the other part, Witnesseth that in and for the consideration of money heretofore received and $1.00 in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, we have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain, sell and convey to the said John H. Page, all of our right, title and interest whatsoever to a certain tract of land on Peters Creek whereon James D. Carver now lives, it being the survey that William Carver owned in his life time, and bounded by the lands of John Lewis, Benjamin Littrell, Alexander L. Devasher and George W. Page, and the Creek. To have and to hold to the said Page and his heirs forever, and we bind ourselves, our heirs and executors to warrant and defend the title to the said land against the claim of all and every person or persons whatever. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and date above written.

The signatures of both Robert Woodcock and Susan Woodcock were sealed with their marks, and the deed was recorded in Barren County, Kentucky on 21 March 1844.3 
(2nd Neighbor) Court Action10 February 1846Benjamin Littrell, a neighbor of Elisha Carver, deceased, was deposed as a witness in a lawsuit filed by Elisha's eldest daughter, Emily Jane, and her husband, Martin Wood.

Case# 1472 was filed on 10 February 1846 in the Circuit Court at Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, whereby Martin Wood and Emily Jane his wife, who had been married on 13 September 1845 by Henry Lee in Barren County, stated that Emily Jane was the daughter and one of the heirs of Elisha Carver, deceased, and that said Carver was possessed of a tract of land lying in Barren County on the waters of Peters Creek containing 280 acres, and that Carver at the time of his death had legal title to the land, and that he died intestate.

Elisha Carver left a widow, Louisa Carver, and the following children: Lucy Carver, since intermarried with James Carver, Elizabeth Carver, Marthy Ann Carver, James L. Carver, John Carver, Mary T. Carver, and Sarah F. Carver, who with Emily Jane (Carver) Wood, were his only children and legal representatives. The six last named, except Emily, being infants under 21 years of age.

Martin and Emily stated that the land was rapidly deteriorating in value, and would in a few years be seriously and irreparably damaged by exhausting the arable land, and cutting and destroying the timber.

They stated that the land could not be advantageously divided as the share of each of the heirs would be less than $100, and that it would be to the advantage of all to sell the land and divide the proceeds.

An amendment to the above bill stated that James Jameson, Sheriff of Barren County, was appointed by the Barron County court to administer the estate of Elisha Carver, deceased, and that H. P. Curd, Deputy Sheriff for Jameson, acted as Administrator. The Plaintiffs asked that Curd be made a Defendant to the suit, and made to state the amount of the estate that had come into his hands.

In another amendment dated 21 March 1846, the Complainants stated that they understood that Charlotte Carver or her children, Joel Y. and Catherine Carver, had some claim, or pretended claim, on the estate of Elisha Carver, deceased. For the purpose of contesting all things in this suit, they asked the court to make them and John G. Rogers, who had been appointed Guardian of Joel Y. and Catherine Carver, defendants to their suit and any other bills therein, and that they answer.

Charlotte Carver’s response was filed on 26 June 1846, stating that Elisha Carver’s estate was indebted to her children, Joel Y. and Catherine Carver, in the amount of $38 each, for a total of $76. Mr. Curd, representing Charlotte, explained the indebtedness. He stated that Charlotte was the Administratrix of her deceased husband, William Carver's, estate, and that Elisha Carver was her security. Elisha became uneasy, and by way of making him safe, she sold to him her dower interest in the tract of land on which her husband lived and died, for and in consideration of his assuming to pay to Susan (Carver) Woodcock, Joel Y. and Catherine Carver the sum of $38 each being the amount of their respective interests in the estate of William Carver, their father. Elisha Carver thereafter paid Susan Woodcock her $38, but never paid Joel Y. or Catherine their parts. Curd stated that Charlotte claimed nothing for herself out of the estate of Elisha Carver, just what he owed her children.

H. P. Curd's testimony was filed on 21 March 1845, in which he admitted that Elisha Carver departed his life intestate and that by an order of the court he, Curd, as deputy for James Jameson, Sheriff, was qualified to administer the estate, which he did. He sold the personal property, settled the debts, and had in his possession $59.55 belonging to the estate. He testified that Charlotte Carver or her children, Joel Y. and Catherine, were claiming a debt of said estate amounting to $76., which she was alleging was the amount of the balance of the price agreed to be paid by Elisha for the tract of land. Curd claimed to know nothing of his own knowledge of the justness of the claim, and stated that if the claim was justly due and owing that so much of said tract of land be ordered and decreed sold as would pay the balance of $76, first deducting the amount he had in his possession, and allowing him his reasonable costs in defending the suit, including an attorney’s fee.

Testimony by attorney John G. Rogers, representing James Carver and Lucy Carver his wife, was filed on 15 June 1846. They admitted that Emily Wood was a daughter of Elisha Carver, deceased, and that he died intestate, that the heirs and legal representatives listed in the suit were correct, and that Lucy was one of the heirs and a child of Elisha Carver, deceased.

They denied that it would be to their interest to have the said land sold and the proceeds divided. They thought it would be better, and desired, that the land should be divided between the heirs, and that their portions be allotted to them even if the rest were to be sold.

The testimony of John G. Rogers, then testifying on his own behalf, was filed on 24 June 1846. He stated he was the Guardian of Joel Y. and Catherine Carver, the children of Charlotte Carver, and essentially made the same statements to the court that Charlotte had made. That Charlotte Carver was the wife of William Carver, and that her children were Susan Woodcock, Joel Y., and Catherine Carver. In addition, he told of the arrangement between Charlotte and Elisha Carver regarding her selling Elisha her dower interest in the land, that Elisha had paid Susan, and doubtless would have paid Joel Y. and Catherine if he had lived. He said Elisha died a short time thereafter.

Four deeds were submitted to the court as evidence in the court case:

John and Elizabeth Carver his wife, deed dated August 1828, sold to Elisha Carver for $118, one tract of land containing 75 acres on Peters Creek, Barren County, Kentucky, it being part of the tract conveyed by Benjamin W. Clark and his wife unto John and William Carver.

Jesse Bewley and Mary his wife, deed dated 2 August 1831, sold to Elisha Carver for $100, one tract of land on Peters Creek in Barren County, Kentucky, being the tract of land whereon Carver then lived, and the appurtenances thereon.

Ann D. Shirley of the Borough of Norfolk, State of Virginia, by George M. Pryer, her attorney-in-fact, deed dated 17 August 1833, sold to Elisha Carver for $100, 200 acres of land situated on Peters Creek, Barren County, Kentucky, it being part of a 1,333 1/3-acre survey patented to the heirs of Robert Tompkins, deceased, by patent dated 1 March 1800.


Charlotte Carver, deed dated 20 November 1841, sold to Elisha Carver for $150, and relinquished all her right of dower, her interest in a certain tract of land on Peters Creek owned by her husband William Carver, to have and to hold during her life.

Alexander L. Devasher was deposed on 17 September 1846 and asked about the current condition of Elisha Carver’s land which was believed to be occupied at the time by James Carver, one of the defendants in the case. In response to questions, Devasher stated he lived about two miles from James Carver, who he thought lived on the land upon which Elisha Carver lived and died. He said there were two or three different surveys, but it was all the same tract, and he thought James Carver had lived on the land for about three years.

Devasher was asked if he knew of James Carver, the defendant, having cut a great deal of salable timber off the land and sold it, and if Devasher had or had not bought timber from James Carver which came off the land. His response was that Carver had cut a right smart amount, such as board timber, rail timber, etc., but didn’t know much about the property lines and didn’t know whether they came off Elisha Carver’s land or not. He didn’t know of any that had been sold, except what he had heard. He said he had bought some rails from him, but didn’t know whether they came off that land or not.

Asked whether James Carver owned any other land in that neighborhood off of which he could have gotten the board and rail timber etc. he had mentioned, Devasher said James Carver didn’t own any other land except his interest in Elisha Carver’s tract of land.

Asked whether he knew if that land had been much injured and was not worth near as much since James Carver first went upon it to live, Devasher responded that he knew the place had gone to rack, and was not in as good repair as when Elisha Carver died.

Asked whether he knew or did not know that the land was not so valuable now for timber as when James Carver went on it, Devasher stated that if all the timber that had been cut was on the land, it would not be so valuable, but he didn’t know if all the timber was from that land. He didn’t know where the property line was.

Asked if he knew or did not know that James Carver had taken down a house and hauled it to the woods and there permitted the logs to rot, Devasher said they hauled a house out, it was said for Tom Williams to live in, but he didn’t know who the head manager was or anything about it. The logs, he reconned, were lying there yet, and he didn’t know anything about them. He had not seen them since.

Asked if he had not recently contracted with James Carver for a parcel of rails which were either on the land or to be made from the land, Devasher said he and Carver had been talking about trading for some rails, which he reconned were on the land, but they had not traded yet.

Another neighbor, Benjamin Littrell, was also deposed on 17 September 1846. He was asked if he knew or did not know of James Carver, one of the defendants in the case, having cut a great deal of valuable timber off of the land on which he was then living and upon which Elisha Carver died. He responded that there had been a right smart cut there, but he didn’t know that he cut it all. He had heard it said that he cut it, but he never saw him at it. He didn’t know that there was a great deal of valuable timber. There was some board timber, and some for plank, and some for hogsheads, cut off.

Asked if he knew or did not know that the place was much less valuable now than when James Carver went upon it, Littrell responded that he would not give as much for it as it was right smartly out of repair.

Asked how much he would say, or if he knew, to what extent the place had been injured, he said he hardly knew but at a rough guess would suppose, taking everything into consideration, that it had been injured something like $100.

Asked if he would please state, if he knew, in what way James Carver had been living on the land. Had he paid rent for it or not? Littrell responded that he couldn’t tell. He understood that Carver was to pay rent the first year, but how they had managed since he didn’t know.

Asked if he had bought timber from James Carver, the defendant, which grew upon the land, or knew of him selling to any other person, Littrell said he had never bought any from him himself, but understood that he had sold some plank and hogshead timber, which was said to have come off the land.

Asked if he knew if Carver, the defendant, had ever paid any rent for the said land, he said no. I don’t know that he ever has.

Note: No legal resolution, judgment or disposition of the suit was found in the court's case documents, although several deeds have been found in the records of Barren County, Kentucky that indicate that some actions to benefit Elisha's minor children were ordered by the Circuit Court, and some other deeds were found regarding various sales of pieces of his property by his heirs.4,5 
(Husband) Death24 June 1886Benjamin became a widower when Nancy (Huckaby) Littrell died on 24 June 1886 at age 67.2 
Death*22 March 1900He died on 22 March 1900 in Tracy, Barren County, Kentucky, at age 821 
Burial* and was buried in Francis Cemetery, Tracy.1 

Family

 Nancy Huckaby b. 7 Aug 1818, d. 24 Jun 1886

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Benjamin Littrell, Memorial# 111241417. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Nancy (Huckaby) Litterell, Memorial# 94768630.
  3. [S2247] Clerk of the County Court, Barren County (Kentucky). Deeds, 1798-1902, 1961; indexes, 1798-1935. Microfilm of original and typescript at the Barren County courthouse in Glasgow, Kentucky; includes general index: Film# 209728, Digital# 8192154, Volume R, pages158-159, image# 115-116 of 601, Robert and Susan (Carver) Woodcock to John H. Page; on 35 microfilm rolls, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, 1798-1902, 1961; indexes, 1798-1935 (Barren County, Kentucky).
  4. [S2237] Britt Family Documents and Transcriptions, online at www.ancestry.com. Grouped within this source title are a variety of documents, transcriptions of documents, information from Bible records, written reports by past genealogists and researchers, and other miscellaneous information we have found attached to a variety of Ancestry public trees and used to increase our understanding of the extensive Britt family of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. We thank all of the individuals who have made this information available; Martin and Emily Jane (Carver) Wood vs. the Heirs of Elisha Carver, deceased, Equity Case# 1472, filed 10 February 1846, abstracted, five pages copied by Gladys B. Wilson in 1975 at the Barren County Court House, Glasgow, Kentucky; originally shared by cczink on 11 August 2009, viewed on 29 August 2021, online beginning at https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/18383251/…. Hereinafter cited as Britt Family Documents and Transcriptions.
  5. [S2249] Kentucky. Circuit Court (Barren County), Equity judgments with general index ca. 1813-1931. Microfilm of originals in Glasgow, Kentucky; includes general index. FHL catalog warns that years are mixed and instructs to look up name in index, find bundle number, and look through bundle number until name is found: Film# 218713, Digital# 8685854, Case# 1472 filed 10 February 1846, Martin and Emily J. Wood vs. other heirs of Elisha Carver (1801-1842), image# 172-208 of 765; on 144 microfilm reels, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Equity judgments with general index ca. 1813-1931 (Barren County, Kentucky Circuit Court).