52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 49: THOMAS LITTLE OF MARSHFIELD, MA.

9x great grandfather Thomas Little was another of the early settlers of Marshfield, Ma. Since he was a lawyer he was appointed to several town offices, including constable in 1662.

Marcia Abiah Thomas wrote this brief biography of Thomas in her book Memorials of Marshfield and Guide Book to Its Localities at Green Harbor;


                                                                               LITTLE.

Thomas Little was in Plymouth after 1630, where he m., 1633, Ann, one of the daus. of the Pilgrim Richard Warren. He removed to Marshfield about 1650, settled in the easterly part of the township, a locality since known as Littletown, in the surrounding region.

He had Thomas, killed by the Indians at the Rehoboth fight, 1676; Samuel, who m. Sarah Grey; Ephraim, who m. Mary Sturtevant, 1672; Isaac; Hannah, who m. Stephen Tilden; Mercy, who m. John Sawyer, 1666; Ruth, and Patience.

Thomas Little was probably a lawyer. He deceased, 1671 -p85

Memorials of Marshfield and Guide Book to Its Localities at Green Harbor    Printed by Dutton and Wentworth, Boston, Ma. 1854


Thomas and Ann Little are the last of my ancestors on the First Settler Monument at Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield, Ma: