Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Nathaniel LITTLEFIELD | ||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nathaniel, of New Shoreham (Block Island), R.I., Esq., son of Caleb Littlefield and Lydia Mott; b. about 1705, died prior to 9 Apr. 1795 (New Shoreham 5:20). He married Margaret Mitchell, daughter of the second Thomas Mitchell of New Shoreham. He was made a freeman at New Shoreham on 2 May 1721. On 2 Oct. 1728 he made an indenture with his father, Caleb Littlefield, of 146 acres of land at New Shoreham. He was ensign of the New Shoreham company in the First Regiment of Newport County Militia in May 1731. On 5 Mar. 1743/4 Caleb Littlefield, Jr., conveyed to his "brother, Nathaniel Littlefield," land bought of "our father Caleb Littlefield deceased" (New Shoreham 3:126). On 27 Aug. 1754 he was deputy from New Shoreham to the Rhode Island General Assembly, and previously to this he had been deputy warden in 1727 and 1742. He was a member of the New Shoreham Town Council on 8 May 1759 and in 1763. On 23 May 1767 he conveyed land at New Shoreham to Samuel Littlefield of that town. On 25 Sept. 1760 he deposed aged about 55 years. In his will dated 25 May 1780 and proved 9 Apr. 1795, he provided for his wife Margaret and named his sons Anthony, Caleb, Nathaniel, Daniel, Solomon, Henry and John, and grandchildren. Children, born at New Shoreham: 1727-abt 44: Mary, Anthony, Caleb, Nathaniel, Daniel, Solomon, Henry, John. [ref 89:1-668] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||
| Notes for Margaret MITCHELL | ||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Margaret, m. 16 June 1725 Nathaniel Littlefield of New Shoreham. Her birth is not recorded, but she must have been the child of Thomas and Margaret Mitchell, for the following reasons: by chronology she must have been the daughter either of Capt. Thomas or of one of his brothers, John and Joseph. Joseph left a well in which neither she nor any of her children are mentioned. In her marriage record she is called "of New Shoreham," but John Mitchell, dissappeared from the Island as far back as 1707. Furthermore, she could not have been the widow of any Mitchell at this time, and consequently she must have been a child of Capt. Thomas Mitchell and was obviously named for her mother. [ref 89:1-707] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||
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