AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
Spouses
Birth1619
Occupation MemoRecords listed him as a landowner, miller and innkeeper
FatherEdmund Littlefield (1592-<1661)
MotherAgnes (Annis) Austin (1596-1667)
Marriagebef 1646, Woburn, Middlesex, MA159
ChildrenMary (1646-?)
Notes for Francis “the elder” (Spouse 1)
He took the oath of allegiance on 5 July 1653 at Wells, ME.1006
"A very curious story is told, that the parents of this man, in England of which he was the eldest son, supposed him dead as they in many years heard not of him, called another son by the same name." 1007
from the History of Woburn:
Francis Littlefield. His name first appears in Woburn in the Town Rate assessed
Dec 22, 1646 but not in any subsequent List. By his wife Jane he had a daughter
Mary b. Dec 14, 1646; but the mother died Dec 20, 1646 within a week from the
daughter's birth; and the father himself probably soon removed from the town.
[Torrey, p. 468 has: Francis Littlefield, (1619?-1713) Wells, Maine; Woburn,
Mass.; Dover, N.H.; & 1st wife, Jane
Hill?; dau of Ralph; Charlestown/Woburn; & he m. (2) Rebecca ___? (1630-1683+);
Wells, ME; Woburn, Mass; Dover, N.H.; Ipswich.
He was a prominent man, respected and succesful in several businesses in the community. In politics, however, he aligned himself diametrically opposed to his father Edmund, and to Wheelright.
He was a leader in support of the Massachusetts cause to annex Maine to Massachusetts. He was a representative to the Massachusetts General Assembly in 1663 and 1676. He served on the Grand Jury and was county treasurer in the same period.
He was granted 50 acres of land in Wells ME in 1643, was the proprietor (of a tavern) in Woburn, MA in 1646 and was of Dover, NH in 1648, and then removed to Wells where many of his siblings and close relatives resided. He bought a house in Charlestown, MA in 1653. He was an innkeeper in Ipswich, MA in 1770. He was licensed at Wells from 1700 to 1702.
Four of his children were killed by Indians: Isaac in 1676, James in 1690, Hannah in 1691, and Phoebe in 1697. Francis was one of eleven men who signed a letter to the Governor, describing “the enemy beating upon us” and begging for “men, with provision and ammunition for the strenghtening of our town.”1008
"A very curious story is told, that the parents of this man, in England of which he was the eldest son, supposed him dead as they in many years heard not of him, called another son by the same name." 1007
from the History of Woburn:
Francis Littlefield. His name first appears in Woburn in the Town Rate assessed
Dec 22, 1646 but not in any subsequent List. By his wife Jane he had a daughter
Mary b. Dec 14, 1646; but the mother died Dec 20, 1646 within a week from the
daughter's birth; and the father himself probably soon removed from the town.
[Torrey, p. 468 has: Francis Littlefield, (1619?-1713) Wells, Maine; Woburn,
Mass.; Dover, N.H.; & 1st wife, Jane
Hill?; dau of Ralph; Charlestown/Woburn; & he m. (2) Rebecca ___? (1630-1683+);
Wells, ME; Woburn, Mass; Dover, N.H.; Ipswich.
He was a prominent man, respected and succesful in several businesses in the community. In politics, however, he aligned himself diametrically opposed to his father Edmund, and to Wheelright.
He was a leader in support of the Massachusetts cause to annex Maine to Massachusetts. He was a representative to the Massachusetts General Assembly in 1663 and 1676. He served on the Grand Jury and was county treasurer in the same period.
He was granted 50 acres of land in Wells ME in 1643, was the proprietor (of a tavern) in Woburn, MA in 1646 and was of Dover, NH in 1648, and then removed to Wells where many of his siblings and close relatives resided. He bought a house in Charlestown, MA in 1653. He was an innkeeper in Ipswich, MA in 1770. He was licensed at Wells from 1700 to 1702.
Four of his children were killed by Indians: Isaac in 1676, James in 1690, Hannah in 1691, and Phoebe in 1697. Francis was one of eleven men who signed a letter to the Governor, describing “the enemy beating upon us” and begging for “men, with provision and ammunition for the strenghtening of our town.”1008