Edmund Littlefield, Sr.

Named for his great, great, great grandfather. Christened Apr. 3, 1724.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor # A070704

Private Edmund Littlefield Born 3 Apr 1724 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap Ancestors ancestors Son of Nathaniel Littlefield and Abigail (Spear) Littlefield Brother of Deborah (Littlefield) Dyer [half] and Nathaniel Littlefield Husband of Mary (Caswell) Littlefield — married 6 Oct 1750 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap Descendants descendants Father of Mary (Littlefield) Blanchard, Edmund Littlefield Jr., Anna (Littlefield) Avery, Asa Littlefield, Josiah Littlefield and Elisha Littlefield Died 28 Aug 1806 in Halifax, Windham, Vermont, United Statesmap Profile managers: Brad Littlefield Find Relationship private message [send private message] and Malcolm Bliss Find Relationship private message [send private message] Littlefield-459 created 4 Jun 2013 | Last modified 16 Apr 2019 | Last tracked change: 16 Apr 2019 15:13: Billy Huff edited the Biography for Edmund Littlefield (1724-1806). [Thank Billy for this] This page has been accessed 769 times. [categories] Private Edmund Littlefield participated in the American Revolution Contents [hide]

   1 Biography

   2 Birth

   3 Marriage

   4 Military

   5 Sources

       5.1 Acknowledgments

Biography Birth

Edmund Littlefield was born 3 April 1724 in Massachusetts to Nathaniel and Abigail (Spear) Littlefield.[1][2][3] Marriage

Edmund Littlefield married Mary on October 6, 1750 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.[4][3] Military

Private Edmund Littlefield, b. 03 April 1724 in Braintree, Mass, d. in Halifax, Vermont, married to Mary Caswell, served in the American Revolution: 1) CAPT WILLIAM BRIGGS, LEXINGTON ALARM; CAPT ROBERT SWAN. On 19 April 1775 Minutemen in militia unit from East Stoughton commanded by Peter Talbot. Son Edmund Littlefield Jr and son-in-law Lemuel Blanchard were in same unit. 2) COLS JOSEPH READ, BENJAMIN GILL [5]

Edmund served in the French and Indian War as well as the Revolutionary War.[6]

   French-Indian War, Fort Frontenac Battle 1758.[7]

   Revolutionary War, Bunker Hill, 1775.[8]

   Revolutionary War, Lexington, 1775.[9] 

Children of Edmund and Mary (Caswell) Littlefield:

   1. Mary, b. 4 June 1753[10]m. intention at Stoughton, Lemuel Blanchard[3] 

   2. Edmund Jr., b. 4 May 1755[3] 

   3. Jedediah, b. 18 June 1758, m. Dec 2, 1784 at N. Bridgewater, Sarah Packard[3] 

   4. Anna, b. 3 August 1760[11][3] 

   5. Asa, b. 8 August 1762[12]Vivited his sister Blanchard at Reedsboro, Vt.[3] 

   6. Josiah, 30 June 1765[3] 

   7. Jesse, b. 23 Aug 1767[13][3] 

   8. Elisha, 11 February 1770[3] 

   9. Elizabeth, 2 May 1773, m. --Mizen[3] 

1790[14]: Hallifax, Windham, Vermont, United States. Edmond Littlefield.

Edmund probably died in the early 1800's while living with a child.

Placeholder Littlefield 459 Sources

   ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-31537-6094-4?cc=2061550 : 20 May 2014), Norfolk > Braintree > Births, marriages, deaths 1640-1761 vol 1 > image 92 of 132; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

   ↑ Braintree (Mass.). Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Randolph, Mass: Daniel H. Huxford, printer, 1886. Pg 754. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000084021215;view=1up;...

   ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain. Genealogy of the Families of Braintree, Mass. 1640-1850, including the modern towns of Randolph and Holbrook and the City of Quincy after their separation from Braintree in 1792-3. Vol 2, pg 271-272. Publisher New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001. Available with membership at americanancestors.org : nehgs.org.s3.amazonaws.com/ebooks/Local/genealogies-of-the-f amilies-of-Braintree-reduced-Part2-7tat.pdf

   ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-31528-2729-80?cc=2061550 : 20 May 2014), Norfolk > Weymouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1655-1805 > image 34 of 123; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

   ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 3, 2018), "Record of Edmund Littlefield ", Ancestor # A070704.

   ↑ Oakes, Rensselaer Allston. Genealogical and family history of the county of Jefferson, New York, Vol 1, Pg 169. Lewis Publishing Company, 1905. https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalfami01oake#page/168/mode/2up...

   ↑ Pattee, William Samuel. A history of old Braintree and Quincy, Pg 374. Pub Green & Prescott, 1878. https://archive.org/stream/historyofoldbrai00pattee#page/376/mode/2...

   ↑ Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives, Volume 9, Pg 877. http://archive.org/stream/massachusettssolklsumass#page/876/mode/2up

   ↑ Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives, Volume 9, Pg 877. http://archive.org/stream/massachusettssolklsumass#page/876/mode/2up

   ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VN-XYP : 4 December 2014), Mary Littlefield, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 1,954,512.

   ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK8-16F : 4 December 2014), Edmund Littlefield in entry for Anna Littlefield, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 2.

   ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKX-NQW : 4 December 2014), Edmund Littlefield in entry for Asa Littlefield, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 2.

   ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKN-6W5 : 4 December 2014), Edmund Littlefield in entry for Jesse Littlefield, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 2.

   ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-JP2 : accessed 28 October 2018), Edmond Littlefield, Hallifax, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing p. 114, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 568,152.