Samuel Litchfield (1689 - abt. 1767)

Born 4 Feb 1689 in Scituate, Plymouth, Plymouth

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Buck) Litchfield — married 25 Mar 1712 (to 1734) in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Fear (Baker) Litchfield — married 6 Mar 1734 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1767 at about age 77 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

He was the son of Josiah Baker and Sarah Baker

His brothers and sisters are:

Child: Hannah Litchfield

Child: Sarah Litchfield

Child: Josiah Litchfield

Child: Nicholas Litchfield

Child: Experience Litchfield

Child: Judith Litchfield

Child: Samuel Litchfield

Probate

Samuel died intestate and on 24 December 1767, his son, Samuel Litchfield of Scituate was granted the administration of his estate. His inventory was recorded on 26 February 1768 in Plymouth. It included an enslaved black woman. His real estate could not be divided so it was settled upon his eldest son Samuel, who agreed to pay the other children their share, viz., Experience Litchfield, Nathaniel Litchfield, Abigial Cudworth, Judith Damon, Deborah Merritt, Hannah Studley, Ruth Stoddard, and the heirs of Sarah Nash, decd.^[1]

In 1769, an account of his estate by his son Samuel Litchfield was recorded which included the sale of an enslaved woman, debts paid, and administration fee.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-JQWB : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 362 of 641; State Archives, Boston.

• The Litchfield family in America, Southbridge, Mass. : W.J. Litchfield, 1901-1906; Litchfield genealogy, 1630-1900, Southbridge, Mass. : W.J. Litchfield, 1901; To the descendants of Lawrence Litchfield, Southbridge, Mass. : W.J. Litchfield, 1901.

• (old reference)"The Genealogy of Thomas Lee Clough" was a website-www.tomclough.com which no longer exists.