Henry Little (1710 - 1786)

Born 31 Dec 1710 in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Little — married 7 Dec 1738 in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died Nov 1786 at age 75 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Henry was the second child of Tristram and Sarah Dole Little, born on the last day of the year 1710 in Newbury, Massachusetts.^[1] He married his first cousin, Lydia Little, in that same town on December 7, 1738.^[2]The couple was noted for their hospitality according to family genealogist George Thomas Little. They had eleven children according to the records of Newbury, ten of whom survived to adulthood.^[3]

Henry is reported to have been a man of tremendous physical strength, moral character and piety. He was a farmer by trade and maybe somewhat simple in the ways of the world and yet, retained his inherited acreage throughout his life.^[4]Henry died near the end of 1786 in Newbury, however, existent records are lacking concerning exactly what day or even month. One account gives his burial as November 25 while another gives death during the month of December.^[5][6]

Footnotes

1. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
3. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
4. ↑ The Descendants of George Little, Who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640
5. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
6. ↑ The Descendants of George Little, Who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640

Sources

• Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, 1911) Vol. 1, Page 280

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHNZ-LJN : 13 July 2016), Henry Little and Lydia Little, 26 Aug 1738; citing Marriage Notice, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,203. NOTE: Date of marriage intentions.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHLK-72Z : 13 July 2016), Henry Little and Lydia Little, 07 Dec 1738; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,203.

• Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, 1911) Vol. 2, Page 292

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH8W-J4X : 13 July 2016), Henry Little, Dec 1786; citing Death, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,203.

• Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, 1911) Vol. 2, Page 643

• Little, George. The Descendants of George Little, Who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640 (The Author, Auburn, Maine, 1882) Page 16 & Page 35

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