Abigail (Spear) Littlefield (1695 - 1727)

Born 7 Nov 1695 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 10 Mar 1727 at age 31 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Abigail Spear was born 7 November 1695 to Ebenezer and Rachel (Deering) Spear in Braintree, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

Abigail Spear was the first wife of Nathaniel Littlefield and was married on 18 December 1718.^[3]

She was buried 10 March 1726.^[4]

Nathaniel was elected surveyor of highways in 1728,^[5] and constable in 1736 but refused it,^[6][7] on a committee for a school in the So. Precinct 1730,^[8] and surveyor of highways in 1733.^[9] His father gave him half of his homestead of 125 acres & 1/4 part of his saw mill. He was partner in the Land Bank scheme of 1740.

Children of Nathaniel and Abigail (Spear) Littlefield:

1. unnamed child, buried 29 March 1720^[10]

2. Mary, b. 30 November 1721, m.(1) Stephen Payne, m.(2) Gideon Stetson^[11]

3. Edmund, b. 3 April 1724^[12]

4. Nathaniel, b. 21 February 1725^[13]

Abigail died 7 March 1726.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Bates, Samuel A., and town records. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Pg 756. Randolph, Mass, 1896. Records of the town of Braintree 1640 to 1793
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31537-6172-67?cc=2061550 : 20 May 2014), Norfolk > Braintree > Births, marriages, deaths 1640-1761 vol 1 > image 39 of 132; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
3. ↑ Boston Registry (Suffolk County collected copies of records from towns and were eventually published in Boston), A volume of records relating to the early history of Boston containing Boston marriages from 1700-1751. Vol 28, Pg 314. Pub Boston, 1898. Boston marriages from 1700-1751
4. ↑ Pattee, William Samuel. A history of old Braintree and Quincy, Pg 161. Pub Green & Prescott, 1878. A history of old Braintree and Quincy
5. ↑ Bates, Samuel A., and town records. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Pg 122. Randolph, Mass, 1896. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793
6. ↑ Bates, Samuel A., and town records. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Pg 130. Randolph, Mass, 1896. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793
7. ↑ Bates, Samuel A., and town records. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Pg 135. Randolph, Mass, 1896. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793
8. ↑ Bates, Samuel A., and town records. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Pg 139. Randolph, Mass, 1896. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793
9. ↑ Bates, Samuel A., and town records. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Pg 175. Randolph, Mass, 1896. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793
10. ↑ Pattee, William Samuel. A history of old Braintree and Quincy, Pg 161. Pub Green & Prescott, 1878. A history of old Braintree and Quincy
11. ↑ Bates, Samuel A., and town records. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Pg 709. Randolph, Mass, 1896. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793
12. ↑ Bates, Samuel A., and town records. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Pg 754. Randolph, Mass, 1896. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793
13. ↑ Bates, Samuel A., and town records. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. Pg 756. Randolph, Mass, 1896. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793
14. ↑ Entered by Malcolm Bliss, Jul 5, 2013

Acknowledgments

• Malcolm Bliss created Spear-291 on 13 July 2013.