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Nicholas Litchfield (1708 - bef. 1780)

Nicholas Litchfield
Born in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1737 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died before before age 72 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Nicholas Litchfield was born on March 10, 1708 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were Nicholas Litchfield and Bathsheba Clarke.[1]

He married Sarah Studley in January 1737 in Scituate.[2]

Together they had 9 children:

  1. James Litchfield
  2. Lothrup Litchfield
  3. Nicholas Litchfield
  4. Elizabeth Litchfield
  5. John Litchfield
  6. Amos Litchfield
  7. Elizabeth Litchfield
  8. Rachel Litchfield
  9. Sarah Litchfield

He died in 1787 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Burial:
Men of Kent Cemetery
Scituate. Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Probate

The will of Nicholas Litchfield of Scituate, yeoman was dated 29 April 1777 and proved on 20 March 1780 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife (he did not mention her name), and his children, Lothrop Litchfield (executor), Amos Litchfield (executor), John Litchfield, James Litchfield, Sarah Litchfield, Elizabeth Litchfield, Rachel Litchfield, and the children of his son Nicholas Litchfield. His inventory was taken on 20 March 1780 in Scituate.[3]

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-LZB : 20 May 2022), Nicholas Litchfield, 10 Mar 1708; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
  2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHY-152 : 20 May 2022), Nicholas Litchfield Jr., Jan 1737; citing Marriage, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
  3. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-Z33T : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 507-508 of 568; State Archives, Boston.
  • Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
  • The Genealogy of Thomas Lee Clough by Thomas Lee Clough
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #63437847

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Allen-Patterson & Allied Families.GED on 26 October 2010.




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