Lydia Rockwood

Lydia married Ensign Edward Adams in Mar 1652 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Edward (son of Henry Adams and Edith Squire) was christened on 19 Apr 1629 in Kingweston, Somersetshire, England; died on 12 Nov 1716 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 12 Dec 1672, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (1) James Allen, the son of James and Ann (Guild) Allen. He was born on 28 April 1646 in Medfield, Massachusetts. He died in 1691 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Zachariah Allen (1689-1690)
• History: 1676, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Her house was burnt during the Indian attack on Medfield during King Philip's War.
• Married: 27 Jan 1715, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (2) Joseph Daniels, the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Morse) Daniels. He was born about 1640 in Watertown, Massachusetts. On 16 January 1665/66 Joseph, married (1) Mary Fairbanks, at age 18, daughter of Capt. George and Mary (Adams) Fairbanks, in Medfield, Massachusetts. He deposed on 25 April 1672 in Medfield, Massachusetts, giving his age as about 31 years. After the death of Mary, about 1683 Joseph, married (2) Rachel Sheffield, daughter of William and Mary (Webb) Sheffield. He died on Sunday 23 June 1715 in Medfield, Massachusetts.

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 12 (5) 1653.

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• Married: 20 Mar 1678, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (1) Mary Ellis, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wight) Ellis. She was born on 26 September 1660 in Medfield, Massachusetts. She died in 1717 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jonathan Adams (1679-1694) 2. Mary Adams (1681-1725) 3. Lydia Adams (1689-1691) 4. Jonathan Adams (1696-1776)
• History: say 1710; He was one of the first settlers of Medway, and the first Deacon of the Medway Church.

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 4 (2) 1655.

Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as (1) 1678.

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• Land/House: 1682, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He received a land grant on the west side of the Charles River in 1682. They lived in Medfield, in that part that became Millis, Massachusetts.

John married Deborah Partridge on 4 Apr 1681 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of John Partridge and Magdalen Bullard) was born on 16 Aug 1662 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Mar 1751 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susanna Breck. Susanna was born on 10 May 1667 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 28 May 1744 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: Abt 1678; the granddaughter of Miles Standish. Issue: 1. Eliashib Adams 2. daughter Adams 3. daughter Adams 4. daughter Adams 5. daughter Adams

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 18 (12) 1658.

Died:
Muse (1995) says he died before 1716.

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• Married: 10 Jan 1677, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; John Turner, the son of John and Deborah Turner. He was born in 1659. He fought the Indians as a member of Captain Moseley's Company. He died in 1710 in Medfield, Massachusetts, Issue: 1. Deborah Turner (1679 2. John Turner (1681-____) 3. Stephen Turner (1684-1774) 4. Edward Turner (1688-____) 5. Ebenezer Turner (1693-1759)

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• Married: 4 Jan 1689; Mary ______. Issue: 1. James Adams (1691-____) 2. James Adams (1693-1751) 3. Sarah Adams (1695-1696) 4. Mary Adams (1697-____) 5. Sarah Adams (1700-____) 6. Ebenezer Adams (1702-1778) 7. John Adams (1704-1772) 8. Christian Adams (1706-1713) 9. Elizabeth Adams (1708-1710) 10. Elizabeth Adams (1711-____)
• Moved To: 1690, Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island
• Offices Held: 1718; He was a member of the committee appointed for the new town of Barrington to hire Mr. Samuel Perry as the their pastor. He served again on a like committee in 1728.
• Will: 19 Mar 1732/33, Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island; He mentions his wife, Mary, and his children: James, Ebenezer, John, and Sarah.
• Probate/Proved: 18 Sep 1733, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 4 Jun 2019; His will appears to have been proved before he died.

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• Married: 10 Dec 1691, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (1) Patience Ellis, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wight) Ellis. She was born on 22 February 1668 in Medfield, Massachusetts. She died in 1695 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. David Adams (1692-1753) 2. Hannah Adams (1694-____)
• Moved To: say 1695, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Married: 1698, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; (2) Ruth Ellis, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wight) Ellis. She was born on 31 October 1670 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Ruth was the sister of Henry's first wife. Issue: 1. Solomon Adams (1699-1778) 2. Henry Adams Jr. (1700-1763) 3. Ruth Adams (1702-____) 4. Ebenezer Adams (1704-____) 5. Patience Adams (1704-____) 6. Joseph Adams (1706-1769)
• Moved To: Abt 1706, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut
• Married: 28 Oct 1735, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut; (3) Hannah Dana, the daughter of Jacob and Patience Dana. She was born on 25 November 1685 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On 4 April 1706 Hannah, at age 20, married (1) Jonathan Hydes, son of Jonathan Hydes, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 20 March 1748 in Canterbury, Connecticut.
• Will: 10 Sep 1748, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut; He mentions his wife, Hannah, and his children: Solomon, David, Ebenezer, Joseph, Hannah, Ruth, and Patience.
• Probate/Proved: 21 Jul 1749, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut

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• Married: Abt 1685; Josiah Faxon, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Faxon. He was born on 8 September 1660 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He died in 1731 in Braintree, Massachusetts intestate. Issue: 1. Josiah Faxon (1690-____) 2. Thomas Faxon (1692-____) 3. Lydia Faxon (1695-____) 4. Mehitable Faxon (1698-____) 5. Edward Faxon (1700-____) 6. Elizabeth Faxon (1702-____) 7. Eliashib Faxon (1704-____) 8. Sarah Faxon (1706-____)

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• Occupation: say 1686; He was a carpenter.
• Married: 18 Dec 1689; Mehitable Cary. She was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. After Elisha's death, on 5 December 1700 Mehitable, married (2) Miles Standish, son of Josiah and Sarah (Allen) Standish.She and Miles Standish moved about 1701 to Preston, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Lydia Adams (1690-____) 2. William Adams (1693-1725) 3. Mehitable Adams (1695-____) 4. Elisha Adams (1697-1731)
• Moved To: Abt 1690, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
• Will: 12 May 1698, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
• Probate/Proved: 2 Aug 1698, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island

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• Married: 19 May 1692; Elizabeth Walley, the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Walley. She was born in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Elizabeth Adams (1693-____) 2. Edward Adams (1694-____) 3. Hannah Adams (1696-____) 4. Thomas Adams (1698-____) 5. Elisha Adams (1699-____) 6. Lydia Adams (1701-____) 7. Nathaniel Adams (1704-____) 8. Bethia Adams (1706-____) 9. Abigail Adams (1710-____)
• Moved To: Abt 1693, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island

Notes:

Birth:
Adams (1898) gives her birth date as 25 June 1675.

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• Last Full Review: 10 Mar 2021

Notes:

Birth: Adams (1898) gives her birth date as 26 February 1676.

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• Married: 11 Apr 1706; (1) Rachel Sanders, the daughter of John and Hannah Sanders. She was christened on 15 November 1685 in Braintree, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 14 November 1727 in Milton, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Edward Adams (1707-1793) 2. John Adams (1709-1790) 3. Rachel Adams (1711-1771) 4. Seth Adams (1713-1736) 5. Nathan Adams (1716-1716) 6. Samuel Adams (1718-1718) 7. Patience Adams (1720-1720)
• Married: 5 Feb 1729; (2) Sarah Bracket.

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• Married: Abt 1706; Judith Bullen, the daughter of Ensign John and Judith (Fisher) Bullen. She was born on 23 October 1689 in Medfield, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 11 November 1759 in Medway, Massachusetts. Adams (1898) gives her death date as 10 November 1759.
• Occupation: say 1707; He was a cordwainer (shoe maker).
• Moved To: 1732, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Will: 4 Nov 1759, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Judith.
• Probate/Proved: 7 Dec 1759

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• History: 1710, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He is said to have been the first white settler of Medway.
• Will: 5 Sep 1772, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Probate/Proved: 23 Oct 1772, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 1997; There is much confusion as to the birth's of Daniel's early children. Jameson (1886) seems to have many of the dates wrong. Others have copied him to the confusion of the record. I have used Woods (1905) as the accurate source until the original record can be checked.

Daniel married Sarah Sanford in 1711 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Deacon Thomas Sanford and Christian) was born on 13 Oct 1694 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Nov 1772 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: day 1707; He was a Baptist.
• Married: Abt 1714; (1) Margaret ______. She died on Friday 13 January 1769 in Medway, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Benjamin Adams (1715-____) 2. Margaret Adams (1717-1736) 3. Eleazer Adams (1720-1775) 4. Mary Adams (1722-____) 5. John Adams (1724-____) 6. Lydia Adams (1727-____) 7. Catherine Adams (1730 8. Seth Adams (1730-____) 9. Lois Adams (1732-____)
• History: 1748, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was one of the incorporates of the Town of West Medway.
• Offices Held: say 1750, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman for eight years.
• Legal: 1753, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was sent to the jail in Boston in 1753/54 for refusing to pay the parish tax.
• Married: 1769, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (2) Lucy ______. Lucy, married (1) _____ Hayden, in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Lucy and Eleazar filed marriage intentions on 3 December 1769 in Medway, Massachusetts.
• Will: 8 Jul 1775, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He mentions his second wife, Lucy, and his children: Benjamin, Eleazer, Mary, John, Seth, and Lois.
• Probate/Proved: 6 Feb 1776

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• Married: 24 Apr 1716, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Christiana Sanford, the daughter of Deacon Thomas and Christain Sanford. She was born about 1697 in Mendon, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 21 July 1777 in Medway, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. David Adams (1716-1801) 2. Abigail Adams (1718-1736) 3. Obadiah Adams (1721-1803) 4. Nathan Adams (1723-1800) 5. Jesse Adams (1727-1797) 6. Stephen Adams (1729-1795) 7. Christian Adams (1732-____) 8. Hephzibah Adams (1735-____) 9. Jemima Adams (1737-____) 10 Amos Adams

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• Married: say 1716; Dorcus Mason. She died on Thursday 30 July 1778 in Medway, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Dorcus Adams (1717-____) 2. Isaac Adams (1719-____) 3. Mary Adams (1722-____) 4. Keziah Adams (1725-1733) 5. Silas Adams (1728-1728) 6. Lydia Adams (1731-____) 7. Joel Adams (1733-1733) 8. Keziah Adams (1735-____) 9. Jonathan Adams (1737-1818)
• Residence: 1751, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Jonathan settled on his father's homestead in Medway.

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Died:
Jameson (1886) and Adams (1898) give his death as 12 May 1744.

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• Married: 26 Oct 1720; Abigail Fisher, the daughter of Jonathan and Rachel (Fairbanks) Fisher. She was born in 1701. She lived from 1745 to 1751 in Amherst, Massachusetts as a widow. Issue: 1. Isaiah Adams (1726-1810) 2. Asa Adams (1729-1826) 3. Nathan Adams (1731-____) 4. John Adams (1732-1829) 5. Abner Adams (1733-____) 6. Elizabeth Adams
• Moved To: say 1721, Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut
• Moved To: 1737, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 17 Apr 1721, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Niel Alexander. He was born in Killingly, Connecticut. He died before November 1759.

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• Married: 21 Jul 1727, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth McIntire, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Daniels) McIntire. she was born in Needham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Adams (c1728-1756)

Notes:

Birth:
McIntire (1941) gives his birth as in Medway.

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• Married: Abt 1735; Mary Cummings. She was born in Oxford, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abraham Adams (1737-1809) 2. Eleazer Adams (1741-1823) 3. Mary Adams (1744-1812) 4. Josiah Adams (1746 5. Susanna Adams (1748 6. Patience Adams (1750 7. Obadiah Adams (c1751-1776) 8. Jesse Adams (1755-1827)
• History: 1754; Alexander Short kept a reading and writing school in Abraham's home.
• Military: 9 Aug 1755 to 27 Dec 1755; He was most likely a soldier in the Crown Point Expedition.

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• Married: 27 Feb 1728, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Timothy Stearns, the son of Samuel and Mary (Hawwkins) Stearns. He was born on 8 October 1701 in Watertown, Massachusetts. Timothy came to Framingham about 1724/25. He died in 1757 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Stearns (1729-1825) 2. Timothy Stearns (1731-1820) 3. Nathan Stearns (1733-1778) 4. Bethiah Stearns (1735-____) 5. Joshua Stearns (1737-1751) 6. Jonathan Stearns (1739-1807) 7. John Stearns (1741-____) 8. Asa Stearns (1744-1751) 9. Hannah Stearns (1746-1843)
• Living: 1786

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Birth:
Tilden (1887) gives her birth year as 1703.

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• Married: 30 Sep 1731, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (1) Sarah Kingsbury. She was born in 1712 in Needham, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 23 July 1739 in Medway, Massachusetts/ Crane (1907) gives her death as 22 July 1739, an error. Issue: 1. Sarah Adams (1733-1733) 2. Mary Adams (1735-____) 3. Phineas Adams (c1737-____)
• Married: 9 Feb 1769, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (2) Mehitable Farr. After Phineas' death, on 9 February 1769 Mehitable, married (2) John Anderson. Issue: 1. Moses Adams (1738-____) 2. Molly Adams (1738-1754) 3. Hannah Adams (1742-____) 4. John Adams (1744-1761)

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• Married: 1 Jan 1731, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (1) Timothy Ellis, the son of Samuel and Deborah (Lovell) Ellis. He was born in 1704 in Medfield, Massachusetts. He died on Thursday 6 September 1736 in Medway, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Ellis (1731-____) 2. Mary Ellis (1733-1734) 3. Timothy Ellis (1735-1798) 4. Lydia Ellis (1736-____)
• Married: 21 May 1739, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (2) William Richardson, the son of Daniel and Hannah (Underwood) Richardson. He was born on 3 February 1710/11 in Medfield, Massachusetts. After the death of Hannah, on 25 June 1759 William, at age 48, married (2) Abigail ______. He died on Sunday 14 December 1794 in Medway, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mary Richardson (1740-____) 2. Amos Richardson (1742-1810) 3. Nathan Richardson (1746-1747) 4. Daniel Richardson (1746-1746) 5. Sarah Richardson (1748-1800)

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Married:
Adams (1898)has him the son of John and Mary (Hill) Ellis p 504.

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Birth:
Adams (1898) says the date may have been 7 March 1716, Jameson (1886) gives her birth month as February, as does Morse (1855) in one place, though he corrects it elsewhere in the text.

Notes:

Birth:
Adams (1898) gives an alternate date of 10 December 1718. In his defense, there appears to be two entries for this birth in the town records.

Died:
She never married.

Notes:

Birth:
Adams (1898) has her birth date as 12 May 1720, or 5 May 1712.
Morse (1855) and (1857) gives the year as 1720.

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• Complier's Note: 1994; Morse (1855) has confused this Daniel with another.

Notes:

Birth:
Adams (1898), Partridge (1903), and Morse (1855) give his birth date as 5 April 1726.

Thomas married Abigail in say 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary "Molly" Partridge on 27 Dec 1748 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Partridge and Elizabeth Learned) was born on 19 Jul 1726 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 17 May 1750, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Benjamin Rockwood, the son of Benjamin and Rachel (Morse) Rockwood. He was born on 18 November 1723 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and was christened on 5 October 1729 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abigail Rockwood (1754-____) 2. Ruth Rockwood (1756-____) 3. Rhoda Rockwood (1758-1759) 4. Benjamin Rockwood (1760-____)

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• Married: 12 Jun 1758, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Rachel Leland, the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Death) Leland. She was born on 26 February 1737 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 16 July 1825 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hepsebath Adams (1758-1842) 2. Rhoda Adams (1761-1835) 3. Moses Adams (1763-1767) 4. Mary Adams (1767-____) 5. Rachel Adams (1769-____) 6. Ruth Adams (1772-____) 7. Aaron Adams (1775-1824)
• Offices Held: 1775; He was elected a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He served again in 1782 and 1783.
• Military: 19 Apr 1775; During the Alarm on 19 April 1775, he was the First lieutenant of the Medway Company in Col. John Smith's regiment. A year later, he was promoted to Captain of the 9th company in Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Suffolk Regiment. In September 1777, his company was in col. Benjamin Hawes' Regiment.
• Will: 7 Nov 1815, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

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Married:
Adams (1898) has their marriage occurring in 1756.

Adams (1898) gives her death as 1856, which he takes from the Rev. Dr. Jacob Ide's account of the Marriages and Deaths in Medway from 1814 to 1849.

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• Married: 9 Feb 1757, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Lt. Abraham Harding, the son of Abraham and Ruth (Wight) Harding. He was born on 7 December 1730 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. On 25 March 1765 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Lt. Abraham Harding was mentioned in the will of Abraham Harding. He left a will on 21 April 1802 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Tuesday 2 March 1819 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Tabatha Harding (1757-1829) 2. Abigail Harding (1759-1793) 3. Job Harding (1762-____) 4. Elizabeth Harding (1764-1802) 5. Elisha Harding (1766-____) 6. Esther Harding (1769-____) 7. Deborah Harding (1777-____) 8. Seth Harding (1782-1825)

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• Married: 27 Jun 1759, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; John Littlefield, the son of Ebenezer and Abiah (Morse) Littlefield. He was born on 25 May 1737 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died on Thursday 20 January 1803 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jothan Littlefield (1761-____) 2. Tabatha Littlefield (1763-____) 3. Ruth Littlefield (1766-1835) 4. John Littlefield (1769-____) 5. Jotham Littlefield (1772-____) 6. Polly Littlefield (1774-____) 7. Sarah Littlefield (1779-1848)

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Married:
Adams (1898) gives the marriage year as 1754, a clear error as this would make the bride 15 years old.