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Capt. Joseph Little

Male 1653 - 1740  (86 years)


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  • Name Joseph Little  [1
    Prefix Capt. 
    Birth 22 Sep 1653  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Sep 1740  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I21716  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TWK
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2020 

    Father George Little,   b. Between 1615 and 1620   d. Aft 18 Feb 1690, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Alice,   b. 1618   d. 1 Dec 1680 (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1650  [2
    Family ID F12812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Coffin,   b. 12 Nov 1657, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1725, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 31 Oct 1677  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 
    +1. Judith Little,   b. 19 Jul 1678, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1761, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F12808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Tythingman in 1685; selectman in 1692, 1693, 1700, and 1705; captain of the Newbury company.

      The inscription on his gravestone is:

      Here Lies Buried ye
      Body of CAPT. JOSEPH
      LITTLE Who Departed
      This Life September
      ye 6yth 1740 In
      ye 87yth Year of
      His Age
      Come Mortal Man
      & Cast an Eye
      Come Read Thy Doom
      Prepare to Die —

  • Sources 
    1. [S534] Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume II, Marriages and Deaths. Salem: The Essex Institute, 1911.

    2. [S630] Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman. Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1938.

    3. [S4303] Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut by Edward Augustus Bowen. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1897., date only.