John [son of Richard and (Mary Lancton) Littlehale], b. Nov. 27, 1650; d. Sept. 18, 1675.
John, the oldest son of (1) Richard that lived to the age of manhood, must have been a little wild. He was only thirteen years old when his father died. Judging from the following order made by the Hampton Court, we should believe that he continued to live in Haverhill after his mother married and went to Ipswich. This is the order: " At a court holden at Hampton 8th of 8th month 1672. This court being informed that John Littlehale of Haverhill liveth in a house by himself contrary to the laws, whereby he is subject to much sin, and having had information of some of his accounts which are in no way to be allowed, but disproved and discountenanced, doe therefore order that the said John doe forthwith at farthest within six weeks next after date hereof, remove himself from said place and solitary life, and settle himself in some orderly family in said town, and be subject to the orderly rules of family government in said family ; unless, he remove out of said town within the time.
At the breaking out of King Philip's war in 1675, John enlisted in Capt. Lothrop's Company. John Littlehale fell in [the Bloody Brook] massacre, but that is all that is known. He never married, and died intestate.
