Person:Francis Littlefield (3)

The Estate of Francis Littlefield of Tichfield, Co. Hants

"The will of Francis Littlefield, made October 21, 1618 and proved November 21, 1618, directed that he be buried in the churchyard at Tichfield. To his son Edward (a clerical error for Edmond) Littlefield, 20s. To his son Nicholas Littlefield? £30, a table and five joined stools. To his son John Littlefield, £30. If either Nicholas or John die under the age of twenty-one, reversion to the other. To each godchild, 12d. To his wife's children, Elizabeth Wigg and Robert Wigg, 40s. each. To his servant maid Elizabeth Carter, 10s, To his brother James Littlefield, his best doublet and breeches. To his sister Mary Beane, 5s. To his brother Richard Littlefield 20s. To the cathedral church of Winton, 6d. To the parish church of Tichfield, 3s, 4d. To the poor of Tichfield, a noble. To the poor of Wickham, 3s. 4d. Executors: wife Anne and son James, and if at any time they disagree, then with the consent of the overseers, division shall be made equally of all goods remaining, his wife to have the dwelling house adjoining the fulling mill, held by lease of John Hanksford of Bishop's Waltham, and James to have the fulling mill. Overseers: Thomas Knight of Sencleres in the parish of Droxford, brother James Littlefield of the same parish, and Nicholas Waller of Swanwicke in the parish of Tichfield, to each 5s. Witnesses: John Wither, Robert Poulett, Francis Waller. Debts owed by the testator: Nicklos Waller.£12, Johns Ossment £8, Robard Wedge £5, Elzebethe Wedge £20. The inventory showed a total of £261, including much cloth and wool [Archdeaconry of Winchester, 1618, original will and inventory]."^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Littlefield, of Wells, in Davis, Walter Goodwin, Compiler, and Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants). (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996)
   479-90.

   Francis Littlefield of Tichfield, co. Hants, was born about 1565. He married Mary -----, who was buried at Tichfield October 29, 1605. His second wife, whom he married at Tichfield July 14, 1606, was the widow Annis Wigg, who was probably the Anne Littlefield who was buried July 5, 1619. Francis Littlefield was a clothier by trade and owned a fulling mill. He was buried at Tichfield October 22, 1618. He had two brothers, James Littlefield of Droxford and Richard Littlefield, and a sister Mary Littlefield who had married John Beane on January 25, 1606/7, in Tichfield.

2. ↑ French, Elizabeth. Genealogical Research in England - Littlefield. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 1913)
   67:346.

   His parentage has not been learned, but he had brothers. James Littlefield of Droxford and Richard Littlefield, and a sister Mary who married, 20 Jan. 1600/7, John Beane.