Person:John Littler (26)

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John Littler, of Frederick County, VA
m. 31 May 1707
  1. John Littler, of Frederick County, VA1708 - 1748
  2. Samuel Littler, Jr.1712 - 1778
  • HJohn Littler, of Frederick County, VA1708 - 1748
  • WMary Ross1706 - 1771
m. 5 Apr 1728
  1. John Littler1740 - 1819
Facts and Events
Name John Littler, of Frederick County, VA
Gender Male
Birth[1] 28 Mar 1708 Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Marriage 5 Apr 1728 Chester County, Pennsylvaniato Mary Ross
Death[1] 30 Aug 1748 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants: [Acquisitions by Mary after John Littler died in 1748]

  • M-125: Mary Littler of Frederick County, 168 acres on Opeckon in said County. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. Adj. Simeon Taylor, Mary Littler, Rutherford's road, Hugh Haynes, Robert Hutchings. 2 Feb. 1763. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 148].
  • M-130: Mary Littler (marked out) of Frederick County, 421 adres on Opeckon in said County. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. Adj. Evan Thomas. 10 Feb. 1763. N.B. This Deed Cancelled being drawn & recorded in Book H folio 278. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 148].
  • H-278: Mary Litler widow of Frederick County, 421 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. Land where she lives, adj. Evan Thomas, on Opeckon. 3 Apr. 1753. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 66].
  • O-59: Mary Littler of Frederick Co., 499 acres on Opeckon in said Co. Surv. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. Littlers Mill Run, David Gilkey, Ralph Thompson, John McMachen, John Reece, Mary Littler's other land, Joseph Carter, Bryan Bruin, George Bruce. 6 Aug. 1767. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 191].

Will Abstract

Littler, John, Will written 30 August 1748, proven December 1748.
Names: Sons, Samuel, John, Nathan to have two hundred acres each of my patent.
Two hundred acres to unborn child - if lives to age of ten years.
To Rachel Littler (dau. of brother Damuel [sic. s/b "Samuel"] Littler 30 pounds of Pennsylvania money.
Wife Mary's daughters to have fifteen pounds as they come of age.
Exec: wife, Joseph Lupton, John Milbourne.
Wit: Thomas Rounan, John Provan, William Joliffe.
[Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Frederick County, Virginia, 1743-1800, by J. Estelle Stewart King, pg. 7].


Records in Virginia

  • H-660: William Jolliffe Jr. of Frederick County, 210 acres in said County where he now lives. Surv. (made on behalf of Lydia Ross now wife of said Jolliffe) by Mr. William Baylis. Adj. John Littler, George Ross & John Ross dec'd, James Chiver's Road, Evan Thomas. 4 Oct. 1753. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 86].
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).