Person:Josiah Litchfield (13)
Josiah Litchfield
b.3 Apr 1647 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
d.Bef 29 Jan 1707/08 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1640
  1. Experience Litchfield1642 - 1673
  2. Remember LitchfieldAbt 1644 -
  3. Remembrance LitchfieldAbt 1644 - 1738/39
  4. Dependence Litchfield1645/46 - 1708
  5. Dependance Litchfield1646 -
  6. Dependence Litchfield1646 -
  7. Josiah Litchfield1647 - Bef 1707/08
  8. Remember Litchfield1669 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Josiah Litchfield1647 - Bef 1707/08
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Josiah Litchfield1647 - Bef 1707/08
  • W.  Sarah BakerAbt 1650 -
m. 22 Feb 1671/72
  1. Hannah Litchfield1672 - Bef 1748/49
  2. Sarah Litchfield1674 -
  3. Sarah Litchfield1674 -
  4. Sarah Litchfield1674 -
  5. Josiah Litchfield1676/77 -
  6. Josiah Litchfield1677 -
  7. Josiah Litchfield1677 - 1717
  8. Nicholas Litchfield1680 - 1750
  9. Experience Litchfield1683 -
  10. Experience Litchfield1683 -
  11. Experience Litchfield1683 -
  12. Judith Litchfield1687 -
  13. Judith Litchfield1687 -
  14. Judith Litchfield1687 -
  15. Samuel Litchfield1690 - Abt 1767
  16. Samuel Litchfield1690/91 -
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Facts and Events
Name Josiah Litchfield
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 3 Apr 1647 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Alt Birth? 3 Apr 1647 Scituate, Plymouth, Mass.
Alt Birth[4] 3 Apr 1647 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Alt Birth? 3 Apr 1647 Scituate, Plymouth, MA, USA
Other[5] 4 Apr 1648 Scituate, Plymouth, MassachusettsAlt. Birth
Other[6] Abt 1649 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusettswas adopted by John Allen and wife, Ann Misc
Adoption[3] Abt 1650 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Marriage to Unknown
Marriage 22 Feb 1671/72 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusettsto Sarah Baker
Alt Death? 29 Jan 1706/07 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Alt Death? 29 Jan 1707 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death[3][8] Bef 29 Jan 1707/08 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Alt Death? 1708 Scituate, Plymouth, MA, USA
Burial? Jan 1707/08 First Parish Burial Grounds, Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Ancestral File Number B52T-HW
Other[9] NameVariations
References
  1. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    vol. 3 [Litchfield] "LAWRENCE, Barnstable 1640, thot. to be progenit. of all of this name in N. E. rem. aft. 1643, and in 1646 is found at Scituate, had d. Dependence, b. 15 Feb. that yr.; and, perhaps, Josiah, 1647; but at B. had d. Remember (wh. Deane says, m. a Lewis of Barnstable, but I doubt his accuracy); and s. Experience, bef. ment. He a. 1650 at .S. and his wid. Judith, perhaps d. of William Dennis of Scituate, m. that yr. William Peaks.".
  2. ↑ Cutter, William Richard. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Series 1, Second Publisher: Genealogy.com, Second Address: Fremont, California. (Clearfield Company, Inc., New York, 1913)
    page 1274.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Currier, Philip J. and June C., Writer Role: compilers. Litchfield Family Records, mainly descendants of Lawrence Litchfield of Scituate Mass, 1634, Volumes: 2. (by the author, Henniker, New Hampshire, 1982)
    Vol. 2, no. I-2.
  4. ↑ Litchfield, Wilford J., "Lawrence Litchfield and His Descendants, First Generation," The Litchfield Family in America, 1630-1900 Part 1, no. 1
    p. 4.
  5. ↑ Litchfield, Wilford J., "Lawrence Litchfield and His Descendants, First Generation," The Litchfield Family in America, 1630-1900 Part 1, no. 1
    p. 26.
  6. ↑ Litchfield, Wilford J., "Lawrence Litchfield and His Descendants, First Generation," The Litchfield Family in America, 1630-1900 Part 1, no. 1
    p. 12, 39.

    No settlement of the estate of Lawrence Litchfield has been found. He died at Scituate, according to several authorities, in 1650, but the compiler thinks it was in 1649. On his death-bed he left the care of his youngest son, Josiah, to John Allen and his wife (see page 38). On March 20, 1657-8, according to the affidavit of Judith (Dennis-Litchfield) Peaks, fomerly wife of Lawrence Litchfield, Josiah had been living with the Allens "by the space of about 9 yeares", and as he had not immediately gone to live with them after his father's death, it is reasonable to infer that Lawrence died in the year 1649, instead of 1650, as stated above. Lawrence was living on November 14, 1648, when he was made a beneficiary of the will of Thomas Rickard.

  7.   William Richard Cutter, A.M., Genealogical and Family History of Western New York (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912)
    vol. 1, pg 316-317.

    Lawrence Litchfield, the common ancestor of all the name who claim a New England origin, was very early in America, but dates cannot be given. The Rev. John Lathrop in 1634 arrived in the ship "Griffin," with a church and colony of "Kentish Men" from Egerton, in Kent, England, and settled with them at Scituate, Massachusetts. With this company Lawrence Litchfield had numerous connections which he never forsook and who never forsook him. He must have been, at their arrival, a young man and unmarried. Here he is presumed to have remained until 1640. The first mention of his name on any records is in 1640 when he was received a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. In 1643 his name appears in Barnstable records on a list of those able to bear arms. About 1645 he returned to Scituate, having a wife and two children. In 1648 his name occurs in the will of Thomas Dennis, of Scituate, and there are references to him in the Scituate records to show he lived there until his death in 1657.

    Josiah, son of Lawrence Litchfield, was born in 1647, at Scituate, Massachusetts. He was a land owner of Scituate and seems to have possessed a goodly estate. He married, February 22, 1671, Sarah, daughter of NIcholas Baker, pastor of the First church in Scituate. Children: Hannah, Sarah, Josiah, Nicholas, Experience, Judith, Samuel.

    www.ppld.org :accessed 9 Jul 2006 (Heritage Quest Online)

  8. ↑ which was the date of the inventory of his estate
  9. ↑ Lechfield
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