Important Note from submitter (Dee Estrella) of this story: After reading the information below, please then go to the "story" about Francis Littlefield, Sr. (or the Elder) written by D.G. Weymouth to realize there is a difference of opinion about the story below stating that Francis Littlefield Sr. disappeared from this family at the age of 6 and then returned later.
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The following information about the early Littlefield family in York County, Maine is from the book, Genealogical And Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 1, compiled under the Editorial supervision of George Thomas Little; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1909. This book has been digitized by Google at http://books.google.com

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Littlefield
From the original settlement of York county, Maine, up to the present time (A.D. 1908), the Littlefield family have resided there, and many of the name have figured prominently both in public affairs and in developing its agricultural and industrial interests. A sturdy, energetic people, the parent stock was inclined to favor free thought in matters pertaining to religion, and were staunch supporters of the theological doctrine advocated and practiced by Rev. John Wheelright.
     (I) Edmund Littlefield, born in Southampton, England, about 1600 married Annis _______.  (The records give no family name.) He came to this country from Tichfield, England, probably at the same time as the Rev. John Wheelright, for he was one of his parishioners at Exeter in 1630, and was one of the combination to whom twenty-one acres of land was assigned.  In 1638 he sent to England for his family, and on May 16 of that year his wife Annis and his six children took passage for Boston in the "Bevis" of Hampton, Captain Townes.  The Rev. John Wheelright, owning to a religious controversy precipitated by the teachings of Anne Hutchinson, left Exeter and later went to Wells, Maine, many of his parishioners going with him, and among them Edmund Littlefield, who in 1641, leaving Exeter, went to Wells, Maine, where he was one of the first settlers.  He was supposed to have built the first house, a saw mill and grist mill.  He was deeded a lot of land by Sir Ferdinand Gorges in 1643, and was a leading spirit in organizing the town and promoting its development.  He was on the grand jury in 1645, and it is said was the richest man in Wells.  He and his sons were millmen and farmers.  He was of fearless enterprise and sound moral principle.  On account of this firm, moral character, he was appointed by the governor of Massachusetts agent for the sale of liquors in Wells, it being then of the utmost importance that great discretion should be used in the distribution to the Indians.  He was one of the committee to settle the boundary between Wells and Cape Porpoise, and was elected by the people for the years 1654, 1655, 1658, 1660, and 1661 to try small cases.  He died in December, 1661.  Children: Francis, born 1619; Anthony, Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Mary, Hannah, Francis Jur., born 1631.

     (II) Francis, eldest son of Edmund Littlefield, born in 1619, for some cause for which no explanation is given, disappeared from his father's home about the age of six, an was supposed to have died.  Francis Jr. was born about six years later, and the parents named this child Francis.  In the meantime Francis the elder had come to Exeter previous to 1639, and from Exeter went to Woburn, where he married.  His wife died December 20, 1646, leaving a daughter who died later, this being about five years after his father went to Wells.  Soon after his daughter's death, Francis left Woburn and went to Wells also, only to find his father and family already located there.  Francis Littlefield Jr. married Meribah Wardwell.  Children: Joseph, born about 1652; Nathan, Jonathan, Job, David, Mary J., Joanna, Tabitha, Hannah.
 
Pg. 105:  (Note from submitter of this story, Dee Estrella:  What is written below is from the same book as above and tells about Francis Littlefield (Jr. or "the Younger"), who was the other son of Edmund Littlefield, also named Francis, so it adds confusion to this family, but it was not abnormal to name two sons by the same name at that time.

       (II) Ensign Francis Jr., son of Edmund Littlefield, was born in England about 1631.  He was a carpenter by trade, and settled in Wells, where he owned a saw mill and grist mill.  His will was made in 1674.  His widow Meribah was living in 1677.  Children, born in Wells:  Joseph, Nathan, Jonathan, Job, David, mentioned below; Mary, Joanna, Tabitha, Hannah.  All were minors when their father died.
     (III) David, son of Ensign Francis Littlefield, was born in Wells about 1653 (Note from submitter: Every other source I find for David's birth says he was born in 1670, so the date of 1653 may be an error in this source.), and was baptized in Wells, and in 1713-16 owned a quarter interest in the falls.  He married, December 24, 1694, ___________.  Children:  David, mentioned below; Eleanor, Nathan, Mary, Jeremiah, Meribah, Tabitha, Ithamar. (Note from Dee Estrella, submitter of this story:  Ithamar is shown as a son of David, as just stated in this article, but it has been later accepted that Ithamar is actually the illegitimate child of David's daughter, Mary, and a man named William Harmon.  It seems that David, though his grandfather, did act like his father for much of his life and some documents and articles give David as the father.)
      (IV) David (2), eldest child of David (1) Littlefield, was born about 1696, in Wells, where he passed his life.

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        (V) Ithamar, (see special note a few lines above), son of David (2), was born in Wells, July 20, 1729.  He married (intentions dated April 10, 1745) Margaret Williams.  He was a prosperous farmer of Kennebunk, Maine.  Among their children was Ithamar, mentioned below.
        (VI) Ithamar (2), son of Ithamar (1) Littlefield, was born June 14, 1747.  He was living in Wells in 1759, when he built his house opposite that of John Gilpatrick near the second Mousam lot.  He contributed shoes, stockings, and shirts to the Continental army in 1778.  He served on the committee appointed in March, 1767, to carry out the vote to move the second parish meeting house.  In 1784 he had one hundred and fifty acres of land, of which forty acres were planted to potatoes.  He married Edna David, of Kennebunk, March 29, 1768.  Note from this story submitter: The last name of Ithamar's wife is actually Davis, not David.