"The Wells Family"; by D.W. Norris"The Littlefield Family"; by F.E. Littlefield "Wells, theFrontier Town of Me."; by E.G. Perkins, 1971"N.E. Marriages Prior to 1700"; by C.A. Torrey (NSA) "Wells, theFrontier Town of Me."; by E.G. Perkins, 1971"The Wells Family"; by D.W. Norris (NSA) "Gen. Dict. of Me. &N.H."; by Libby, Noyes and Davis "Wells, the Frontier Town ofMe."; by E.G. Perkins971, 1LITTLEFIELD Gen p2Freeman 5 Jul 1653,Wells NEHGReg v3p193Littlefield Fanily Newsletter, Vol 4-10:Know all men, that I, John smith, of charlstown, have soldeand doe heare by confirme unto francise litlefeild one dwellinghouse, with all the land belonging there unto, now setewate incharlstown which land is bownded up on the north west up wapingcreeke, on the south east by charlstown river, and also all thetimber and bords there to belonging, all which house and landand timber the forsaid John Smith, with Sarah, his wife, doeselland have sold unto francis littellfeild, and doe heare by giveupall our right and interest unto the aforsaid francis and hisaires for ever, as a bill of salle under our hands, datted the22 the 5 mo., 1653, testifieth.Samuell Adams, Clarke.Source: Charlestown (Mass.) Land Records. City Document No. 39.page 128.The grantee in the above document is Francis Littlefield, Sr.(Edmund), and although he was in Wells, Me. in the 1650's heseems to have been wheeling and dealing in several areas. Thisis also the source for the statement in NLD that Francis,Sr.,bought a house in Charlestown in 1653. This deed does notmentiona wife (who would have been Rebecca) so possibly her familylived in Charlestown.Our thanks to John A. Richardson for this deed record.Known as Francis Senior (Sr.) and his younger brother is FrancisJr.Littlefield Family Newsletter, 5-17,18:FRANCIS LITTLEFIELD THE ELDERFrancis Littlefield the Elder (hereafter Francis Sr.) wasbp. in Titchfield, Hampshire, England on 17 June 1619. Hisparents were Edmund and Annis/Anne/Agnes (Austin) Littlefield.It is very evident that Francis left Titchfield with hisfather before February of 1636 at which time Edmund had"absentedhimself." [1-1 It is likely that Edmund, Francis Sr. andAnthony Littlefield emigrated to America c. 1637. They arefirstseen in Boston, Massachusetts. Edmund left Boston and went toExeter, New Hampshire. Francis followed his father to Wellsfromthese places, but was was also in Woburn, Charlestown, andIpswich, Massachusetts, and in Dover, New Hampshire, beforesettling in Wells.There is no basis for the local lore that Francis was some-how separated from his family. That much-romanticized storyevolved from a historian's attempt to explain Edmund having twosons with the same name. Charles Thornton Libby [2.1 suggestedthat this situation came about as a result of the custom ofletting the godfather select the infant's name. Using the LDSIGI files [see Austin] we learn that Annis Austin had a brotherFrancis Austin who died young. The most likely scenario is thatFrancis Jr. who was bp. in Titchfield 24 March 1635/6, (afterhisfather "absented himself") was named in memory of his maternaluncle, whereas Francis Sr. had been named for the paternal sideof the family. C. T. Libby's suggestion applies well to thistheory.Francis Littlefield Sr.'s original grant (1643) was situatedin Wells, crossing both sides of Route #1. [3.1 The First Churchof Wells (the Congregational Church) was erected on this lot c.1702. [4.1 This lot was adjacent to Edmund Littlefield's grantat the Webhannet Falls. By deed research it appears thatFrancissold this lot, and then received another grant a short distancesouthwesterly of his original lot. The second site is adjacenttothe junction of Route 9-B and Route #1. Dependence, son ofFrancis Sr. lived there, as proven by the division of hisestate.Also on this lot [at Willow Tree Restaurant] is an ancientburialground, now almost obliterated, upon which are buried (besidessome descendants of Dependence): Josiah Littlefield and JosephHammond, who were not descendants, and who did not live adjacentto the lot, but were original founders of the First Church.Is it just a coincidence that the First Church and the originalchurch burial ground are situated on Francis Sr.'s lands?Francis Littlefield Sr. married (1) Jane Hill who died inWoburn 20 December 1646; they had one child: Mary, born Woburn,in 1646. He married (2) Rebecca [surname unknown). There is nobasis for Banks' statement that she was Rebecca Rust or Rusk. Nosuch person existed. The date of birth of Rebecca is given inthe First Book of Records for the town of Wells (the book is in- 5 - 1 7 -the possession of the Kennebunk Town Clerk) i.e. "born 31January1630." In the same record will be found the birth dates ofthe first seven children of Francis Sr. and Rebecca, i.e. Sara,Hanneth, Deliverance, James, Isaac, Abigell and Dorcas. Theirdates of birth range between 1649 and 1664. After 1664 werebornPhoebe, Daniel, Dependence and Rachel. Francis Sr. married (3)Mrs. Mary (Wade) Symonds. No children by the last wife.[1.) The Complaint of Stephen March, Vol. II of EnglishOrigins of New England Families From the NEHGR[2.) Noyes, Libby & Davis, The Genealogical Dictionary ofMaine and New Hampshire[3.) The original grants in Wells were laid out beginningat the sea, and ran north westerly for 2 and 1/2 milesinto the country, crossing the main road, now US Rte 1[4.) The present Meeting House of the Historical Societyof Wells and Ogunquit is situated on the first (1643)lot laid out to Francis Sr. This same lot is thesite of the First Church of Wells erected c. 1702.This article was written by Dorothy A. Seaman for the filesof the "Piscataqua Pioneers." This organization is compilingbrief biographies on early pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire.He mved around a lot owned 50 acres of land Wells 1643, taxed inWoband, Ma 1646, Dover, Nh. 1648, backin Wells, bought a housein Charlestown, Ma 1653 Rep. From Yk Wells through the 1600s.Grand jury and Co. Treas. same period, Innholder,Ispwich,Ma.1670, Licenced at Wells 1700/2. Deede971