Mary Littlefield

1704 - Bef 1734  (30 years)

• Name	Mary Littlefield
  	Father: David Littlefield (1670-1751) Mother: Mary Hill (1672-1746) [1]
  Birth	say 1704	Wells, York County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [2]
  Christening	20 Jul 1707	Wells, York County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [2, 5, 6]
  Natural Issue	1722 (18 years)  [2]
  In 1722 Mary gave birth to Ithamar Littlefield, supposedly the son of William Harmon. Ithamar married Margaret Williams.
  Legal	3 Apr 1722 (18 years)  [2]
  On 3 April 1722 William Harmon of Wells was bound over to the court Upon Suspition for comiting carnel Copulation with Mary the Daughter of David Littlefield. He appeared in court 2 October 1722, but there was not sufficent evidence to convict him, and he was acquitted. John Wells Jr. testified that William had a poweder and told him that it would make the gules [girls] love him. Mary Littlefield appeared at the same time to answer to her having had a bast'd child, she owned to the fact.
  Legal	1728 (24 years)  [2]
  In 1728 she was brought before the court for having fornicated with William Sawyer. They were soon married.
  Death	Bef 30 Mar 1734  [2]
  Person ID, Branch	I14253
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Death: On 30 March 1734, her husband published marriage intentions to remarry. [2]

  
  

Spouse / Partner	William Sawyer,   b. 6 Feb 1705/06, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 17 Jul 1768, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 62 years)  Other Partners: Love Bragdon  m. 25 Apr 1734
Marriage	Apr 1728	Wells, York County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Age at Marriage	She : ~ 24 years and 4 months - He : 22 years and 2 months.
Children	1 son and 3 daughters
1. Phebe Sawyer,   b. 7 Jul 1728, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]     2. Sarah Sawyer,   b. 3 Aug 1729, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A. d. young, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]     3. Lydia Sawyer,   b. 14 Feb 1731, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A. d. young, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]     4. Daniel Sawyer,   b. 12 Mar 1733, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A. d. young, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]
Family ID	F1633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	11 Jun 2025




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Mary Littlefield(1704 – Bef 1734) 2 3

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - say 1704 - Wells, York County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Christening - 20 Jul 1707 - Wells, York County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Marriage - Apr 1728 - Wells, York County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S2145] Eaton, Pricilla. The Littlefield Genealogy: Descendants of Edmund Littlefield of Wells, Maine Through Six Generations, (Waterville, Maine: Maine Genealogical Society, 2020). [S645] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume II, Reprint 1902, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1902). [S796] Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1909). [S814] Sawyer, Eleanor Grace. Sawyer Families of New England 1636-1900 , (Camden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1995). [S815] Sawyer, Fred E. Genealogical Index of the Sawyer Families of New England Prior to 1900, (Blackfoot, Idaho: Neves Printing Co., 1983).