Little (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of October 1, 2020:
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) Thomas Little descendants for NGS/WGS testing. Any male believing they qualify should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me Firt
Biography
For more information see Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part II (daughters Mary, Annna & Elizabeth), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2011.
First Generation
Thomas Little[1] was born likely in England about 1607.[2] The first known record for him was a tax list of Plymouth Colony for 25 Mar 1633. He married in Plymouth 19 Apr 1633 to Ann Warren. Thomas was buried at Marshfield on 12 Mar 1671/2.
They had nine children (first seven born Plymouth, last two at Marshfield): Abigail (c1635), Ruth, Hannah (c1637), Patience (c1639), Mercy (c1645), Isaac (c1646), Ephraim (1650), Thomas (c1653-1676 unm.) and Samuel (c1656).
Second Generation
(Lt.) Isaac Little was born Plymouth abt 1646 and died Marshfield 24 Nov 1699, aged abt. 53 yrs. He married prob. Marshfield abt 1673 Bethiah Thomas and they had twelve children (born Marshfield): Thomas (1674), Dorothy (1676-1677), Isaac (1677/8), Bethiah (1681-b1688), infant daughter (1683-1683), Charles (1685), Abigail (c1687), Bethiah (1688-1689), Nathaniel (1690-b1715 unm.), William (1691/2), Bethiah (c1693) and Lemuel (bp 1700).
Ephraim Little was born Plymouth 17 May 1650 and died Scituate 24 Nov 1717 in 68th yr. He married prob. Marshfield or Plymouth 22 Nov 1672 Mary Sturtevant and they had nine children (born Marshfield): Anna (1673), infant (c. 1675), Ephraim (1676 m. Sarah Clark but no ch.), Mercy (1678), David (1680/1), John (1682/3), Mary (1685-1685), Ruth (1686) and Barnabas (1691/2-1691/2).
Samuel Little was born Plymouth abt 1656 and died Bristol (now part of RI) 16 Jan 1707. He married Marshfield 18 May 1682 Sarah Gray and they had four children (born Marshfield): Thomas (1683), Sarah (1685), Samuel (1691) and Edward (bp 1698).
Third Generation
(Dr.) Thomas Little was born Marshfield 15 Dec 1674 and died Plymouth 22 Dec 1712. He married Marshfield 5 Dec 1698 Mary Mayhew[3] and they had five children (first born Marshfield, rest Plymouth): Thomas (1701), Isaac (1704), Mayhew (1706/7-1735 unm.), Mary (1709) and George (1712-1729 unm.).
Isaac Little (II) was born Marshfield 21 Feb 1677/8 and died Pembroke 2 Feb 1758. He married twice, first abt 1703 Mary Otis and second Pembroke 29 Nov 1732 Abigail CUSHING Thomas. By his first wife Isaac had five children (born Marshfield): Mary (1704), Isaac (1710 d.y.), Otis (1711/2), Mercy (1716) and Nathaniel (1722). By his second wife Thomas had four more children (born Pembroke): Lemuel (bp 1736 d.y.), Isaac (bp 1738), Mercy (c1742) and Lemuel (c1745).
Charles Little was born Marshfield 15 Oct 1685 and died Kingston 25 Apr 1724. He married Plymouth 9 Oct 1712 Sarah Warren (descendant of Richard Warren & Edward Doty) and they had six children (born Plymouth): Sarah (1713-1714/5), Bethia (1715), Charles (1717-1717/8), Lucie (1719), Sarah (1720/1-c1730) and Charles (1723-1723).
William Little was born Marshfield 27 Feb 1691/2 and died North Carolina in 1734. He married twice, first Boston 19 Jun 1712 Hannah Willard and second North Carolina 1726 Penelope Gale. He is not known to have had children by his first wife. By his second wife William had three children (born NC) William (1728), Penelope (c1729) and George (c1731).
Lemuel Little was baptized Marshfield 24 Mar 1700 and died Edgartown 21 Mar 1723. He married Edgartown 1 Oct 1717 Jane/Jean Sarson[4] and they had two children (born Edgartown): Abigail (1719) and Sarson (1723-b1744 unm.).
David Little was born Marshfield 17 Mar 1680/1 and died Scituate 9 Feb 1779. He married twice, first Little Compton (now part of RI) 2 Dec 1703 Elizabeth Southworth and second Scituate 20 Nov 1746 Abigail Bailey (no children by this second marriage). By his first wife David had nine children: Ephraim (1708), David (1712), Nathaniel (1714/5), Barnabas (1717-1717), infant (twin 1719-1719), Elizabeth (twin 1719), Mary (1721), Mercy (1724) and Benjamin (1725-1789 unm.)
John Little was born Marshfield 18 Mar 1682/3 and died there 26 Feb 1767. He married Little Compton (now part of RI) 8 Apr 1708 Constant Fobes (descendant of John Alden) and they had thirteen children (born Marshfield): Anna (1708 d.y.), Ruth (1710 d.y.), Mercy (1711), Fobes (1712/3), John (1714), Anna (1715), Thomas (1716/7 d.y.), Ephraim (1718), Thomas (1719), William (1720), Ruth (c1723), Lemuel (1724) and Charles (bp 1727 d.y.).
Samuel Little (II) was born Marshfield 7 Nov 1691 and died Bristol (now part of RI) 8 Jan 1739/40. He married twice, first Little Compton 10 May 1714 Mary Briggs and second Bristol 29 Oct 1730 Hannah HAILE Carr Wilson. By his first wife Samuel had three children (born Bristol): Thomas (1714), Samuel (1715/6) and Mary (1718). By his second wife Samuel had one more child: Haile (c1733).
Edward Little was baptized Marshfield 17 Jul 1698 and died prob. New Haven, CT abt 1777. He married twice, first Bristol (now part of RI) Mary Walker and second Bristol 18 Jun 1741 Mary KINSMAN Burnham. By his first wife Edward had nine children (born Bristol): Sarah (1718), Edward (1720 d.y.), Mary (1721), Thomas (1722), Elizabeth (1724/5), Lemuel (1726 no further record), Nathaniel (1729 no further record), Edward (1733) and Rebecca (1736/7). By his second wife Edward had four more children (three born Brisol, last born Middletown or New Haven, CT): William (1742-1759), Benjamin (1744 no further record), Lucy (1746) and Samuel (c1750).
- ↑ Plimouth.org biography of Thomas Little
- ↑ Date estimated based on date married
- ↑ After Thomas' death Mary married second Plymouth 2 Jul 1716 Jonathan Bryant.
- ↑ After Lemuel's death she married second by Mar 1724/5 John Sanderson and third bef Mar 1729/30 Dunken Kelly.
DNA results R1b FTA31720
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Little DNA Project Subgroup: "i. MRCA Ireland or Scotland; Haplogroup R1b-L193 > ZS4581>Z17817 *; advanced SNP testing necessary" lists five Littles, one whom states his Most Distant Known Paternal Ancestor (MDKPA) was Thomas Little. None of these individuals have done any Y-DNA SNP testing, but the Thomas Little descendant has done 111 Y-STR testing. Plugging in his Y-STR values into the Nevgen.org Haplogroup Predictor (set for R1b haplogroup) predicts a variety of haplogroups under R1b-P312>>L21 with the top four entries (combined probability score of 95%) all falling under L21>>L513>S5668.
NGS/WGS testing
Recently three individuals in the Little DNA Project, subgroup have done Big Y-700 testing and been found to fall under R1b L21>>L513>S5668>A7>FGC64750>Z17623>S5979>S5982>ZS4581>Z17817>FTA30603>FTA31720
Further needed testing
We need additional direct male-line descendants of Thomas Little to WGS/NGS test to both refine the haplogroup as well as delineate descendant clades.
References & External Links
Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part II (daughters Mary, Anna & Elizabeth), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2011
