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Nathaniel Littleton (bef. 1605 - 1654)

Col. Nathaniel Littleton
Born before in Hopton Castle, Shropshire, Englandmap
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Died after age 48 in Nandua Creek, Accomack County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Nathaniel Littleton was born in England.
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Nathaniel Littleton is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society
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Nathaniel Littleton was a Virginia colonist.

Nathaniel Littleton was the sixth son of Sir Edward Littleton and Mary Walter.[1] He was baptised on 22 December 1605 at Hopton Castle, Shropshire.[2][3][4]

Nathaniel is said to have seen military service in the Netherlands in the Company of the Earl of Southampton. A family pedigree book cited in a 1910 article in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography gives the date as 1625:[5] Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton died in November 1624 (see his profile).

Nathaniel settled in Virginia in about 1635, making his home at Nandua Creek, then in Northampton County.[3][4] In 1636 he acquired a patent there, not with a view to early establishment of a conventional plantation, but to serve as a trading post for dealing with the native American population.[6]

Nathaniel served as a Commissioner (Justice) of Northampton County from 1637,[6] being described as "Coll. [Colonel] Nathaniel Littleton".[7] He was a member of the Virginia Council from 1642[6] to 1652.[8] In January 1641/2, following representations by him and Argall Yeardley, the Virginia Court issued an order to protect the land rights in native Americans. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses[3][4] in 1652.[6] On 25 March 1651/2 his name was first in a list of Virginians declaring loyalty to the Cromwellian administration in England. The next year the Virginia General Assembly appointed him and Argall Yeardley commissioners to assure Dutch settlers of their rights to citizenship (England and Holland were then at war).[6]

Before 1 June 1640 Nathaniel married Ann Southey, widow of Charles Harmar and daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Southey.[3][4][5] They had three children, all named in their mother's will:[6]

Nathaniel died soon after 4 September 1654.[3][4] A deed entered into by him on that date refers to a will dated 12 August 1654, but no copy of the will has been located.[6] His wife survived him; her will was proved on 28 October 1656.[3][4][5]

Sources

  1. ↑ A T Butler (ed.). The Visitation of Worcestershire 1634, Harleian Society, 1938, p. 64, Google Books
  2. ↑ The Registers of Hopton Castle, Shropshire, Parish Record Society, 1901, p. 9, Internet Archive
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. III, p. 35, LITTLETON 17, Google Books
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 588, LITTLETON 16
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Randolph Manuscript, in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol 18, No. 1 (1910 Jan), pp. 20-21, footnote, Internet Archive
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Matthew Wise. The Littleton Heritage: Some American descendants of Col. Nathaniel Littleton (1605-1654) of Northampton Co., Virginia and his royal forebears, 1997, pp. 5-6, Internet Archive
  7. ↑ H R McIlwaine (ed.). Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1619-1658/9 (Richmond, Virginia, 1915), p. 91, Internet Archive
  8. ↑ H R McIlwaine (ed.). Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1619-1658/9, p. 82, Internet Archive

See also:

  • Jamestowne Society website, Lewis- Littleton, Littleton, Nathaniel I - A4905; died 1654, Northampton Co.: 1642-52 (Councillor)
  • 'Littleton Family of Accomack Co., Va', Tingle Family website, PDF, accessed 28 June 2023
  • Robins, Robert Patterson. A Tentative Pedigree of the Littleton Family of Va., in 'New England Historical and Genealogical Register', Vol. 41, 1887, pp. 364-368, Internet Archive
  • Rhoades, Nelson Osgood. Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol. VII, Seaforth Press, 1920, p. 389, Ancestry.co.uk
  • Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Before 1700, 8th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, p. 5, line 1A/41 (also 7th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992, p. 5, viewable on Google Books)

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 28 June 2023.
Nathaniel Littleton is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Mowbray (vol. III, pages 33-35 LITTLETON). This trail was identified by the Magna Carta Project and reviewed/approved in December 2017. A trail from Littleton to the Bigods (Hugh and Roger) was also completed/approved in December 2017. Other badged trails to the Clares (Richard and Gilbert), John de Lacy and Saher de Quincy were later incorporated. Each of these trails are outlined below.
See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Badged Richardson-documented trail to Mowbray (MCA III:33-35):
Gateway Ancestor Nathaniel Littleton (badged/re-reviewed 28 June 2023)
1. Nathaniel is the son of Edward Littleton (badged/re-reviewed 30 June 2023)
2. Edward is the son of Alice Thornes (badged/re-reviewed 2 July 2023)
3. Alice is the daughter of Richard Thornes (badged/re-reviewed 4 July 2023)
4. Richard is the son of John Thornes (badged/re-reviewed 6 July 2023)
5. John is the son of Roger Thornes (badged/re-reviewed 8 July 2023)
6. Roger is the son of Mary Corbet (badged/re-reviewed 10 July 2023
7. Mary is the daughter of Elizabeth Hopton (badged/100% 5-star)
8. Elizabeth is the daughter of Eleanor Lucy (badged/100% 5-star)
9. Eleanor is the daughter of Walter Lucy (badged/100% 5-star)
10. Walter is the son of Margaret Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)
11. Margaret is the daughter of John de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)
12. John is the son of John de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)
13. John is the son of John de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)
14. John is the son of Roger de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Roger is the son of Roger de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Roger is the son of Magna Carta Surety William de Mowbray
Badged trails to the Clares, Lacy, Quincy and the Bigods:
13. John de Mowbray is the son of Rose de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)
14. Rose is the daughter of Richard de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Richard is the son of Magna Carta Surety Gilbert de Clare
16. Gilbert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Richard de Clare
14. Rose de Clare is the daughter of Maud de Lacy (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Maud is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety John de Lacy
15. Maud de Lacy is the daughter of Margaret de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Margaret is the daughter of Robert de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
17. Robert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy
12. John de Mowbray is the son of Joan Plantagenet (badged/100% 5-star)
13. Joan is the daughter of Maud Chaworth (badged/100% 5-star)
14. Maud is the daughter of Isabel de Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Isabel is the daughter of Maud FitzJohn (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Maud is the daughter of Isabel le Bigod (badged/100% 5-star)
17. Isabel is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Hugh le Bigod
18. Hugh is the son of Magna Carta Surety Roger le Bigod




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Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
I plan to do some work on this profile soon for the Magna Carta Project.

- now DONE

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Douglass-990 David Douglass
Littleton-560 and Littleton-208 appear to represent the same person because: same given name, same LNAB, same DOB, same parents. same child
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Douglass-990 David Douglass
Nathaniel Littleton was christened Dec 22, 1605 so the 1580 date of birth is about 20 years too early.

Sources:

  • Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol III page 35.
  • Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 3 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Volume 2, p 417, LITTLETON 20.
  • Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: The Lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of Their Descendants, Frederick Lewis Weis, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1992, pg 5, Line 1a, 41
  • Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Before 1700, by Frederick Lewis Weis, 7th Ed, Gen. Pub. Co. reprint 1992 by Gen. Pub. Co, pp. 4 - 5. Map of Shropshire, England: Hopton Castle NW of Ludlow. "Line 1A - John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster continues through many generations to Sir. Edward Littleton, Knt. of Hensley, co. Salop, and his son Nathaniel Littleton, b. Hopton Castle, co. Salop, baptised 22 Dec 1605; d. Northampton Va. Oct-Dec 1654, mar. c1638 Ann Southey, b. Somerset Eng c1620; d. Northampton Co VA, will prob. 28 Oct 1656."
posted by David Douglass

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