William L. Littell and Elizabeth Walker

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Husband William L. Littell ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: Abt 1740 - Ireland
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           Died: 1819 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 2
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         Father: [Father] Littell (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Walker ^{2 5 6}

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            AKA: Bessie Walker,4 Mary Walker,7 Elizabeth Walter 1
           Born:  - Ireland
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         Father: [Father] Walker (      -      )
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M James Littell ^{1 8}

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           Born:  - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1888 - Calcutta, Columbiana Co, OH
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         Spouse: Anna Calhoun (      -      ) 9

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2 F Elizabeth "Betsy" Littell ^{1 2 8}

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           Born:  - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1888 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Spouse: John Reed (      -      ) 5 8

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3 F Jane Littell ^{8 10}

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           Born: Abt 1792 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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           Died: 21 Nov 1863 - Greene Twp, Beaver Co, PA 11
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         Spouse: Joseph Calhoun (Abt 1787-1845) 11

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4 M William Littell ^{8 12}

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           Born: 1794 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 5 8
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           Died: 1854 - Beaver Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: Cynthia Smith (1801-1853) 5 8

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5 M David Littell ^{1 4 13}

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           Born: 1797 or 1801 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1 4
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           Died: 8 Jul 1865 or 1866 1 4
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         Spouse: Jane Shillito (1801-1885) 4 14 15

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6 F Mary Littell ^{1 16}

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           Born:  - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1888 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA
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         Spouse: James Todd, Jr. (1796-      ) 17 18

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7 M Thomas Littell ^{1 8}

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           Born:  - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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           Died: 
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8 F Alice Littell ^{1 8}

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           Born:  - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888 - Mechanicstown, Carroll Co, OH
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         Spouse: William Sharp (      -      ) 5 8

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9 F Agnes Littell ^{1 7 8 19}

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           Born: 23 Feb 1809 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 19
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           Died: 15 Nov 1888 or 1889 19 20
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         Spouse: Bennett Libbey (1805-1856) 7 19
           Marr: Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - William L. Littell

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He was a native of Ireland, and with his brother James came to America during the Revolutionary struggle; they both entered the army. During James' thirteenth battle, William, who was a staff officer, was taken prisoner and held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but was finally exchanged.

At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he held a clerkship in the army (being private secretary to General George Washington), and served in that capacity throughout the war.

He married, and settled on a farm in Hanover township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where he died. He was one of the first members of Service Congregation; he was a justice of the peace, and for a time the only one from Pittsburgh to Georgetown.

His wife was the daughter of a former sweetheart of his, and must have been many years his junior. They had ten children, nine of whom grew to maturity.

He came to the American colonies from Belfast, Ireland, with his brother James, both entering the Colonial army at the outbreak of the Revolution. Because of his aptitude for clerical work, William Littell performed much service in the capacity of clerk, watching over the distribution of arms, ammunition and stores, serving as private secretary to General George Washington throughout the war, while his brother became a private in the ranks. According to a written account still [1914] in the possession of his family, William Littell had the following experiences: He was taken prisoner, February 13, 1777, marched into Brunswick, and paroled. There he was befriended by one person who gave him a guinea, and by another who gave him a dollar, and he was told to divide this with his fellow prisoners. He was then marched to New York City, and there placed in confinement in the "Old sugar house." While there he received a letter from Andrew Robinson or Robertson, enclosing two dollars. He was given permission to work in the city for General Beechy until there was an exchange of prisoners. He then went back to prison. There he found his messmen and artillerymen with their rations before them, which consisted of spruce beer and bread. Later he received all the money that was due him from the state. The letter mentioned above, enclosing the two dollars, is now [1914] in the possession of one of his grandsons. At the close of the Revolutionary War, William Littell located on land in Hanover township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and followed his trade of painting. He was a supporter of Whig principles and for many years served as a justice of the peace, his commission being dated April 10, 1795. The farm on which he located consisted of four hundred acres, which he partly cleared and cultivated, and on which he died. That section of the state was then in the same condition it had been in before anyone of white blood set foot upon the American shore. Wild beasts roamed the surrounding forests in great numbers, settlers were few and widely separated, communication with the eastern villages and hamlets was uncertain, supplies must be grown or hunted, and above all was the terrible, haunting fear of the natives. It was to a home in the midst of all these dismaying conditions that William Littell brought his wife, little more than a girl in years, Elizabeth Walker. In the life of William Littell there had been a romance of rare beauty and sweetness, and when unfavorable fortune had made it impossible for him to marry the girl of his choice, he still cherished the ideal he had held, which found fulfillment in the daughter of his former sweetheart, whom he made his wife. It is recorded that on many occasions, when there were rumors of the presence of marauding Indians on the war-path in the vicinity, Elizabeth Littell would spend the night in the limbs of a nearby tree, one of her babies held close in her arms, while below would prowl the painted, befeathered natives who sought her blood and that of her family. The constant terror in which the family lived is beyond comprehension, and yet the little family, so dangerously exposed to ravages, was divinely guarded from all the harm that threatened, and there grew to manhood and womanhood. [GPHBC, 864]

1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 863.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 295.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 864, 1048.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 187.

5 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 681.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 864.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 690.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 865.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 189.

10 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 832, 863.

11 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 832.

12 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 681, 863.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 865, 868.

14 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 863, 888.

15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 868.

16 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 865, 1048.

17 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 681, 902.

18 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 865, 983, 1048.

19 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 69.

20 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 691.