The Database for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel

Peletiah Littlefield


Relationship to POC: enslaver

Status (enslaved, free or both): free

Town: Wells

Known dates:

"The first Pelatiah Littlefield bought one [enslaved person] in Boston, paying for him eighty pounds." - Bourne, p. 408

The Portsmouth Athenaeum provides a record stating that Peletiah Littlefield was born in 1704 in Wells and died circa 1793, while his son Peletiah was born 1732/3.

Bibliography:

The History of Wells and Kennebunk from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820 - by Edward Bourne (1875)

Record of the Portsmouth Athenaeum located at: https://athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Littlefield,%20Pelatiah,%201704-c1793

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