"Pelatiah Littlefield [Jr.] owned two [enslaved people], Fortune and Cato, both of whom drowned." - Bourne, p. 408

Bourne notes (p. 415) that "Pelatiah Littlefield was a gentleman of the old school, and had most of his clothes made in Boston." And on p. 568, "Peletiah Littlefield, who kept a public house, entered into the business of shipbuilding. He was an enterprising man, who aspired after distinction among the men of his day...In 1728, he built a sloop [and then others]. The last vessel was called the Triton. She was employed in the coasting trade to Boston, and also to Virginia....These were the first vessels which we know to have been built in Wells."

"In 1767, Pelatiah Littlefield and Jonathan Littlefield built the schooner Prosperous, of 88 tons, the largest vessel yet launched in Wells." - Bourne, p. 570

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