Biographical review .. containing life sketches of leading citizens of Merrimack and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire . iN. GEORGE PEABODY LITTLEis an influential citizen of Pembroke,N. H. In his veins flows the bloodof two old and reputable New luigland fami-lies, the Littles of Newbury, Mass., and thePeabodys of Danvers, the famous banker andphilanthropist, George Peabody, having beenhis kinsman. Mr. Little was born in Pem-broke, , June 20, 1834, a son of Dr. El-bridge G. and Sophronia Phelps (Ieabody)Little. He is of the eighth generation ofLittles in this country, tracing his descentfr
Biographical review .. containing life sketches of leading citizens of Merrimack and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire . iN. GEORGE PEABODY LITTLEis an influential citizen of Pembroke,N. H. In his veins flows the bloodof two old and reputable New luigland fami-lies, the Littles of Newbury, Mass., and thePeabodys of Danvers, the famous banker andphilanthropist, George Peabody, having beenhis kinsman. Mr. Little was born in Pem-broke, , June 20, 1834, a son of Dr. El-bridge G. and Sophronia Phelps (Ieabody)Little. He is of the eighth generation ofLittles in this country, tracing his descentfrom George Little, who settled in old New-bury, Mass., in 1640 or soon after. GeorgeLittle was a tailor by trade, and, like most of. GEORGE P. LITTLE. ISKKiRAPllICAL LEVIEVV 349 the early colonists, ciif^ajjcil in farming 1650 he bought the freehold right in New-bury of John Osgood, Sr.; and he subsequentlymade many other ]iurchases of land. Thedate of his death is uncertain, but is probably1693 or 1(594. He married first Alice Poor,who came from ICngland in 1638. She diedDecember i, 1680, aged si.\ty-two. She wasthe mother of all his children, five in number,llis second wife, ICleanor, widow of ThomasBarnard, of Amesbury, Mass., survived him,dying November 27, 1694. Joseph, the second child and eldest son ofGeorge and Alice (Poor) Little, is next inline of descent. He was born in Newbury,Sejitember 22, 1653, and was a permanentresident of the part of the town now calledNewburyport from 1700 to the time of hisdeath. A very prominent and active citizen,he held most of the ofifices within the gift ofthe town. He attained the advanced age ofeighty-seven. On October 31, 1677, he wasmarried to Mary, daughter of
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