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William Joseph Little Timeline Where did the Little’s from? unruly Scottish clans in Eskdale and Liddesdale, were to suffer executions, persecutions and banishments by the Royal Alternative Spellings: Litel, Litil, Litill, Litle, Littell, Littil, command. The Eskdale and Liddesdale chiefs, with the Littill, Little, Littyll, Lityl, Lytil, Lytle, Lyttle, Lyttille exception of Armstrong of Mangerton, were lucky to hold on to their lives and lose only their lands. So it was that the grand In a conversation I had with Mina Felicia Little of titles and like Royal favors destined for Scotland went to their Tallapoosa Georgia. I asked her about a story of three brothers persecutors and not to them. that came from Scotland. To the best of her recollection she The Anglo-Scottish Border Wars of 1296-1603 the Littles could only name 2, Charles, and James, but does not recall the were one of the fighting clans of the West March. By the close third name. In a latter conversation she said Charles and of the 16th Century they had earned a reputation as the finest William. I am hopeful that William was the third name. Thus we light cavalry in Europe. are looking for Charles, James, and William Little who came to For over three centuries the Border Littles shared with the America together on the same ship. Mina lives on one of the Armstrongs and Beatties the steep-sided dales to the north and sons of William Joseph Little land. Francis Marion Little if I west of the present town of Langholm. remember correctly. She has long been interested in family and In 1296-97 Edward Little "of Meikledale", founder of the it’s history. clan and descendant of Anglo-Norman Richard Lytle, was a supporter of Sir William Wallace, the patriot, who upheld the Family Stories Point to independent rights of Scotland against the oppression of Edward Scotland I of England. In 1351 Martin Litill was a witness at Hermitage Castle of a With this in mind bear witness to what I am about to tell charter of William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale. you. Nichol Litil served the Earl of Douglas on the West Marches In 1000 BC, the Celtic people first came to Scotland. These in 1368. people were skilled in working iron. They changed cotemporary In 1398 Nicol Little was one of a group of knights and Armor and weaponry. They were the first to use the long sword "squires" entrusted to supervise the repatriation of English and small shield in Europe. prisoners across the border' Julius Caesar and the Romans arrived in Britain in 55BC and In 1426 Simon Litill became the lst Laird of Meikledale remained there for over 225 years. In AD 79 the Romans being granted tenure of the lands in Ewesdale by James I, King advanced into Scotland in a series of campaigns, establishing of Scots. Littles of less warlike disposition found their vocation forts along the way. The Scotsmen were then called Caledonians as monks in Abbeys and Convents. then. By AD 83 they had marched up the east coast as far as The Littles of Liberton in Edinburgh are a branch of the present day Aberdeenshire. Border clan dating from around 1500. Clement Litil, 2nd of The Britons or the Britons of Strathclyde came. They would Liberton was founder of the University of Edinburgh Library. dominate the west of lower Scotland and some of England. His brother William Litil, 3rd of Liberton, was twice Provost of The Angles, from Germany settled southeast Scotland and Edinburgh in the post-Reformation period portions of England. The Angles were the only non-Celtic race The Little Clan of the Scottish West March supported the of the four main early settlers of Scotland. And this would prove Stuart Kings of Scots through five reigns until 1530 when James to be a major problem for the Celts later on. V, under pressure from the English Court, tricked thirty-two Lastly, the Fourth Tribe came to settle Scotland. They were Armstrongs, Elliots, Littles, Irvings into a parley and hanged also a warlike people, descended from Ireland. The origins of them out of hand. The Eskdale clans from then on forsook their name Scots is believed to be a corrupted form of Scottus or patriotism for survival and sided with the most likely winners of Scotti , which meant; “raiders”. A Celtic, warrior, combative international warfare. and expansive race, the Scots came in about 500 A.D. Dalriada In one chronicle in the spring of 1530 the Littles along with (Dal Riata) was the Kingdom of the Scots. the Armstrongs, Elliots and Irvines, raided the King’s forces but In 793 AD the Vikings, or plunderers from Norway, were lost thirty-two men. Their Clans were at Meikledale and seeking the treasures of the churches, which were easily Langholme in Dumfriesshire and Liberton in Edenburgh. plundered. The 1587 Act of the Scottish Parliament Roll of the Clans In 800 AD The Vikings came again to Scotland to raid and that have Captains, Chiefs and Chieftains "on whom clansmen settle. The Scots seemed to have something in common with the depend against the will of their landlords in the Borders and the Viking and after a while intermarriages, to common and noble, Highlands" names "Litillis" among the names listed under West with established clans took place in north Scotland and March. Thus in 1587 the Littles were clearly regarded as a Clan. extensively throughout the Western Isles of Scotland. In 1603 King James I of Great Britain (a.k.a. King James All of these people intermarried so you most probably VI) of Scotland was determined to put down the continuing descend from them all. lawlessness on both sides of the Border. His wishes were carried In 1066 AD, five generations after Normandy's Conquest of through with sword, noose and torch until hardly a building England Richard Lytle was born. He was in line of descent from stood in the whole of Eskdale and Liddlesdale. Chiefs were William the Conqueror, King of England and the Duke of hanged and those who survived were forced to quit their lands. Normandy, whose ancestry can be traced back to Ingiald who As a result the Crowns of England and Scotland were united on ruled in Central Sweden 1,300 years ago. one head. Nine hundred years after Ingiald the Littles, as well as other 5 William Joseph Little Timeline In 1672 David was the last Laird of Meikledale and last dignities intact. If they were to emigrate, they would be forced Chief of Clan Little to register arms. His full coat of arms to do so as penniless indentured servants, slaves or beggars. consists of the shield and the crest: In the "Great Civil War', the clans under the great Montrose William Joseph fought in the first real Jacobite war of 1688-89, Montrose's descendant John Graham, 'Bonnie Dundee', led Jacobite Little Timeline Highland clansmen in victory over the army of Dutch William at Killecrankie (1689). Dundee added to the Jacobite cause and 12 Jul 1783 On 12 Jul 1783 in the Old 96 District of South Carolina legend by dying in the moment of his greatest victory. Jeremiah Stokes, Nehemiah Howard, and Joseph Little made The Highlanders never forgot the appalling murders of the an inventory of the estate of James Bagley (Widow Lucy Glencoe Massacre in 1692: the treacherous, government ordered Bagley). outright slaughter by forces led by the Campbell’s on their fellow clansmen and hosts the MacDonalds. 1790 Old 96 South Carolina dist census The last witch to be put to death in Galloway was in 1698. Joseph Little pg 90 Simon Little of Meikledale was chief of the Little clan at the 1800 Union Co SC end of the Border Wars. His son, Thomas Little was succeeded 3 Joseph Little’s listed but none fit household by David Little, last Laird of Meikledale and last of the chiefs. 1795 The direct male line in descent from David terminates with 18th Josiah Little, b. Wilkes Co., Georgia Century Simon Little of Nittyholm who had seven daughters August 4, 1799 and no sons. His brother, Matthew (?William) Little went to Mary Polly Little b. Wilkes Co. Georgia Reading in England, married and went to sea in 1745. 1801 The clan began to scatter in the early 17th Century fleeing William L. Little b., Wilkes Co., Georgia from persecution, poverty and overcrowding to the Ulster 1804 Plantations. Many moved to English Cumberland, crossed the Nancy Little b. Jackson Co., Georgia oceans to North America, Australia and New Zealand. Later 1805 many Littles, Lytles, and Lyttles in Ulster re-emigrated as Scots- Bulloch County, Georgia - Land Records: Georgia Land Irish back to Great Britain or headed overseas. Lottery Before attempting to describe the 'ethnic cleansing' of the BB Little, Joseph (double blank) Highlands of Scotland, you must be aware of what happened March 14, 1807 prior to the atrocities of the Clearances. Especially true in Anna Little b. Jackson Co., Georgia understanding the two nations of Scots and they relate to the 1809 Jackson County Tax Digest clan systems; the Jacobite wars and most especially the final SURNAME GIVEN NAME PAGE Little Joseph 77 event that led directly to the Clearances. That event is the total destruction of the great and proud Highland army, and the last July 20, 1810 Theophilus F. Little b., Jackson Co., Georgia. Highland army under the command of Prince Charles Edward Stuart or "Bonnie Prince Charlie" at Culloden in 1746. 1812 The final defeat dealt to the unfortunate Highlanders was by Arthrilda Little b., Jackson Co., Georgia Cumberland.