Other Events:

• Will Written: 22 Aug 1709, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Probate: 6 Jul 1710, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Notes:

Francis and his brothers Edward and Samuel plied their trade at the mast-yard in Dover, with Francis styling himself a carpenter. He is credited with work on the Maybury Bridge. For a number of years his place of residence is uncertain, it may have been at Portsmouth, but as early as 16 Feb 1702 he was in Truro, MA on Cape Cod, when the proprietors voted to admit him the privileges of Truro provided he buy land and settle there on.

Francis married Elizabeth HICKS about 1679 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel HICKS and Lydia DOANE) was born in 1659 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; died about 1712 in Kittery, York, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Francis SMALL was born about 1686 in Kittery, York, Maine.
2. Samuel SMALL was born about 1690 in Kittery, York, Maine; died in 1729 in At sea.
3. Daniel SMALL was born about 1691 in Kittery, York, Maine.
4. Joseph SMALL was born about 1696 in Kittery, York, Maine; died on 3 Jan 1773 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; was buried in Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
5. Sarah SMALL was born about 1700 in Kittery, York, Maine.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Indian trader
• Immigrant?: Y
• Parents Unproven: Y
• Baptism: 6 Oct 1625, Devonshire, England

Notes:

Francis was a Indian trader & lived much of the time Small Point Harbor, Maine.
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Francis Small was born in 1627, as a deposition shows. Some have supposed him to have been son of the above Edward Small, and the supposition is a natural one but has not been proved. In 1648 he lived in Dover, N. H. Had wife Elizabeth, born 1634. Her maiden name may have been Leighton. In 1668 he bought a large tract of land, known as Ossipee, of an Indian chief and had dwelling house and trading post there, supposed to have been located in what is now Cornish, Me. He was at Kittery in 1668. About 1700 he left Kittery and went to live with his son Daniel at Truro, Mass., where he died about 1714 or 1715.
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He made the first recorded land purchase in what is now the state of Maine, then part of Massachusetts, and proceeded to amass so much property that he was called "the great landholder." He owned the most acreage of anyone who ever lived in Maine.

Chief Wesumbe (or Captain Sandy), the sagamore of the Newichewannock Abenaki tribe, warned Small of a planned attempt on his life by renegade tribesmen. They owed him payment for goods purchased in the spring on credit, to be settled in the fall with furs. Instead, they decided to erase the debt by killing him at early dawn on a coming day, setting fire to his house and shooting him when he ran out the door. At first Small thought the warning a trick to frighten him away and avoid payment. Just to be on the safe side, however, he took refuge on a nearby hill, from which he could peer through the pines and observe what might transpire. As forewarned, at first light his trading post went up in flames. Small fled, by his account not stopping until he reached Kittery

Francis married Elizabeth LEIGHTON. Elizabeth was born in 1634 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine; died after 11 Oct 1712 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not the d/o Thomas LEIGHTON & Joanna SILBY

Other Events:

• Also Known As: SMALLEY
• Immigrant?: Y
• Migration: Abt 1634

Notes:

He came to New England about 1635 with son Francis and his wife; left 4 other children at home in England.
Before 1640, original settler at Pascattaway, later Kittery. He built a house on Sturgeon Creek (Eliot) and made improvements before 1643. On 18 May 1653 he was a resident of the Isle of Shoals.

Edward married Elizabeth SHURTT about 1624 in Biddeford, Devonshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John SHURTT and Mary LUGGE) was born on 8 Oct 1596 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England; died on 10 Feb 1665 in Biddeford, Devonshire, England; was buried in Smalley Cemetery, Biddeford, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary LUGGE in 1583 in Devonshire, England. Mary was born about 1561 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England; died in 1661 in Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]