Next to youngest child of John Littlejohn, Grazier, and his wife, Jean Robertson. He emigrated before 1760 and settled in Edenton, where he was a shipping merchant for forty years. He was Commissioner of the Port of Roanoke, Commissioner of Navigation, and on the North Carolina Council of State in 1785. In 1791, he built and occupied to the date of his death the house that now (2012) stands at 218 West Eden Street. He died from injuries received when his horse ran away and threw him from his chaise. He and his wife Sarah were members of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church. They were buried in the Blount/Littlejohn family cemetery on what later became known as Cheshire's Hill, but were moved in 1909 to Beaver Hill Cemetery by Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire.
- William Littlejohn Descendants, published in 1946 by Dr. Frank Starr Littlejohn and William Harris Littlejohn
Next to youngest child of John Littlejohn, Grazier, and his wife, Jean Robertson. He emigrated before 1760 and settled in Edenton, where he was a shipping merchant for forty years. He was Commissioner of the Port of Roanoke, Commissioner of Navigation, and on the North Carolina Council of State in 1785. In 1791, he built and occupied to the date of his death the house that now (2012) stands at 218 West Eden Street. He died from injuries received when his horse ran away and threw him from his chaise. He and his wife Sarah were members of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church. They were buried in the Blount/Littlejohn family cemetery on what later became known as Cheshire's Hill, but were moved in 1909 to Beaver Hill Cemetery by Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire.
- William Littlejohn Descendants, published in 1946 by Dr. Frank Starr Littlejohn and William Harris Littlejohn
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Jean Robertson was wife to John Littlejohn. They got married October, 29,1718
Family Members
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Thomas Blount Littlejohn
1773–1854
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Jane Littlejohn
1775–1791
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Joseph Blount Littlejohn
1776–1852
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Catherine Littlejohn
1778–1778
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Ann Blount Littlejohn Little
1779–1816
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William Alexander Littlejohn
1781–1811
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John Littlejohn
1782–1783
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John Lemuel Littlejohn
1784–1784
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John Wilson Littlejohn
1786–1841
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Helen Frances Littlejohn
1787–1791
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Mary Penelope Barker Littlejohn
1788–1790
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Frances Lenox Littlejohn
1791–1797
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Lemuel Edmund Littlejohn
1797–1797
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