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Excerpt from The Litchfield Family in America, Vol. 1: October, 1901 History of Plymouth County, Mass (d. H. Hurd, page 410, in sketch of Scituate and South Scituate, by Daniel E. Damon Scituate lost many of her early settlers by their removal with Mr. Lothrop in 1639 - 40 to Barnstable. But when Lawrence Litchfield came from Barnstable to Scituate, a few years later, the loss was largely compensated for. His descendants have probably been more numerous in the town than that of any other family, and have always been honored, influential and public-spirited citizens, impressing them selves strongly in the religious and educational interests of the town. Deane's Scituate page 305: Lawrence Litchfield was in Barnstable, where he bore arms 1643. His children were Experience, Remembrance, Josiah and Dependance; the last being the only birth of the family on our records, we conclude the others may have been born at Barnstable. Deane also gives a short account of the first two or three generations of Lawrence's descendants, but the data are neither complete nor satisfactory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.