Little, Moses, Newbury.Captain of a company of Minute-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 5 days; also, petition addressed to Committee of Safety, dated Cambridge, May 27, 1775, signed by Jacob Gerrish and six other captains, stating that they had chosen said Little as Colonel, and Isaac Smith as Lieutenant Colonel, and asking that said officers be recommended for commissions; also, Colonel, 17th regt.; engaged May 1, 1775; service, 3 mos. 8 days; roll dated Camp at Prospect Hill; also, general order dated July 2, 1775; said Little, Colonel, appointed officer of the day; also, general order dated Camp at Prospect Hill, July 15, 1775; said Little, Colonel, appointed officer of the day; also, Colonel, Maj. Gen. Green's division; list of field officers of the Continental Army in 1776; also, Brigadier General; list of officers appointed to command forces to go on expedition to St. Johns, N. S.; commissioned June 10, 1777; also, letter from said Little to John Avery, Deputy Secretary, dated Boston, June -, 1777, declining the appointment to command the forces destined for Nova Scotia on account of his broken health, occasioned by services in the last campaign, and family reasons. 2

Newbury Marriages: Little, Moses 3d and Mary Milk of Falmouth in Casco Bay Aug. 15, 1757. 39

His sister was Sarah Little.