When Morris Littlejohn was born in 1772, in Nelson, Kentucky, United States, his father, John William Littlejohn, was 31 and his mother, Phoebe Fabey Keene, was 20. He married Eleanor Beard on 3 March 1807, in Nelson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Linton Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Vigo, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died in 1885, in Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 113.
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Scottish and English: nickname from Middle English litel ‘little’ (Old English lȳtel) + the Middle English personal name John . The nickname may have been used ironically for a giant, as with the outlaw character Little John in 17th-century tales and ballads of Robin Hood (though he is no giant in 15th-century texts).
In some cases also an Americanized form (translation into English) of French Petitjean .
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