Marcellus LITTLEJOHN was born in Virginia in the 1690s. Marcellus is the son of Oliver LITTLEJOHN who is believed to have emigrated from Fife County, Scotland to Virginia in the 1680s. He married someone named Elizabeth in Virginia. They had the following children: Charles LITTLEJOHN, Samuel LITTLEJOHN, Henry LITTLEJOHN and Mary "Polly" LITTLEJOHN.
Marcellus and family moved from Stafford County, Virginia to Prince George County, Maryland in about 1737. At this time I do not know much more about Marcelius life. Marcellus died in 1741 in Prince George County, Maryland. His will was proven on March 18, 1741 in Prince George County, Maryland.