The Little Family  in London's East End

It seems that our branch of the Little's originated in Scotland.  William Little married Elisabeth Scott, the daughter of Thomas Scott in London and they subsequently had six children. I discovered that one of the children, Samuel Eyles Pierce Little was likely to have been named after  the Calvinist preacher Samuel Eyles Pierce.   Pierce began his ministry as a preacher in Lady Huntington's Connexion (Selina Hastings, Lady Huntingdon was a Methodist), becoming pastor at Truro in 1783 and subsequently a popular London preacher who published theological works. As the Little's 3 younger children's births were all registered at Dr William's Library, it appears likely that the parents underwent a religious conversion between the births of those children and their elder siblings.

Post office directories have yielded some information about the places the Littles lived  and their occupations. In searching the 1846 Post Office Directory for London, I found the following entries:

William Little, Cooper of 2 Little Cross Street, Newington Butts
Edward Cullen Little, Cooper of 14 Camberwell High Street and 4, Wilds's Rents, Long Lane, Bermondsey
I also found an entry for Thomas Little, Potato Salesman of Cottons Wharf, Tooley Street and 22 Great George Street, Bermondsey. It seems likely that this is William's brother Thomas but I am yet to confirm this.

 William Little's will contains many of the family names including in-laws and grandchildren. William specifically mentions the following members of the family:

Jane Mary Davis (deceased) - William's daughter
David Davis, Cooper of  Woolwich in the County of Kent  - son in law and husband of the above
Eliza Davis - daughter of the above

Edward Cullen Little, Cooper of Camberwell Green in the County of Surrey - William's son

William Little, Cooper of Newington in the County of Surrey - William's son

Samuel Eyles Pierce Little of Deptford in the County of Kent - Cooper - William's son

Matthew Henry Little of Clapham in the County of Surrey - Staymaker - William's son

  Jane Mary Cash (deceased) - William's daughter
James Cash of 19 Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex - Stay Manufacturer
James Cash - son of the above
Mary Ann Cash - daughter of the above

George Little of Camberwell in the County of Surrey - William's son

Elizabeth Mayhew deceased - William's daughter
George Mayhew of Camberwell Green - husband of the above
Elizabeth Mayhew -daughter of the above
George Mayhew son of the above
Winifred Mayhew - daughter of the above
William Mayhew  -  son of the above

Entries in the London Gazette for Edward Cullen Little  - the early ones are for Edward Cullen Little senior, whereas the latter ones dated 1862 could be for his son, also christened Edward Cullen Little

Extract London Gazette 8th May 1829

THE Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt, bearing
date the 28th day of August 1829 , awarded and issued
forth against Edward Cullen Little, of Old Kent Road, in
the Parish of Saint Giles, Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey, Brewer, intend to meet on the. 29th day of May
instant, at Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon, at the
Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, in Basinghall-Street,
in the City of London, in order to make a Dividend
of the estate and effects of the said Bankrupt; when and
where the Creditors, who have not already proved their debts,
are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded
the benefit of the said Dividend.

 Extract London Gazette 8th June 1829

WHEREAS the acting Commissioners in a Commission
of Bankrupt awarded and issued forth against
Edward Cullen Little, of the Old Kent-Road, in the Parish of
Saint Giles, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, Brewer,
have certified to the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain,
that the said Edward Cullen Little hath in all things conformed
himself according to the directions of an Act of Parliament
made concerning Bankrupts ; this is to give notice, that),
by virtue of an Act, passed in the sixth year of the reign of
His present Majesty, his Certificate will be allowed and confirmed
as the said Act directs, unless cause be shewn to the
contrary on or before the 30th day of June instant.

 Extract  London Gazette 11th July 1862

Edward Cullen Little, of High-street, Lower Norwood,
and of No. 15, Chapel-place, Long-lane, Bermondsey, both
in the county of Surrey, Cooper, and Dealer in Brushes,
having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication
of Bankruptcy, filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy,
in London, on the 7th day of July, 1862, is hereby
required to surrender himself to William Frederick Higgins,
Esq., a Registrar of the said Court, at the first meeting of
creditors, to be held before the said Registrar, on the 22nd
day of July instant, at twelve of the clock at noon precisely,
at the said Court. Mr. Herbert Harris Cannan, of
No. 36, Basinghall-street, London, is the Official Assignee,
and Mr. R. G. Chipperfield, of No. 3, Trinity-street, South-
wark, is the Solicitor acting in the bankruptcy.

 Extract London Gazette 2 Dec 1862

This is to give notice, that the .Court acting in the
JL prosecution of an adjudication of Bankruptcy, made
on the 7th day of July, 1862, against Edward Cullen
Little, of High-street, Lower Norwood, and of No. 15,
Chapel-place, Long-lane, Bermondsey, both in the county
of Surrey, Cooper and Dealer in Brushes, did, on the 22nd
day of August, 1862, grant the Discharge of the said bankrupt

Entries for our Little family in the 1881 census are as follows:

Dwelling: 35 Blomfield Street
Census Place: Hackney, London, Middlesex, England 
Source: FHL Film 1341063     PRO Ref RG11    Piece 0294    Folio 58   Page 2