1. Abraham Doolittle,1 son of Edward Doolittle 2 and Elizabeth Baker,2 was born in 1620 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, was baptized on 20 Aug 1620 in St Mary All Saints Church, , Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England,3 died on 11 Aug 1690 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut4 at age 70, and was buried in Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven, CT.5 Another name for Abraham was Dowlittel.
He lived at Kidderminster until about 6 years old. He then went with his parents to Birmingham. He grew up in a bustling city. Due to his religious upbringing he along with his brother John decided to migrate to New England in the 1630's. He spent some time in the Boston, MA area but soon migrated to the New Haven, CT colony. He took the oath of Fidelity, 1644 & was made the Chief Executive officer of the colony before he was scarcely 24 years of age. He was prominent in colony affairs & was chosen 7 times to be a deputy from New Haven to the general assembly at Hartford. He was awarded money (5 pounds)for keeping the Indian, Taphanse, 15 Oct 1662. He eventually explored & settled Wallingford, CT, after 1667, where he became a community & church leader. He is the immigrant ancestor of our Doolittles of America family organization.
Abraham married Joan Alling.,6 daughter of James Alling 7 and Margaret Coppin,8 about 1645 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Joan was born in , , , England, was baptized on 12 Oct 1617 in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England,9 died about 1660 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut10 about age 43, and was buried in New Haven Green Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, CT. Another name for Joan was Allen.
There is no record of this marriage. The date is estimated based on the birth dates of children and the location was most likely New Haven.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 2 F i. Sarah Doolittle 11 was born in 1647 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut and died before 1711 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.12
+ 3 M ii. Abraham Doolittle 13 was born on 12 Feb 1649 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut,14 was baptized on 24 Apr 1657 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, and died on 10 Nov 1732 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut15 at age 83.
+ 4 F iii. Elizabeth Doolittle 16 was born on 12 Apr 1652 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, was baptized on 24 Apr 1657 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, died in Mar 1731 in North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut at age 78, and was buried in Montowese Cemetery, North Haven, New Haven, CT.17
+ 5 F iv. Mary Doolittle 18 was born on 22 Feb 1654 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, was baptized on 24 Apr 1657 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, and died on 23 Feb 1662 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut at age 8.
+ 6 M v. John Doolittle 19 was born on 14 Jun 1655 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut15 and was baptized on 24 Apr 1657 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
+ 7 F vi. Abigail Doolittle 21 was baptized on 22 May 1659 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.22
Abraham next married Abigail Moss.,23 daughter of John Moss 24 and Abigail Charles, on 2 Jul 1663 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Abigail was born on 10 Apr 1642 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut,25 was baptized on 10 Apr 1642 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, died on 5 Nov 1710 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut26 at age 68, and was buried in Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven, CT.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 8 M i. Samuel Doolittle was born on 7 Jul 1665 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut27 and died on 25 Sep 1714 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut27 at age 49.
+ 9 M ii. Captain Joseph Doolittle 28 was born on 12 Feb 1667 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut,29 died on 15 May 1733 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut22 at age 66, and was buried in Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven, CT.30
+ 10 F iii. Abigail Doolittle 31 was born on 26 Feb 1668 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.29
+ 11 M iv. Captain Ebenezer Doolittle 32 was born on 6 Jul 1672 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut and died on 6 Dec 1711 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut at age 39.
+ 12 F v. Mary Doolittle 33 was born on 4 Mar 1674 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut26 and died before 1690.26
+ 13 M vi. Daniel Doolittle 34 was born on 29 Dec 1675 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut and died on 11 May 1755 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut at age 79.
+ 14 M vii. Theophilus Doolittle 35 was born on 26 Jul 1678 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut and died on 26 Mar 1740 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut at age 61.
1. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 15, 546. .... Vital Records, Kidderminster,Worcestershire,England.
New Haven, CT.
Wallingford, CT. .... William Richard Cutter, A.M, Genealogical & Family History of Central NY, A record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth & (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, MD, 1994), p 1406.
2. Malissa R Doolittle, Doolittles of America Family Supplements, 1-4, p 3-125. .... Gillian Dollittle, Doolittle, A family from Worcestershire (Southington Publishing 2001), p 35. .... Gillian Dollittle, Bakers, The of Stourbridge (Southington Publishing , 2009).
3. Gillian Dollittle, Doolittle, A family from Worcestershire (Southington Publishing 2001), Page 39.
4. William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), Page 49.
5. Tombstone, "A D 70
1690."
6. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 15. .... William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 37.
7. Allen/Alling Record. .... Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 15. .... George Sherwood, American Colonists in English Records (Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. 1978), p 47. Allen, James, of Kempston, Bedford, blacksmith, in his will names Roger Allen my son, "now livinge in Newe England." Dewlittle, Abram, & my daughter Joane his now wife, "living now also in New England." In the Principal Probate Registry, London.
P.C.C. 36 Woottn.
8. Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist (TAG), Vol. 27, Page 7.
9. Gillian Dollittle, Doolittle, A family from Worcestershire (Southington Publishing 2001), Page 41.
10. Gillian Dollittle, Doolittle, A family from Worcestershire (Southington Publishing 2001), Page 42. .... Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist (TAG), Vol. 27 Page 8, This source places the death between 22 May, 1659, the baptism date of a child, and 2 July, 1663 when her husband married again.
11. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 546. .... John Winthrop, Medical Journal. Sarah Doolittle, 18 years, daughter of A Doolittle of New Haven 1665. .... Alva M Tuttle, Tuttle, Tuthill, lines in America (Columbus, OH, 1968), p 524, 562.
12. William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), Page 55.
13. Ernest Flagg, Genealogical Notes on the founding of New England (Clearfield, 1926), p 234. .... Frank Farnsworth Starr, Goodwin, James & Lucy (Morgan), of Hartford, CT, various ancestral lines of (Hartford, CT, 1915, Vol I), p 2_1_29.
14. Vital Records, CT. New Haven, New Haven. .... William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), Page 57.
15. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), Page 546.
16. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 546. .... Edward J Brockett, Brockett, John, the Descendants of (1905), p 30. .... William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 61. .... Vital Records, CT. Wallingford, New Haven.
17. Tombstone, "Here lyes ye body of
Mrs. Elizabeth Brocket
ye wife of Mr. John Brocket
who died March - AD 1731
aged 78 years."
18. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 546. .... William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 52. .... Vital Records, CT. New Haven, New Haven.
19. Vital Records, CT. New Haven, New Haven. .... Land Records, North Haven, CT. .... James Shepard, Blakesley, Samuel of New Haven, CT & his descendants. (New England Historical & Genealogical, Jul 1902), p 5. .... Alva M Tuttle, Tuttle, Tuthill, lines in America (Columbus, OH, 1968), p 446.
20. William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), Page 63. This source states that the death date of John is unknown and no source has been found that records the death. Some sources have given his death date as 1746 but they are confusing this John with the son of his brother, Abraham, who was also named John and he is the one who died in 1746.
21. William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 52.
22. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), Page 547.
23. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 1219. .... J Howard Morse & Emily W Leavitt, Morse Genealogy (1903), John, p 1. .... Gertrude Fisher Harding, Muns Doolittle Genealogy (1940), p 45. .... William Richard Cutter, A.M, Genealogical & Family History of Central NY, A record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth & (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, MD, 1994), p 1270.
24. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 1219. .... J Howard Morse & Emily W Leavitt, Morse Genealogy (1903), John, p 1. .... William Richard Cutter, A.M, Genealogical & Family History of Central NY, A record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth & (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, MD, 1994), p1270.
25. William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), Page 41.
26. William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), Page 52.
27. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), Page 547. .... William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), Page 65.
28. William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 66. .... Alva M Tuttle, Tuttle, Tuthill, lines in America (Columbus, OH, 1968), p 431.
29. Vital Records, CT. New Haven.
30. Tombstone, In Memory of
Capt. Joseph Doolittle
Who departed this life
May 15, 1733
aged 66
&
Mrs. Elizabeth
his relict
Who died June 3, 1768
aged 73
Absent from the body
present with the Lord.
31. William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 67. .... George Frederick Tuttle, Tuttle, The Descendants of William & Elizabeth (1883), p 216. .... Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 548.
32. William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 68. .... Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 548.
33. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 548.
34. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 548. .... William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 70. .... Selim Hobart Peabody, Peabody Genealogy, The Ancestry of Franklin Merriam Peabody (1909), p 88. .... Edward E Cornwall, M.D, Cornwall, William & His Descendants (1901), p 11. .... James Shepard, Blakesley, Samuel of New Haven, CT & his descendants. (New England Historical & Genealogical, Jul 1902), p 13.
35. D.L. Jacobus & Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale House & Related Families (1952), p 260. .... Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, New York, Clarence D. Smith, 1923), p 549. .... William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 71. .... The American Historical Society, American Biography, A New Cyclopedia (1924), p 209. .... Alva M Tuttle, Tuttle, Tuthill, lines in America (Columbus, OH, 1968), p 274.
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