Lucius Doolittle (1728 - 1791)

Born 16 May 1728 in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Smith) Doolittle — married 1746 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1791 at about age 62 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lucius Doolittle performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Lucius Doolittle is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A032960.

Lucius Doolittle is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-149271
Rank: Patriotic and Civil Service

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Lucius, son of Rev. Benjamin Doolittle and Lydia Todd, was born in Northfield, Massachusetts 16 May 1728.

While not the first born son of Benjamin and Lydia, he was the oldest son to survive his father; as eldest (in 1749), he received a double portion of his father's estate.^[2]

He was a soldier in the French war.

He settled in Northfield and owned a stage tavern at the north end of the main street. When the Doolittle genealogy was written, the building was occupied by Northfield Seminary, Revelle Hall, and the old sign was still preserved (location not identified), on top of which was the date 1784, and a rabbit painted at its center.

About 1745 (based on year of birth of his first child), Lucius married Sarah Smith, daughter of Deacon Samuel Smith and Sarah Smith. (Lucius's brother Amzi married Sarah's sister Jerusha.)

1751: Lucius received 137.5 acres in the fourth division of Northfield; these were adjacent to lands he received when his father died in 1749.

1753: Lucius, Amzi and Lydia [sister?] petitioned and were granted by the government of New Hampshire their lands lying out a little from Northfield, which had just been declared in NH.

1759: Lucius sold to Philip Mattoon the Northfiedl lot with barn and cowhouse.

1761: Lucius sold the old home lot to Ebenezer Pomeroy. His name appears in a list of grantees at Hertford, New Hampshire.

1763: Lucius deeded land in Wallingford, Connecticut to (prob.) Benjamin Doolittle of "W" (Wallingford?)

1767: His name appears with his two older sons at Grantham, NH.

1779: Lucius was a member of the Committee of Correspondence; is this what qualifies him for SAR and DAR?

1776, 1780: Selectman.

Children

1. Oliver, b 3 Dec 1746
2. Charles, b 4 Sep 1748
3. Benjamin, b 6 Nov 1751; d 16 Apr 1762; bur Northfield
4. Lydia, b 25 Dec 1753; m 9 Aug 1770 her cousin Col Samuel Ashley of Winchester, NH
5. Sarah, b 25 Dec 1756; d 20 Apr 1773
6. Lucius, b 11 Nov 1761; m. 12 May Esther Morton (sister of Tapitha who married L's brother Charles). He studied medicine and became a physician; was with his brother Charles in Hardwick by 1783 and succeeded him in practice. Unfortunately, intemperance brought him failure; he moved away and lived for a time in Lydon, Vermont (1801), returned to Hardwick in 1819 and died there 1 Dec 1831. They had one child-- Esther, b 1785 who married Jacob D Rand, cabinetmaker in Hardwick; she died 2 Sep 1815 at the age of 30. No children.
7. Benjamin, b 12 Jan 1764
8. Jesse, b 2 Feb 1766; settled in Lydon, Vermont
9. Calvin, b July 1768
10. Adrastus, b 10 Aug 1771
11. Sarah b 6 Jul 1773; m Maj. Elisha Alexander

Sources

1. ↑ Unless otherwise cited, information comes from Doolittle Family in America, vol. 2, starting on page #154 (Person #134)
2. ↑ Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives and the Hampshire County Court. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1653/rd/40030/49-33-co1/1044307395

SAR Patriot database #P-149271

DAR Ancestor #A032960