Luther Doolittle (1764 - 1821)

Born 14 Jan 1764 in Warwick, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary E (Hazelton) Doolittle — married 13 Nov 1781 in Townsend, Windham, Vermont

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1821 at age 57 in Illinois, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Private Luther Doolittle served with Col. Stephen R. Bradley's Regiment, Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.

Luther Doolittle is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A032963.

Luther Doolittle, b. 14 Jan 1764 in Warwick, Massachusetts.^[1] NOTE: While recorded in the Townshend VT vital records, it's on a page created 20 years after the fact of ALL of Amzi's children; Luther was NOT born in Townsend (the family did not arrive there until at least 1780-1782), but was born in Warwick, Massachusetts.

NOTE: Doolittle Family in America, (Part III, Fifth Generation, p 279) claims incorrectly his mother was Hannah ____. Hannah was his father's second wife, but she mothered none of his children.

In 1781, Luther served (with his father or brother Amzi) as part of "Capt. Josiah Fish's company of foot in the 1st regiment of militia in Gen. Fletcher's Brigade, commanded by Stephen R. Bradley, Colo... assisting the Sheriff in carrying into execution the law, &c."^[2]

Luther was part of a company that went out from Townshend in 1784 to fight the "Yorkers"^[3]

1790: Tinmouth, Rutland, VT^[4]

• October 1793: Doolittle, Luther^[5]
  • Petition to annex the eastern part of Tinmouth to Wallingford.
  • Record ID: 19984
  • Record Series: SE-118, Vol. 19, p. 51
• 30 Sep 1794: Doolittle, Luther
  • Petition for repeal of 1787 Act for Minister's Support.
  • Record ID: 19985
  • Record Series: SE-118, Vol. 19, p. 117

1800: Cazenovia, Chenango, NY?

1810: Nelson, Madison Co., NY (L. Dolittle)

1820: Nelson, Madison Co., NY

Biography^[6]

Luther Doolittle... was born Jan 14, 1764 in Warwick, MA; was Lieut. in Continental Army. After the war he went to Vt. and m. Nov 13, 1781 Mary (dau of Paul) Hazelton, of Townshend... In 1784 he was one of a company from Townshend who marched to Brattleboro to withstand the Yorkes. He and Mary settled in Powell, VT. In 1794 they were one of 20 families that moved from Powell to Nelson in Madison Co., N.Y., when it was an unbroken forest. One of the first taverns of the town was kept by Luther Doolittle in the north end quarter about 1800. It was not a very pretentious institution, being a log structure with a barn attached.

As early as 1800 many of this company from puritanical New England felt the want of religious services, as the Sabbath was fast degenerating into a day of amusements. Luther Doolittle was among the first to take the matter in hand and started meetings for worship...

Luther was for a time Justice of the Peace. In 1816 accompanied by his s. Amzi he went out to Ill. to take up land. While on his way back alone on foot to Little Valley, N.Y., to get his family, he died at the home of one Dr. Ducky in Ill. or Ind., August 25, 1821. He had left s. Amzi in Ill. When Luther was taken ill he was 3 days finding a house...

Sources

1. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-QT9Z-W7?cc=1784223&wc=MFVW-GNL%3A1029379401 : 22 May 2014), 004543235 > image 1841 of 4015; Citing Secretary of State. State Capitol Building, Montpelier..
2. ↑ John E. Goodrich., editor, Rolls of the [Vermont] soldiers in the revolutionary war, 1775 to 1783, Rutland, Vt., The Tuttle company, 1904; page 610
3. ↑ Per Windham County Gazetteer
4. ↑ US Census 1790
5. ↑ Manuscript Vermont State Papers (NYE Index)
6. ↑ Doolittles of America, p. 270-271, #490

See also:

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