Joan (Allen) Doolittle (1617 - abt. 1661)

Born 12 Oct 1617 in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Doolittle — married 1642 in England

Descendants

Died about 1661 at about age 43 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Joan (Allen) Doolittle migrated from England to Colonial America.

Joanne Allen, sister to Roger Alling of New Haven, Connecticut was born in October of 1617 in England, the daughter of James Allen as she is named in his 1656 will as "my daughter Joane, the nowe wife of Abram Dowlittle liveinge nowe alsoe in newe England".^[1] For further information on James see his profile.

Research Notes

Her father James spelled his surname (as far as we can tell) as Allen. It is surmised by George Allen in his book on the Alling/Allen family of New Haven, that the reason that early New Haven settlers Roger Alling (bef.1612-1674) and John Alling (of unknown connection) purposefully changed their names to the alternate spelling to distinguish themselves from other Allens from Milford due to religous differences and not wanting to be associated. Allen also indicates that at least one family story exists that upon returning to England at his father's death, Roger "he studied up his ancestral line and found an ancient spelling of the name to have been Ailing, and for that reason changed it". Whatever the reason, Joane is referred to with the spelling her father used, while she is the sister of Roger Alling, a founder of New Haven, CT.

Arrival 1635 Massachusetts:^{[citation needed]}

She married Abraham Doolittle about 1646 (based on estimated birth of first child) probably in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

She died about 1661, and before 2 July 1663, the date of Abraham's remarriage to Abigail Moss, probably in New Haven, New Haven Colony.

From her findagrave (note that Joan is not buried at the location, she is memorialized with her husband, but other than noting that she was Abraham's first wife, and that she is buried in New Haven, this only gives information for her):

Joane Alling Doolittle Birth: 12 Oct 1617 England Death: 1661 (aged 43–44) Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Burial: Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut

Bio: born in Kempton, Bedford, England. She is the daughter of James and Margaret (Coppin) Alling. She is the wife of Sgt. Abraham Doolittle Sr. Death date 1661: Buried in New Haven (location unknown)

Inscription: FIRST WIFE JOANE ALLING BURIED IN NEW HAVEN Family Members Spouse Abraham Doolittle 1620-1690 Children Abraham Doolittle 1649-1732 Sarah Doolittle Abernathy 1652-Unknown Elizabeth Doolittle Brockett 1652-1731 John Doolittle 1655-1746

Sources

1. ↑ Allen, George P. A History and Genealogical Record of the Alling-Allens of New Haven, Conn: the Descendants of Roger Alling, First, and John Alling, Sen., from 1639 to the Present Time. New Haven, Conn.: Press of the Price, Lee & Adkins Co., 1899 p. 9

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19736744/joane-doolittle : accessed 08 September 2021), memorial page for Joane Alling Doolittle (12 Oct 1617–1661), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19736744, citing Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) .

• The Ancestors and Descendants of Deane Whitney Merrill and Harriet Mary Ray compiled by Deane W. Merrill, 1975, 1976, 1977 (data attributed to Edward Tinsley (Peter) Ray, Jr.) http://www.bearhaven.com/family/merrill/d0010/I0552.html (failed link)

• Early Families of Wallingford, CT, by Charles Henry Stanley Davis, Genealogical Pub co, 1979

• Allen, O. P., "Abraham Doolittle and Some of His Descendants", Magazine of New England History (R.H. Tilley, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1893) Vol. 3, No. 3, Page 153.

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NP12-796 : 3 February 2023), Joan Allen, 1617.

• "Jacobus, Donald L. "Pre-American Ancestries: XVI Roger Alling of New Haven, Conn." The American Genealogist 27:7" p 8"

• George P Allen, A History and Genealogical Record of the Alling-Allens of New Haven, Conn.: The Descendants of Roger Alling, First, and John Alling, Sen., from 1639 to the Present Time, vol. 1 (New Haven, Conn.: Price, Lee & Adkins Co., 1899). p. 9-11; https://archive.org/details/historygenealogi00alle/page/10/mode/2up; accessed 9/8/2021

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Dean Scott for creating WikiTree profile AllingAllen-1 through the import of Scott tree.GED on Oct 29, 2013 and Allen-14662 was created by Thomas Walter through the import of Alice Walter Family Tree.ged on Jul 30, 2014, and eventually merged with AllingAllen-1.

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