James
Benjamin
Doolittle
Born in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Roman Doolittle
and Lydia (Thorpe) Doolittle
Brother of
Sarah Louisa (Doolittle) Avery [half], Zina Doolittle [half], Ellen Maria (Doolittle) Tuttle [half], Prudentia Celinda (Doolittle) Davis, George Doolittle, Jarman William Ezra Doolittle, Amrah M.j. Doolittle, George Roman Doolittle, Lydia (Doolittle) Visscher [half] and Frederick Lewis (Doolittle) Waples [half]
Husband of
Sarah Frances (Baldwin) Doolittle
— married
17 Feb 1857 in Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Francis Wilson Doolittle, Charles James Doolittle, Elbridge Colburn Doolittle, Grace May (Doolittle) Tuttle and Wilber Richmond Doolittle
Died
at age 84
in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jul 2019
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Biography
James was born in 1833. He was the son of Roman Doolittle and Lydia Thrope. He passed away in 1917.
He was a machinist, mechanical engineer, & inventor. He invented a Winchester rifle that could fire 40 rounds, was infringed out of his rights. Later he was connected with the Meridan Silver Plate Company. In 1870 he was a dye sinker.
Sources
- Doolittles of America – 829. Roman Doolittle - http://doolittlesofamerica.com/Genealogy/D5.html#i7360
- Louise S Brown & Malissa R Doolittle, The Doolittle Family in America, Part VIII (Dallas Texas, 1967), p 934
- Otsego County, NY, Biographical Review (Boston Biographical Review Publishing Co. 1893), p 123.
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61157&h=2892238&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7884
- Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 - Baldwin Genealogy - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2451&h=14757173&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7884
- 1850 United States Federal Census living in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=8054&h=18252876&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525
- 1860 United States Federal Census living in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7667&h=17401901&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=8054
- 1870 United States Federal Census living in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7163&h=1396551&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7667
- 1880 United States Federal Census living in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=6742&h=44686176&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7163
- 1900 United States Federal Census living in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7602&h=7579995&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7884
- 1910 United States Federal Census living in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7884&h=2505469&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7602
- Find a Grave Index - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58293493
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