Benjamin Doolittle (1738 - 1802)

Born 5 Mar 1738 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Ives) Dutton — married 20 Nov 1765 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1802 at age 64 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1738. He is the son of Caleb Doolittle and Tamar Thompson.^[1][2]

Benjamin was baptized by Parson Hall or by Parson Foot.

He was a farmer who laid out a 150 acre farm in Cheshire, CT. He was made a Freeman at Cheshire, CT, 1799. He moved over the mountain into Prospect where he bought his Uncle Joseph Doolittle's farm. He was influential in having that town set off by itself from Cheshire & was made its first selectman. The farm he owned became known as Light's farm.

Captain Benjamin Doolittle served with 10th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Doolittle is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A032911.

He was drafted to serve in Revolutionary War as a Captain serving at Fort George, Long Island, NY.^{[citation needed]} He may have served in the French & Indian War.^{[citation needed]}

Captain Benjamin Doolittle has been assigned DAR Ancestor #: A032911 for Connecticut. And the SAR P-149247 which states in 1784 he is Capt of the 8th Co Trainband 10th Regt. ^[3]

Christening (26 March 1738) Congregational, Cheshire, Connecticut, United States Burial Hillside Cemetery, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Sources

1. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records ..., Volume 48 By Lorraine Cook White, Greater Omaha Genealogical Society; page 122
2. ↑ History of Wallingford, Conn., from its settlement in 1670 to the present time, including Meriden, which was one of its parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, which was incorporated in 1780; Page 733 (Note that the online linked version does not include page 733 - but a search on Google Books will provide the reader with the full copy.)
3. ↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/149247

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• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 December 2017, 10:01), entry for Capt Benjamin Doolittle(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9KDM-V48); contributed by various users.
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