Abraham Doolittle III (1684 - 1770)

Born 27 Mar 1684 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Lewis) Doolittle — married 10 Aug 1710 in Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1770 at age 86 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Justice Hall officiating at his wedding August 10, 1710. After their marriage they settled the same year in Cheshire parish, north of the village, being among its earliest inhabitants and shared in the struggle to get a start in the worldd, the privations and dangers of frontier life and the toils and cares of home and growing family. They were undaunted by hardships, and their heroism never failed. These dwellers in the wilderness inherited a taste for refinement and education from an intellectual and cultured ancestry, but with the scarcity of literature, the minister and school teacher were almost their only source of instruction. Industrious, energetic, capable and possessed of firmness of purpose, they established among the hills of XConnecticut one of those homes of happiness, of taste and character on which the foundations of the Republic were laid. Household furniture was rude and scanty. Usually no carpets covered the floors: each room had a bed, and a chest of drawers occupied the parlor. Sun dials took the place of clocks, and pewter and wooden dishes were used instead of china and silver, which were kept for special occasions.

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Abraham was born on 27 March 1684 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of Abraham Doolittle and Mercy (Holt) Doolittle.

Abraham died at the age of 86 on 10 November 1770 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut.

NOV 1777

Middletown

Sources

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002)
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
• U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky) Microfilm, 508 rolls
• AGBI: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA
• Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #155861981 (accessed 3 November 2023)
  Memorial page for Abraham Doolittle III (27 Mar 1684-1770); Maintained by Andrew L. (contributor 46818829).