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Facts and Events
| Name |
Amzi Doolittle, Sr. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
15 Nov 1737 |
Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
6 Dec 1759 |
Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Jerusha Smith |
| Marriage |
9 Oct 1787 |
Townshend, Windham, Vermont, United Statesto Hannah Miller |
| Occupation[1] |
Bet 1799 and 1807 |
Townshend, Windham, Vermont, United StatesConstable (or was this his son?) |
| Death? |
9 Apr 1830 |
Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States |
Biography
Soon after his first marriage he moved to Warwick Mass., as the town records show he was there in 1760 as one of a committee to lay out a tract of land 40 rods square around the meeting house for a burial place and other purposes. At the first town meeting held in Warwick May 9, 1763, he was elected town treasurer. Sept. 5, 1774, a company of 50 minute men was raised by the town, of which Samuel Williams was Captain, Jas. Bell, lieut., Amzi Doolittle, ensign. He served as one of the selectmen in 1767 and 1776.
While The Doolittle Genealogy indicates that Amzi Doolittle moved to Townshend in 1777, the earliest I have so far been able to confirm his presence there was October 1782 when he purchased 350 acres of land. Jillaine 18:51, 2 November 2008 (EST)
Census Information
1790 US Census: Townshend, Windham County, VT:
Doolittle, Amzi 3, 3, 3
(son Amzi Jr also on this page, 2, 1, 1)
1800 US Census: Townshend, Windham Co., VT:
Doolittle, Amzi, Sr. -, 1, 1, -, 1 | -, -, 1, -, 1
(son Amzi Jr also on this page: 1, -, -, 1, - | -, -, -, 1, -
(sons Origin and Roswell also listed)
1810 US Census: Can't find him or his sons anywhere.
1820 US Census: Townshend, Windham Co., VT
(or is this Amzi, Jr.?)
1830 US Census: Winchester, VT
Aaziah Doolittle [he is Amziah on his tombstone]
Amzi Sr. died 9 April 1830; check date of census; if after this date, would be his son.
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References
- ↑ Jillaine/Townshend, VT Vital Records
p. 16.
First Constables (list): 1799-1807: Amzi Doolittle [or was this his son, Amzi Jr.?]
- Temple, Josiah Howard; George Sheldon; and Mary T. Stratton. History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, for 150 years: with an account of the prior occupation of the territory by the Squakheags: and with family genealogies. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1875)
p. 434.
Amzi, Nov. 15, 1737; m. Dec 6, 1757 Jerusha, dau of Dea. Samuel Smith; he was of Warwick but d. in Townshend, Vt. [probably incorrect; more likely he died in Winchester, NH where he is buried]
- Doolittle, William F.; Louise Smylie Brown; and Mary Malissa Raison Doolittle. The Doolittle Family in America. (Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland: National Printing (1901), 1901-1967).
"In 1756 he belonged to the Northfield foot company. In Oct. of that year, when the news of Montcalm's victories was received, he with 16 others was drafted out of the company to serve under General Winslow; but whether the men went into active service at the time recorded.... In 1777 Amzi moved to Townshend, Vt. then a newly settled village, where he bought and cleared a large tract of forest land in the south part of the town. He gave his sons Amzi, Origin and Roswell, a tract of forrest in the vicinity of the home farm which they cleared for themselves. In 1824 he moved with his sons Amzi and Origin to Winchester, New Haven, where he died Apr. 9, 1830, aged 93."
- Blake, Jonathan. History of the Town of Warwick, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1854. (Boston, Massachusetts: Noyes & Holmes, 1873).
- Phelps, James Houghton. Collections relating to the history and inhabitants of the town of Townshend, Vermont. (Brattleboro, VT: G. E. Selleck, 1877)
p. 76.
1782, Oct. 7: Amzi Doolittle is listed with Edward Grieves, Thomas Wood, Timothy Holbrook, John Hazeltine, son of Silas Hazeltine. [Were these proprietors? Note that this is the same month that Amzi is recorded as purchasing 350 acres of land, so perhaps that's what this list above refers to.]
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