Person:Cornelia Doolittle (1)

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Cornelia Doolittle
b.28 Aug 1824 Camden, NY
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Name Cornelia Doolittle
Gender Female
Birth? 28 Aug 1824 Camden, NY
Marriage 11 Jun 1845 Hampton Village, Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NYto James Fordyce Bailey
Reference Number 35661
James Fordyce Bailey
Death?
Reference Number? 3256

Apparently she was NOT related to Amzi Doolittle Barber (husband of her sister-in-law) or to the DOOLITTLEs of Massachusetts that married into the BARBER line, even though her father was an "Amzi Doolittle." See below.

From: "History of Poweshiek County Iowa - A Record of Settlement, Organizations, Progress and Achievement" Vol. II written by Prof. L. F. Parker. Published by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., in 1911; http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapowesh/Powbios2.html:

"Cornelia Doolittle, who was born in Camden, Oneida county, New York, on the 28th of August, 1824, had two brothers and a half sister. She was the eldest child of Amzi Doolittle, Esq. And his first wife, Hannah (Cone) Doolittle, who was the widow of Andrew Bettis. Amzi Doolittle was born in Watertown, Connecticut and accompanied his parents on their removal from Plymouth, Connecticut. Subsequently he made his way to Camden, New York, and about 1825 went to the village of Hampton in New York, where he served as town judge until his health failed. He was a cooper by trade. The name Doolittle means "of Dolieta," a place on the Norman coast in France. Rudolph of Dolieta, a Normal noble who came over with William the Conqueror, is the progenitor of all the Doolittles in England. Cornelia Doolittle was born in England in 1619 or 1620. He was a Puritan and came to America at the age of twenty-one to escape the tyranny of Charles I. As early as 1640 he was in Boston, Massachusetts. He removed to New Haven, Connecticut, prior to 1642 and was the chief executive officer of that town in 1644, when scarcely twenty-five years old. For many years he served as selectman and was seven times deputy to the general assembly at Hartford. He was one of the founders of Wallingford, Connecticut, and held almost every office of honor and trust in the town. Several times he acted as representative to the general court at Hartford. He was made a sergeant in 1673 and at the time of King Phillip's war was a member of the vigilance committee."