Hon. Abraham Doolittle

Abraham Doolittle, born in England, was the progenitor of the family in America. He died on Aug. 11, 1690, at age 70. He was the father of thirteen children and was survived by seven sons and three daughters. His widow, Abigail Moss, died on Nov. 5, 1710, at age 69, and his first wife, Joane Alling, is buried in New Haven. Abraham was at Boston in 1640, at New Haven in 1642, and at Wallingford in 1669. He was one of four trustees in management of the plantation until after the incorporation of Wallingford in 1670, one of the committee to found the first church in the town, Marshall of New Haven Colony in 1662 until union with Connecticut, repeatedly a deputy to the General Court from New Haven and from Wallingford, Town Treasurer in 1671, Townsman in 1674 and other years, sergeant of the first train band in 1673, and a member of the Vigilance Committee in 1675. His dwelling was fortified in King Philip's War.

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