Individual Details

General George Doolittle

(14 Jun 1759 - 21 Feb 1825)

George Doolittle had the honorable trade of a shoemaker and carried his "kit" through the war, mending his compatriot's boots and shoes. He saved his earnings and thus laid the foundation of his successful career.

Events

Birth14 Jun 1759Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
Event1776Connecticut
Event1 Jan 1777Connecticut
Event1 May 1778Connecticut
Marriage1783Grace Wetmore
Event1800New York
Death21 Feb 1825Whitestown, Oneida, New York

Families

SpouseGrace Wetmore (1766 - 1836)
FatherSamuel Doolittle (1729 - 1778)
MotherElizabeth Hubbard (1730 - 1778)
SiblingSamuel Doolittle (1752 - 1813)
SiblingElizabeth Doolittle (1755 - )
SiblingEphraim Doolittle (1756 - 1826)
SiblingRebecca Doolittle (1758 - 1832)
SiblingSusanna Doolittle (1761 - )
SiblingEunice Doolittle (1763 - 1791)
SiblingJoel Doolittle (1765 - 1814)
SiblingHannah Doolittle (1767 - )
SiblingStephen Doolittle (1771 - 1776)
SiblingAnna Doolittle (1773 - 1818)

Notes

Event

George Doolittle, at the age of seventeen enlisted , 1776, as a private in Capt. Churchill's Co., Col. Comfort Sage's Reg., Gen. Wadsworth's Brigade, raised in June to reinforce Gen. Washington at N.Y., and which retreated Sept. 15, from the city; time expired Dec. 25, 1776.

Event

On Jan. 1, 1777, he enlisted in the company of Capt. David Humphrey, under Col. Return Jonathan Meigs; enlisted again April 7, 1777, for six weeks' service at Peekskill.

Event

On May 1, 1778, he enlisted "for the war" in the 6th Reg. Conn. Line (Regulars), Col. Meigs, and served till 1783.

Event

n 1800 the first brigade of militia of all the new part of New York was organized and he was commissioned Brigadier General, though others in that settlement had been commissioned officers in the Rev. Army. he was a mem. of the N.Y. Legislature, and served in the War of 1812. He was a ruling elder in the Presby. ch.

Death

He was stricken in the night with apoplexy and died Feb. 21, 1825.