Brief Life History of Oliver
When Oliver Doolittle was born on 8 May 1773, in Northfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Oliver Doolittle, was 26 and his mother, Sybil Field, was 23. He married Arathusa Whitney about 1793, in Northfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States in 1850. He died on 7 March 1857, in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Oliver Doolittle, "United States Census, 1850"
- Oliver Doolittle, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Oliver Doolittle, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a lazy man or an idler, from Middle English do ‘do’ + little ‘little’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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