Piscataway Township in New Jersey was first settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire.
Azariah Doty was born on February 18, 1744/1745 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. His parents were Isaac Doty and Mary Reno/Reneau.
Bowser Doty (1767),
Susannah Doty (1774),
Nancy Ann (1778),
Isaac Doty (1780),
Enoch Doty (1783),
Mary (Polly) Doty (1785),
Sarah (Sally) Doty (1788),
Hannah Doty (1791),
Ephraim Doty (1795), and
Jesse Doty (1798, married Rebecca Humbird).
The family was in Rowan/Burke, North Carolina between 1774 and 1780.
Azariah received a land grant on the south fork of Horse Camp Fork of Lick Creek.
In 1783, he appeared on tax list of Greene County, Tennessee.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(Brooklyn, New York)
25 Oct 1850
The Sumter Banner
(Sumter, South Carolina)
16 Oct 1850
The Dutch were the first Europeans claim land in New Jersey. The region became a territory of England in 1664 when an English fleet sailed into New York Harbor and took control of Fort Amsterdam.
Greene County, Tennessee developed from the Nolichucky settlement. It was formed in 1783 from part of the original Washington County, North Carolina.
Alpheus Doty was born in Greene County, Tennessee on March 21, 1824. He was the son of Jesse Doty and Rebecca Humbird
He married Sarah Thompson. Sarah was the daughter of Alexander Thompson and Mary Jones.
Francis M. Doty (1845),
Jesse James Doty (1847),
Rebecca Jane Doty(1850, John T. Smith),
John C. Doty (1854, married Edna M. Smith).
