Juliette Doolitte: Follow up on Betsey M. Healy

In his will, Austin Dibble mentions the daughter of his wife, Betsey, Juliette Doolittle. The 1850 census lists a Juliette Doolittle age 4 in Hancock county, Ohio. She was born in Ohio. The other household members are Biro (sometimes indexed as Bird), age 47, Betsey, age 32, and Julia, age 20. All three were born in Connecticut. Doolittle Family in America, notes a Biro Doolittle, son of Benjamin Doolittle with children Charles, Susan, and Nancy. Biro reportedly died in Cleveland, Ohio. Foot Family reports a Birow Doolittle, son of Benjamin married Susan Foote in 1827 with children Elizabeth and Charles. Both born in Woodbury. Susan left Birow around 1829 and remarried. Birow was a wagon maker from Wallingford.

Land Records confirm Biro/Byro was in Woodbury in 1825 and 1830. A Byrd/Byro Doolittle is listed in the 1840 census in Hancock, Ohio. Hancock land records show Biro buying land in 1841 and 1847. In 1851 Biro Doolittle and Betsey M. Doolittle sold land in Hancock. At that same time Betsey granted a power of attorney to Aaron Bigelow. In 1853, Biro and Betsey M. sell land to Cletus Kimmel, likely the husband of Julia Doolittle. Aaron Bigelow signed for Betsey. In 1854, Biro filed divorce from Betsey M. Doolittle. She had left in 1851. 

The divorce notes her last known location was Connecticut. Biro received custody of Juliette. Per the divorce Biro and Betsey married Sept. 1, 1832 in Litchfield county, Connecticut. Nathaniel Healy the father of the Betsey Healy was likely in Hartland, Connecticut until November1830. In 1836, Nathaniel bought land in Barkhamsted indicating the family was in Litchfield county, or neighboring communities in Hartford county at the time Betsey would have married Biro. 

The likely scenario is Betsey M. Healy, the daughter of Nathaniel and Betsey Healy, married Biro Doolittle in 1832. She moved with Biro to Hancock around 1840. In 1846, her daughter Juliette was born. She left Biro in 1851. She moved back to Connecticut and was likely living with family members: in 1855 a Betsey Dolittle is living with William and Caroline Heley in Wilbraham; Betsey M. Dolittle was possibly living with her brother Nathaniel Jr. when she married Austin Dibble. After Dibble died she married Almeron Allen and died in 1892.

Notes:

Massachusetts. Probate Court (Hampden County). Probate Records of Hampden County and City of Springfield, 1806-1919 (Massachusetts); Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9069/images/007704398_00150?pId=7015450 Accessed 31 August 2024

The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Madison, Hancock, Ohio; Roll: 692; Page: 63b

Foote, Abram William. Foote family : comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City. (Rutland, Vt., Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co.), 1907 p. 136.

Doolittle, William Frederick. The Doolittle family in America. (Cleveland : Press of National Printing Co.), 1903 p. 419.

Woodbury (Connecticut). Town Clerk. Land records, 1659-1922; general index, 1659-1884. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948, 1987.

The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Year: 1840; Census Place: Van Buren, Hancock, Ohio; Roll: 401; Page: 18.

Hancock County (Ohio). Recorder. Deeds, 1820-1887; index to deeds, 1830-1936. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972.

Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Hancock County).  Court records, 1828-1857; index, 1833-1874. [Columbus, Ohio] : Ohio Historical Society, 1980.

Hartland (Connecticut). Town Clerk. Land records, 1733-1949; general index, 1733-1906. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948, 1987.

Barkhamsted (Connecticut). Town Clerk. Land records, 1732-1913; general index, 1732-1907. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948, 1986.

Massachusetts. 1855–1865 Massachusetts State Census [microform]. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. West Springfield. p. 45.

Notes on the Healey Family of Barkhamsted, Connecticut

Bestey M. Healey and Betsey Healey

As previously noted₁ I have been sucked into researching the Healey and allied families in Barkhamsted, Connecticut. A review of the land records in Hampden County, Massachusetts confirm the two woman hypothesis: Betsey M. Allen, the widow of Austin P. Dibble moved to Somers, Connecticut with Almeron Allen. Both Betsey and Almeron sold land with the other clearly identified and cosigning. They were separated geographically at the time - Betsey appears in Granville in the 1865 census. Almeron does not. He may already be in Connecticut, a future search of Connecticut land records may confirm this. Betsey M. Healey was born around 1820 in Pleasant Valley and died in Somers, Connecticut in 1892. She was married three times - Doolittle/Dibble/Allen and had at least one child - Juliette and possibly Evaline, b. 1863.

To date the outstanding questions for Betsy M. Healey are:

• Who is Betsy M. Healey's first husband? The current working hypothesis is Henry Doolittle, son of Lemuel Doolittle.₂
• Who is the daughter, Juliette Doolittle mentioned in Austin P. Dibble's 1860 will? What happened to her?
  
• Why did Betsey choose to have Dibble's estate processed intestate? i.e. why did she pass on the provisions of the will?
  

Backtracking Betsey Skinner with census records and city directories we find her living with Horace Skinner in 1870. She is likely the widow of Seth Doolittle, since we find her living with the married daughter of Seth and Betsey, Sarah Melvira (Doolittle) Stillman, in the 1880 census and she died in New Jersey near the family of this daughter in 1898. She was likely born in Rhode Island or Connecticut in 1809.

The outstanding questions for Betsey Healey are:

• How may husbands did she actually have, the four reported in Doolittle in America or two, Seth Doolittle and Horace Skinner? The source for Doolittle in America may have made the mistake of confusing the two women and added Betsey M.'s marriages to the widow of Seth.
• When did Betsey move out of Barkhamsted? She is not identifiable in the 1860 census. Betsey's in-laws were very active in the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Membership lists may shed some light on Betsey's migrations and marriages, especially if she requested a letter when leaving the area.

Families in Barkhamsted

As the two women  named Betsey and the three men named Nathaniel illustrate the are two separate, possibly related families living in the region around the village of Barkhamsted. Based on marriage and death records, we can identify at least two couples and make reasonable guesses bout which individuals are children of each couple. The two couples are Nathaniel and Betsey Healey and William and Sarah (Card) Healey. Each couple has a child that married into the neighboring Doolittle family, either the sons of Reverend Michael Doolittle - Lemuel, Seth, Corwell, and Hart or Michael's cousin Ezra Doolittle's son Richard Attwater Doolittle.

Note on Geography

The records for these families in this generation cover 5 counties in three states. With the exception of the records in  Otselic, NY, the region is very small. Using town centers, the two families largely stayed in  the bounds of a trapzoid roughly 45 miles across from Sandisfield, MA to Somers, CT and roughly 30 miles wide from Hartland, CT to Blandford, MA. Land records directly connect the family in Otselic, the outlier, to Barkhamsted.

The Family of Nathaniel Healey and Betsey 

Nathaniel and Betsey Healey are identified as the parents of Betsey M. Healey on her marriage record to Almeron Allen. Her birthplace is reported as Pleasant Valley a village in Barkhamsted started by the Doolittle brothers during the 1830's. Land records in Barkhamsted list three men named Nathaniel: Nathaniel, Nathaniel Jr., and Nathaniel C. At this time, adding Jr. only indicates the younger of two men; it does not indicate they men are father and son. For the most part, Nathaniel is trading farmland, while the other two are trading commercial property. The records for all three men start in the 1830s and continue for all three through the 1850s. In the 1850 census, Nathaniel Healy, a 38 year-old mason born in Massachusetts heads a family living in Pleasant Valley. In his household is another Nathaniel Healy, a 68 year-old farmer born in Rhode Island. This corresponds to the land records and the types of property purchased. The shared household probably indicates the men are related, possibly father and son. Nathaniel purchased land in Barkhamsted by 1836.

Nathaniel Jr. probably married Harriett Moses in 1836 in Granville six months after Nathaniel purchase property in Pleasant Valley. In 1840, Nathiel Heally is listed living in Barkhamsted. The household contains 3 males -one age 15-19, the other two 20-29, and one female 20-29. This is probably Nathaniel Jr., Harriet and two men working with Nathaniel as masons. Nathaniel Jr. likely died in 1860. His wife, Harriet Healy administered his estate with the assistance of her neighbor, Cornwell Doolittle, in 1861. She died in 1875. Both Nathaniel and Harriet are buried in Riverside Cemetery.

In 1881, William C. Healy married his second wife Laura E. Fish in Agawam. He was 56, born in Hartland, Connecticut and the son of Nathaniel and Betsey Healy. Both William Hela married Caroline A. Hayes in 1848 in East Granby, CT. In 1850 William and Caroline Healy is living in New Hartford, CT, a town 7 miles to the southwest of Barkhamsted. He is a blacksmith. Caroline died in 1880. In 1830 we find Nathaniel Hayley living in Hartland Ct. The household has 3 males - one under 5, one 5 to 9, one 50 to 59, and 3 females - one under 5, one 10 to 14, and one 40 to 49. This family is possibly, Nathaniel (b. 1782), Betsey, Betsey M. and William C. The older Nathaniel Jr. may be in another household. A child of Nathaniel Haley died in 1829 in Hartland.₃ 

In 1834, Paul Healy of Barkhamsted married Laura Blakesley of Hartland in Colebrook. Census records indicate he was born in Rhode Island around 1810. His family appears in each census from 1840 to 1880 in Hartland. He died in 1884. Laura died in 1881. Paul was a farmer. At least one index record for his death indicates his father was Nathaniel. Paul and Laura named their second son, Nathaniel (1837-1884). His residence in Hartland and Barkhamsted, along with the child named Nathaniel, make it possible Paul is a child of this same couple. Both Paul V. Healy and Laura the wife of Paul V. are buried in the New Colebrook River Cemetery.

In 1849, John Healy married Cordelia Sackett in Sandisfield. His father is listed as Nathaniel Healy. In 1850, John Healy, age 27, is living in the household of Solomon Sackette, age 65, with Cordelia Healy, age 21, and Betsey Healy, age 63, in Sandisfield. Solomon is likely the father of Cordelia. Betsey is possibly the mother of John. Betsey was born in Rhode Island. In 1852, John Healy purchased land from Solomon Sackett. In 1840, Nathaniel Healy is living in Sandisfield. The household has 4 males - one 10 to 14, two 15 to 19, and one 50 to 59, and 3 females - one under 5, one 10 to 14, and one 40 to 49. The ages in this census could plausibly be the family of Nathaniel and his wife Betsey. A Betsey E Healey is buried in the Baptist Cemetery in Colebrook. The marker reads: Betsey E. the wife of Nathaniel Healey died May 26, 1862 AE 74. Colebrook is halfway between Sandisfield and Barkhamsted. The woman living with John in Sandisfield in 1850 is possibly the wife of Nathaniel Healy, living in Barkhamsted with Nathaniel Healy in 1850. 

Paul V, Betsey M, John D, and William C, were all alive during the 1880 census. All records list both parents birthplace as Rhode Island consistent with the people identified as parents in the 1850 Census. The family of Nathaniel and Betsey Healy based on these records probably has the following members:

• Nathaniel Healy (b. 1782) m. Betsey (b. 1787 - d. 1862)
• Paul V. Healy (b. 1810 - d. 1884) m. Laura M. Blakeslee (b. 1804 - d. 1881)
  
• Nathaniel Healy (b. 1812 - d. 1860) m. Harriet Moses (b. 1816 - d. 1875)
• Betsey M. Healy (b. 1820 - d. 1892) m. 1st Doolittle; m. 2nd Austin P. Dibble (b. 1808 - d. 1861); m. 3rd Almeron Allen (b. 1834 - d. 1913)
• John D. Healy (b. 1823 - d. 1896) m. Cordelia Sackett (b. 1829 - d. 1898)
• William C. Healy (b. 1824 - d. 1899) m. 1st. Caroline A. Hayes (b. 1828 - d. 1880) m. 2nd. Laura E. Fishe (b. 1862)
  
• Infant (d. 1829)

Using the birthplaces of the oldest three children - Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, we can make an educated guess about the family's migration. Paul's Rhode Island birth and the birthplaxe for both parents indicates the family was likely in Rhode Island around 1810. Nathaniel's birth would indicate the family likely moved out of Rhode Island shortly there after. In 1820, there is a Nathaniel Haley living in Granville. The household has 5 males - four under 10 and one 26 to 44 and 4 females - two under 10 and two 26 to 44. This household is possibly Nathaniel, Betsey, Paul, Nathaniel Jr. The other household members are possibly a sister/sister-in-law and her children. In 1810, Nathaniel Haley living in South Kingston, Rhode Island. The household has three individuals one male 26 to 44 and 2 females - one under 10 and one 16 to 25. This is possibly Nathaniel and Betsey and an unidentified daughter.

In 1897, Samuel Allen Healy died in Canton, CT.  His 1896 will listed the following individuals:

• His nephew Bustrand's daughter's, Edna and Sada
• The daughter of his sister, Betsey Allen, whose name he could not remember
• Jane Coe Healy, his wife 
• His brother, John Healy
• His brother, William C. Healy
• His brother, M. L. Healy
• His sister, Julia Warner
• The heirs of his brother Paul Healy
• The heirs of his brother John Healy

Betsey Allen, John Healy, William C. Healy, Paul Healy, and John Healy are identified as likely children of Nathaniel and Betsey. Bustrand is probably Nathaniel Jr.'s son Bertrand N. Healy (b. 1844). This is confirmed by the a court case cited in the probate papers - Jane C. Healy and A. W. Healy v. Bertrand N. Healy et al. The heirs of the brothers match the likely grandchildren of Betsey and Nathaniel and confirm this is likely the same family. The will papers add the following children to Nathaniel and Betsey: 

• Samuel A. Healy (b. 1816 - d. 1897) m. Jane Amelia Coe (b. 1824 - d. 1916)
  
• Marcus L. Healy (b. 1825 - d. 1907) m. 1st Julia A. Bristol (b. 1825 - d. 1874) m. 2nd Helena Tryphena Reed (b. 1839 - d. 1921)
  
• Julia Healy m. Warner

The family now has the following members:

• Nathaniel Healy (b. 1782) m. Betsey Allen (b. 1787 - d. 1862)
• Paul V. Healy (b. 1810 - d. 1884) m. Laura M. Blakeslee (b. 1804 - d. 1881)
  
• Nathaniel Healy (b. 1812 - d. 1860) m. Harriet Moses (b. 1816 - d. 1875)
• Samuel A. Healy (b. 1816 - d. 1897) m. Jane Amelia Coe (b. 1824 - d. 1916)
  
• Betsey M. Healy (b. 1820 - d. 1892) m. 1st Doolittle; m. 2nd Austin P. Dibble (b. 1808 - d. 1861); m. 3rd Almeron Allen (b. 1834 - d. 1913)
• John D. Healy (b. 1823 - d. 1896) m. Cordelia Sackett (b. 1829 - d. 1898)
• William C. Healy (b. 1824 - d. 1899) m. 1st. Caroline A. Hayes (b. 1828 - d. 1880) m. 2nd. Laura E. Fishe (b. 1862)
• Marcus L. Healy (b. 1825 - d. 1907) m. 1st Julia A. Bristol (b. 1825 - d. 1874) m. 2nd Helena Tryphena Reed (b. 1839 - d. 1921)
• Julia Healy m. Warner
  
• Infant (d. 1829)

When Marcus L. died in 1907, his doctor filed a death certificate listing the names of his parents. Based on the responses from his wife Helina Healy, his parents were Nathaniel Healy and Bettsy Allen.

The Family of William and Sarah (Card) Healy

The is a scan of three pages of a document titled Some Descendants of William Hele circulating Ancestry. There is no author listed. The document may be a family newsletter or research notes shared with a small group researching the family. Notes indicate correspondence in 1997 possibly indicating a 1997/8 publication date. The document is a compilation of various public sources, privately held sources, family oral sources, and family histories detailing the family of William Healy, the son of Recompence Healy of Providence, Rhode Island. Recompence apparently was a carpenter that made furniture. William apparently was also a carpenter. Thom Domicki compiled similar information for this family ca. 2013. The consensus family from this research has the following members:

• William Healy (b. 1774 - d. 1836?) m. 1st, Sarah Card (b. 1776 - d. 1814) possibly m. 2nd. Charity (b. 1783 - d. 1832)
• William Healy Jr. (b. 1798 - d. 1865) m. 1st Clarissa Higby (b. 1806 - d. 1893 m. 2nd Ann Woodruff (b. 1807 - d. 1873)
• Yale (Nathaniel?) Healy (b. 1800? - d. 1865?)
• Phebe Healy (b. 1805 - d. 1891) m. Corwell Doolittle (b. 1809 - d. 1873)
• Bestey Healy (b. 1808 - d. 1898) m. 1st Seth H. Doolittle (b. 1802 - d. 1853) m. last Horace Spencer Skinner (b. 1802 - d. 1878)
• Denison Card Healy (b. 1812 - d. 1896) m. Harmony Herrick (b. 1815 - d. 1900)

Denison is the best documented of the children. His life in Blandford is well documented. His death record lists the names of his parents. He appears in the 

¹Betsy M. Healy - Woman of Mystery 
²Henry is only known from his grave marker in Riverside Cemetery. Doolittle Family in America lists Henry as the child of Lemuel and notes he died at age 21. This is different than the age, 24, given on the marker. The grave marker notes he died 28 Dec. 1847. Congregational Church records note a Henry Doolittle, age 22, who died a month later. Other records indicate some of the sons of Micheal Doolittle who moved to Barkhamsted were Baptists. Ezra Doolittle and his son, Richard Atwood Doolittle also owned land and possibly lived in Barkhamsted. Richard's family are members of the First Congregational Church. Do these records indicate one or two people? Did either marry Betsey M. Healy?

³Church records; West Hartland Congregational Church; Vol. p. 261 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-9J79 Accessed 25 July 2024. The record only indicates an infant child.

Betsy M. Healy - Woman of Mystery

 In 1860, my ancestor Austin Pomeroy Dibble married Betsey M. Doolittle. She was likely the widow of Seth Doolittle of Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Betsey M. Healey/Healy married Seth Doolittle in 1826. The Doolitle Family in America states she had four marriages, named three of her four husbands and indicated she was living in New Jersey when she died. Doolittle Family in America lists Seth Doolittle, Stillman, unknown and Skinner. This family reported information has expected discrepancies. I tend to remember my aunts and uncles in matched sets - Herb and Lois, Beverley and Bill, Tracy and Donna. I can only remember some of the maiden names. I would be hard pressed to remember my uncle's first wife's name. My Uncle and his first wife were married as teenagers and had parted ways long before I was around. Asking about my cousins can be hit or miss.

Using Census, City Directory, Newspaper and public records, you can identify four husbands for  a woman named Betsey M. Healy:

• Seth H Doolittle (1802-1853) - m. 1826
• Austin P. Dibble (1811-1861) - m. 1860
• Almeron Allen (1834-1913) - m. 1862
• Horace Skinner (1802-1878) - m. before 1870 

This matches the description given in Doolittle in broad details. The 1860 is listed as a second marriage for Betsey Doolittle. The 1862 marriage is listed as a third marriage. 

Almeron Allen stands out on the list because he is much younger than the other husbands. Researching Almeron in the context of the other information raises some interesting questions. Almeron Allen appears in the probate records for Austin P. Dibble's estate. Austin died in Agawam on December 13th. Bestsy M. Dibble notified the probate court on January 7th, Betsey M. Dibble submits Austin's will written in June 1860, listing his three heirs: his wife Betsey M. Dibble and his adult children, Oratio Philander Dibble and Emmarett Coleman wife of Horatio Coleman. On April 1 Betsey M. Allen, the widow of Austin P. Dibble files a petition with the court having married Almeron Allen January 14. Almeron Allen is one of the three individuals inventorying the estate and Almeron Allen and Bestey M. Allen his wife purchase the assets of the estate. The woman who presented herself as the widow of Austin Dibble clearly married Almeron Allen.

The 1862 marriage record in Agawam lists Betsey's age as 39 years old. He birth place is listed as Pleasantville CT which is part of Barkhamsted where Betsey Doolittle lived with her first husband Seth. Her parent are listed as Nathaniel and Betsey Healey. It is her third marriage. In 1870, Almeron Allen is living with Betsey Allen born about 1824 and Evaline Allen born in 1863. In 1880, Almeron Allen is living with Betsey M Allen born about 1821. Betsey M. Allen the wife of Almeron dies in Southbury in 1893. If we viewed this information independently from Doolittle Family in America and the estate papers for Austin Dibble, we would come to the conclusion Betsey M. Allen is likely the young widow Betsey M. Healey, previous married names unknown. This family in Somers, CT appears to be the couple married in Agawam in 1862. 

In 1880 we find the widowed Betsey Skinner, born 1807 living with Sarah Stillman in Southington, CT. Sarah Stillman is likely a daughter of Seth and Betsey Doolittle. Southington City directories list Betsey Skinner as the widow of Horace Skinner. In 1870, Betsey Skinner is living with Horace Skinner in New Hartford as are daughters from his previous marriages. Records indicate there are two separate women, Betsey M. Skinner nee Healy (1808-1898) and Betsey M. Allen (1821-1893). How we reconcile the contradictions in the records depends on when we believe we started having two women.

Possible Scenarios

Austin Dibble did not marry the widow of Seth Doolittle. Betsey Dibble is living with A. P. Dibble in 1860. She is 48 years old. This is closer to the probable age of Betsey M. Allen - 39 than the probable age of Betsey Skinner - 58. If this is the case we have two women named Betsey M. Healy, the younger is likely the daughter of Nathan(iel) and Betsey born in Barkhamsted around 1821. She married Doolittle probably around 1840. It would strengthen the identification of Nathaniel Haley of Sandisfield, MA with the Nathaniel Healey of Barkhamsted by allowing us to reconcile the family with the ages and genders reported in the 1820 census. This same family is possibly in Hartland, CT in 1830. If this scenario correct, the wife of Seth Doolittle could be as some researchers posited, the daughter of William Healy (1774-1874). She would be born in Rhode Island as some records indicate. It would explain the brief sojourn of Seth Doolittle's family in Chenango County, NY and the pair of land transactions there with William Healy (possibly Betsey's father or brother). It would partially explain William Jr.'s (1798-1865) move from Chenango to Barkhamsted. 

The problems with this scenario are:

• There are now two missing marriages for the older Betsey M. Healy to Stillman and unknown
  
• There are no records for a younger Betsey M. Healy or Betsey M. Doolittle, the probable names, prior to 1870
• There are no records for Nathaniel Healy in Barkhamsted prior to 1836

The woman who presented herself as Betsy Dibble was someone else. The woman who filed the will for Austin P. Dibble was an imposter. Someone else step in and administered the estate. For this to be even plausible the individual would need to know Betsey Healy/Doolittle/Dibble. This would limit the person to a neighbor or family member. In such a scenario, Betsey would have left Agawam around the time of Austin's death and not returned if she did until after the probate proceedings were complete.  This woman married Almeron and left with him. He may or may not have been an accomplice. This would explain the apparent age difference and the lack of details about Betsey's third husband in Doolittle Family in America.

The problems with this scenario are:

• The other heirs are likely in close proximity: Philo was living in Westfield when he was married in 1858 and his first wife is interred in Westfield. Emmarette is in Nassau, NY. Either could travel to Agawam if needed. 
• There is no report of fraud or other concerns.
• There is no relative of the older Betsey or close neighbor who would be an obvious suspect.
  

The woman in the 1870 census is not Betsey M. Healy. Almeron married Betsey M. Healy, the widow of Austin Dibble and Seth Doolittle. Shortly there after they parted ways. Almeron then starting living with married another woman named Betsey.

The problems with this scenario are:

• The age of Evaline indicates her parents were together in 1862 - this would make for a very short marriage. We know they were together through the end of the probate process. The would not preclude a relationship with the younger woman causing the break.
  

 Parting Thoughts

We have two women in 1870 who based on earlier records should be the same person and clearly are not. Complicating matters, it is not clear if Doolittle Family in America has a source with first hand knowledge or if they are using a combination of oral tradition and primary sources.  This would resolve quickly if we could reject Doolittle or identify other sources. For example a record showing the younger Betsey M. Healy/Betsey Doolittle prior to 1860 or a marriage between Betsey Doolittle and Horace B. Skinner indicating it is her second marriage.