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Thomas Loomis

Male Abt 1624 - 1689  (~ 65 years)


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  • Name Thomas Loomis 
    Born Abt 1624  of Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Aug 1689  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2364  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Joseph Loomis,   c. 24 Aug 1590, Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1658, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Mary White,   c. 24 Aug 1590, Shalford, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1652, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1614  Shalford, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah Fox or Fowkes,   d. 25 Apr 1662, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Nov 1653  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Judd,   b. Abt 1644, of Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1684, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 1/01 Jan 1662/3  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per 9 Feb 2002 email of Ellen Baker : Thomas (b. in 1624, member of CT Calvary in 1658, under command of Major John Mason., member of a company that served in King Philip's War, owned a farm in East Windsor, m. #1 Hannah Fox (or Fowkes), had 4 children, Thomas (died an infant), Thomas Jr. (m Hannah Porter), Hannah (m. #1 Philip Judd; m. #2 Thomas Woodward?), Mary (died young, m. Michael Tayntor/Tainter); Thomas m. #2 Mary Judd and had 7 children, Elizabeth (m. John Lee Jr.), Ruth (m. Joseph Colt), Sarah (was lame, m. Wakefield Dibble), Jeramiah (died a child), Mehitable "Mabel" (m. John Cole), Mindwell (died young or didn't marry?) and Benjamin (died young or didn't marry?)).

      2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 433-434, {bracketed notes from "Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Loomis of Windsor" by Elias Loomis}: "Thomas Loomis, m. (1) Hannah Fox, 1 Nov 1653 (O.C.R.), who d. 25 Apr 1662 (O.C.R.); he m. (2) 1 Jan 1662/3 Mary (dau. Thos.) Judd (Judg. O.C.R.) of Farmington ('Col. Rec.'); adm. member Windsor Church 'Apl.' (O.C.R.); prob. from another entry in same 'Rec.', Apr. 1666, and d. 8 Aug 1684; he d. 28 Aug 1689; he rec'd from his father one acre to build upon on E. side, next S. to Henry Wolcott, Jr., and Mr. Allyn's meadow; W. by the street, 12 rods wide, and bdg. S. on his father - this was on what is known as 'the Island.' {Had also farm on E. side of Great River; was made freeman 1654; adm. to Windsor church 3 Apr 1666}. - O.C.R. Children (bp. O.C.R.; born Windsor):
      a. Thomas, b. 29 Oct 1654 {d. same year}.
      b. Thomas, b.17 Mar 1655; bp. 7 Feb 1657.
      c. Hannah, b. 8 (23, 'Col. Rec.') Feb 1657/8 {m. William Judd; was living 1690}.
      d. Mary, b. 16, bp. 27 Jan 1659; married Michael Taintor {of Branford, Conn., 3 Apr} 1679 {she d. 11 May 1695}.
      e. Elizabeth, b. 21, bp. 23 Jan 1663/4 ('Col. Rec.').
      f. Ruth, b. 16 Oct 1665; bp. 8 Apr 1666; m. Jos. Colt {29 Oct 1691, who d. 11 Jan 1719}.
      g. Sarah, b. 1, bp. 2 Feb 1667; m. Wakefield Dibble {27 Dec 1692, and d. 1693}.
      h. Jeremiah, b. 3, bp. 10 Jul (O.C.R.), 1670; d. 16 and bu. 18 Oct 1672, or '71.
      i. Mabel, b. 27 Oct 1672 {living 1690}.
      j. Mindwell, b. 6 {bp. 13} Aug 1676 {living 1690}.
      k. Benjamin, b. 20 May {bp. 1 Jun} 1679; m. Anna Fitch, 6 Jan 1703."
      [Note: the book does not have biographies on the Fox and Judd families.]

      3. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 5, p. 228, Article: "Records of Ancient Windsor":
      "Thomas Loomis, m. Hanna Fox 1 Nov 1653; chil. Thomas, b. 29 Oct 1654; Thomas, b. 17 Mar 1655; Hanna, b. 8 Feb 1657; Mary, b. 16 Jan 1659. His wife Hanna d. 25 Apr 1662; Thomas Loomis m. his 2d wife, Mary Judg 1 Jan 1662; chil. Elizabeth, b. 21 Jan 1663, Ruth, b. 16 Oct 1665; Sara, b. 1 Feb 1667; Jeremia, b. 3 Jul 1670; Maybell, b. 27 Oct 1672; Mindwell, b. 6 Aug 1676; Benjamin, b. 20 May 1679."

      4. The book "Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884," v. II, Chapter 27 "Early Windsor Families," p. 554:
      "Joseph Loomis (1640) had a lot granted to him 35 rods wide. He had two children born here. He died, 1658. (This lot is now occupied by Thomas W. Loomis.) Of the sons, Joseph married Sarah Hill, 1645, and had two sons and two daughters. He married second, Mary Chauncey in 1659, and had five sons and two daughters. By gift of his father in 1643 he received a lot twelve rods wide, next north of Matthew Allen, on which he built. John married Elizabeth Scott, and had eleven sons and two daughters. He had his father's homestead. Thomas married Hannah Fox, 1653, and had two sons and two daughters. He married for a second wife Mary Judd, and two sons and five daughters. By gift of his father he received a lot twelve rods wide, east of the highway, between his brother Joseph and H. Wolcott, Jr. Nathaniel married Elizabeth Moore, and had seven sons and five daughters, 1655-1680. He bought the lot and house of John Moses on the west side of the street, directly opposite Joseph Loomis, Jr. Nathaniel was among the early settlers on the east side of the Great River. Samuel had two sons and three daughters, 1660-1670. He bought Mr. Witchfield's place. He removed to Westfield, Mass."

      5. Elias Loomis "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," update of 1875 edition published by Elisha S. Loomis, Berea, Ohio, third (1908) edition, chapter: "The Descendants of Joseph Loomis (1590-1658) in America," subchapter "First Generation, children of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, CT.," pp. 126-128:
      "Genealogical investigations have been unable to establish definitely the order of the children of Joseph Loomis, and it is considered advisable to give here the conflicting evidence:
      Possible order of children:
      1. Mrs Olmsted, b. 1615, md. 1640. [Sarah]
      2. Mrs. Hull, b. 1617, md. 1641. [Elizabeth]
      3. Joseph, b. 1618, md. 1646.
      4. Mrs. Skinner, b. 1620, md. 1638. [Mary]
      5. John, b. 1622, md. 1648.
      6. Thomas, b. 1624, md. 1653.
      7. Nathaniel, b. 1626, md. 1653.
      8. Samuel, b. 1628, md. 1653.
      Probably, however, the order was as follows:
      Joseph, b. 1615.
      Sarah, b. 1617.
      Elizabeth, b. abt 1619.
      Mary, b. abt 1620.
      John, b. 1622.
      Thomas, b. 1624.
      Nathaniel, b. 1626.
      Samuel, b. 1628."

      6. FHL book "Thomas Judd and His Descendants," by Sylvester Judd (1856, Northampton, MA), p. 11 has short biographies on Thomas's children including the two who are in my database: Elizabeth and Mary. The author shows 9 children for Thomas with Mary be the 6th born about 1644. The following is for Mary:
      "Mary Judd married Thomas Loomis of Windsor, Jan. 1, 1663. She was his second wife. Their children were Elizabeth, born 1664, Ruth, 1665, Sarah, 1668, Jeremiah, 1670, died 1672, Mabel, 1672, Mindwell, 1676, Benjamin, 1679. Mary, the mother died Aug. 8, 1684."

      7. FHL book 929.273 F597g "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England…," by Ernest Flagg (Hartford, 1926), p. 278:
      "Mary White1, wife of Joseph Loomis1, bap. Aug. 24, 1590; dau. of Robert and Bridget (AllgarA) WhiteA of Messing, Essex, England; m. June 30, 1614 in England; d. Aug. 23, 1652. (Matthew Grant's O.C.R.)
      Their children:
      -Joseph, about 1615; d. June 26, 1687; m. Sept. 17, 1646, Sarah, dau. of William Hill and granddau. af Richard Lyman1; m. (2), June 28, 1659, Mary Chauncey, who d. April 22, 1681. He was a trooper in King Philip's War, as was his brother, Nathaniel.
      -Sarah, about 1617; d. 1667; m. Sept. 28, 1640, as his first wife, Capt. Nicholas Olmstead, grandson of James and Jane (BristowB) OlmsteadB, and who served in the Pequot War.
      -Elizabeth, about 1619; m. May 20, 1641, Josias hull, son of George of Windsor, who d. Nov. 16, 1675.
      -Mary, about. 1620; d. Aug. 19, 1680; m. 1638, John Skinner of Hartford; m. (2), Nov. 13, 1651, Owen Tudor.
      -John, (Deacon), 1622; d. Sept. 1, 1688; m. Feb. 3, 1648-9, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Scott and sister of the first wife of John Stanley2, who d. May 7, 1696.
      -Thomas, 1624; d. Aug. 28, 1689; m. Nov. 1, 1653, Hannah Fox, (M.G.O.C.R.); m. (2), Jan. 1, 1662-3, Mary, dau. of Deacon Thomas Judd1, who d. Aug. 8 1684. Thomas Loomis was a trooper in 1658 under Major John Mason."

      8. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989:
      pp. 188-90: In a section of the book talking about the creation of a troop of horse in March 1658, which was the first for Connecticut: "In New England's earliest days, horses were too scarce and the country too unfamiliar for a cavalry arm to be practicable; but in time the possibilities of fast movement against Indians and no doubt the example of Cromwell's cavalry made the institution of the troop of horse a more attractive proposition … The troop of thirty-seven men, seventeen from Windsor, fourteen from Hartford, six from Wethersfield, was only about half the strength of a cavalry troop of the day, for the settlements could still boast only a limited number of able-bodied men with the means to support the horse, armour and accoutrements of a trooper … It is the social significance of these volunteers that is for the moment our principal concern, for the relationships reveal much about the social structure of Windsor and the colony. The horse, like the foot, had its roots in the English shires, but, by a long-standing tradition which can be traced back to the Middle Ages, recruits came from the gentry and superior yeomanry, with an obligation and the means to provide their own mounts, accoutrements and weapons. They were thus set apart from the foot by being socially select volunteers … Most of those thirty-seven troopers were men of good family with intimate connections in the Great River neighbourhood … The official connections were impressive … George Phelp's brother was a magistrate and founding commissioner … Corporal Nicholas Olmstead was married to one of the Loomis girls, sister to troopers Nathaniel and Thomas … Most of the troop were sons of the first settlers, up-and-coming young men of a second generation."
      pp. 200-1: Among the [horse] troopers [organized in 1658] … there were only two brothers. Thomas and Nathaniel Loomis were the sons of Joseph Loomis who … came from East Anglia; he and his family of five sons probably came from the Huitt party in 1638. He was a man of substance, receiving from the plantation grants valued at ₤which placed him among the most wealthy which placed him among the most wealthy. His large home lot of 26 acres was prominent on the Island next to old Henry Wolcott on the Rivulet bank of Plymouth Meadow. He did not, however, play any notable role in Windsor's affairs nor indeed, with one exception, did his sons, save that three of them served as town constable. The exception was the second son, John, who was a townsman and a deputy and, with a family of thirteen children, inherited his father's homestead. His true importance was as a deacon of Windsor church, an office which he exercised with authority for many years. Neither of our troopers, Thomas and Nathaniel, achieved distinction, though they lived respectably and comfortably, Thomas with four and Nathaniel with twelve children. Nathaniel married deacon Moore's daughter. This marriage, together with that of his brother Joseph to Mary Chauncey, daughter of Warham's successor as minister, and brother John's becoming a deacon, were to bring the family well within the ambit of church dignity and influence."

      9. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51:
      "JOSEPH LOOMIS, b. Eng., c1590; d. Windsor, Conn., 25 Nov 1658. He m. Messing, County Essex, England 30 Jun 1614 MARY WHITE. She was bpt. Shalford, England, 24 Aug 1590; d. Windsor, Conn., 23 Aug 1652, d/o Robert White and Bridget Allgar of Messing.
      Joseph Loomis was a woolen draper in Braintree, Essex Co., England; sailed from London 11 Apr 1638 in the Susan and Ellen, and arrived at Boston 17 Jul 1638, living for about a year at Dorchester, Mass. It is mentioned in the town records of Windsor, Vol. 1, that on the 2d of Feb., 1640, he had granted him from the Plantation 21 acres adjoining Farmington Aver, on the west side of the Connecticut river; also several large tracts of land on the east side of the Connecticut, partly from the town and partly by purchase. He probably came to Windsor in the summer or autumn of 1639, and he is generally supposed to have come in the company with Rev. Ephraim Huet, who arrived at Windsor 17 Aug 1639. He brought with him five sons, all of whom were freemen 7 Oct 1669, and three daughters. The marriages of these children are recorded in the town records of Windsor, as were the births of their children, but as the dates of birth of Joseph's children are not recorded, it is difficult to determine the order of seniority. His house was situated near the mouth of the Farmington river on the "Island," so called because at every great freshet it became temporarily an island by the overflowing of the Connecticut river.
      In the Records of particular Court for the colony of Connecticut, Vol 2, p. 115, is recorded the agreement of the children of Mr. Joseph Loomis, respecting the division of the estate of said deceased as approved by the Court 2 Dec 1658.
      Loomis, Joseph, Windsor. Died 25 November, 1658. Inventory £178.10.00. Taken by Henry Clarke, John Moore.
      Court Record, Page 115 -- 2 December, 1658. An Agreement for a Division of the Estate by the Children of Joseph Loomis, Decd, and approved by this Court of Magistrates to be an Equal Division. To Joseph Loomis, to Nicholas Olmsted, to Josiah Hull, to John Loomis, to Thomas Loomis, to Nathaniel Loomis, to Mary Tudor, to Samuel Loomis.
      The agreement of the children of Mr. Joseph Loomis respecting the division of the estate of ye father deceased approved by The Court 2 December 1658: We whose names are hereunto subscribed doe by these prsents testify that it is our mutual and joynt agreement to attend an equal division of the estate of Mr. Joseph Loomis, our father, lately deceased, wch said estate being distributed in an equal prption we doe by these prsents engage to set down Satisfied and contented respecting any future trouble or demands about the fore said estate now presented by Inventory to ye Court of Magistrates.
      Witness our hand, 2nd December, 1658.
      Joseph Loomis, Josias Hull, Thomas Loomis, Mary Tudor, Nicholas Olmstead, John Loomis, Nath. Loomis, Samll Loomis.
      (Manwaring, Charles W., A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District. Vol. 1, 1650-1663, pp. 135-6.)
      It is believed that the order in which the children were named in the division of the estate indicates the relative ages of the children. Further, Joseph Loomis, the younger, and John Loomis had land granted to them from the Windsor Plantation in 1643. The other sons acquired no land until several years afterward. The marriages of the sons, as recorded at Windsor, took place in the order of the names mentioned above.
      i. JOSEPH2 Loomis, b. Eng. c1615; d. Windsor, Conn., 26 Jun 1687; m/1 Windsor 17 Sept 1646 SARAH HILL., who d. 23 Aug 1653; m/2 28 Jun 1659 MARY SHERWOOD, b. c1639, d/o Thomas and Mary (Fitch) Sherwood. ("Some Early Records and Documents of and Relative to the Town of Windsor, Conn., 1639-1703," p. 39.) Inventory of his estate was made 12 Jul 1687 by Henry Wolcott, John Wolcott and John Loomis and amounted to £281.14.08. Children named were Joseph age 38; John 36; Mary 34; Hannah 25; Matthew 23; Stephen 20; James 17; Nathaniel 14; Isaac 9. (Manwaring, Vol. 1, 1677-1687, p. 332.) Children by Sarah: Sarah b. 22 Jul 1647, d. 1654; Joseph b. 15 Jul 1649, d. East Windsor 26 Feb 1715, m/1 Lydia Drake, d/o John, m/2 widow Abigail Birge; John b. 1 Oct 1651, d. Windsor 3 Nov 1732, m/1 Mary (___), m/2 Esther Gillett; Mary b. 3 Aug 1653, living 1687. Children by Mary: Sarah (again) b. 1 Apr 1660, d. inf.; Hannah b. 2 Feb 1662, living 1687; Matthew b 4 Nov 1664, d. 12 Apr 1688, m. Mary Gaylord; Isaac b. 10 Jul 1666, d. young; Stephen b. 1 Sept 1668, d. 1711, m. Esther Colt; James b. 31 Oct 1669, d. Bolton 29 Dec 1750, Mindwell (___); Nathaniel b. 8 Aug 1673, d. East Windsor 1730, m. Elizabeth (___); Isaac (again) b. 28 Oct 1677, d. 17 Mar 1704.
      ii. SARAH Loomis, b. Eng., c1617; m. 1640 CAPT. NICHOLAS OLMSTEAD of Hartford, s/o James Olmstead and Joyce Cornish of Hartford. He d. 31 Aug 1684. Children (OLDMSTEAD): Sarah b. 1641 m. George Gates (Torrey); Mabel b. 20 Nov 1646, m/1 Daniel Butler, m/2 Michael Taintor (Torrey); Rebecca b. Mar 1648, m. John Bigelow (Torrey); John b. 3 Feb 1650; Joseph; Samuel; Thomas prob. m. Hannah Mix. (Savage sv Nicholas Olmstead.)
      iii ELIZABETH Loomis, b. Eng. c1619; d. aft 1665; m. Windsor 20 May 1641 JOSIAH HULL of Windsor, d. 16 Nov 1675, s/o George. He was deputy to the General Court 1659, 60, 62. He then removed to Killingworth where he was deputy 1667-74. Children (HULL): Josiah b. Sept 1642; John b. 17 Dec 1644; Elizabeth b. 18 Feb 1647; Mary b. 2 Oct 1648; Martha b. 10 Jun 1650: Joseph b. 10 Aug 1652; Sarah b. 9 Aug 1654; Naomi b. 17 Feb 1657, m. Thomas Burnham; Rebecca b. 10 Aug 1659; George b. 28 Apr 1662, d. soon; Thomas b. 29 May 1655. (Savage & Torrey sv Josiah Hull. NOTE: Savage says Josiah Hull m. Elizabeth, d/o Joseph Bemis, but this is incorrect.)
      iv MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.)
      v DEACON JOHN Loomis, b. Eng. c1622; d. Windsor 1 Sept 1688; m. 3 Feb 1648/9 ELIZABETH SCOTT, d/o Thomas of Hartford. Children: John b. 9 Nov 1649, m/1 ___; m/2 30 Dec 1696 Sarah (Boltwood) Warner, widow of Isaac Warner and d/o Robert Boltwood; Joseph b. 7 Nov 1651, m. Hannah (___); Thomas b. 3 Dec 1653, m. Sarah White, d/o Daniel of Hatfield, Sarah m/2 John Bissell; Samuel b. 29 Jun 1655, d. young; Daniel b. 16 Jun 1657, m/1 Mary Ellsworth, d/o Josiah, m/2 widow Hannah Drake; James b. 19 Sept 1659, d. young; Timothy b. 27 Jul 1661, m. Rebecca Porter; Nathaniel b. 8 Jul 1663, m. Ruth Porter; David b. 30 May 1665, d. inf.; Samuel (again) b. 12 Aug 1666, m/1 Elizabeth White, d/o Daniel of Hatfield, m/2 widow Elizabeth Church; Isaac b. 31 Aug 1668, d. age 20; Elizabeth b. 8 May 1671, m. John Brown; Mary b. 7 Aug 1673, d. inf. (Savage sv John Loomis; Loomis Genealogy.)
      vi. THOMAS Loomis, b. Eng., c1624; d. 28 Aug 1689. He was of Windsor and m/1 1 Nov 1653 HANNAH FOX who d. 25 Apr 1662; m/2 1 Jan 1662/3 MARY JUDD, d. 8 Aug 1684, d/o Thomas Judd and Sarah Freeman. He was freeman in 1654, admitted to the church 3 Apr 1663. Children by Hannah: Thomas b. 29 Oct 1654, d. soon; Thomas (again) b. 17 Mar 1656, Hannah Porter; Hannah b. 8 Feb 1657/8, m. William Judd; Mary b. 16 Jan 1659/60, m. Michael Taintor of Branford. Children by Mary: Elizabeth b. 21 Jan 1663/4. living 1690; Ruth b. 16 Oct 1665, m. Joseph Colt; Sarah b. 1 Feb 1667/8, m. Wakefield Dibble; Jeremiah b. 3 Jul 1670, d. age 2; Mabel b. 27 Oct 1672, living 1690; Mindwell b. 6 Aug 1676, living 1690; Benjamin b. 20 May 1679, living 1690. (Savage sv Thomas Loomis; Loomis Genealogy.)
      vii. NATHANIEL Loomis. b. Eng., c1626; d. 19 Aug 1688; will dated 17 Aug 1688; m. 24 Nov 1654 ELIZABETH MOORE, d/o John; she m/2 John Case, and she d. 23 Jul 1728, aged 90. Children: Elizabeth b. 7 Aug 1655, m. John Lee; Nathaniel b. 20 Mar 1657, m. Elizabeth Ellsworth, d/o Josiah; Abigail b. 27 Mar 1659, m. Josiah Barber of Simsbury; Josiah b. 17 Feb 1661, m. Mary Rockwell; Jonathan b. 30 Mar 1664, m. ___; David b. 11 Jan 1668, m. Lydia Marsh; Hezekiah b. 21 Feb 1669, m. Mary Porter; Moses b. 15 May 1671, m. Joanna Gibbs; Mindwell b. 20 Jul 1673, Jonathan Brown; Ebenezer b. 22 Mar 1675, m. Jemima Whitcomb; Mary b. 5 Jan 1680, m. Joseph Barber; Rebecca b. 10 Dec 1682, m. Josiah Rockwell. (Savage sv Nathaniel Loomis, Hezekiah Loomis.)
      viii SAMUEL Loomis, b. Eng. c1628; m. ELIZABETH JUDD.
      (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)"

      10. The book "Emerson-Benson Saga …," by Edmund K. Swigart (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pp. 351-53:
      "JOSEPH1 LOOMIS (JOHNA LUMACE, JOHNB LUMMYS, THOMASC) was born by 1590, perhaps in Braintree, county Lincoln, England, and died 25 November 1658 at Windsor, CT. He was the son of JOHNA LUMACE, a tailor of Thaxted and Braintree and AGNESA LINGWOOD and JANE MARLAN?, daughter of WILLIAMB and MARGARETA (PERYE) MARLAN? of Braintree. He was also the grandson of JOHNB LUMMYS, a carpenter of Thaxted, and Kryster [sic: Krysten] (Christian (___). JOSEPH1 married 30 June 1616 at Messing, county Essex, England, MARY1 WHITE, daughter of ROBERTA, a wealthy yeoman, and BRIDGETA (ALLGAR) WHITE of Shalford, county Essex. MARY1 was baptized 24 August 1590 at Shalford and died 23 August 1652 at Windsor. MARY1's younger sister, ANNA1, married ancestor JOHN1 PORTER.
      United States President Ulysses Simpson Grant (18th Chief Executive), Stephen Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th), and Gerald Rudolph Ford, (38th), were descendants of MARY1's parents and Millard Fillmore (13th President), of her and her parents.
      JOSEPH1 was a woolen draper, He and his wife lived in Braintree until 1628. They moved to London and from there sailed with their eight children 11 April 1638 aboard the "Susan and Ellen", the same ship that ancestor Rev. PETER1 BULKELEY had taken in 1635. The LOOMIS family arrived in Boston 11 July 1638, they may have spent their first year in Dorchester, MA, but moved by land in the summer of 1639 to Windsor, CT, "Probably in the company of Reverend Ephraim Huet who arrived there August 17, 1639" (ref. 3). "On 2 Feb. 1640 he had granted to him 21 acres on the west side of the Connecticut River adjoining the Farmington River" (ref. 6). JOSEPH1 continued to acquire land and served on juries in 1642 and in 1644 with Nathaniel1 Foote, brother of ancestor MARYA FOOTE. "On 6 January 1650, he was sued by" [ancestor WILLIAM1 BUELL] "for trespass and for damage to the extent of seven bushels of corn; one may infer that his stock got away from him" (ref. 3).
      JOSEPH1 apparently left no will. His estate was valued at 178 pounds 10 shillings, with "a 'debt in England'" (ref. 3) of 12 pounds 14 shillings 6 pence against it. On December 1658, his wife having predeceased him, his five sons and three daughters (two represented by their husbands) signed an agreement in place of a will to divide JOSEPH's estate equitably among them.
      The children of JOSEPH1 and MARY1 (WHITE) LOOMIS, all probably born in Braintree, county Lancaster, England, and probably not all listed in the correct order of birth, were.
      I Joseph2, b. 1615, ca. 1616; d. 26 Jun 1687 at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 17 Sep 1646, Sarah2 Hill 2/wf 28 Jun 1659, Mary Sherwood.
      II Sarah2, b. ca. 1617-8?; d. 1667, 1687, perh. at Hartford, CT; m. by 28 Sep 1640, Nicholas Olmstead.
      III. ELIZABETH2, b. ca. 1620?; d. aft. 1665, prob. of Killingworth, CT; m by 20 May 1640-1 at Windsor, CT, JOSIAH2 HULL (see HULL).
      IV Mary2, b. 1620?; d. 19 Aug. 1680, prob. at Windsor, CT: m. 1/hs by 1637-8, by 1633, John Skinner, m. 2/hs 13 Nov 1651, prob. at Windsor, Owen Tudor.
      V John2, b. ca. 1622?, 1620; d. 2 Sep 1688 at Windsor, CT; m. 3, 6? Feb 1648-9 Elizabeth2 Scott (Thomas1).
      VI Thomas2, b. ca. 1624?; 2 Aug 1689, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 1 Nov 1653 Hannah Fox/Fowkes who d. 1662, prob. at Windsor; m. 2/wf 1 Jan 1562-3, Mary2 Judd (Thomas1).
      VII Nathaniel2, b. ca 1626?; d. 19 Aug 1688, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. as 1/hs 24 Nov 1653-4, Elizabeth2 Moore (John1) who m. 2/hs aft. 3 Nov 1991, John Case.
      VIII Samuel2, b. 1628?; d. 1 Oct 1689, prob. at Westfield, MA; m. 27, 29? Dec 1653, Elizabeth2 Judd (Thomas1), sis. of Mary2 who m. Samuel2's older? bro., Thomas2 as 2/wf.
      REFERENCES
      1) Brainerd, Dwight, "Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd," [Portland, ME, Anthoensen Press, 1948], [hereinafter Brainerd, D.], 301-2.
      2) Colket, M. B., op. cit., 196.
      3) Ferris, M. W., op. cit., Dawes-Gates, II:453-62; 567-72.
      4) Parke, N. G., op. cit., 78.
      5) Pierce, R. Andrew, personal correspondence, research and material on the Hull and Loomis lines, 25 May 1993, MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT.
      6) Pitman, H. M., op. cit., 391-2, 396.
      7) Roberts, G. B., op cit., 182.
      8) Roberts, Gary B., review of the Emerson-Benson ancestral lines and material on the Lingwood, Loomis and White lines, NEHGS Library, Boston, MA, 19 May 1993 with Swigart, E. K., MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT.
      9) Savage, J., op. cit. II:494; III:112-3.
      10) Torrey, C. A., op. cit., 139, 401, 472, 545, 677, 757."

      11. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989:
      "APPENDIX II WINDSOR INVENTORIES. Total amounts (£s) in orders of magnitude.
      First generation: Name/Amount/Birth/Death:
      Tudor, Owen 294 England 1691
      Gillett, Jonathan 273 England 1677
      Stiles, John 222 England 1662
      Loomis, Joseph 178 England 1658
      Barber, Thomas 132 1614 1662
      Bancroft, John 110 England 1662
      Skinner, John 90 England 1651
      Second generation:
      Phelps, Samuel 773 c. 1625 1669
      Phelps, Joseph 473 c. 1629 1695
      Phelps, William 472 England 1682
      Loomis, Thomas 377 England 1689
      Loomis, Joseph 281 England 1687
      Stiles, John 96 England 1683
      Note: The lists in Appendix II should be used with considerable caution and in terms of orders of magnitude only. A few inventories include some land as well as chattels; there are one or two - Matthew Allyn is an example - the bulk of whose possessions lie outside Windsor; and allowance must be made for those, usually elderly, who have already deeded the bulk of their property to children before their death; but even in its raw state the lists reveal the concentration of possessions, if not 'wealth', in the hands of a minority of families and predictable families at that. They bear comparison with the list of grants from the plantation in Appendix I."

      CHRISTENING:
      1. The christening, marriage, and burial registers for Braintree no longer exist prior to 1660. They were destroyed by a sexton who used pages to start fires.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Hazel May Beckstead, 4729 N. Walnut Grove, Rosemead, Calif.. References: "Gen. Biog. Rec. New London Co., Conn. Stiles Fam. Hist. p. 28, His. Hudson Mohawk Valley N.Y. p 725, vol 2 Vitals Boxford, Mass. pp. 94, 95, History of Ancient Windsor Conn. vol II Loomis Gen."

      2. Per 9 Feb 2002 email of Ellen Baker : Ellen lists her sources as follows. This file was created by the posts of Vickie L. (VanMeter) Smithson (all) and Mark Allen (on Philip's child Philip Jr.)of the Loomis Surname Forum at Genforum.Com. Info. came from Nan Wolf (web site). Info. was also obtained over at Rootsweb Worldconnect Project. The following books were used to make additions to this summary: Descendants of Joseph Loomis (1590-1658) In America And his Antecedents In the Old World. The Original Published by Elias Loomis LLD, 1875. Revised by Elisha S. Loomis Ph.D. 1908; Lion passengers Title: Passengers on the "Lion" from England to Boston, 1632 Author: Sandra Sutphin Olney Publication: 1992 Heritage Books Inc. Two volume set; Windsor Genealogies Title: The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor Connecticut 1635-1891 Author: Henry R. Stiles, A.M., M.D., Publication: Volume II, 1992 Picton Press; and Our American Ancestry Author: Gates, Frederick Taylor Publication: 1928, Montclair, NJ FHL R929.2 G223GF FHL film #1421664 item 5.