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1. Also known as Lummys.
2. It is stated on Worldconnect, without documentation, that in his baptism at Thaxted Jan 1562, the parents of "John Luman" are not mentioned.
3. The will of John Loomis, dated 14 Apr 1619, was presented in the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London for the counties of Essex and Hartford on 29 May 1619, and proved by the executor Joseph Loomis, his son, on 21 June 1619 sic. His noted profession is "tayler" (tailor). Copy of the will follows. Note the spelling of the words which was common back in the 1600's. From the book "The Descendants (by the Female Branches) of Joseph Loomis, who Came from Braintree, England, in the Year 1638 and Settled in Windsor, CT, in 1639," by Elias Loomis (Yale Professor), 1880, v. 1, pp. 10-14 (note that a similar account is also in the book by Elias Loomis "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," third (1908) edition, pp. 97-98). Note that the words (bracketed) are assumed since that portion of the original will are torn:
"In ye name of God Amen I John Loomis of Braintre in ye County of Essex Tayler being sick of bodye but of perfect and wholl minde and carefull to prepare my selfe for ye enioying of a better life Do make and ordeyne this my last will and Testament the fowrteenth Daye of Aprill in ye yeere of our lord god 1619 In manner and forme following ffirst I comend my soule into ye hands of almighty god my Creator And my vile and Corruptible body to ye earth from whence yt was taken wth a suer hope and sound perswacon by my faith in ye mirritts of Jesus Christ my Redemer to haue this my body changed into a glorious being at ye last Day in his heavenly kingdome. Item I will Joseph Loomis my sonn shall haue my little Tenement or Dwelling house standing and being in Braintre aforesaid wherein John Lunt now dwelleth at ye Rate of fforty pownds towards ye payment of my Debts wth a Garden plott thereto belonging adioyining nere unto his owne And also one Stable standing nere the markett Crosse in Braintre at ye Rate of Thirtye pownds or to be sould to the vttermost that may be made of yt Item I will that all my hushould stuffe and moveable goods shall be praysed and my son Joseph to haue tenn pownds worth of them as shall seeme fitt to him for his ownse vse Item I giue to Mary Brooke ye Daughter of Ralph Brooke five pownds out of my said moveable Item my will is that all my Debts and funerall Charges being Defraid and paied my fower Daughters (vizt.) Ann Warr, Sara Burton, Elizabeth Preston and Jane Pengelly shall haue ye Remaynder and ouerplus as well of ye said houses as also of ye (moveable) equally to be divided amont them parte and parte like to (them and their) heires or assignes. All wch my will and meaing (is the same shall) not be parformed untill one halfe yeere next (afther the) decease of Agnis, my loving wife whom I wil to ejoye (all the) said moveable whatsoever During her naturall life And I make and ordeyne my said sonn Joseph Executor to this my last will and Testament Revoking all former whatsoever. And I request my sonne in law Willm Preston to be Supervisor to see yt performed according to my true intent and meaning. In Witnes thereof I have here vnto see my hand and seale the Day and yeere wth in written
The marke of John Loomis (Mark)
Theis being Wittnesses
John Lunt his marke
Richard Kimbould"
"In the same Court, on 15 Oct 1625, letters to administer the estate of Geoffery Lomas, of Braintree, co. Essex, were granted to his widow Priscilla.
In the same court, on 6 Feb 1631-2, letters to administer the estate of Priscilla Loomys alias Whitehead, of Braintree, co. Essex, were granted to John Lunt, of Braintree, tailor, curator and guardian assigned of Priscilla Loomys, daughter of deceased, then aged 14 years and upwards.
The name Loomis (with its variations of spelling Lomas, Lomys, etc.) seldom occurs on any of the public records of this period in the neighborhood of London. It does not occur in the calendars of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, or in that of the Commissary Court of London from 1585 to 1650. In the Consistory Court of London there are no wills of the Loomis name from 1362 to 1720, and the will of John Loomis given above is the only one proved in the Commissary Courts of Essex and Hertz.
We learn from the above document that John Loomis of Braintree, England, died between April 14 and May 29, 1619. He left a wife Agnes, an only son Joseph, and four daughters all married, viz: Ann Warr, Sarah Burton, Elizabeth wife of William Preston, and Jane Pengelly. Whether Geoffrey Lomas was related to John Loomis is not known, but it is noticeable that John Lunt who occupied John Loomis' house in 1619 was witness to his will, was also adminstrator of the estate of Priscilla Loomys and guardian of her daughter.
In 1875 there were published in England an official Report of all the owners of land in England and Wales for 1873. I have carefully examined this Report and have copied every name which bears any resemblance to the name Loomis, and the following is the result. There were in England and Wales in 1873, 48 landowners bearing the name Lomas; there were 23 bearing the name Lomax, and there were three bearing the name Loomes. [Names and locations listed in text.]
The four counties in which the names Lomas and Lomax occur most frequently are Lancaster, Derby, Cheshire, and Stafford, agreeing in this respect with the result shown in the Loomis Genealogy (page 15) derived from an examination of the English Post Office Directory, and indicating that the early home of the Lomas family was in the neighborhood of Manchester.
There is reason to think that some of the other children and grandchildren of John Loomis of Braintree emigrated to New England.
Among the passengers of the Truelove from London to New England, 19 Sep 1635, were the following persons: William Preston. ae. 44; Marie Preston, ae. 34; Elizabeth Preston, ae. 11; Sara Preston, ae. 8; Marie Preston, ae. 6, and John Peston, ae. Also Edward Preston, ae. 13, came over in the Christian, 16 Mar 1634, and Daniel Preston, ae. 13, came over in the Elizabeth & Ann, 27 Apr 1635. Mr. Savage thinks that both of these boys were sons of the William Preston before mentioned and were sent out to prepare for the rest of the family who were soon to follow. In Cothren's 'History of Woodbury,' vol. I, p. 663, it is sated that William Preston removed to New Haven, Conn., and signed the fundamental agreement of 4 Jan 1639, and that he had four children born in New Haven. In his will, dated 9 Jul 1647, he speaks of children of the first and second wife. Hence we conclude that the Mary Preston, ae. 34, who came with him from England was his second wife, and we may infer that his first wife was Sarah Loomis from whom his daughter Sarah was named. It is said that he possessed real estate in Yorkshire, Eng., which he inherited from his father. This does not appear to me to prove that he did not marry the daughter of John Loomis of Braintree, for I think it probable that John Loomis came from the vicinity of Manchester.
John Pengelly was made freeman at Ipswich in 1678 and removed to Springfield, Ms., that year, living in that part now called Suffield, Ct. He was living in 1728. This could not have been the husband of Jane (Loomis) Pengelly, but may have been her son.
Several persons of the name of Burton came over to new England before 1638. Boniface Burton is mentioned at Lynn in 1630; Edward Burton at Charlestown in 1633, and John Burton at Salem in 1637.
In the New England Historical Register, vol. 8, p. 165, it is stated that the will of Abraham Warr is mentioned in Ipswich in 1654 and he had a daughter Sarah.
It is remarkable that the names of the four sons-in-law of John Loomis should be found among the first settlers of New England, especially since two of the names (Warr and Pengelly) seldom occur in this country. We may hence infer that probably some of the other descendants of John Loomis of Braintree, besides his son Joseph and his family, emigrated to new England before the year 1640."
4. The book "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," by Elias Loomis; update of 1875 edition published by Elisha S. Loomis, Berea, Ohio,1908. Note - Dr. Elias Loomis died before the Supplement was published. But this third (1908) edition contains all new materials which he had collected, along with all new data collected and obtainable since his death. From Preface: 'While we have retained unbroken Dr. Elias Loomis's historical account of Joseph Loomis, his origin and his name, as set forth under the heading, Historical Data, p. 21, yet we deem it best to add such supplementary facts as have come to light since 1875, especially as touching the name Loomis. Indeed it is very doubtful if our ancestral name originated in the way Dr. Loomis surmised, as the investigations of Prof. C. A. Hoppin, Jr., hereinafter given, seem to show. That Joseph's great-grandfather died at Thaxted, Eng., in the year 1551, is now proved as evidenced by Thaxted church records. But whence came his ancestors, what was the origin of the name, and what is our right to a coat-of-arms? These queries are raised and discussed in Prof. Hoppin's scholarly report to which the reader is referred. Evidently our antecedents are not Royal, but something far better, viz., clean, God-fearing, industrious men of respect and influence - men of character and back-bone.'" The book notes:
Unknown, two sons:
Thos. Lummyus, d. 1551.
John Lummys, will 1567, m. to Kyrsten Pasfield (or Jackson). Two sons:
John Lummys, bap. 1562, d. 1619, m. to Agnes. Six children:
Joseph Lummys the emigrant, m. Mary White, dau. of Robert White.
Ann (Warr).
Sara (Burton)
Elizabeth (Preston)
Jane (Pengally)
Geoffrey, d. 1625, m. Priscilla (Whitehead?), d. 1631. One daughter Priscilla.
Edward Lomys of Bocking, m. 2 Aug 1593 to Alicia Perie. Four Children:
Jane, d. 1595.
Frances, d. 1595.
Thos., c. 1596-7.
William, bap. 9 Jan 1596-7.
William Lommance, d. 1540, five children:
John Lommance, m. Alice Pasfield (or Jackson) will 1580, four children [see book for detail].
William Lummys, d. Lavenham 1573.
Margaret (Llower) Brigham.
James Lummys, living 1573.
Richard Lummys, d. Lavenham 1588, m. Anne or Agnes Gylbarte, four children [see book for detail].
5. The book "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," by Elias Loomis, Berea, Ohio, third (1908) edition, p. 111:
"Why did John Lummys go to Braintree? Love or business is generally the moving factor in such events. We have seen that he did not marry in Thaxted; as for business, Thaxted was declining while Braintree ever prospered between 1500 and 1700. The historians of Essex explain how Thaxted, the 'ancient Sheffield of England,' lost its industries, - the making of cutlery, arms and armor; how its people sought to emulate Braintree by introducing the manufacture of cloth to replace the metal working, and so save their town from commercial disaster. The old chroniclers also recount how the making of cloth was not attended with the success essential to save their town; how they failed to rival Braintree, and how the latter, long established as a center for cloth and kindred trades, profited still more by Thaxted's decline.
To the mind of John Lummys, as a young man in Thaxted, Braintree offered a prospect both near and inviting. If he had served an apprenticeship to a tailor in Thaxted, is removal to Braintree, between 1580 and 1590, seems quite to be expected of a young man of spirit then engaged in that vocation. But the Thaxted records already quoted show that he was left a fatherless boy when in this fith year; thus is seen why he did not follow his father, as a carpenter or builder; and the leaving for Braintree may have been his own idea. His mother neither died in Thaxted, as a Lummys, nor married there, firstly or secondly."
6. 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...
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."
BURIAL:
1. The book "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," by Elias Loomis, Berea, Ohio, third (1908) edition, pp. 108-110:
"Here without St. Michael's, Braintree, were laid in consecrated ground, Joseph's father, his mother and his probable brother [or uncle in my opinion] Geoffrey and sister-in-law [or aunt in my opinion], Priscilla... No word, no mark, no stone or brass - nothing whatever remains today, either within or without the church, to show that any of these poeple ever here lived and died. Scarce two acres is the churchyard, yet within this space have been placed the thousands of the parish dead for nigh a thousand years. This ground has been buried full over and over again; interment has been put upon interment, - stone upon stone. All is confusion, - hopeless and hapless...
The records of baptisms, marriages and burials now exist only back to 1660."
SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Jesse Lenard Warner, 627 S. 8th W., SLC, Utah. References: "Loomis Family in America A6 F 15." Mentions George A. Smith as Family representative and as 9ggson.
ACTION:
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