| Notes |
- RESEARCH_NOTES;
1. Mentioned in father's will of 17 Jun 1617:
Daniel, co-administrator of will with Robert's wife Bridget.
Sarah, eldest dau. and wife of James Bowtell of "little Salinge."
"Marie, wife of Joseph Lummis of Branetree."
Elizabeth, wife of "Willm Goodinge or Goodings of Bockinge."
Bridgett, unmarried.
Anna, unmarried.
Nathaniel
John, minor under age 20.
Also mentions a kinsman: Ralph Bett, the younger.
2. The following Loomis info. came from Jane Devlin (janedevlin@ameritech.net) at her web site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/source_files/loomis.htm: Joseph Loomis, son of John Loomis and Agnes Lingwood, was born on 24 Aug 1590 in Braintree, Essex, Eng1 and died on 25 Nov 1658 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Joseph married Mary White, daughter of Robert White and Bridget Allgar, on 30 Jun 1614 in Shalford, Essex, Eng. (Mary White was baptized on 24 Aug 1590 in Shalford, Essex, Eng and died on 23 Aug 1652 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.) Documented events in her life were:
a. Baptism; 24 Aug 1590; Shalford, Essex, Eng 10.
3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 432-433, {bracketed notes from "Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Loomis of Windsor" by Elias Loomis}: "Joseph Loomis (Lomys, Lomax), prob. born abt. 1590; was a woolen draper in Braintree, Co. Essex, England; sailed from London 11 Apr 1638, in the 'Susan and Ellen': arrived at Boston 17 Jul 1638; first appears in Windsor subsequent to 1639; Church Record gives date of his son John's admission to Windsor Church 11 Oct 1640. Probably he was of Mr. Huit's company, 1639, and was the '___ Loomys' adm. to Windsor church same date as his son John. - O.C.R. He m. in Messing, county Essex, Eng., 30 Jun 1614, Mary White, bp. 24 Aug 1590. She was the daughter of Robert W. of Messing, and Bridget Allgar, who was bp. 11 Mar 1562, and was dau. of Wm. Allgar of Shalford, Co. Essex, Eng. - 'Extracts from Parish Record of Messing, Communicated by Henry D. White of New Haven, Conn.' She was prob. sister-in-law of John Porter, another prominent Windsor settler. He d. {25 Nov} 1658; wife d. 23 Aug 1652." children (all born in England):
A. John (Dea.), b. abt. 1622 acc. to 'Loomis Genealogy.'
B. Joseph, b. abt 1616 acc. to 'Loomis Genealogy.'
C. Thomas.
D. Nathaniel.
E. Samuel (Lieut.)
F. Elizabeth, m. Josiah Hull, 20 May 1641; removed {was living 1665} in Killingworth, Conn.
G. Mary, m. (1) 13 Nov 1651 {John} Skinner; (2) Owen Tudor, d. 30 Oct 1690; she d. 19 Aug 1680.
H. ___, a dau. who m. {Capt. Nicholas Olmsted of Hartford, 1640}."
4. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 621-622: " 'John Porter, Sr., came from Engl. and settled here in Windsor in 1639.' - O.C.R. According to statements furnished by Henry D. White, Esq., of New Haven, Conn., he came to New England with wife and nine children from Felsted, County Essex, England, probably in the ship 'Susan and Ellen,' 17 Jul 1638, and in company with his borther-in-law, Joseph Loomis - see 'Loomis.' In the Parish Register of Messing, County Essex, Engl, is the following record of marriage: '1620, Oct. 18. John Porter of Felsted and Anna White of Messing.' Anna, as we find from the Messing Parish Register, was bp. 13 Jul 1600 and was the dau. of Robert White of Messing, by his wife, Bridget (dau. of William) Allgar of Shalford, County Essex, and was probably the sister of Mary White of Messing, who m. Joseph Loomis, the emigrant ancestor of the Windsor family of that name (see 'Loomis,' p. 432). Another sister, Elizabeth White, m. 7 Nov 1616, William Goodwin of Hartford, and the three are thought to have been the sisters of Elder John White, though this is not yet proven. Both the Loomis and Goodwin marriages are from the 'Shalford Parish Register.' "
5. Various members of the White family are mentioned in the following excerpt of William Goodwin's biography from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"William Goodwin
Origin: Braintree, Essex
Migration: 1632 on Lyon [Hotten 150] First Residence: Cambridge Removes: Hartford 1636, Hadley by 1659, Farmington by 1670... Marriage: (1) Shalford, Essex, 7 November 1616 Elizabeth White, daughter of Robert White of Messing, Essex [NEHGR 55:24]; she died before January 1669/70. (2) After 7 December 1654 and by January 1669/70 Susan (Garbrand) Hooker, widow of Rev. Thomas Hooker; she died at Farmington 17 May 1676 [Farm VR Barbour 58, citing FarmLR 2:141]...
Associations: William Goodwin's first wife, Elizabeth White, was sister of Mary White, wife of Joseph Loomis of Braintree, and of Anna White, wife of John Porter of Windsor [NEHGR 55:22-31]..."
6. The following partial excerpt concerning the three immigrant sisters of John White is found in the biographical sketch for John White in "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (see his notes for full transcript):
"JohnWHITE
Origin: Messing, Essex
Migration: 1632 on Lyon [Hotten 150]... Birth: About 1597, son of Robert and Bridget (Allgar) White of Messing, Essex [NEHGR 55:22-31]...
Associations: Three of John White's sisters came to New England with their husbands: Mary, wife of Joseph Loomis; Elizabeth, wife of William Goodwin; and Anne, wife of John Porter [NEHGR 55:22-31]... Bibliographic Note: In 1901 "A Descendant" published an excellent article on the White family in England, and the connections to other New England immigrants [NEHGR 55:22-31]. In 1915 Frank Farnsworth Starr prepared the best account in print of the immigrant and his children [Goodwin Anc 2:395-419]."
7. NEHGS Register, Vol. 55, pages 22-31, 1901, see notes of Robert White for full transcript of article from which the following partial excerpt is taken:
"The children of Robert White of Messing, Co. Essex, England, Who Settled in Hartford and Windsor. By a Descendant.
Robert White of Messing, yeoman, died in 1617. He was a rich man. He seems to have lived in Shalford in Essex most of the time from June 24th, 1585, the date of his marriage to Bridget Allgar, until a few months before his death. The baptisms of nearly all his children are there recorded, and also the marriage of his daughters - Mary in 1614 and Elizabeth in 1616. It was the home of his wife, where she was baptized March 11, 1562, and where her father, William Allgar the elder, was buried Aug. 2, 1575. Shalford is about two miles south of Wethersfield...
According to his will, hereinafter given, he left surviving a wife Bridget; three sons - Daniel, Nathaniel and John who was his youngest Child; three married daughters - Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth; and two unmarried daughters-Bridget and Anna. As he makes his son Daniel joint executor with his wife, it may be inferred he was his eldest son, and possibly by a former wife. His wife Bridget was the mother of his other children, of whom Sarah, wife of James Bowtell of Little Sailinge in Essex, was the first born.
It is believed that three of his daughters came with their husbands to New England, namely: Mary White, wife of Joseph Loomis of Braintree; Elizabeth White, wife of William Goodwin of Bocking; and Anna White, wife of John Porter of Felsted.
Matthew Grant's Old Church Record (in Stiles's Ancient Windsor) records the death in 1647 of "John Porter, Sen's wife," and also the death in 1652 of "Joseph Loomis, Sen. his wife." This is valuable information, but it would have been more satisfactory had the record contained the Christian names of these wives. Nor does the entry in the Windsor Town Records of the birth of John Porter's two children, Nathaniel in 1640 and Hanna in 1642, give the mother's name. In the same town records is this entry: "John Porter, Sr., came from England and settled in Windsor in 1639." Mr. Porter was present as a member of the "Committee" of the General Court in Hartford, August 8th, 1639. He died in Windsor 21st April, 1648, leaving a will, an abstract of which is hereinafter given, and it is to be noticed that two of the beloved friends made supervisors of his will were "Mr. William Goodwin of Hartford and Goodman White of Hartford."
In the Loomis Genealogy, pages 9-11, evidence is given proving that Joseph Loomis, of Braintree in England, came to Boston in 1638, and settled in Windsor in 1639. It is believed that this Joseph Loomis is the Joseph Loomis whose marriage, June 30th, 1614, to Mary White, is recorded in the Parish Register of Shalford, and this theory is supported by the bequest in 1617 of Robert White to my "daughter Marie, the wife of Joseph Lummis of Brantree."
The home lots of Joseph Loomis and John Porter in Windsor were adjacent, and these two sisters, Mary (White) Loomis and Anna (White) Porter, began in 1639 new homes side by side, in which they lived the rest of their days. Three years before, in 1636, their brother John White, and their sister Elizabeth (White) Goodwin, had settled in Hartford...
It is very plausibly supposed that the John White who came over in the "Lion" in 1632 and settled first in Newtown, now Cambridge, in Massachusetts, and then came with the Rev. Thomas Hooker and his church to Hartford in 1636, was the son of Robert White of Messing. The record of his baptism has not been found. He was not of age in 1617, when his father made his will, in which it was provided that if should marry without the approbation and consent of his mother, and of Joseph Loomis of Braintree and William Goodwin of Bocking, his legacy of 200 pounds should be reduced to 100 pounds. In the list of thirty-three passengers of the "Lion," given in Drake's Founders of New England, page 12, his name follows next after the name of William Goodwin. [Footnote included after the work "Lion": "We know the name of the vessel from Gov. Winthrop's Hist. N.E., vol. I, p. 107."] His wife's name was Mary, as appears from an unexecuted lease in the handwriting of his son Nathaniel White (now in the possession of one of his descendants), dated March 28, 1666, the lessors being John White and Mary his wife, the lessee their son Nathaniel; the premises, his house and garden, etc., in Hartford, reserving the use of two rooms therein for the term of the lives of said John and Mary, and of the longest liver, whether said John or said Mary...
It deserves to be mentioned that family genealogies have been printed of all the members of Robert White's family who are known to have emigrated to New England, namely:
Elder John White and his descendants, in 1860.
The Loomis Genealogy, in 1875.
Loomis Genealogy, female branches, in 1880.
The Goodwin's of Hartford, Conn., in 1891.
John Porter and his descendants, in 1893.
Memorials of Roderick White and descendants, in 1892.
From these books some of the preceding facts have been taken, and to these genealogies the reader is referred for full and interesting memorials of these families...
Extracts from Parish Registers of Shalford and Messing, Co. Essex, transcribed by Mr. Frank Farnsworth Starr.
From Parish Register of Shalford.
Marriages...
1614, June 30, Joseph Loomis and Mary White...
Baptisms...
1590, Aug. 24, Mary Whighte, dau. of Robert Whighte..."
8. FHL book "Various Ancestral Lines … Goodwin and … Morgan …," by Frank Farnsworth Starr (1915; Hartford), pp. 395-399: "The Family of Robert White.
Shalford, a small parish of Essex County, England, is located in the north middle section of the county, four and a half miles northwest of Braintree, the nearest railroad town, and has a population of about 700.
The writer visited this parish in August 1891, made an examination of the Church Register which begins in 1558, and found many interesting items. In the record of baptisms are found:
1560 Sept. 9, Mary Allgar daughter of William Allgar
1562 Mar. 11, Brydgette Allgar daughter of William Allgar
1565 Apr. 6, Jdhn Allgar son of William Allgar
1567 Oct. 5, John Allgar son of William Allgar
1583 May 5, Elizabeth Allgar daughter of William Allgar
In the record of burials:
1565 Aug. 1, John Allgar son of William Allgar
1575 Aug. 2, William Allgar the elder
The following entries were found in the record of marriages:
1575 Oct 16, Henry Bette son of John the elder and Anne Allgar
1582 Sept. 27, Ralfe Bette and Marye Allgar
1585 June 24, Robert Whighte and Brydgett Allgar
The last entry gives us the marriage of Robert White and Bridget Allgar; the daughter of William Allgar of Shalford. Of White's parentage and earlier history we have no knowledge. He seems to have resided at Shalford until after November 7, 1616, the date of the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth to William Goodwin then of Bocking, Essex County, later of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and other towns in New England.
In May 1617, he was a resident of Messing in the same county when he made his will, and where he was buried on the 17th of June following.
Thus far, there has not been discovered any record of the death of his wife Bridget, but she is supposed to be the person of that name, to whom one Nathaniel White of Faring, Essex County, in his will made June 9, 1623, left a life annuity of £ 10. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts., vol. for 1623-4, 158.)
The following is a copy of Robert White's will, as entered in the records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, volume Weldon, 40... [Article transcribes will; however, I do not copy it since I already have a transcript of it in a separate note.]
It will be interesting to note that of the daughters mentioned in this will, three with their husbands, became residents of New England, as follows:
Mary, wife of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Connecticut Elizabeth, wife of William Goodwin of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Hartford, Connecticut; Hadley, Massachusetts, and Farmington, Connecticut
Anne, wife of John Porter of Windsor, Connecticut. We have no knowledge of his son Daniel, except that he was made one of the executors of the will; possibly, he was the child of a previous marriage.
Child of Robert and ___ White:
-Daniel bap. ___ legatee and executor of the will of his father; nothing further known about him.
Children of Robert and Bridget (Allgar) White (Church Register, Shalford, Essex County, England):
-Sarah, bap. Mar 8, 1585, mar. James Bowtell of Little Sating, Essex County, England and was living in May, 1617 (Robert White's will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London).
-Nathaniel, bap. "Laste day of April," 1587; he is supposed to have lived at Feering, Essex County, and to have died in 1623.
-Mary, bap. Aug. 24, 1590; mar. June 30, 1614, Joseph Loomis, who emigrated to America and settled in Windsor, Conn.
-Elizabeth, bap. "fyfte March", 1591; mar. Nov. 7, 1614 William "Godwyn of Bocking singleman." He emigrated to America in 1632 and became one of the settlers of Hartford, Conn.
-Bridget, bap. Aug. 18, 1594; mar. Sept. 28, 1618, John Christmas.
-John, bap. ___, mar. Dec. 26, 1622, Mary (Lev ?)it.
-Anne, bap. July 13, 1600; mar. Oct. 18, 1620 John Porter of Felstead, Essex County, who emigrated to America and settled in Windsor, Conn."
[Sources in footnotes;]
-Will of Nathaniel White of Feering, Essex County, in Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts, vol. for 1623-4, 158.
-Parish Register, Messing, Essex County, England."
9. 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."
10. The book, "Ancestors & Descendants of Clark Proctor Nichols and Sarah (Sally) Stoughton in England and America, 1620-2001, by Clara Pierce Olson Overbo (2002), p. 163:
"ROBERT WHITE, born at Shalford, co. Essex in 1588; buried at Messing, co. Essex June 1617; married at Shalford 24 June 1585, BRIDGET ALGAR, born at Shalford, co. Essex, England 11 March 1562.
Robert was a yeoman and lived most of his life in Shalford, but moved to Messing before his death. He left a long and complete will at Shalford.
Children of Robert and Bridget (Algar) White:
i. Sarah White, born at Shalford 8 March 1585/6.
ii. Nathaniel White, baptized at Shalford 30 April 1587.
iii. Mary White, born at Shalford, co Essex, England, 24 August 1590; died at Windsor, Connecticut 21 August 1652; married at Messing, co. Essex 30 June 1614, Joseph Loomis.
iv. Bridget White, baptized at Shalford 18 August 1594.
v Anna White, baptized at Shalford 13 July 1600.
vi. ELIZABETH WHITE (Lineal Ancestor See #1a below)
vii. JOHN WHITE (Lineal Ancestor See #1b below)
ELIZABETH WHITE, baptized at Shalford 13 July 1600 [an apparent typo by the author]; died at Windsor Connecticut; married in England, WILLIAM GOODWIN (See Goodwin Family.)"
11. The book "Colonial Ancestors. Four lineal genealogies of eastern Connecticut families…," by Bernice Andrews (Livingston) Rieg (Camden, Maine; Penobscot Press, 1991), pp. 183-87 [Note: I neglected to copy the source list.]:
"Some productive inquiries into the English origins of John White were made by one of his descendants around the year 1900. John is understood to be the youngest child of ROBERTA WHITE, yeoman, well-to-do, born possibly in Messing, county Essex; he died there in 1617. Robert married in Shalford, county Essex, 24 Jun 1585, BRIDGET ALLGAR, where also she had been baptized on 11 Mch 1562, the daughter of William Allgar. Robert and Bridget seem to have lived in her native town or parish, Shalford, most of their married life.[1]
Robert White was buried at Messing, 17 Jun 1617, less than three weeks after making his will, which provided for daughters Sarah (called the eldest; mar. James Bowtell), Mary (mar. Joseph Loomis), Elizabeth (mar. William Goodwin), Bridget White and Anna White, in that order; he then names sons Nathaniel and John, the latter being a minor and believed to be the youngest child; finally, he names his wife, Bridget, and his son, Daniel as joint executors.[2]
Subsequently, Anna White married at Messing, 18 Oct 1620, John Porter; and John White married at the same place, 26 Dec 1622, Mary (Lev).[3]
A sizeable portion of the White family moved from the Old World to New England in the Great Migration, and stayed near to one another in the new land.[4] Moreover, there clearly existed within the family, and with its in-laws, a sense of closeness, mutual support, and common interest. This is apparent from the respect and trust implied in assigned responsibilities, as illustrated in several legal instruments in which members of the family partook. For example, Robert White, wishing to assure sensible marriages for his children, Bridget, Anna and John, by his will conditioned receipt of their full inheritance upon approval of the intended spouse not only by his wife Bridget, but also by his "sonnes in law" Joseph Loomis and William Goodwin.[5] The father's high opinion of these two young men was well substantiated by their later careers as leaders in Windsor and Hartford in Connecticut.
In the same vein, it is worth noting that the White children tried to stay together when they settled across the Altantic: when Joseph Loomis and John Porter occupied adjacent home lots in Windsor in 1639, their wives, Mary (White) Loomis and Anna (White) Porter, became next door neighbors.[6]
The English shire of Essex was one of the prime centers for nonconformist preachers, and of course most of those who came to New England in the two decades after Robert White's death were following their inspiring preachers, often making the move as congregations. It's not surprising, then, to find in Robert White's will an early bequest for "...Mr. Richard Rogers preacher of gods word at Withersfield in Essex...,"[7] and study of the ecclesiastical jurisdictions of Essex discloses that the parish of Wethersfield adjoins that of Shalford, in the north central part of Essex. For Robert White to attend a lecture by Mr. Rogers, he may have had to travel no more than ten miles.
Out of this moderately wealthy English family, comfortably settled in the shire of Essex, but imbued with nonconformist fervor, came the hard working, well liked and increasingly respected man who was to become an early, founding settler of no less than three new towns: Newtown (later Cambridge, Mass.), Hartford, and Hadley."
12. 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)"
13. 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."
CHRISTENING:
1. NEHGS Register, Vol. 55, pages 22-31, 1901, see notes of Robert White for full transcript of article from which the following partial excerpt is taken:
"The children of Robert White of Messing, Co. Essex, England, Who Settled in Hartford and Windsor. By a Descendant.
Robert White of Messing, yeoman, died in 1617. He was a rich man. He seems to have lived in Shalford in Essex most of the time from June 24th, 1585, the date of his marriage to Bridget Allgar, until a few months before his death. The baptisms of nearly all his children are there recorded, and also the marriage of his daughters - Mary in 1614 and Elizabeth in 1616. It was the home of his wife, where she was baptized March 11, 1562, and where her father, William Allgar the elder, was buried Aug. 2, 1575. Shalford is about two miles south of Wethersfield...
It deserves to be mentioned that family genealogies have been printed of all the members of Robert White's family who are known to have emigrated to New England, namely:
Elder John White and his descendants, in 1860.
The Loomis Genealogy, in 1875.
Loomis Genealogy, female branches, in 1880.
The Goodwin's of Hartford, Conn., in 1891.
John Porter and his descendants, in 1893.
Memorials of Roderick White and descendants, in 1892.
From these books some of the preceding facts have been taken, and to these genealogies the reader is referred for full and interesting memorials of these families...
Extracts from Parish Registers of Shalford and Messing, Co. Essex, transcribed by Mr. Frank Farnsworth Starr.
From Parish Register of Shalford.
Marriages.
1570, Nov. 11, Richard Bette and Alice Smythe.
1575, Oct. 16, Henry Bette son of John the elder and Anne Allgar.
1582, Sept. 27, Ralfe Bette and Marye Allgar.
1585, June 24, Robert Whighte and Brydgette Allgar.
1614, June 30, Joseph Loomis and Mary White.
1616, Nov. 7, William Goodwyn of Bocking singleman and Elizabeth White of this parish singlewoman.
Baptisms...
1585, Mar. 8, Sara Whighte dau. of Robert Whighte.
1587, last day of April, Nathaniel Whighte son of Robert Whighte.
1590, Aug. 24, Mary Whighte, dau. of Robert Whighte.
1591, Mar. 5, Elizabeth Whighte dau. of Robert Whighte.
1594, Aug. 18, Bridget Whight dau. of Robert Whighte.
1600, July 13, Anne Whighte dau. of Robert Whighte..."
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.
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