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Jane Loomis

Female Abt 1598 -


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  • Name Jane Loomis 
    Born Abt 1598  Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I2379  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Lummys or Loomis,   c. 29 Jan 1562, Thaxted, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 14 Apr 1619 to 29 May 1619, Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Mother Agnes Lingwood,   b. Abt 1565, of Bocking, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 21 Jun 1619, of Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Married Bef 1590  of Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pengelly 
    Married Bef 14 Apr 1619  of Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Mentioned by name in father's will. 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 the words (bracketed) are assumed since that portion of the original will are torn:
      "In ye name of God Amend I John Loomis of Braintree 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"
      "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 daughter all married, viz: Ann Warr, Sarah Burton, Elizabeth wife of William Preston, and Jane Pengelly...
      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."