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Descendants of Joseph Loomis

Generation One

488. Joseph1 Loomis;274 born before 1590 at Eng;274 married Mary White, daughter of Robert White and Bridget Allgar, 30 Jun 1614 at Messing, Essex, Eng;274 died 25 Nov 1658 at Windsor, CT.274

He " JOSEPH LOOMIS, son of John and Agnes Loomis, was probably born before 1590, England; married inMessing, Co. Essex, England, June 30, 1614, Mary White, bap. Aug. 24, 1590, (See N. E. H. and G.Register, Vol. 55, pp. 28-29, for copy of Register of Shalford, England, marriages and baptisms), d.Windsor, Aug. 23, 1652.

Mary White was a daughter of Robert and Bridget (Allgar) White of Messing, Co. Essex, England, whowere married June 24, 1585.

Joseph Loomis was a woolen-draper in Braintree, Essex county, England; sailed from London April 11,1638, in the ship "Susan and Ellen," and arrived at Boston July 17, 1638, tarrying about 1 year atDorchester, Mass., it is thought. It is mentioned in the town records of Windsor, Vol. 1, that on the 2nd ofFeb., 1640, he had granted him from the plantation 21 acres adjoining Farmington river, on the west sideof the Connecticut river, this 21 acres including the site of the first English settlement made in Conn.; (SeeRecords of Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth Chapter, D. A. R.), also several large tracts of land on the east sideof the Connecticut, partly from the town and partly by purchase.

He therefore probably came to Windsor in the summer or autumn of 1639, and he is generally supposedto have come in company with Rev. Ephraim Huet, who arrived at Windsor, Aug. 17, 1639. He broughtwith him five sons, all of whom were freemen, Oct. 7, 1669, and three daughters. His house was situatednear the mouth of the Farmington river on "The Island," so called because at every great freshet it becametemporarily an island by the overflowing of the Connecticut River. "

274 He was inventory "He died Nov. 25, 1658, as appears fromthe following record:

Abstract of the Disposition of the Estate of Joseph Loomis,

Windsor, Connecticut

Found in Original Records, Vol. 2, page 115-116, and in the printed Digest of Manwaring, Vol. I, page135. He died Nov. 25, 1658.

Inv't. oe178-10-00. Taken by Henry Clark, John Moore. Ct. Records, p. 115. 2 Dec. 1658. An agreementfor a Division of the Estate by the Children of Joseph Loomis, Dec'd and approved by this Court ofMagistrates to be an equal Division. To Joseph Loomis, to Nicholas Olmsted, to Josiah Hull, to JohnLoomis, to Thomas Loomis, to Nathaniel Loomis, to Mary Tudor, to Samuel Loomis.

This agreement of the children of Mr. Joseph Loomis respecting the division of the Estate of ye fatherdeceased, approved by the Court 2 Dec. 1658: We whose names are hereunto subscribd doe by thesepresents 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 the equal prption we doeby these presents engage to set down Satisfied and Contented respecting any future trouble or demandsabout the foresaid estate now presented by Inventory to ye Court of Magistrates.

Witness our hand, 2nd December, 1658. Joseph Loomis, Josiah Hull, Thomas Loomis, Mary Tudor,Nicholas Olmsted, John Loomis, Nathaniel Loomis, Samuel Loomis "

on 2 Dec 1658.274

Children of Joseph1 Loomis and Mary White were:

Generation Two

489. Sarah2 Loomis (Joseph1);274 born circa 1617 at Eng;274,145 married Nicholas Olmstead, son of James Olmstead and Joyce Cornish, 28 Sep 1640;145 died 1667 at Hartford, CT.145

Children of Sarah2 Loomis and Nicholas Olmstead were:




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