Joseph Loomis

• General Notes
  • Name Suffix:<NSFX> Sr.
    Name Suffix:<NSFX> Sr.
    REFN: HWS10520
    Ancestral File Number:<AFN> FWRW-J5
    
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    CHAN20 Mar 2001
    
    Joseph Loomis - was born on 24 Aug 1590 in Braintree, Essex, England and died on 25 Nov 1658 in Windsor, CT . He was the son of John Loomis and Agnes Lingwood.
    Joseph married Mary White on 30 Jun 1614 in Messing, Essex, England. Mary was born on 4 Aug 1590 in Shalford, Essex, England. She was the daughter of Robert White and Bridget Allgar. She died on 23 Nov 1652 in Windsor, CT .
    
    Mary - Presidents who share this same White ancestry include Grover Cleveland, Ulysses S. Grant, and Millard Fillmore.
    
    Joseph - was a woolen-draper. Several sources say he sailed from London, England 11 April 1638, on the ship "Susan and Ellen," arriving in Boston, Mass. 17 July 1638. Other sources claim he probably came to Windsor in the summer or autumn of 1639 in company with Rev. Ephraim Huet, who arrived at Windsor, Aug. 17, 1639. Records indicate he stayed about a year in Dorchester, Mass. Town records of Windsor, Conn. show that on 2 Feb. 1640, he was granted 21 acres from the Plantation adjoining Farmington River on the west side of the Conn. River. This acreage included the site of the first English settlement made in Conn. Also there were several large tracts of land on the east side of the Conn., partly from the town and partly purchased. His house was near the mouth of the Farmington River on "The Island." That area was called "the Island" because when raining, the Connecticut River overflowed, causing it to temporarily become an island.
    
    Joseph and Mary had 8 children, all born in England, and came to America with them. Their five sons were freeman--believed to mean those who enjoy political liberty