| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eleventh Generation1654. Joseph LOOMIS was born on 24 August 1590 in Braintree, Essex, England. He died on 25 November 1658 at the age of 68 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. The Loomis family came over Mary and John, Captain Squid, master, which sailed from Plymouth, England, March 20, 1630, arriving at Nantasket Point, May 30th. They initially settled in Dorchester and moved to Springfield with Rev. Warham's church in 1636. They moved on to Windsor in 1639 and stayed there until after King Phillip's War (1676). He was a wool merchant from Braintree, Essex, England. Another source says they came over in 1638 on the "Susan and Ellen" July 17, 1638, sailing from London to Boston. (NEHGS, Hudson-Mohawk Family Memoirs, Vol. II, CD 157). He had a tract of 21 actres near the mouth of the Farmington River called the "Island, from the fact that the spring tides converted it temporarily to an island. He settled at Windsor late in 1639 and brought a wife, five sons, and three daughters. For more information, check Elias Loomis, The Descendents of Joseph Loomis, 1875. Was his wife Mary White, sister of John White? Mary WHITE and Joseph LOOMIS were married on 30 June 1614 in Shalford, Essex, England. 1655. Mary WHITE was born on 24 August 1590 in Shalford, Essex, England. She was born after 24 August 1590. She died on 23 August 1652 at the age of 61 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Her sister Anna was married to John Porter. Their homes were next to each other in Windsor. A third sister, Elizabeth, was married to William Goodwin of Hartford, and a brother, John, settled in Hartford in 1636. Children were:
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