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The surname Lomas or Lomax was taken from a village of that name in the County of Lancaster (Lancashire) England, by the first bearer of that name -- at the time of the adoption of the surnames in Great Britain.
It is found on old English and early American records in the forms of Lomys, Lomas, Lomax, Loomys, Lummys, Lummis, Lumax, Loomas, and Loomis, the last being the most generally accepted form today.
Family names, such as these were found at early dates in the counties of Lancaster, Derby, Chester (Chesshire), Stafford, Suffolk, Essex, and York, and were for the most part of the landed gentry.
One of the earliest records of the name is of Richard de Lumas of Lancashire about the beginning of the 14th Century.
He may have been the father of Henry and Thomas and the ancestor of all the families bearing the name of Lomas or Loomis in England and the Americas.
1570
John Loomis - born 1570 married Agnes __ 1590.
1590
Joseph Loomis born 1590 married Mary White, baptized Aug 24 1590, married June 30 1614 in Messing, Essex County England.
1619
The last will of John Loomis, dated April 14, 1619 is to be found among the records of the Loomis family.
1639
In the summer or autumn of 1639 Joseph and Mary came to Windsor Conn. brining with name their five sons and three daughters.
- Joseph, born 1615
- Sarah, born 1617
- Mary, born 1620
- John, born 1622 *
- Thomas, born 1624
- Nathaniel, born 1626
- Samuel, born 1628
Their original homestead has remained in the Loomis family and on the estate stands a stone marking the first English settlement in Connecticut.
1648
John Loomis (*) born 1622 married Elizabeth Scott born 1625. She was the daughter of Thomas and Ann Scott who sailed from Ipswich England in April 1634 to Ipswich Mass. Later moved to Hartford Conn.
John was admitted to the Windsor Church Oct 11, 1640. On May 3, 1643 he received a grant of forty acres of land from the "Plantation". He resided in Farmington Conn. from 1652 to 1660. The family returned to Windsor in 1660.
John was made a deacon of the and was deputy to the General Court in 1666 and 1667 and again from 1675 to 1687.
He died Sept 1 1688, aged 66 years. His monument stand in the Windsor burying ground and his will is in the Probate office at Hartford -- his name signed "John Loomys".
The family of John and Elizabeth consisted of eleven sons and two daughters.
- John, born 1649
- Joseph, born 1651
- Thomas, born 1653
- Samuel, born 1655
- Daniel, born 1657 *
- James, born 1659
- Timothy, born 1661
- Nathaniel, born 1663
- David, born 1665
- Samuel, born 1666
- Isaac, born 1668
- Elizabeth, born 1671
- Mary, born 1673
1688
Daniel (Sergeant) Loomis born 1657 married Mary Ellsworth on December 23, 1680. She was the daughter of Sergeant Josiah and Elizabeth Holcomb Ellworth. She was born May 7, 1660. She died before 1713 for on July 9, 1713 Daniel married his second wife Hannah Drake.
The Ellsworth homestead has become the Chapter House of the Abigail Wolcott Chapter of the Conn. D.A.R.
Daniel's will is dated Feb. 26, 1731. He died June 25, 1740.
Daniel's children
- Josiah, born 1682 *
- Job, born 1686
- John, born 1688
- Mary, born 1690
- Isaac, born 1696
- Abraham, born 1696
- Benjamin, born 1698
- Benajah, born 1701
1707
Josiah born Nov. 28, 1684 married Abigail Bacon on Jan 22, 1707 at Middleton Conn.
He bought land in Simsbury Conn. in 1713 and was living there as late as 1741.
His children
- Josiah, born 1708
- Benajah, born 1710
- Ebenezer, born 1712
- Thomas, born 1717
- Jacob, born 1720
- Francis, born 1726 *
1726
Francis, born Jun 12 1726, died 1783 married Elizabeth Kelsey.
Their children
- Lovans, born 1746, married Melancthon Foster
- Loren, born 1747 *, (no record)
- Francis, born 1750, married Anna Clark
- Ruth, born 1752, married Aaron Phelps, Hezekiah Lewis
- Asenath, born 1754, married __ Dewey
- Rosabella, born 1756, married __ Osborne
- Mercy (Mary), born 1758, married __ Wheeler
- Melinda, born 1760, married __ Pinney
Loren's wife was an Indian of the Chippewa tribe of Stockbridge O.
I'm skeptical of the last line. Loren and his wife were the parents of Levi Loomis. There is no Stockbridge, Ohio. It could refer to either Scotch Ridge, OH or Stockbridge, MA. Both were places where Loren (and Levi) lived. It is most likely Stockbridge, MA. If that's the case then Loren's wife could not be Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe), but would most likely be Stockbridge Mohican. See Elizabeth ___, Levi Loomis, and Loren Loomis.
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