3240. Capt. Isaiah Loomis
Soldier in the American Revolution. Member of the Connecticut State Legislature, 1803-06. Presidential Elector.
According to "The Michael Shoemaker Book", page 437, Mary Margaret, born Sept. 10, 1788. Baptized Oct. 12, 1788, at St. James "Straw" Church, died April, 1862, (Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, PA) married (1) to Jacob, born July 17, 1782, died April 1, 1819, son of Christopher and Mary (Shipman) Melick. Mrs. Mary Margaret (Sharps) Melick was married (2), Aug. 10, 1820, to Sherman Loomis, born Lebanon, CT, May 17, 1787, died in Northmoreland, PA, March 18, 1867 (Centermoreland Cemetery). According to the baptism records of the St. James Church, she is shown as Margareth Scharfstein.
3243. Thomas Loomis
Notes from Census event: Thomas Loomis Æ84 Household: Charles Knapp (Knap), New Berlin,Chenango
Served as private, Corporal, Sergant & Capt in the Connecticut Troops ( DAR Vol. 128). Served as Private & Sgt under Capt. Clark, Colonel Putnam and Sage in Connecticut Troops (DAR vol 132 pg 163). * Fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, afterwards served in the Commissary Dept. through the Revolutionary War. He removed to Hartwick, NY in 1797 and died in New Berlin, Chenango, NY.
5973. Ezra Loomis
http://www.artmakers.com/chenango/history/columbus.html:
Judatus WILLIAMS, who, like all who settled in that neighborhood, was a Connecticut man, settled on the lot adjoining the Ambrose HYDE farm on the north. He died June 24, 1852, aged 77, and Abigail, his wife, Oct . 10, 1842, aged 69.A Mr. NICHOLS and two sisters first settled on a lot adjoining the Judatus WILLIAMS lot on the north, the last part of 1798, and cleared a patch large enough to build a sort of shanty to live in.
On the opposite side of the road running north and south through the neighborhood, Ezra LOOMIS settled and cleared up a farm. He was a son of Thomas LOOMIS of the Revolutionary army, the latter of which died Sept. 5, 1842, aged 86. Isaiah LOOMIS settled on the lot next north of the Ezra Loomis lot; Solomon ALDRICH, a native of Rhode Island on a wild lot a little north of the WILLIAMS and LOOMIS neighborhood; and Stephen SEARS near the latter. Mr. SEARS was a deacon of the Congregational Church, a quiet, peaceable neighbor and cleared up his farm by industry and hard labor. He died March 14, 1847, aged 84, and "Sary," his wife, May 7, 1838, aged 72. A Mr. CROSBY settled near Mr. SEARS and married one of his daughters. This wedding was one of the first in the town. The first marriage is said to have been contracted by Joseph MEDBERRY and Hannah BROWN in 1794.
Daughter of Major Walter CLARK, a native of Connecticut, who came to New Berlin about 1803 from Hartwick, N.Y., where he had lived a year or two. He settled on the lot next north of the LOW lot, adjoining the SIMMONS lot on the west, about two miles north-west of the village. The farm is now owned by Alanson CAMPBELL. He had five children who grew to maturity, two of whom, Rensselaer W., and Silas were born in Connecticut, and two of whom, Silas and Nathan, are living, both in Columbus. Silas is engaged in mercantile business in the village. Nathan is a farmer and owns the Stephen HOWARD farm a little east of the village. Rensselaer W. Clark died May 31, 1855, aged 53. He was Member of Assembly from this county in 1844.
http://www.artmakers.com/chenango/history/newberlin.html: Charles KNAP came to New Berlin in the spring of 1801 and commenced the business of tanning. The same spring he married Betsey, daughter of Thomas LOOMIS, a soldier of the Revolution. He afterwards built a mill to manufacture oil from flax seed, a woolen factory, and the store owned by J. S. BRADLEY. Gen. H. DeFOREST was his partner in the mercantile business and the manufacture of woolen cloth. Mr. Knap was once the President of the Bank of Chenango, at Norwich, and his son Tracy was the President of the First National Bank of New Berlin at its organization. Only one child, Charles, now living in Philadelphia, is left. The elder Knap died Oct. 21, 1852, aged 78, and his wife, Oct. 7, 1849, aged 66.
His mother died 3 days after his birth according to the Windham vital records, but his birth is not listed.
3245. Daniel Loomis
Notes from Alt. Birth event: Regarding George Washington Loomis: he is listed as being born in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. However, George was born in Town of Union, County of Tolland, Connecticut. His paternal grandfather moved to Union in 1741 when George's father, Daniel Loomis, was two years old. See the book "History of Union, Connecticut" for the data.
Daniel Loomis, born 1739 in Windsor, moved with his father, Daniel Loomis, to Union in 1741. The father Daniel, was married to Sarah Enos. Sarah Enos's father was James Enos, the only original owner of land in Union, given by the government, who went to live in Union. The other individuals given land to start the town of Union sold their property and never lived on it.
The Daniel Loomis born 1739 was a Lt. in the American Revolution, responding to the Lexington Alarm in April 1775 and serving through 1778 under Captain Thomas Lawson of Union, County of Tolland, CT. The town of Union is still small, having a population, as I recollect, of 630 individuals.
5985. Clarissa Loomis
Abt 1790, Clarissa Loomis married Dr. Stephen Preston. Abt 1795, Clarissa Loomis Preston and her husband, Stephen were among the original settlers in Sangerfield in 1795, attracted by the land Sanger was offering for less than four dollars an acre. In 1802 "It was time, George decided, to visit his sister, Clarissa, who had settled in Sangerfield with her physician-husband, Stephen Preston." (From Frontier Justice, p. 2)
Removed to Sangerfield in 1795.
5987. George Washington Loomis
Patriarch of the infamous "Loomis Gang" of central NY.
When his father died in 1798, George, aged 18, went to live with his sister, Charlotte, in Vermont. His predilection for fine horse flesh depleted the area around Brandon & Rutland as he drove stolen horses into Connecticut where he sold them with no questions asked. He persisted, even though warned by the sheriff, until about 1802 when he was chased over the New York border by a posse. He decided to visit another sister, Clarissa, now married to a physician, Stephen Preston, in Sangerfield. He purchased 15 acres of land, part of "Clinton's Purchase," at $14.78 per acre, situated about 4 miles SW of Sangerfield. He then wrote to his siblings in Connecticut and urged them to come to New York. He and Clarissa were joined by Willam, Walter and Sarah. (Extracted, in part, from "Frontier Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Loomis Gang," by E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., North Country Books, Utica, New York, 1992)
3246. Jonah Loomis
Removed to Vermont about 1765. "Jonah Loomis (1743-1813) served as ensign, 1780, in Capt. Elias Weld's alarm company, Vermont militia. He was born in Windsor, Conn.; died in Milton, Vt." (DAR)
Children:
1. Eli Grout b: 26 DEC 1793, d. abt 1812 in Randolph, VT
2. Polly Grout b: 10 MAY 1796, d. abt. 1805 in Brookfield, VT
3. Elijah Loomis Grout b: 15 MAY 1804
4. Fanny Grout b: 8 JUN 1808
5. Enos Grout b: 3 SEP 1810 c: in Fall River, WI
6. Betsey Grout b: 7 NOV 1812
7. William Grout b: 18 DEC 1814
8. Polly Grout b: 12 FEB 1817
5994. Charles Loomis
From Portage County, Ohio History (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/portage/history/Hiram.txt)
In 1818, early in January, a company of about forty men, women, and children started from Vermont with ox and horse teams and sleds. The snow was deep. The horse teams would go ahead about as far as the slow oxen could travel, then locate for the night in cabins by the way, tumble the bedding from the sleds on to the floor, and sleep almost any way. In the morning the ox teamsters had their breakfast first and were started on their way. Those remaining did up the work and perhaps some baking, then followed on with the horses, pass the oxen, and find a place again for the night. There were many young people among them and they had a jovial journey. They reached Hiram in March. The snow began to thaw the day after they reached their destination. The following are some of the women: Mrs. Anna BRUCE UDELL, Olive LOOMIS, Mehitabel LOOMIS, Elsie JOHNSON, Misses Nancy, Polly, Lucinda, and Sarah UDELL, Miss Fanny JOHNSON, Chloe LOOMIS, etc., etc. Mehitabel LOOMIS became Mrs. Symonds RYDER. ["Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve," edited by Mrs. Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, Woman's Department of the Cleveland Centennial Commission, 1896.
3247. Noah Loomis
The second marriage may have been a different Noah Loomis.
Probably the daughter of William and Azubah (Metcalf) Williams of Union.
"Lived on a farm afterwards owned by Henry Allyn, on the hill half a mile east of Mr. Lyman R. Pond's present dwelling." (Orcutt, History of Torrington, CT)
He served during the Revolution as a Captain.