Abijah Loomis

A Patriot of the American Revolution for CONNECTICUT with the rank of FIFER. DAR Ancestor # A071417

GEDCOM Note

Abijah Loomis may well have been a "Regulator", that is a rebel during Shays' Rebellion in 1786. "In Berkshire County, the Loomises, Nobles, and Dodges of Egremont helped stop the court at Great Barrington." (8) After the collapse of the Rebellion he may have gone to New York and ultimately to Chenango County.
He left Egremont, Massachusetts in 1795-96 and went to Smithville, Chenango County, N.Y. Later he moved to Greene. (1)
Revolutionary War Vet?
"Abijah son of Josiah and Abigail (Bacon) Loomis born Mar 10 1743 Married 1768 Mary Kellogg who was born 1749 died 1815. He died 1819. They had three children. 1- Abijah (have some data on him) 2. Daniel born 1776 3 Your Eunice born 1778, died 1859. Married Jesse Barton. Kellogg born 1775 in Egermont, Mass. son of Silas and Mary (Kitchen) Kellogg. He died 1823." (5)
First Town Meeting of Greene, Chenango County, New York
"By a late Act passed by the people of the State of New York represented by the Senate and Assembly that all that part of the town of Union and Jericho (bounded thus and so) should be and remain a separate Town by the name of Greene." The first Town Meeting was held the first Tuesday in April 1798 at the house of Conrad Sharp and the following officers elected:... Superviser: Benajah Loomis...
Poor Master: Abijah Loomis" (2)
Cemetary north of Brisben has a tomstone of Benaiah Loomis "who died March 8, 1836 aged 86 years."
"I have information on your Joseph Loomis. His parents are John and Agnes (Lyngwood) Loomis. He married Mary White who is the daughter of Robert and Bridget (Allgar) White.
I have the following references:
1. LDS Ancestral File
2. The Compendium of American Genealogy Vol. V, 1933
3. Loomis Legacies; by Lorell Loomis
4. The American Genealogist Vol 63, No. 1
5. The New England Ancestry of Albert Savage, Vol II
6. A Genealogy of the Church Family
7. Descendants of Joseph Loomis
8. Savage-Stillman-Rogers-Lindsey
9. NEHGRS Nexus, Vol VII #3-4 Jun-Aug 1990
10. 17th Century Colonial Ancestors"(3)
"Joseph's parents are John and Agnes (Lyngwood) Loomis of Shalford Parish, Messing, County Essex, England. Joseph married Mary Allgar there June 30, 1614. Her parents were Robert and Bridget White.
Robert White's parents are unknown... Bridget (Allgar) White's father is William, buried Shalford Parish Aug 2, 1575... his wife and parents unknown."(4)
"Lieut. Stephen (Kellogg) m. 7 Aug 1746, in Westfield, Mass., Mindwell Belden...
He d. 9 Aug 1767 in Egremont, Mass...
She m. (2) Abijah Loomis, of Egremont, and had several children." (6)
"883. Abijah Loomis, b. Conn., 10 Mar 1743/44; m. 30 Mar 1768, Mary Kellogg. He d. 1820, Greene, N.Y. 12 children.
2287. Mephibosheth, b. 6 Jan 1769, d. 28 Feb 1769
2288. Elias, b. 20 Nov 1769. Burlington, PA.
2289. Abigail, b. 2 Nov 1771, d. 9 Nov 1794
2290. Abijah, b. 15 Sep 1774 Conn
2291. Daniel, b. 26 May 1776 Conn
2292. Eunice, b. 17 May 1778; m. Jesse Barto, who d. 1850. She d. 1868. Greene, Chenango Co., N.Y.
2293. Olive, b. 31 May 1780;
2294. William, b. 1 Mar 1783
2295. Tryphena, b. 14 May 1785; m. Stephen Mead, who d. 1854. She d. 1844. Greene, N.Y.
2296. Sarah b. 3 Aug 1787
2297. Thomas, b. 28 Feb 1790
2298. Andrew, b. 22 Jan 1793....
(Daniel, Benajah and Reuben were his brothers 885, 886, 896.) (7)
1) Arlene Whiteman
2) Cochrane, Mildred English, From Raft to Railroad: A History of the Town of Greene, Chenango County, New York: 1792-1867 p. 27
3) Karen Cherry (Prodigy-AWYG81A)
4) Richard Boell (TRGH72A-Prodigy)
5) Jean McGowan (BFKJ13A)
6) The Kelloggs (see Nathaniel) p. 122
7) Loomis, Elisha S., Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America and his Antecendants in the Old World (1909) p. 210
8) Szatmary, David P.; Shays' Rebellion: The Making of and Agrarian Insurrection (Amherst 1980) p. 62
Other Loomis Researchers:
Julia Joaquin (Prodigy-XRSV23A)
Ruthanne Witterman (Prodigy-SNUA51A)